Wisconsin's 31st Senate district
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The 31st Senate district of Wisconsin is one of 33 districts in the Wisconsin Senate.[1] Located in western Wisconsin, the district comprises all of Eau Claire County, southeast Dunn County, and parts of southern Chippewa County and northern Trempealeau County. It includes the cities of Eau Claire, Chippewa Falls, and Menomonie.[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 91, 92, and 93 | |||||
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| Demographics | 90.31% White 1.51% Black 2.14% Hispanic 3.68% Asian 1.62% Native American 0.12% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander | ||||
| Population (2020) • Voting age | 178,440 140,901 | ||||
| Website | Official website | ||||
| Notes | Western Wisconsin | ||||
Current elected officials
editJeff Smith is the senator representing the 31st district. He was first elected in 2018 general election. He previously served in the Wisconsin State Assembly from 2007 through 2011.[3]
Each Wisconsin State Senate district is composed of three Wisconsin State Assembly districts. The 31st Senate district comprises the 91st, 92nd, and 93rd Assembly districts. The current representatives of those districts are:
- Assembly District 91: Jodi Emerson (D–Eau Claire)[4]
- Assembly District 92: Treig Pronschinske (R–Mondovi)[5]
- Assembly District 93: Warren Petryk (R–Washington)[6]
The district is located almost entirely within Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative Derrick Van Orden. The exception is one area of Chippewa County which falls within Wisconsin's 7th congressional district, represented by Tom Tiffany.[7]
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Downtown Eau Claire -
City of Augusta -
Village of Fairchild -
Downtown Chippewa Falls -
Bowman Hall on the UW–Stout campus -
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Downtown Osseo
Past senators
editPrevious senators include:[8]
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.
| Senator | Party | Notes | Session | Years | District Definition |
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| District created by 1861 Wisc. Act 216. | 1861 | La Crosse and Monroe counties | |||
| Edwin Flint | Rep. | 15th | 1862 | ||
| Angus Cameron | Rep. | 16th | 1863 | ||
| Natl. Union | 17th | 1864 | |||
| John A. Chandler | Natl. Union | 18th | 1865 | ||
| 19th | 1866 | ||||
| Justin W. Ranney | Natl. Union | 20th | 1867 | La Crosse and Vernon counties | |
| Rep. | 21st | 1868 | |||
| Cyrus M. Butt | Rep. | 22nd | 1869 | ||
| 23rd | 1870 | ||||
| Angus Cameron | Rep. | 24th | 1871 | ||
| 25th | 1872 |  1870 population: 20,297 1875 population: 23,945 1880 population: 27,072 | |||
| Gideon Hixon | Rep. | 26th | 1873 | ||
| 27th | 1874 | ||||
| Sylvester Nevins | Rep. | 28th | 1875 | ||
| 29th | 1876 | ||||
| Merrick Wing | Rep. | 30th | 1877 | ||
| 31st | 1878 | ||||
| Gysbert Van Steenwyk | Rep. | 32nd | 1879 | ||
| 33rd | 1880 | ||||
| Merrick Wing | Rep. | 34th | 1881 | ||
| 35th | 1882 | ||||
| Donald A. McDonald | Dem. | 36th | 1883–1884 | ||
| 37th | 1885–1886 | ||||
| Thomas A. Dyson | Rep. | 38th | 1887–1888 | ||
| 39th | 1889–1890 | La Crosse and Vernon counties 1885 population: 34,791 | |||
| Henry Conner | Dem. | 40th | 1891–1892 | ||
| 41st | 1893–1894 | Jackson, Monroe, and Vernon counties 1890 population: 64,119 | |||
| James J. McGillivray | Rep. | 42nd | 1895–1896 | ||
| 43rd | 1897–1898 | Jackson, Juneau, and Monroe counties 1895 population: 61,826 1900 population: 66,198 | |||
| 44th | 1899–1900 | ||||
| 45th | 1901–1902 | ||||
| 46th | 1903–1904 | ||||
| 47th | 1905–1906 | ||||
| H. W. Barker | Rep. | 48th | 1907–1908 | ||
| 49th | 1909–1910 | ||||
| Howard Teasdale | Rep. | 50th | 1911–1912 | ||
