The 10th Senate district of Wisconsin is one of 33 districts in the Wisconsin Senate.[1] Located in northwest Wisconsin, the district comprises all of Buffalo, Pepin, Pierce, and St. Croix counties, along with most of Trempealeau and parts of western Dunn County. It continas the cities of Hudson, Arcadia, New Richmond, Prescott, Mondovi, Blair, Independence, Buffalo City, Fountain City, and River Falls. It also contains landmarks such as Kinnickinnic State Park, Perrot State Park, Trempealeau National Wildlife Refuge, and part of the Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway.[2]
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2024 map defined in 2023 Wisc. Act 94 2022 map defined in Johnson v. Wisconsin Elections Commission 2011 map was defined in 2011 Wisc. Act 43 composed of Assembly districts 28, 29, and 30 | |||||
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| Demographics | 91.99% White 1.05% Black 3.49% Hispanic 1.13% Asian 1.66% Native American 0.1% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander | ||||
| Population (2020) • Voting age | 178,925 136,909 | ||||
| Website | Official website | ||||
| Notes | Northwest Wisconsin | ||||
Northwestern portions of the 10th Senate District are located with the Minneapolis-Saint Paul Metropolitan Area.
Current elected officials
editRob Stafsholt is the senator representing the 10th district. He was first elected in the 2020 general election.[3] He previously served four years in the Wisconsin State Assembly.
Each Wisconsin State Senate district is composed of three State Assembly districts. The 10th Senate district comprises the 28th, 29th, and 30th Assembly districts. The current representatives of those districts are:
- Assembly District 28: Gae Magnafici (R–Dresser)
- Assembly District 29: Clint Moses (R–Menomonie)
- Assembly District 30: Shannon Zimmerman (R–River Falls)
Most of the 10th Senate district falls within Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative Derrick Van Orden.[4] The part of the district in St. Croix County falls within Wisconsin's 7th congressional district, represented by Tom Tiffany.[5]
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Rush River south of Baldwin -
Eau Galle River in the town of Eau Galle -
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St. Croix River. -
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Prescott viewed from Point Douglas. -
Durand viewed from across the Chippewa River. -
Willow Falls in Willow River State Park -
South Hall, on the University of Wisconsin–River Falls campus -
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Downtown Hudson
Past senators
editNote: 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.
The district has previously been represented by:[6]
| Senator | Party | Notes | Session | Years | District Definition |
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| District created | 1848 |  | |||
| William M. Dennis | Dem. | 1st | |||
| 2nd | 1849 | ||||
| James Giddings | Dem. | 3rd | 1850 | ||
| 4th | 1851 | ||||
| Judson Prentice | Whig | Redistricted to the 22nd district. | 5th | 1852 | |
| Marvin H. Bovee | Dem. | 6th | 1853 |  Southern Waukesha County | |
| James D. Reymert | Dem. | 7th | 1854 | ||
| 8th | 1855 | ||||
| Edward Gernon | Dem. | 9th | 1856 | ||
| 10th | 1857 |       Waukesha County | |||
| Denison Worthington | Rep. | 11th | 1858 | ||
| 12th | 1859 | ||||
| 13th | 1860 | ||||
| 14th | 1861 | ||||
| George C. Pratt | Dem. | 15th | 1862 | ||
| 16th | 1863 | ||||
| William Blair | Natl. Union | 17th | 1864 | ||
| 18th | 1865 | ||||
| Orson Reed | Dem. | 19th | 1866 | ||
| 20th | 1867 | ||||
| Curtis Mann | Dem. | 21st | 1868 | ||
| 22nd | 1869 | ||||
| John A. Rice | Dem. | 23rd | 1870 | ||
| 24th | 1871 | ||||
| William Blair | Rep. | 25th | 1872 | ||
| 26th | 1873 | ||||
| John A. Rice | Dem. | 27th | 1874 | ||
| 28th | 1875 | ||||
| William Blair | Rep. | 29th | 1876 | ||
| 30th | 1877 | ||||
| John A. Rice | Dem. | 31st | 1878 | ||
| 32nd | 1879 | ||||
| Richard Weaver | Dem. | 33rd | 1880 | ||
