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Wisconsin's 18th Senate district
American legislative district in east-central Wisconsin
American legislative district in east-central Wisconsin
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| image caption | 2024 map defined in [2023 Wisc. Act 94](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/related/acts/94) | ||||||||||||
| 2022 map defined in *[ Johnson v. Wisconsin Elections Commission](https://www.wicourts.gov/sc/opinion/DisplayDocument.pdf?content=pdf&seqNo=512188)* | |||||||||||||
| 2011 map was defined in [2011 Wisc. Act 43](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2011/related/acts/43) | |||||||||||||
| composed of Assembly districts 52, 53, and 54 | |||||||||||||
| chamber | Senate | ||||||||||||
| state | Wisconsin | ||||||||||||
| district | 18 | ||||||||||||
| representative | Kristin Dassler-Alfheim | ||||||||||||
| residence | Appleton | ||||||||||||
| party | Democratic | ||||||||||||
| incumbentsince | January 6, 2025 () | ||||||||||||
| population | 178,722 | ||||||||||||
| population_year | 2020 | ||||||||||||
| voting_age | 141,269 | ||||||||||||
| percent_white | 83.98 | ||||||||||||
| percent_black | 3.9 | ||||||||||||
| percent_hispanic | 5.03 | ||||||||||||
| percent_asian | 4.54 | ||||||||||||
| percent_native_american | 2.16 | ||||||||||||
| percent_pacific_islander | 0.15 | ||||||||||||
| website | [Official website](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/districts/senate/18) | ||||||||||||
| notes | East-central Wisconsin |
| | From 2024 to 2031 | | From 2022 to 2023 | | From 2012 to 2021 2022 map defined in Johnson v. Wisconsin Elections Commission 2011 map was defined in 2011 Wisc. Act 43 composed of Assembly districts 52, 53, and 54
The 18th Senate district of Wisconsin is one of 33 districts in the Wisconsin Senate. Located in the heart of the Fox Cities in east-central Wisconsin, the district comprises parts of northeast Winnebago County and southern Outagamie County. It includes the cities of Menasha and Neenah, most of the city of Appleton, and the northern half of the city of Oshkosh. It contains landmarks such as College Avenue Historic District, Lawrence University, and the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh campus.
Current elected officials
Kristin Dassler-Alfheim is the senator representing the 18th district. She was first elected to the Senate in the 2024 general election.
Each Wisconsin State Senate district is composed of three Wisconsin State Assembly districts. The 18th Senate district comprises the 52nd, 53rd, and 54th Assembly districts. The current representatives of those districts are:
- Assembly District 52: Lee Snodgrass (D–Appleton)
- Assembly District 53: Dean Kaufert (R–Neenah)
- Assembly District 54: Lori Palmeri (D–Oshkosh)
The district is crosses two congressional districts. The part of the district in Outagamie County falls within Wisconsin's 8th congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative Mike Gallagher. The remainder of the district in Winnebago County falls within Wisconsin's 6th congressional district, represented by U.S. Representative Glenn Grothman.
File:ThriventFinancialAppletonWisconsinLocation.jpg|Thrivent Financial Appleton headquarters File:AppletonWisconsinDowntown3.jpg|College Avenue Historic District in downtown Appleton File:Lawrence_University.jpg|Main Hall of Lawrence University File:Downtown Menasha.jpg|Downtown Menasha File:NeenahLighthouse2009FoxRiver.jpg|Kimberly Point Lighthouse on Neenah Point File:NeenahWisconsinCityHall.jpg|Neenah City Hall File:DotyIslandFoxRiverNeenahWisconsin.jpg|Doty Island viewed from Neenah File:Downtown Oshkosh, Wisconsin, in 2006.jpg|Downtown Oshkosh File:DempseyHallUWOshkosh.jpg|Historic Dempsey Hall on the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh campus File:FoxRiverMouthOshkosh.jpg|Where the Fox River meets Lake Winnebago
Past senators
The district has previously been represented by:
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. Prior to 1852, the 18th District was a Milwaukee-area district.
