The 15th Senate District of

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is one of 33 districts in the

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. Located in southern Wisconsin, the district comprises most of Rock County and parts of northwest Walworth County and southern Jefferson County. It includes the cities of Janesville, Beloit, Edgerton,

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, Milton, and

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Current elected officials

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is the senator representing the 15th district since January 2023. He previously served in the State Assembly, representing the 45th Assembly district from 2015 to 2023. Each Wisconsin State Senate district is composed of three

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districts. The 15th Senate district comprises the 43rd, 44th, and 45th Assembly districts. The current representatives of those districts are: * Assembly District 43:

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(D–

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) * Assembly District 44: Sue S. Conley (D– Janesville) * Assembly District 45: Clinton Anderson (D– Beloit) The 15th Senate district, in its current borders, crosses three different congressional districts. The portion of the district in Jefferson County falls within

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, which is represented by U.S. Representative

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; the portion in Walworth County and the cities of Janesville and Milton and the eastern part of Rock County fall within

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, which is represented by U.S. Representative

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; the remainder of the district, in the western half of Rock county, falls within

Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district is a congressional district of the United States House of Representatives in southern Wisconsin, covering Dane County, Iowa County, Lafayette County, Sauk County and Green County, as well as portions of ...

, which is represented by U.S. Representative

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. File:Whitewater_Wisconsin_Downtown_Looking_East.jpg, Main Street in downtown

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Past senators

The district has previously been represented by:Wisconsin Blue Book, 1991-92 edition, ''Statistics: History'', pages 657-666. Note: the boundaries of districts have changed repeatedly over history. Previous politicians of a specific numbered district have represented a completely different geographic area, due to redistricting.

References

External links

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Senator Mark Spreitzer (2023)
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Senator Janis A. Ringhand (2021)
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Senator Janis A. Ringhand (2019)
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Senator Janis A. Ringhand (2017)
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