| Image Caption: | 2024 map defined in 2022 map defined in Johnson v. Wisconsin Elections Commission 2011 map was defined in composed of Assembly districts 70, 71, and 72 |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| District: | 24 |
| Chamber: | Senate |
| Representative: | Patrick Testin |
| Party: | Republican |
| Residence: | Stevens Point |
| Incumbentsince: | January 3, 2017 (years) |
| Population: | 178,599 |
| Population Year: | 2020 |
| Voting Age: | 142,138 |
| Percent White: | 90.19 |
| Percent Black: | 1.88 |
| Percent Hispanic: | 2.74 |
| Percent Asian: | 2.09 |
| Percent Native American: | 2.59 |
| Percent Pacific Islander: | 0.12 |
| Website: | Official website |
| Notes: | West-central Wisconsin |
The 24th Senate District of Wisconsin is one of 33 districts in the Wisconsin Senate.[1] Located in west-central Wisconsin, the district comprises all of Jackson County, most of Juneau County, most of northern Adams County, eastern and northern Monroe County, southern Wood County, and central and southwest Portage County. It contains the cities of Black River Falls, Stevens Point, Tomah, and Wisconsin Rapids, and the U.S. Army base Fort McCoy.[2]
Patrick Testin is the senator representing the 24th district, and is the current President pro tempore of the Wisconsin Senate. He was first elected in the 2016 general election and is now in his second four-year term.[3]
Each Wisconsin State Senate district is composed of three Wisconsin State Assembly districts. The 24th Senate district comprises the 70th, 71st, and 72nd Assembly districts. The current representatives of those districts are:
The 24th Senate district crosses two congressional districts. The portion of the district in eastern Jackson County, northeast Monroe County, northern Juneau County, and western Wood County fall within Wisconsin's 7th congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative Tom Tiffany; the remainder of the district fall within Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative Derrick Van Orden.[7]
Previous 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District created by 1852 Wisc. Act 499. | 1852 | Green County | |||||
| align=left | Thomas Bowen | Dem. | Redistricted from the 8th district. | 6th | 1853 | ||
| Francis H. West | Dem. | 7th | 1854 | ||||
| Rep. | 8th | 1855 | |||||
| George E. Dexter | Rep. | 9th | 1856 | ||||
| 10th | 1857 | ||||||
| John H. Warren | Rep. | 11th | 1858 | ||||
| 12th | 1859 | ||||||
| John W. Stewart | Rep. | 13th | 1860 | ||||
| 14th | 1861 | ||||||
| Edmund A. West | Rep. | 15th | 1862 | ||||
| 16th | 1863 | ||||||
| Walter S. Wescott | 17th | 1864 | |||||
| 18th | 1865 | ||||||
| Henry Adams | 19th | 1866 | |||||
| 20th | 1867 | ||||||
| Rep. | 21st | 1868 | |||||
| 22nd | 1869 | ||||||
| John C. Hall | Rep. | 23rd | 1870 | ||||
| 24th | 1871 | ||||||
| Joseph E. Irish | Rep. | 25th | 1872 | Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Pierce, Polk, and counties | |||
| 26th | 1873 | ||||||
| Rep. | Resigned Dec. 1876 after elected Wisconsin circuit court judge. | 27th | 1874 | ||||
| 28th | 1875 | ||||||
| 29th | 1876 | ||||||
| align=left | Sam Fifield | Rep. | Won 1876 special election. | 30th | 1877 | Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Polk, and counties 1875 population: 29,389 1880 population: 41,915 | |
| Dana Reed Bailey | Rep. | 31st | 1878 | ||||
| 32nd | 1879 | ||||||
| Sam Fifield | Rep. | 33rd | 1880 | ||||
| 34th | 1881 | ||||||
| James Hill | Rep. | 35th | 1882 | ||||
| 36th | 1883–1884 | Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Polk,, and Washburn counties 1880 population: 40,856 | |||||
| Joel F. Nason | Rep. | 37th | 1885–1886 | ||||
| 38th | 1887–1888 | Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Polk,, and Washburn counties 1885 population: 41,321 | |||||
