The 18th Senate district of

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is one of 33 districts in the

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. Located in the heart of the

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in east-central Wisconsin, the district comprises parts of northeast Winnebago County and southern

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. It includes the cities of

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and

Neenah Neenah ( ) is a city in Winnebago County, Wisconsin, United States. It is situated on the banks of Lake Winnebago, Little Lake Butte des Morts, and the Fox River approximately northeast of Oshkosh and southwest of Green Bay. Neenah's popul ...

, most of the city of

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, and the northern half of the city of Oshkosh. It contains landmarks such as College Avenue Historic District,

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, and the

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campus.

Current elected officials

Kristin Dassler-Alfheim is the senator representing the 18th district. She was first elected to the Senate in the

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. Each Wisconsin State Senate district is composed of three

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districts. The 18th Senate district comprises the 52nd, 53rd, and 54th Assembly districts. The current representatives of those districts are: * Assembly District 52: Lee Snodgrass (D–

) * Assembly District 53:

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(R–

) * Assembly District 54: Lori Palmeri (D– Oshkosh) The district is crosses two congressional districts. The part of the district in Outagamie County falls within

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, which is represented by U.S. Representative Mike Gallagher. The remainder of the district in Winnebago County falls within

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, represented by U.S. Representative

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. File:ThriventFinancialAppletonWisconsinLocation.jpg,

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Financial Appleton headquarters File:AppletonWisconsinDowntown3.jpg, College Avenue Historic District in downtown

File:Lawrence_University.jpg, Main Hall of

File:Downtown Menasha.jpg, Downtown

File:NeenahLighthouse2009FoxRiver.jpg, Kimberly Point Lighthouse on

Point File:NeenahWisconsinCityHall.jpg,

City Hall File:DotyIslandFoxRiverNeenahWisconsin.jpg,

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viewed from

File:Downtown Oshkosh, Wisconsin, in 2006.jpg, Downtown Oshkosh File:DempseyHallUWOshkosh.jpg, Historic Dempsey Hall on the

campus File:FoxRiverMouthOshkosh.jpg, Where the Fox River meets

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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 Redistricting in the United States is the process of drawing electoral district boundaries. For the United States House of Representatives, and state legislatures, redistricting occurs after each ten-year census. The U.S. Constitution in Art ...

. Prior to 1852, the 18th District was a

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-area district.

References

External links

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Wisconsin Legislature The Wisconsin Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The legislature is a bicameral body composed of the upper house, Wisconsin State Senate, and the lower Wisconsin State Assembly, both of which have had Republ ...

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Senator Kristin Dassler-Alfheim (2025)
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Senator Dan Feyen (2023)
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Senator Dan Feyen (2021)
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Senator Dan Feyen (2019)
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Senator Dan Feyen (2017)
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