| 51st | 1913–1914 | Jackson, Monroe, and Vernon counties 1910 population: 74,072 | |||
| J. Henry Bennett | Rep. | 52nd | 1915–1916 | ||
| 53rd | 1917–1918 | ||||
| 54th | 1919–1920 | ||||
| 55th | 1921–1922 | ||||
| Howard Teasdale | Rep. | 56th | 1923–1924 | Adams, Juneau, Monroe, and Marquette counties | |
| 57th | 1925–1926 | ||||
| 58th | 1927–1928 | ||||
| 59th | 1929–1930 | ||||
| Orland S. Loomis | Rep. | 60th | 1931–1932 | ||
| 61st | 1933–1934 | ||||
| James Earl Leverich | Prog. | 62nd | 1935–1936 | ||
| 63rd | 1937–1938 | ||||
| Amrose B. Coller | Rep. | 64th | 1939–1940 | ||
| 65th | 1941–1942 | ||||
| James Earl Leverich | Prog. | 66th | 1943–1944 | ||
| 67th | 1945–1946 | ||||
| Rep. | 68th | 1947–1948 | |||
| 69th | 1949–1950 | ||||
| 70th | 1951–1952 | ||||
| 71st | 1953–1954 | ||||
| 72nd | 1955–1956 | Adams, Juneau, Monroe, Marquette, and Vernon counties 1950 population: 94,959 | |||
| 73rd | 1957–1958 | ||||
| 74th | 1959–1960 | ||||
| 75th | 1961–1962 | ||||
| 76th | 1963–1964 | ||||
| 77th | 1965–1966 | Eau Claire, Jackson, Monroe, and Trempealeau counties | |||
| Raymond C. Johnson | Rep. | 78th | 1967–1968 | ||
| 79th | 1969–1970 | ||||
| 80th | 1971–1972 | ||||
| 81st | 1973–1974 | Most of Clark County Most of Eau Claire County Most of Jackson County Most of Monroe County Northern Juneau County Northern Adams County Northern Jackson County Northern Trempealeau County Southwest Wood County Part of Waushara County | |||
| Thomas Harnisch | Dem. | 82nd | 1975–1976 | ||
| 83rd | 1977–1978 | ||||
| 84th | 1979–1980 | ||||
| 85th | 1981–1982 | ||||
| Rodney C. Moen | Dem. | 86th | 1983–1984 | Buffalo, Jackson, Pepin, and Trempealeau counties Most of Eau Claire County Most of Monroe County | |
| 87th | 1985–1986 | Buffalo, Jackson, Pepin, and Trempealeau counties Most of Eau Claire County Northern Monroe County Part of Clark County | |||
| 88th | 1987–1988 | ||||
| 89th | 1989–1990 | ||||
| 90th | 1991–1992 | ||||
| 91st | 1993–1994 | Buffalo, Jackson, Pepin, and Trempealeau counties Most of Monroe County Parts of Eau Claire County | |||
| 92nd | 1995–1996 | ||||
| 93rd | 1997–1998 | ||||
| 94th | 1999–2000 | ||||
| 95th | 2001–2002 | ||||
| Ron Brown | Rep. | 96th | 2003–2004 | Buffalo, Jackson, Pepin, and Trempealeau counties Most of Eau Claire County Eastern Pierce County Northern Monroe County Southern Dunn County Part of Clark County | |
| 97th | 2005–2006 | ||||
| Kathleen Vinehout | Dem. | 98th | 2007–2008 | ||
| 99th | 2009–2010 | ||||
| 100th | 2011–2012 | ||||
| 101st | 2013–2014 |  Most of Pierce County Most of Trempealeau County Western Eau Claire County Southern Dunn County Western Jackson County | |||
| 102nd | 2015–2016 | ||||
| 103rd | 2017–2018 | ||||
| Jeff Smith | Dem. | 104th | 2019–2020 | ||
| 105th | 2021–2022 | ||||
| 106th | 2023–2024 |  most of Pierce County, southern Dunn County, western Eau Claire County, western Jackson County | |||
References
edit- ^ "Senate District 31". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved March 27, 2021.
- ^ "Wisconsin Legislative Districts - Senate District 31 Boundaries". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved March 27, 2021.
- ^ "Senator Jeff Smith". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved March 27, 2021.
- ^ "Representative Jodi Emerson". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved March 27, 2021.
- ^ "Representative Treig E. Pronschinske". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved March 27, 2021.
- ^ "Representative Warren Petryk". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved March 27, 2021.
- ^ "State of Wisconsin Congressional Districts" (PDF). Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved March 27, 2021.
- ^ Wisconsin Blue Book, 1991-92 edition, Statistics: History, pages 657-666.