The 1st Senate District of
Wisconsin
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is one of 33 districts in the
Wisconsin State Senate
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. Located in northeast Wisconsin, the district comprises all of
Door and
Kewaunee counties, as well as most of northern
Manitowoc County, much of south and east
Brown County, northern
Calumet County
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, and part of southwest
Outagamie County. It includes the city of
Two Rivers, most of the city of
De Pere
De Pere ( ) is a city located in Brown County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 25,410 according to the 2020 Census. De Pere is part of the Green Bay Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
At the arrival of the first European, J ...
, and parts of the cities of
Appleton and
Menasha. The district does not contain, but is adjacent to, the
Green Bay area.
Current elected officials
André Jacque is the senator representing the 1st district. He was first elected in the 2018 general election, after losing an earlier bid for the seat in a June 2018 special election. He previously served 8 years in the
Wisconsin State Assembly
The Wisconsin State Assembly is the lower house of the Wisconsin Legislature. Together with the smaller Wisconsin Senate, the two constitute the legislative branch of the U.S. state of Wisconsin.
Representatives are elected for two-year terms, ...
, representing the 2nd Assembly district.
Each Wisconsin State Senate district is composed of three
Wisconsin State Assembly
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Representatives are elected for two-year terms, ...
districts. The 1st Senate district comprises the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Assembly districts. The current representatives of those districts are:
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Assembly District 1:
Joel Kitchens
Joel C. Kitchens (born September 20, 1957) is an American veterinary doctor and Republican politician. He is a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly representing the 1st Assembly district.
Biography
Born in Washington, D.C., to Thomas W. Ki ...
(R–
Sturgeon Bay)
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Assembly District 2:
Shae Sortwell
Shae Sortwell (born August 3, 1985) is an American Republican politician. He is a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing the 2nd Assembly district since 2019.
Political career Local politics
After serving on the Green Bay, Wiscons ...
(R–
Two Rivers)
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Assembly District 3:
Ron Tusler (R–
Appleton)
The district is located within
Wisconsin's 8th congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative
Mike Gallagher.
Past senators
Note: the boundaries of districts have changed over history. Previous politicians of a specific numbered district have represented a different geographic area, due to
redistricting.
At Wisconsin statehood, the Senate had only 19 districts. The 1st District consisted of
Brown
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,
Calumet,
Manitowoc and
Sheboygan counties
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For the 1853 session, the Senate was expanded to 25 members, and the 1st District lost Brown County.
For the 1857 session, the Senate was again expanded, to 30 members, and the District was reduced to Sheboygan County alone (the rest of the district became the new 19th District).
As of 1862, the Senate expanded to 33 seats, a size it would retain well into the 21st century; the 1st District remained unchanged.
The Senate was totally redistricted in 1876; Sheboygan County was now part of the 20th Senate District (along with part of Fond du Lac County
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). The new 1st District was made up of Door Kewaunee, Oconto and Shawano counties, which had previously been part of the 2nd
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and 8th Districts.
Kewaunee and Shawano counties were removed from the district in 1888. Kewaunee was later re-added and Oconto removed in 1892—this district remained consistent for thirty years.
In 1922, the district moved to roughly its present boundaries when Marinette was removed and Manitowoc county was re-added. This district was stable for fifty years.
From 1972 to 2012 the district has been edited 6 times adding and removing small portions of Brown, Calumet, Fond du Lac, Manitowoc, and Outagamie counties.
See also
Political subdivisions of Wisconsin
The administrative divisions of Wisconsin include counties, cities, villages and towns. In Wisconsin, all of these are units of general-purpose local government. There are also a number of special-purpose districts formed to handle regional concer ...
Notes
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Door County, Wisconsin
Calumet County, Wisconsin
Kewaunee County, Wisconsin
1848 establishments in Wisconsin