| Senator | Party | Notes | Session | Years | District Definition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *District created* | 1848 | [[File:1848 WI Sen 18.png | frameless | center | 300px]] {{Collapsible list | title= Southern Milwaukee County | titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%; | |||||
| Asa Kinney | Dem. | [1st](1st-wisconsin-legislature) | ||||||||||
| [2nd](2nd-wisconsin-legislature) | 1849 | |||||||||||
| Duncan Reed | Dem. | *Redistricted to 6th district.* | [3rd](3rd-wisconsin-legislature) | 1850 | ||||||||
| [4th](4th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1851 | |||||||||||
| [5th](5th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1852 | |||||||||||
| John R. Briggs Jr. | Whig | *Won 1852 special election.* | [6th](6th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1853 | [[File:1852 WI Sen 18.svg | frameless | center | 150px]] {{Collapsible list | title= Eastern Rock County | titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%; | ||
| Louis P. Harvey | Rep. | [7th](7th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1854 | |||||||||
| [8th](8th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1855 | |||||||||||
| [9th](9th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1856 | |||||||||||
| [10th](10th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1857 | [[File:1856 WI Sen 18.svg | frameless | center | 150px]] {{Collapsible list | title= Eastern Rock County | titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%; | |||||
| Alden I. Bennett | Rep. | [11th](11th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1858 | |||||||||
| [12th](12th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1859 | |||||||||||
| [13th](13th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1860 | |||||||||||
| [14th](14th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1861 | |||||||||||
| Joel Rich | Dem. | [15th](15th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1862 | [[File:1861 WI Sen 18.svg | frameless | center | 150px]] {{Collapsible list | title= Western Dodge County | titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%; | |||
| [16th](16th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1863 | |||||||||||
| William E. Smith | Natl. Union | [17th](17th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1864 | |||||||||
| [18th](18th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1865 | |||||||||||
| Stoddard Judd | Natl. Union | [19th](19th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1866 | |||||||||
| [20th](20th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1867 | [[File:1866 WI Sen 18.svg | frameless | center | 150px]] {{Collapsible list | title= Western Dodge County | titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%; | |||||
| Henry W. Lander | Dem. | [21st](21st-wisconsin-legislature) | 1868 | |||||||||
| [22nd](22nd-wisconsin-legislature) | 1869 | |||||||||||
| Samuel D. Burchard | Dem. | [23rd](23rd-wisconsin-legislature) | 1870 | |||||||||
| [24th](24th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1871 | |||||||||||
| William Hiner | Rep. | [25th](25th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1872 | [[File:1871 WI Sen 18.svg | frameless | center | 150px]] {{Collapsible list | title= Western Fond du Lac County | titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%; | |||
| [26th](26th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1873 | |||||||||||
| [27th](27th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1874 | |||||||||||
| [28th](28th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1875 | |||||||||||
| [29th](29th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1876 | |||||||||||
| [30th](30th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1877 | [[File:1876 WI Sen 18.svg | frameless | center | 150px]] 1876–1881 | |||||||
| [[File:1882 WI Sen 18.svg | frameless | center | 150px]] 1882–1887 | |||||||||
| [[File:1888 WI Sen 18.svg | frameless | center | 150px]] 1888–1891 | |||||||||
| {{Collapsible list | title= Western Fond du Lac County | titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%; | ||||||||||
| Alonzo A. Loper | Rep. | [31st](31st-wisconsin-legislature) | 1878 | |||||||||
| [32nd](32nd-wisconsin-legislature) | 1879 | |||||||||||
| George E. Sutherland | Rep. | [33rd](33rd-wisconsin-legislature) | 1880 | |||||||||
| [34th](34th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1881 | |||||||||||
