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Wisconsin's 33rd Senate district
American legislative district in southeast Wisconsin
American legislative district in southeast 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 97, 98, and 99 | |||||||||||||
| chamber | Senate | ||||||||||||
| state | Wisconsin | ||||||||||||
| district | 33 | ||||||||||||
| representative | Chris Kapenga | ||||||||||||
| residence | Delafield | ||||||||||||
| party | Republican | ||||||||||||
| incumbentsince | August 6, 2015 () | ||||||||||||
| population | 177,842 | ||||||||||||
| population_year | 2020 | ||||||||||||
| voting_age | 138,561 | ||||||||||||
| percent_white | 93.27 | ||||||||||||
| percent_black | 0.79 | ||||||||||||
| percent_hispanic | 2.59 | ||||||||||||
| percent_asian | 1.49 | ||||||||||||
| percent_native_american | 1.1 | ||||||||||||
| percent_pacific_islander | 0.08 | ||||||||||||
| website | [Official website](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/districts/senate/33) | ||||||||||||
| notes | Southeast 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 97, 98, and 99
The 33rd Senate district of Wisconsin is one of 33 districts in the Wisconsin Senate. Located in southeastern Wisconsin, the district comprises most of western Waukesha County along with parts of eastern Jefferson County, southwest Washington County, and southeast Dodge County. It includes the cities of Delafield, Hartford, and Oconomowoc, and the villages of Chenequa, Dousman, Eagle, Hartland, Lac La Belle, Merton, Neosho, North Prairie, Palmyra, Sussex, and Wales.
Current elected officials
Chris Kapenga is the senator representing the 33rd district. He was first elected to the Senate in a 2015 special election. Before becoming a state senator, he was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from 2011 through 2015.
Each Wisconsin State Senate district is composed of three State Assembly districts. The 33rd Senate district comprises the 97th, 98th, and 99th Assembly districts. The current representatives of those districts are:
- Assembly District 97: Cindi Duchow (R–Delafield)
- Assembly District 98: Jim Piwowarczyk (R–Hubertus)
- Assembly District 99: Barbara Dittrich (R–Oconomowoc)
The district is located entirely within Wisconsin's 5th congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative Scott L. Fitzgerald.
File:Palmyra Wisconsin Downtown Looking East.jpg|Downtown Palmyra File:Hartford Wisconsin Downtown looking north WIS83.jpg|Downtown Hartford File:Pikelakepicnicandlake.JPG|Pike Lake State Park File:Oconomowoc.jpg|Downtown Oconomowoc
Past senators
Previous senators include:
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 [1861 Wisc. Act 216.](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/1861/related/acts/216.pdf)* | 1861 | {{Collapsible list | title=Eastern Dodge County | titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%; | |||||
| Satterlee Clark | Dem. | [15th](15th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1862 | ||||||
| [16th](16th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1863 | ||||||||
| [17th](17th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1864 | ||||||||
| [18th](18th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1865 | ||||||||
| [19th](19th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1866 | ||||||||
| [20th](20th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1867 | {{Collapsible list | title=Eastern Dodge County | titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%; | |||||
| [21st](21st-wisconsin-legislature) | 1868 | ||||||||
| [22nd](22nd-wisconsin-legislature) | 1869 | ||||||||
| [23rd](23rd-wisconsin-legislature) | 1870 | ||||||||
| [24th](24th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1871 | ||||||||
| Lyman Morgan | Dem. | *Redistricted from the 3rd district.* | [25th](25th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1872 | Ozaukee and Washington counties | ||||
| Adam Schantz | Dem. | [26th](26th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1873 | ||||||
