The 27th 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 most of western

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, northern Green County, eastern Iowa County, eastern

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, and parts of western Columbia County. It includes the cities of

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, Middleton,

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, and

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, and the southern half of the city of Fitchburg. The district also contains landmarks such as

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, Devil's Lake State Park, and

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Current elected officials

Jon Erpenbach Jon B. Erpenbach (born January 28, 1961) is an American politician serving as a Democratic member of the Wisconsin Senate, representing the 27th District since 1999. Early life, education and career Erpenbach was born in Middleton, Wisconsin a ...

is the senator representing the 27th district through the end of the 2021–2022 session. Erpenbach did not run for re-election in 2022 and will leave office after representing the district for 24 years. He will be replaced in the 2023–2024 session by

Dianne Hesselbein Dianne H. Hesselbein (' Conway; born March 10, 1971) is an American Democratic politician from Middleton, Wisconsin. She is the minority leader of the Wisconsin Senate since December 2023; she has been a member of the Senate since January 2023, ...

, who served the last ten years in the

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, representing the 79th district. Each Wisconsin State Senate district is composed of three

districts. The 27th Senate district comprises the 79th, 80th, and 81st Assembly districts. The current representatives of those districts are: * Assembly District 79:

(D– Middleton) * Assembly District 80: Sondy Pope-Roberts (D–

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) * Assembly District 81: Dave Considine (D–

) The district is located almost entirely

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, which is represented by U.S. Representative

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. The area of the district in Columbia County, however, falls within

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, which is represented by U.S. Representative

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. File:PortageRetailHistoricDistrictCookBetweenWisconsinDeWittWIS33.jpg, Retail Historic District in

. File:Baraboo-Wisconsin.jpg, Downtown

. File:Viewfromeasttower.jpg, Blue Mounds viewed from

. File:New_Glarus_Village_Hall.JPG, New Glarus Village Hall. File:DevilsLake.jpg, Devil's Lake in Devil's Lake State Park. File:Prairie_du_Sac.jpeg, Downtown

Prairie du Sac Prairie du Sac is a village in Sauk County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 4,420 at the 2020 census. The village is surrounded by the Town of Prairie du Sac, the Wisconsin River, and the village of Sauk City; together, Prairie du Sa ...

. File:Landscapereflection.jpg,

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

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Notes

External links

District WebsiteSenator Erpenbach's Website
Wisconsin State Senate districts Green County, Wisconsin Lafayette County, Wisconsin Rock County, Wisconsin Dane County, Wisconsin 1856 establishments in Wisconsin {{Wisconsin-stub