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Wisconsin Senate, District 15

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Location
  
Far-southern Wisconsin

Parent organization
  
Wisconsin Legislature

Senator
  
Janis Ringhand (D)

Website
  
District website

Type
  
District of the Upper House

The 15th District of the Wisconsin Senate is located in far southern Wisconsin, and is currently composed of parts of Dane, Jefferson, Rock, and Walworth counties.

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Current elected officials

Janis Ringhand is the senator serving the 15th district. She was elected in 2014 to a four-year term. She was preceded by Tim Cullen, who previously served in the state senate from 1975-1987, and again from 2011-2015.

The area of the 15th Senate District contains three State Assembly Districts:

  • The 43rd (represented by Andy Jorgensen)
  • The 44th (represented by Debra Kolste)
  • The 45th (represented by Mark Spreitzer).

    • The district is also located partly within Wisconsin's 1st congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative Paul Ryan, Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative Mark Pocan, and Wisconsin's 5th congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative Jim Sensenbrenner.

    Past senators

    The district has previously been represented by:

  • Timothy Cullen, 2011-2015
  • Judy Robson, 1998-2010
  • Timothy Weeden, 1987-1998
  • Tim Cullen, 1975-1987
  • James D. Swan, 1967-1975
  • Peter P. Carr, 1955-1967
  • Robert P. Robinson, 1943-53
  • Maurice Coakley, 1935-1943
  • Alexander Paul, 1933-1934
  • George Washington Blanchard, 1927-1933
  • Alva Garey, 1923-1926
  • Henry Kleist, 1919-1922 (only Socialist senator from the 15th District)
  • Henry Rollman, 1915-1918
  • Samuel W. Randolph, 1903-1914
  • Norman Knudson, 1899-1902
  • John McMullen (legislator), 1895-1898
  • William F. Nash, 1889-1894
  • John Carey, 1883-1888
  • Joseph Rankin, 1877-1882
  • John Schuette, 1875-1876
  • Carl Schmidt (legislator), 1873-1874
  • Francis Little, 1871-1872
  • Joel Whitman, 1867-1868
  • Wyman Lincoln, 1865-1866
  • George L. Frost, 1863-1864
  • Charles Rodolf, 1859-1860
  • Lemuel W. Joiner, 1857-1858, 1861-1862, 1869-1870
  • Amasa Cobb, 1855-1856
  • Levi Sterling, 1853-1854
  • Andrew Palmer (legislator), 1851-1852
  • Otis Norton, 1848-1850

    • 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.

    References

    Wisconsin Senate, District 15 Wikipedia
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