| [27th](27th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1874 | ||||||||
| Gilead J. Wilmot | Dem. | [28th](28th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1875 | ||||||
| [29th](29th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1876 | ||||||||
| Philip Schneider | Dem. | [30th](30th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1877 | ||||||
| [31st](31st-wisconsin-legislature) | 1878 | ||||||||
| Lyman Morgan | Dem. | [32nd](32nd-wisconsin-legislature) | 1879 | ||||||
| [33rd](33rd-wisconsin-legislature) | 1880 | ||||||||
| George F. Hunt | Dem. | [34th](34th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1881 | ||||||
| [35th](35th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1882 | ||||||||
| Edward Reed Blake | Dem. | [36th](36th-wisconsin-legislature) | nowrap | 1883–1884 | |||||
| [37th](37th-wisconsin-legislature) | nowrap | 1885–1886 | |||||||
| Peter Lochen | Dem. | [38th](38th-wisconsin-legislature) | nowrap | 1887–1888 | |||||
| [39th](39th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1889–1890 | Ozaukee and Washington counties and {{Collapsible list | title=Eastern Waukesha County | titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%; | |||||
| Frederick W. Horn | Dem. | *Died January 1893* | [40th](40th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1891–1892 | |||||
| *--Vacant--* | [41st](41st-wisconsin-legislature) | 1893–1894 | Ozaukee and Washington counties and {{Collapsible list | title=Eastern Dodge County | titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%; | ||||
| Stephen F. Mayer | Dem. | [42nd](42nd-wisconsin-legislature) | 1895–1896 | ||||||
| [43rd](43rd-wisconsin-legislature) | 1897–1898 | Washington and Waukesha counties | |||||||
| Alfred M. Jones | Rep. | [44th](44th-wisconsin-legislature) | nowrap | 1899–1900 | |||||
| [45th](45th-wisconsin-legislature) | nowrap | 1901–1902 | |||||||
| Ernst Merton | Dem. | [46th](46th-wisconsin-legislature) | nowrap | 1903–1904 | |||||
| [47th](47th-wisconsin-legislature) | nowrap | 1905–1906 | |||||||
| Henry Lockney | Rep. | [48th](48th-wisconsin-legislature) | nowrap | 1907–1908 | |||||
| [49th](49th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1909–1910 | ||||||||
| George E. Hoyt | Rep. | [50th](50th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1911–1912 | ||||||
| [51st](51st-wisconsin-legislature) | nowrap | 1913–1914 | Jefferson and Waukesha counties | ||||||
| Charles Mülberger | Dem. | [52nd](52nd-wisconsin-legislature) | 1915–1916 | ||||||
| [53rd](53rd-wisconsin-legislature) | nowrap | 1917–1918 | |||||||
| [54th](54th-wisconsin-legislature) | nowrap | 1919–1920 | |||||||
| [55th](55th-wisconsin-legislature) | nowrap | 1921–1922 | |||||||
| John C. Schuman | Rep. | [56th](56th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1923–1924 | ||||||
| [57th](57th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1925–1926 | ||||||||
| [58th](58th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1927–1928 | ||||||||
| [59th](59th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1929–1930 | ||||||||
| William H. Edwards | Rep. | [60th](60th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1931–1932 | ||||||
| [61st](61st-wisconsin-legislature) | 1933–1934 | ||||||||
| Chester Dempsey | Dem. | [62nd](62nd-wisconsin-legislature) | nowrap | 1935–1936 | |||||
| [63rd](63rd-wisconsin-legislature) | nowrap | 1937–1938 | |||||||
| William A. Freehoff | Rep. | [64th](64th-wisconsin-legislature) | nowrap | 1939–1940 | |||||
| [65th](65th-wisconsin-legislature) | nowrap | 1941–1942 | |||||||
| [66th](66th-wisconsin-legislature) | nowrap | 1943–1944 | |||||||
| [67th](67th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1945–1946 | ||||||||
| Chester Dempsey | Rep. | *Died October 1969.* | [68th](68th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1947–1948 | |||||
| [69th](69th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1949–1950 | ||||||||
| [70th](70th-wisconsin-legislature) | nowrap | 1951–1952 | |||||||
| [71st](71st-wisconsin-legislature) | nowrap | 1953–1954 | |||||||
