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Wisconsin Senate, District 5

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Region served
  
Milwaukee area

Parent organization
  
Wisconsin Legislature

Senator
  
Leah Vukmir (R)

Website
  
Official Site


Type
  
District of the Upper House

Location
  
South-eastern Wisconsin

The 5th District of the Wisconsin Senate is located in Southern Wisconsin, and is composed of parts of Milwaukee County, and Waukesha County.

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Current elected officials

Leah Vukmir is the senator serving the 5th district. She was first elected in 2010, and we re-elected in 2014. Before serving as a senator, she held an office in the State Assembly, serving the 14th District from 2003 to 2011.

The area of the 5th Senate District contains three State Assembly Districts:

  • The 13th (represented by Rob Hutton)
  • The 14th (represented by Dale P. Kooyenga)
  • The 15th (represented by Joe Sanfelippo)

    • The district is also located mostly within Wisconsin's 5th congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative Jim Sensenbrenner.

    Past senators

    The district has previously been represented by:

  • Jim Sullivan, 2007–2011
  • Thomas G. Reynolds, 2003–2007
  • Peggy Rosenzweig, 1993–2003
  • Tom Barrett, 1989–1993
  • Mordecai Lee, 1983–1989
  • David Berger (Wisconsin Politician), 1975–1983
  • Charles C. Schmidt, 1963-1964
  • Wilfred Schuele, 1964–1975
  • Henry Otto Reinnoldt, 1917-1919
  • Edward Fairchild, 1907–1911, 1915–1917
  • Charles Cassius Rogers, 1902-1907
  • Frank A. Anson, 1899-1903
  • William H. Austin, 1895-1899
  • Paul Bechtner, 1891-1895
  • Theodore Fritz, 1887–1891
  • Jedd Philo Clark Cottrill, 1883–1885

    • 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 5 Wikipedia
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