| 34th | 1881 | ||||
| Henry M. Ackley | Dem. | 35th | 1882 | ||
| 36th | 1883–1884 | ||||
| John Lins | Rep. | 37th | 1885–1886 | ||
| 38th | 1887–1888 | ||||
| Horace A. Taylor | Rep. | Resigned in 1889 to become U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. | 39th | 1889–1890 |  |
| Vacant | |||||
| William H. Phipps | Rep. | Resigned 1894. | 40th | 1891–1892 | |
| 41st | 1893–1894 |  | |||
| Dempster Woodworth | Rep. | Won 1894 special election. | 42nd | 1895–1896 | |
| 43rd | 1897–1898 |   Pierce, St. Croix counties | |||
| 44th | 1899–1900 | ||||
| Orville W. Mosher | Rep. | 45th | 1901–1902 | ||
| 46th | 1903–1904 | ||||
| James A. Frear | Rep. | Resigned after being elected Wisconsin Secretary of State in 1906. | 47th | 1905–1906 | |
| Walter C. Owen | Rep. | Won 1906 special election. Elected Attorney General of Wisconsin in 1912. |
48th | 1907–1908 | |
| 49th | 1909–1910 | ||||
| 50th | 1911–1912 | ||||
| George B. Skogmo | Rep. | 51st | 1913–1914 |  | |
| 52nd | 1915–1916 | ||||
| 53rd | 1917–1918 | ||||
| 54th | 1919–1920 | ||||
| 55th | 1921–1922 | ||||
| 56th | 1923–1924 | ||||
| Walter H. Hunt | Rep. | 57th | 1925–1926 | ||
| 58th | 1927–1928 | ||||
| 59th | 1929–1930 | ||||
| 60th | 1931–1932 | ||||
| 61st | 1933–1934 | ||||
| Prog. | 62nd | 1935–1936 | |||
| Kenneth S. White | Rep. | 63rd | 1937–1938 | ||
| 64th | 1939–1940 | ||||
| Warren P. Knowles | Rep. | Resigned after being elected Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin in 1954. | 65th | 1941–1942 | |
| 66th | 1943–1944 | ||||
| 67th | 1945–1946 | ||||
| 68th | 1947–1948 | ||||
| 69th | 1949–1950 | ||||
| 70th | 1951–1952 | ||||
| 71st | 1953–1954 | ||||
| Vacant | 72nd | 1955–1956 |  | ||
| Robert P. Knowles | Rep. | Won 1955 special election. | |||
| 73rd | 1957–1958 | ||||
| 74th | 1959–1960 | ||||
| 75th | 1961–1962 | ||||
| 76th | 1963–1964 | ||||
| 77th | 1965–1966 |  | |||
| 78th | 1967–1968 | ||||
| 79th | 1969–1970 | ||||
| 80th | 1971–1972 | ||||
| 81st | 1973–1974 | 
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| 82nd | 1975–1976 | ||||
| Michele Radosevich | Dem. | 83rd | 1977–1978 | ||
| 84th | 1979–1980 | ||||
| James Harsdorf | Rep. | 85th | 1981–1982 | ||
| 86th | 1983–1984 |  western Dunn County
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| 87th | 1985–1986 |  western Dunn County | |||
| 88th | 1987–1988 | ||||
| Richard Shoemaker | Dem. | Resigned Oct. 1989. | 89th | 1989–1990 | |
| Vacant | |||||
| William Berndt | Rep. | Won 1989 special election. | 90th | 1991–1992 | |
| Alice Clausing | Dem. | 91st | 1993–1994 | 
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| 92nd | 1995–1996 | ||||
| 93rd | 1997–1998 | ||||
| 94th | 1999–2000 | ||||
| Sheila Harsdorf | Rep. | Resigned Nov. 2017 after to become Secretary of Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection. | 95th | 2001–2002 | |
| 96th | 2003–2004 | 
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| 97th | 2005–2006 | ||||
| 98th | 2007–2008 | ||||
| 99th | 2009–2010 | ||||
| 100th | 2011–2012 | ||||
| 101st | 2013–2014 |  Western Burnett County, part Dunn County, part of Pierce County, most of Polk County, and most of St. Croix County
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| 102nd | 2015–2016 | ||||
| 103rd | 2017–2018 | ||||
| Vacant | |||||
| Patty Schachtner | Dem. | Won 2018 special election. | |||
| 104th | 2019–2020 | ||||
| Rob Stafsholt | Rep. | Elected 2020. | 105th | 2021–2022 | |
| 106th | 2023–2024 |  most of Dunn County, part of Pierce County | |||
References
edit- ^ "Senate District 10". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
- ^ "Wisconsin Legislative Districts - Senate District 10 Boundaries". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
- ^ Lindquist, Eric (November 4, 2020). "Stafsholt rolls to victory over Schachtner in 10th Senate District". Eau Claire Leader-Telegram. Retrieved December 16, 2020.
- ^ Congressional District Map
- ^ Congressional District Map
- ^ Wisconsin Blue Book, 1991-92 edition, Statistics: History, pages 657-666.