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.
Past senators The district has previously been represented by:Wisconsin Blue Book, 1991-92 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. Prior to 1852, the 18th District was a Milwaukee-area district.
Senator Party Notes Session Years District Definition District created 1848 Dem. 1st 2nd 1849 Duncan Reed Dem. Redistricted to 6th district. 3rd 1850 4th 1851 5th 1852 John R. Briggs Jr. Whig Won 1852 special election. 6th 1853 Louis P. Harvey Whig 7th 1854 Rep. 8th 1855 9th 1856 10th 1857 Alden I. Bennett Rep. 11th 1858 12th 1859 13th 1860 14th 1861 Joel Rich Dem. 15th 1862 16th 1863 William E. Smith Natl. Union 17th 1864 18th 1865 Stoddard Judd Natl. Union 19th 1866 20th 1867 Dem. 21st 1868 22nd 1869 Samuel D. Burchard Dem. 23rd 1870 24th 1871 Rep. 25th 1872 26th 1873 27th 1874 28th 1875 29th 1876 30th 1877 Rep. 31st 1878 32nd 1879 Rep. 33rd 1880 34th 1881 Rep. 35th 1882 36th 1883–1884 James F. Ware Rep. 37th 1885–1886 38th 1887–1888 Samuel B. Stanchfield Rep. 39th 1889–1890 40th 1891–1892 Samuel M. Smead Dem. Resigned Jan. 1895. 41st 1893–1894 Fond du Lac County Lyman W. Thayer Rep. Won 1895 special election. 42nd 1895–1896 43rd 1897–1898 Fond du Lac & Green Lake counties 44th 1899–1900 Elmer D. Morse Rep. 45th 1901–1902 46th 1903–1904 Charles H. Smith Dem. 47th 1905–1906 48th 1907–1908 Edward H. Lyons Rep. 49th 1909–1910 50th 1911–1912 Lewis G. Kellogg Dem. 51st 1913–1914 52nd 1915–1916 Albert J. Pullen Rep. 53rd 1917–1918 54th 1919–1920 William A. Titus Rep. 55th 1921–1922 56th 1923–1924 Fond du Lac, Green Lake, and Waushara counties 57th 1925–1926 58th 1927–1928 Louis J. Fellenz Sr. Rep. 59th 1929–1930 60th 1931–1932 Morley Garfield Kelly Dem. 61st 1933–1934 62nd 1935–1936 Morvin Duel Rep. 63rd 1937–1938 64th 1939–1940 Louis J. Fellenz Jr. Rep. 65th 1941–1942 66th 1943–1944 --Vacant-- Louis J. Fellenz Jr. Rep. 67th 1945–1946 68th 1947–1948 Alfred Van De Zande Rep. 69th 1949–1950 70th 1951–1952 71st 1953–1954 72nd 1955–1956 Walter G. Hollander Rep. 73rd 1957–1958 74th 1959–1960 75th 1961–1962 76th 1963–1964 77th 1965–1966 Fond du Lac County andWestern Dodge County 78th 1967–1968 79th 1969–1970 80th 1971–1972 81st 1973–1974 Most of Dodge CountyCentral Fond du Lac CountyNorthwest Washington CountyPart of Jefferson County 82nd 1975–1976 Scott McCallum Rep. Resigned 1986 after elected Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin. 83rd 1977–1978 84th 1979–1980 85th 1981–1982 86th 1983–1984 Central Fond du Lac CountyEastern Dodge CountySouthern Winnebago CountyNorthwest Washington County 87th 1985–1986 Eastern Fond du Lac CountySoutheast Winnebago CountyNortheast Washington CountyPart of Ozaukee CountyPart of Sheboygan County --Vacant-- 88th 1987–1988 Carol Roessler Rep. Won 1987 special election. 89th 1989–1990 90th 1991–1992 91st 1993–1994 Central Fond du Lac CountySoutheast Winnebago CountyParts of Dodge County 92nd 1995–1996 93rd 1997–1998 94th 1999–2000 95th 2001–2002 96th 2003–2004 Central Fond du Lac CountySouthern Winnebago CountyPart of Dodge County 97th 2005–2006 98th 2007–2008 Randy Hopper Rep. Lost 2011 recall election. 99th 2009–2010 100th 2011–2012 Jessica King Dem. Won 2011 recall election. Rick Gudex Rep. 101st 2013–2014 102nd 2015–2016 Dan Feyen Rep. 103rd 2017–2018 104th 2019–2020 105th 2021–2022 106th 2023–2024 Central Fond du Lac County,southern Winnebago County,part of Dodge County Kristin Dassler-Alfheim Dem. Elected 2024. 107th 2025–2026 Part of eastern Winnebago Countypart of southern Outagamie County
References
External links Senate District 18 at Wisconsin Legislature Senator Kristin Dassler-Alfheim (2025) Senator Dan Feyen (2023) Senator Dan Feyen (2021) Senator Dan Feyen (2019) Senator Dan Feyen (2017)