The 29th Senate district of Wisconsin is one of 33 districts in the Wisconsin Senate. 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.
Current elected officials Cory Tomczyk is the senator representing the 29th district since January 2023.
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–Weston) Assembly District 86: John Spiros (R–Marshfield) Assembly District 87: Brent Jacobson (R–Mosinee)
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.
Past senators Previous senators include:Wisconsin Blue Book, 2013-14 edition, Statistics: History, pages 657-666.
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 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 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 1883–1884 Rep. 37th 1885–1886 John W. DeGroff Rep. 38th 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 1899–1900 45th 1901–1902 46th 1903–1904 Barron, Buffalo, Dunn, and Pepin counties 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 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 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 CountyMost of Shawano CountyPart of Langlade CountyPart of Oconto County 82nd 1975–1976 83rd 1977–1978 84th 1979–1980 85th 1981–1982 86th 1983–1984 Price and Rusk counties andMost of Marathon CountyMost of Taylor CountyPart of Barron County 87th 1985–1986 Price County andMost of Marathon CountyMost of Rusk CountyMost of Taylor CountyPart of Barron CountyPart of Chippewa CountyPart of Shawano CountyPart of Waupaca County 88th 1987–1988 89th 1989–1990 Russ Decker Dem. 90th 1991–1992 91st 1993–1994 Price, Rusk, and Taylor counties andMost of Marathon County 92nd 1995–1996 93rd 1997–1998 94th 1999–2000 95th 2001–2002 96th 2003–2004 Price and Rusk counties andMost of Marathon CountyMost of Taylor CountyPart of Portage CountyPart of Sawyer CountyPart 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 andMost of Marathon CountyMost of Sawyer CountyPart of Clark CountyPart 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 andmost of Marathon County,most of Sawyer County,part of Wood County 107th 2025–2026
References
External links Senate District 29 at Wisconsin Legislature Senator Cory Tomczyk (2023) Senator Jerry Petrowski (2021) Senator Jerry Petrowski (2019) Senator Jerry Petrowski (2017)