The 5th Senate district of Wisconsin is one of 33 districts in the

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. Located in southeast

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, the district is composed of parts of western

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, and eastern Waukesha County. It includes the cities of Brookfield and

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, and the villages of Elm Grove and

, as well as most of the cities of Wauwatosa and

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, and parts of the cities of

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and Waukesha.

Current elected officials

Rob Hutton is the senator representing the 5th district since January 2023. He previously served eight years in the

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, representing the 13th Assembly district from 2013 to 2021. Each Wisconsin State Senate district is composed of three State Assembly districts. The 5th Senate district comprises the 13th, 14th, and 15th Assembly districts. The current representatives of those districts are: * Assembly District 13: Robyn Vining (D– Wauwatosa) * Assembly District 14: Angelito Tenorio (D–

) * Assembly District 15: Adam Neylon (R– Pewaukee) The district is located mostly within

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, which is represented by U.S. Representative

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. The parts of the district in Wauwatosa, Milwaukee, and some of the West Allis precincts are within Wisconsin's 4th congressional district, represented by

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. File:Wauwatosa_at_Menomonee_River.jpg,

Wauwatosa, Wisconsin Wauwatosa ( ; colloquially Tosa) is a city in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 48,387 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Wauwatosa is a suburb located immediately west of Milwaukee and is part of the Milwa ...

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Wisconsin State Fair Park The Wisconsin State Fair Park is a fairgrounds and exhibition center in West Allis, Wisconsin, a suburb west of Milwaukee. It has been the location of the Wisconsin State Fair since 1892. The fairgrounds are open year-round, hosting various exp ...

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Past senators

A list of all previous senators from this district:Wisconsin Blue Book, 1991-92 edition, ''Statistics: History'', pages 657-666.

References

External links

constituency sitedistrict map
{{United States legislatures Wisconsin Senate districts Milwaukee County, Wisconsin Waukesha County, Wisconsin 1848 establishments in Wisconsin