| [72nd](72nd-wisconsin-legislature) | nowrap | 1955–1956 | |||||||
| [73rd](73rd-wisconsin-legislature) | nowrap | 1957–1958 | |||||||
| [74th](74th-wisconsin-legislature) | nowrap | 1959–1960 | |||||||
| [75th](75th-wisconsin-legislature) | nowrap | 1961–1962 | |||||||
| [76th](76th-wisconsin-legislature) | nowrap | 1963–1964 | |||||||
| [77th](77th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1965–1966 | Northern Waukesha County | |||||||
| [78th](78th-wisconsin-legislature) | nowrap | 1967–1968 | |||||||
| [79th](79th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1969–1970 | ||||||||
| *--Vacant--* | |||||||||
| Roger P. Murphy | Rep. | *Resigned February 1980 to become a Wisconsin circuit court judge.* | [80th](80th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1971–1972 | |||||
| [81st](81st-wisconsin-legislature) | nowrap | 1973–1974 | Northern Waukesha County | ||||||
| [82nd](82nd-wisconsin-legislature) | nowrap | 1975–1976 | |||||||
| [83rd](83rd-wisconsin-legislature) | nowrap | 1977–1978 | |||||||
| [84th](84th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1979–1980 | ||||||||
| *--Vacant--* | |||||||||
| Susan Engeleiter | Rep. | *Won 1980 special election.* | |||||||
| *Resigned April 1989 to become Administrator of the Small Business Administration.* | |||||||||
| [85th](85th-wisconsin-legislature) | nowrap | 1981–1982 | |||||||
| [86th](86th-wisconsin-legislature) | nowrap | 1983–1984 | |||||||
| [87th](87th-wisconsin-legislature) | nowrap | 1985–1986 | Eastern Waukesha County | ||||||
| Part of Milwaukee County | |||||||||
| [88th](88th-wisconsin-legislature) | nowrap | 1987–1988 | |||||||
| [89th](89th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1989–1990 | ||||||||
| *--Vacant--* | |||||||||
| Margaret Farrow | Rep. | *Won 1989 special election.* | |||||||
| *Resigned May 2001 to become Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin.* | |||||||||
| [90th](90th-wisconsin-legislature) | nowrap | 1991–1992 | |||||||
| [91st](91st-wisconsin-legislature) | 1993–1994 | Eastern Waukesha County | |||||||
| Part of Milwaukee County | |||||||||
| [92nd](92nd-wisconsin-legislature) | nowrap | 1995–1996 | |||||||
| [93rd](93rd-wisconsin-legislature) | nowrap | 1997–1998 | |||||||
| [94th](94th-wisconsin-legislature) | nowrap | 1999–2000 | |||||||
| [95th](95th-wisconsin-legislature) | 2001–2002 | ||||||||
| *--Vacant--* | |||||||||
| Theodore Kanavas | Rep. | ||||||||
| [96th](96th-wisconsin-legislature) | nowrap | 2003–2004 | Northern Waukesha County | ||||||
| Southeast Washington County | |||||||||
| [97th](97th-wisconsin-legislature) | nowrap | 2005–2006 | |||||||
| [98th](98th-wisconsin-legislature) | nowrap | 2007–2008 | |||||||
| [99th](99th-wisconsin-legislature) | nowrap | 2009–2010 | |||||||
| Rich Zipperer | Rep. | *Resigned Aug. 2012.* | [100th](100th-wisconsin-legislature) | 2011–2012 | |||||
| *--Vacant--* | |||||||||
| Paul Farrow | Rep. | *Resigned July 2015.* | [101st](101st-wisconsin-legislature) | nowrap | 2013–2014 | [[File:2011 WI Sen 33.png | frameless | center | 300px]] Central Waukesha County |
| [102nd](102nd-wisconsin-legislature) | 2015–2016 | ||||||||
| *--Vacant--* | |||||||||
| Chris Kapenga | Rep. | *Won 2015 special election.* | |||||||
| [103rd](103rd-wisconsin-legislature) | nowrap | 2017–2018 | |||||||
| [104th](104th-wisconsin-legislature) | nowrap | 2019–2020 | |||||||
| [105th](105th-wisconsin-legislature) | nowrap | 2021–2022 | |||||||
| [106th](106th-wisconsin-legislature) | nowrap | 2023–2024 | [[File:2022 WI Sen 33.png | frameless | center | 300px]] Central Waukesha County | |||
| [107th](107th-wisconsin-legislature) | nowrap | 2025–2026 | [[File:2024 WI Sen 33.svg | frameless | center | 150px]] |
References
References
- "Senate District 33".
- "Wisconsin Legislative Districts - Senate District 33 Boundaries".
- "Senator Chris Kapenga".
- "State of Wisconsin Congressional Districts".
- Wisconsin Blue Book, 1991-92 edition, ''Statistics: History'', pages 657-666.
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