Wisconsin's 29th Senate district

The 29th Senate district of Wisconsin is one of 33 districts in the Wisconsin Senate.[1] Located in north-central Wisconsin, the district comprises most of Marathon County, along with northern Wood County, and parts of northern Portage County, northwest Waupaca County, and western Shawano County. The district includes the cities of Wausau, Marathon City, Marshfield, and Mosinee.[2]

Wisconsin's 29th
State Senate district

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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 85, 86, and 87
Senator
  Cory Tomczyk
RMosinee
since January 2, 2023 (1 years)
Demographics90.4% White
1.04% Black
2.05% Hispanic
4.38% Asian
1.57% Native American
0.1% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
Population (2020)
 • Voting age
178,059
138,817
WebsiteOfficial website
NotesNorth-central Wisconsin

Current elected officials

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Cory Tomczyk is the senator representing the 29th district since January 2023.[3]

Each Wisconsin State Senate district is composed of three Wisconsin State Assembly districts. The 29th Senate district comprises the 85th, 86th, and 87th Assembly districts. The current representatives of those districts are:

The district, in its current boundaries, crosses three congressional districts. The portion of the district in Waupaca and Shawano counties falls within Wisconsin's 8th congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative Mike Gallagher. The portion of the district in Portage and eastern Wood counties falls within Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district, represented by Derrick Van Orden. The remainder of the district falls within Wisconsin's 7th congressional district, represented by Tom Tiffany.[6]

Past senators

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Previous senators include:[7]

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
District created by 1856 Wisc. Act 109. 1856 Green Lake and Marquette counties
Martin L. Kimball Rep. 10th 1857
11th 1858
M. W. Seely Rep. 12th 1859
13th 1860
Charles S. Kelsey Rep. 14th 1861
15th 1862
Natl. Union 16th 1863
17th 1864
G. DeWitt Elwood Natl. Union 18th 1865
19th 1866
Henry G. Webb Natl. Union 20th 1867 Green Lake, Marquette, and Waushara counties
21st 1868
George D. Waring Rep. 22nd 1869
23rd 1870
Waldo Flint Rep. Redistricted to 25th district. 24th 1871
Eliphalet S. Miner Rep. Redistricted from 9th district. 25th 1872 Adams, Juneau, Portage, and Wood counties
1870 population: 33,519
Thomas B. Scott Rep. 26th 1873
27th 1874
28th 1875
29th 1876
Alexander A. Arnold Rep. 30th 1877 Buffalo, Pepin, and Trempealeau counties
1875 population: 35,023
31st 1878
Horace E. Houghton Rep. 32nd 1879
33rd 1880
Augustus F. Finkelnburg Rep. 34th 1881
35th 1882 Buffalo and Trempealeau counties
1880 population: 32,717
1885 population: 35,595
Noah D. Comstock Ind. Rep. 36th 1883–1884
Rep. 37th 1885–1886
John W. DeGroff Rep. 38th 1887–1888
39th 1889–1890 Buffalo, Pepin, and Trempealeau counties
1885 population: 42,567
Robert Lees Dem. 40th 1891–1892
41st 1893–1894 Barron, Buffalo, Dunn, and Pepin counties
1890 population: 61,009
James Huff Stout Rep. 42nd 1895–1896
43rd 1897–1898 Chippewa and Dunn counties
1895 population: 53,733
44th 1899–1900
45th 1901–1902
46th 1903–1904 Barron, Buffalo, Dunn, and Pepin counties
1900 population: 73,390
47th 1905–1906
48th 1907–1908
49th 1909–1910
George E. Scott Rep. Died Nov. 1915. 50th 1911–1912
51st 1913–1914 Barron, Dunn, and Polk counties
1910 population: 75,741
52nd 1915–1916
--Vacant--
Algodt C. Anderson Rep. Won 1916 special election. 53rd 1917–1918
54th 1919–1920
55th 1921–1922
Carl B. Casperson Rep. 56th 1923–1924
57th 1925–1926
58th 1927–1928
59th 1929–1930
John A. Anderson Rep. 60th 1931–1932
61st 1933–1934
Prog. 62nd 1935–1936
63rd 1937–1938
A. J. Connors Prog. 64th 1939–1940
65th 1941–1942
Charles D. Madsen Prog. Resigned Jan. 1949 after appointed County Judge. 66th 1943–1944
67th 1945–1946
Rep. 68th 1947–1948
—Vacant-- 69th 1949–1950
John E. Olson Dem. Won 1949 special election.
William E. Owen Rep. 70th 1951–1952
71st 1953–1954
Hugh M. Jones Rep. 72nd 1955–1956 Marathon and Shawano counties
73rd 1957–1958
Robert W. Dean Dem. 74th 1959–1960
75th 1961–1962
Charles F. Smith Jr. Rep. 76th 1963–1964
77th 1965–1966 Marathon, Menominee, and Shawano counties
Walter Chilsen Rep. 78th 1967–1968
79th 1969–1970
80th 1971–1972
81st 1973–1974 Menominee County and
Most of Marathon County
Most of Shawano County
Part of Langlade County
Part of Oconto County
82nd 1975–1976
83rd 1977–1978
84th 1979–1980
85th 1981–1982
86th 1983–1984 Price and Rusk counties and
Most of Marathon County
Most of Taylor County
Part of Barron County
87th 1985–1986 Price County and
Most of Marathon County
Most of Rusk County
Most of Taylor County
Part of Barron County
Part of Chippewa County
Part of Shawano County
Part of Waupaca County
88th 1987–1988
89th 1989–1990
Russ Decker Dem. 90th 1991–1992
91st 1993–1994 Price, Rusk, and Taylor counties and
Most of Marathon County
92nd 1995–1996
93rd 1997–1998
94th 1999–2000
95th 2001–2002
96th 2003–2004 Price and Rusk counties and
Most of Marathon County
Most of Taylor County
Part of Portage County
Part of Sawyer County
Part of Shawano County
97th 2005–2006
98th 2007–2008
99th 2009–2010
Pam Galloway Rep. Resigned March 2012. 100th 2011–2012
—Vacant--
Jerry Petrowski Rep. Won 2012 special election.
101st 2013–2014
 
Rusk and Taylor counties and
Most of Marathon County
Most of Sawyer County
Part of Clark County
Part of Wood County
102nd 2015–2016
103rd 2017–2018
104th 2019–2020
105th 2021–2022
Cory Tomczyk Rep. Elected 2022. 106th 2023–2024
 
Rusk and Taylor counties and
most of Marathon County,
most of Sawyer County,
part of Wood County

References

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  1. ^ "Senate District 29". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved March 25, 2021.
  2. ^ "Wisconsin Legislative Districts - Senate District 29 Boundaries". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved March 26, 2021.
  3. ^ "Senator Cory Tomczyk". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved January 3, 2023.
  4. ^ "Representative John Spiros". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved March 26, 2021.
  5. ^ "Representative James Edming". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved March 26, 2021.
  6. ^ "State of Wisconsin Congressional Districts" (PDF). Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved March 10, 2021.
  7. ^ Wisconsin Blue Book, 2013-14 edition, Statistics: History, pages 657-666.
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