Wisconsin's 29th Senate district explained

Image Caption:	2024 map defined in 2022 map defined in Johnson v. Wisconsin Elections Commission 2011 map was defined in composed of Assembly districts 85, 86, and 87
Chamber:	Senate
State:	Wisconsin
District:	29
Residence:	Mosinee
Party:	Republican
Incumbentsince:	January 2, 2023 (years)
Population:	178,059
Population Year:	2020
Voting Age:	138,817
Percent White:	90.4
Percent Black:	1.04
Percent Hispanic:	2.05
Percent Asian:	4.38
Percent Native American:	1.57
Percent Pacific Islander:	0.1
Website:	Official website
Notes:	North-central Wisconsin

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]

Current elected officials

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:

• Assembly District 85: Patrick Snyder (R - Schofield)
• Assembly District 86: John Spiros (R - Marshfield)^[4]
• Assembly District 87: James W. Edming (R - Glen Flora)^[5]

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

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

External links

• Senate District 29 at Wisconsin Legislature
  • Senator Cory Tomczyk (2023)
  • Senator Jerry Petrowski (2021)
  • Senator Jerry Petrowski (2019)
  • Senator Jerry Petrowski (2017)

Notes and References

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