| Edward Colman | Rep. | [35th](35th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1882 | |||||||||
| [36th](36th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1883–1884 | |||||||||||
| James F. Ware | Rep. | [37th](37th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1885–1886 | |||||||||
| [38th](38th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1887–1888 | |||||||||||
| Samuel B. Stanchfield | Rep. | [39th](39th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1889–1890 | |||||||||
| [40th](40th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1891–1892 | |||||||||||
| Samuel M. Smead | Dem. | *Resigned Jan. 1895.* | [41st](41st-wisconsin-legislature) | 1893–1894 | [[File:1892 WI Sen 18.svg | frameless | center | 150px]] Fond du Lac County | ||||
| 1890 population: 42,088 | ||||||||||||
| Lyman W. Thayer | Rep. | *Won 1895 special election.* | [42nd](42nd-wisconsin-legislature) | 1895–1896 | ||||||||
| [43rd](43rd-wisconsin-legislature) | 1897–1898 | [[File:1896 WI Sen 18.svg | frameless | center | 150px]] 1896–1901 | |||||||
| [[File:1902 WI Sen 18.svg | frameless | center | 150px]] 1902–1911 | |||||||||
| [[File:1912 WI Sen 18.svg | frameless | center | 150px]] 1912–1921 | |||||||||
| Fond du Lac & Green Lake counties | ||||||||||||
| 1895 population: 63,3751900 population: 63,386 | ||||||||||||
| [44th](44th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1899–1900 | |||||||||||
| Elmer D. Morse | Rep. | [45th](45th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1901–1902 | |||||||||
| [46th](46th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1903–1904 | |||||||||||
| Charles H. Smith | Dem. | [47th](47th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1905–1906 | |||||||||
| [48th](48th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1907–1908 | |||||||||||
| Edward H. Lyons | Rep. | [49th](49th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1909–1910 | |||||||||
| [50th](50th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1911–1912 | |||||||||||
| Lewis G. Kellogg | Dem. | [51st](51st-wisconsin-legislature) | 1913–1914 | |||||||||
| [52nd](52nd-wisconsin-legislature) | 1915–1916 | |||||||||||
| Albert J. Pullen | Rep. | [53rd](53rd-wisconsin-legislature) | 1917–1918 | |||||||||
| [54th](54th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1919–1920 | |||||||||||
| William A. Titus | Rep. | [55th](55th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1921–1922 | |||||||||
| [56th](56th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1923–1924 | Fond du Lac, Green Lake, and Waushara counties | ||||||||||
| [57th](57th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1925–1926 | |||||||||||
| [58th](58th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1927–1928 | |||||||||||
| Louis J. Fellenz Sr. | Rep. | [59th](59th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1929–1930 | |||||||||
| [60th](60th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1931–1932 | |||||||||||
| Morley Garfield Kelly | Dem. | [61st](61st-wisconsin-legislature) | 1933–1934 | |||||||||
| [62nd](62nd-wisconsin-legislature) | 1935–1936 | |||||||||||
| Morvin Duel | Rep. | [63rd](63rd-wisconsin-legislature) | 1937–1938 | |||||||||
| [64th](64th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1939–1940 | |||||||||||
| Louis J. Fellenz Jr. | Rep. | *Elected 1940.* | ||||||||||
| *Resigned June 1944.* | [65th](65th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1941–1942 | ||||||||||
| [66th](66th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1943–1944 | |||||||||||
| *--Vacant--* | ||||||||||||
| Louis J. Fellenz Jr. | Rep. | *Elected 1944.* | [67th](67th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1945–1946 | ||||||||
| [68th](68th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1947–1948 | |||||||||||
| Alfred Van De Zande | Rep. | [69th](69th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1949–1950 | |||||||||
| [70th](70th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1951–1952 | |||||||||||
| [71st](71st-wisconsin-legislature) | 1953–1954 | |||||||||||
| [72nd](72nd-wisconsin-legislature) | 1955–1956 | |||||||||||
| Walter G. Hollander | Rep. | [73rd](73rd-wisconsin-legislature) | 1957–1958 | |||||||||
| [74th](74th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1959–1960 | |||||||||||
| [75th](75th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1961–1962 | |||||||||||
| [76th](76th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1963–1964 | |||||||||||
