The 26th Senate District of

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is one of 33 districts in the

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. Located in south-central Wisconsin, the district comprises nearly all of the city of

Madison, Wisconsin Madison is the county seat of Dane County and the capital city of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census the population was 269,840, making it the second-largest city in Wisconsin by population, after Milwaukee, and the 80th-lar ...

, in central

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. The district contains landmarks such as the

Wisconsin State Capitol The Wisconsin State Capitol, located in Madison, Wisconsin, houses both chambers of the Wisconsin legislature along with the Wisconsin Supreme Court and the Office of the Governor. Completed in 1917, the building is the fifth to serve as the Wi ...

, the

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campus, the University of Wisconsin Arboretum, historic Forest Hill Cemetery,

Edgewood College Edgewood College is a private Dominican college in Madison, Wisconsin. The college occupies a campus overlooking the shores of Lake Wingra. History The Edgewood College property was bought in 1855 by Mr. Ashmead from Governor Leonard J. Farw ...

Monona Terrace Monona Terrace (officially the Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center) is a convention center on the shores of Lake Monona in Madison, Wisconsin. Controversy Originally designed by Wisconsin native Frank Lloyd Wright, it was first propo ...

, and the

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Current elected officials

Kelda Roys Kelda Helen Roys (born June 24, 1979) is an American tech entrepreneur, business owner, attorney, and Democratic politician. She currently serves in the Wisconsin State Senate, representing the 26th senatorial district. She succeeded Fred Ris ...

is the senator representing the 26th district. She was first elected in the 2020 general election. Before serving as a senator, she was a member of the

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from 2009 to 2013. Each Wisconsin State Senate district is composed of three

districts. The 26th Senate district comprises the 76th, 77th, and 78th Assembly districts. The current representatives of those districts are: * Assembly District 76: Francesca Hong (D–

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) * Assembly District 77:

Shelia Stubbs Shelia R. Stubbs (born February 22, 1971) is an American politician, pastor, and former probation and parole agent. She is a Democratic member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, elected in 2018, representing the south and west parts of Madison, Wi ...

(D–

) * Assembly District 78:

Lisa Subeck Lisa B. Subeck (born June 17, 1971) is an American political organizer and Democratic politician. She is a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing the west side of Madison, Wisconsin, since January 2015. Early life and career Born ...

(D–

) The district is located entirely 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

Mark Pocan Mark William Pocan ( ; born August 14, 1964) is an American politician and businessman serving as the U.S. representative from Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district since 2013. The district is based in the state capital, Madison. A member of th ...

. File:MononaTerraceClose.jpg,

viewed over

from

Lake Monona Lake Monona is a freshwater drainage lake in Dane County, Wisconsin, surrounded on three sides by the city of Madison, Wisconsin, and on the south east side by the city of Monona, Wisconsin. It is the second-largest of a chain of four lakes along ...

. File:Bascom Hall in Madison.JPG, Bascom Hall on

Bascom Hill Bascom Hill is the iconic main quadrangle that forms the historic core of the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus. It is located on the opposite end of State Street from the Wisconsin State Capitol, and is named after John Bascom, former pr ...

on the

campus. File:Downtown_Madison.jpg,

viewed from State Street. File:State-historical-society.jpg,

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Past senators

Previous senators include: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 Redistribution (re-districting in the United States and in the Philippines) is the process by which electoral districts are added, removed, or otherwise changed. Redistribution is a form of boundary delimitation that changes electoral dist ...

References

External links

District WebsiteSenator Risser's Website
Wisconsin State Senate districts Dane County, Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin 1856 establishments in Wisconsin {{Wisconsin-stub