| Rep. | 39th | 1889–1890 | |||||
| 40th | 1891–1892 | ||||||
| Thompson Weeks | Rep. | 41st | 1893–1894 | Walworth County and eastern Rock County | |||
| 42nd | 1895–1896 | ||||||
| John W. Whelan | Rep. | 43rd | 1897–1898 | Buffalo, and Pepin counties 1895 population: 57,670 1900 population: 56,362 | |||
| 44th | 1899–1900 | ||||||
| Frank McDonough | Rep. | 45th | 1901–1902 | ||||
| 46th | 1903–1904 | Chippewa, and Gates counties 1900 population: 64,729 | |||||
| James H. Noble | Rep. | 47th | 1905–1906 | ||||
| 48th | 1907–1908 | ||||||
| John W. Thomas | Rep. | 49th | 1909–1910 | ||||
| 50th | 1911–1912 | ||||||
| Robert W. Monk | Rep. | 51st | 1913–1914 | Clark and Wood counties 1910 population: 60,657 | |||
| 52nd | 1915–1916 | ||||||
| Isaac P. Witter | Rep. | 53rd | 1917–1918 | ||||
| 54th | 1919–1920 | ||||||
| William L. Smith | Rep. | 55th | 1921–1922 | ||||
| 56th | 1923–1924 | Clark, Taylor, and Wood counties | |||||
| 57th | 1925–1926 | ||||||
| 58th | 1927–1928 | ||||||
| Walter J. Rush | Rep. | 59th | 1929–1930 | ||||
| 60th | 1931–1932 | ||||||
| 61st | 1933–1934 | ||||||
| 62nd | 1935–1936 | ||||||
| Prog. | 63rd | 1937–1938 | |||||
| 64th | 1939–1940 | ||||||
| Melvin R. Laird | Rep. | Died March 1946. | 65th | 1941–1942 | |||
| 66th | 1943–1944 | ||||||
| 67th | 1945–1946 | ||||||
| --Vacant-- | |||||||
| Rep. | Won 1946 special election. Re-elected 1948. Elected to U.S. House in 1952. | 68th | 1947–1948 | ||||
| 69th | 1949–1950 | ||||||
| 70th | 1951–1952 | ||||||
| William W. Clark | Rep. | 71st | 1953–1954 | ||||
| 72nd | 1955–1956 | Clark, Portage, and Wood counties | |||||
| 73rd | 1957–1958 | ||||||
| 74th | 1959–1960 | ||||||
| John M. Potter | Rep. | 75th | 1961–1962 | ||||
| 76th | 1963–1964 | ||||||
| William C. Hansen | Dem. | 77th | 1965–1966 | Green Lake, Portage, Waushara, and Wood counties | |||
| 78th | 1967–1968 | ||||||
| Raymond F. Heinzen | Rep. | 79th | 1969–1970 | ||||
| 80th | 1971–1972 | ||||||
| William A. Bablitch | Dem. | Resigned July 1983 after election to Wisconsin Supreme Court. | 81st | 1973–1974 | Portage and Green Lake counties, and Most of Waushara County Northern Wood County Southern Marathon County Eastern Clark County Part of Fond du Lac County Part of Dodge County Part of Winnebago County | ||
| 82nd | 1975–1976 | ||||||
| 83rd | 1977–1978 | ||||||
| 84th | 1979–1980 | ||||||
| 85th | 1981–1982 | ||||||
| 86th | 1983–1984 | Portage and Wood counties, and Western Waupaca County Part of Marathon County | |||||
| David Helbach | Dem. | Won 1983 special election. Resigned Feb. 1995. | |||||
| 87th | 1985–1986 | Portage and Wood counties, and Northwest Adams County Part of Waupaca County Part of Marathon County | |||||
| 88th | 1987–1988 | ||||||
| 89th | 1989–1990 | ||||||
| 90th | 1991–1992 | ||||||
| 91st | 1993–1994 | Most of Adams County Most of Portage County Most of Wood County | |||||
| 92nd | 1995–1996 | ||||||
| Kevin Shibilski | Dem. | Won 1995 special election. Resigned Dec. 2002. | |||||
| 93rd | 1997–1998 | ||||||
| 94th | 1999–2000 | ||||||
| 95th | 2001–2002 | ||||||
| --Vacant-- | 96th | 2003–2004 | Most of Adams County Most of Portage County Most of Wood County | ||||
| Julie Lassa | Dem. | Won 2003 special election. | |||||
| 97th | 2005–2006 | ||||||
| 98th | 2007–2008 | ||||||
| 99th | 2009–2010 | ||||||
| 100th | 2011–2012 | ||||||
| 101st | 2013–2014 | Portage County and Most of Wood County Northern Adams County Western Waushara County Eastern Jackson County Northern Monroe County | |||||
| 102nd | 2015–2016 | ||||||
| Patrick Testin | Rep. | 103rd | 2017–2018 | ||||
| 104th | 2019–2020 | ||||||
| 105th | 2021–2022 | ||||||
| 106th | 2023–2024 | Portage County and northern Adams County, eastern Jackson County, northeast La Crosse County, northern Monroe County, western Waushara County, most of Wood County | |||||