| [77th](77th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1965–1966 | Fond du Lac County andWestern Dodge County | ||||||||||
| [78th](78th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1967–1968 | |||||||||||
| [79th](79th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1969–1970 | |||||||||||
| [80th](80th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1971–1972 | |||||||||||
| [81st](81st-wisconsin-legislature) | 1973–1974 | Most of Dodge County | ||||||||||
| Central Fond du Lac County | ||||||||||||
| Northwest Washington County | ||||||||||||
| Part of Jefferson County | ||||||||||||
| [82nd](82nd-wisconsin-legislature) | 1975–1976 | |||||||||||
| Scott McCallum | Rep. | *Resigned 1986 after elected Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin.* | [83rd](83rd-wisconsin-legislature) | 1977–1978 | ||||||||
| [84th](84th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1979–1980 | |||||||||||
| [85th](85th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1981–1982 | |||||||||||
| [86th](86th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1983–1984 | Central Fond du Lac County | ||||||||||
| Eastern Dodge County | ||||||||||||
| Southern Winnebago County | ||||||||||||
| Northwest Washington County | ||||||||||||
| [87th](87th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1985–1986 | Eastern Fond du Lac County | ||||||||||
| Southeast Winnebago County | ||||||||||||
| Northeast Washington County | ||||||||||||
| Part of Ozaukee County | ||||||||||||
| Part of Sheboygan County | ||||||||||||
| *--Vacant--* | [88th](88th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1987–1988 | ||||||||||
| Carol Roessler | Rep. | *Won 1987 special election.* | ||||||||||
| [89th](89th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1989–1990 | |||||||||||
| [90th](90th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1991–1992 | |||||||||||
| [91st](91st-wisconsin-legislature) | 1993–1994 | Central Fond du Lac County | ||||||||||
| Southeast Winnebago County | ||||||||||||
| Parts of Dodge County | ||||||||||||
| [92nd](92nd-wisconsin-legislature) | 1995–1996 | |||||||||||
| [93rd](93rd-wisconsin-legislature) | 1997–1998 | |||||||||||
| [94th](94th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1999–2000 | |||||||||||
| [95th](95th-wisconsin-legislature) | 2001–2002 | |||||||||||
| [96th](96th-wisconsin-legislature) | 2003–2004 | Central Fond du Lac County | ||||||||||
| Southern Winnebago County | ||||||||||||
| Part of Dodge County | ||||||||||||
| [97th](97th-wisconsin-legislature) | 2005–2006 | |||||||||||
| [98th](98th-wisconsin-legislature) | 2007–2008 | |||||||||||
| Randy Hopper | Rep. | *Lost 2011 recall election.* | [99th](99th-wisconsin-legislature) | 2009–2010 | ||||||||
| [100th](100th-wisconsin-legislature) | 2011–2012 | |||||||||||
| Jessica King | Dem. | *Won 2011 recall election.* | ||||||||||
| Rick Gudex | Rep. | [101st](101st-wisconsin-legislature) | 2013–2014 | [[File:2011 WI Sen 18.png | frameless | center | 300px]] {{Collapsible list | title= Central Fond du Lac County, | ||||
| southern Winnebago County, | ||||||||||||
| & part of Dodge County | titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%; | |||||||||||
| [102nd](102nd-wisconsin-legislature) | 2015–2016 | |||||||||||
| Dan Feyen | Rep. | [103rd](103rd-wisconsin-legislature) | 2017–2018 | |||||||||
| [104th](104th-wisconsin-legislature) | 2019–2020 | |||||||||||
| [105th](105th-wisconsin-legislature) | 2021–2022 | |||||||||||
| [106th](106th-wisconsin-legislature) | 2023–2024 | [[File:2022 WI Sen 18.png | frameless | center | 300px]] Central Fond du Lac County, | |||||||
| southern Winnebago County, | ||||||||||||
| part of Dodge County | ||||||||||||
| Kristin Dassler-Alfheim | Dem. | *Elected 2024.* | [107th](107th-wisconsin-legislature) | 2025–2026 | [[File:2024 WI Sen 18.svg | frameless | center | 150px]] Part of eastern Winnebago County | ||||
| part of southern Outagamie County |
References
References
- "Senate District 18".
- "Wisconsin Legislative Districts - Senate District 18 Boundaries".
- (2025). "Senator Kristin Dassler-Alfheim".
- "Wisconsin Blue Book, 2011-12 edition, page 54".
- "State of Wisconsin Congressional Districts".
- Wisconsin Blue Book, 1991-92 edition, ''Statistics: History'', pages 657-666.
- (1882). "The Blue Book of the state of Wisconsin". State of Wisconsin.
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