The 24th Senate district of Wisconsin is one of 33 districts in the Wisconsin Senate. Located in west-central Wisconsin, the district comprises all of Jackson County, most of Juneau County, most of northern Adams County, eastern and northern Monroe County, southern Wood County, and central and southwest Portage County. It contains the cities of Black River Falls, Stevens Point, Tomah, and Wisconsin Rapids, and the U.S. Army base Fort McCoy.
Current elected officials Patrick Testin is the senator representing the 24th district, and is the current President pro tempore of the Wisconsin Senate. He was first elected in the 2016 general election and is now in his second four-year term.
Each Wisconsin State Senate district is composed of three Wisconsin State Assembly districts. The 24th Senate district comprises the 70th, 71st, and 72nd Assembly districts. The current representatives of those districts are: Assembly District 70: Nancy VanderMeer (R–Tomah) Assembly District 71: Vinnie Miresse (D–Stevens Point) Assembly District 72: Scott Krug (R–Rome)
The 24th Senate district crosses two congressional districts. The portion of the district in eastern Jackson County, northeast Monroe County, northern Juneau County, and western Wood County fall within Wisconsin's 7th congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative Tom Tiffany; the remainder of the district fall within Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative Derrick Van Orden.
Past senators Previous senators include:Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau (comp.). State of Wisconsin 1991-1992 Blue Book. Madison: Wisconsin Department of Administration, 1991, pp. 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 1852 Wisc. Act 499. 1852 Green County Thomas Bowen Dem. Redistricted from the 8th district. 6th 1853 Francis H. West Dem. 7th 1854 Rep. 8th 1855 George E. Dexter Rep. 9th 1856 10th 1857John H. Warren Rep. 11th 1858 12th 1859 John W. Stewart Rep. 13th 1860 14th 1861 Edmund A. West Rep. 15th 1862 16th 1863 Walter S. Wescott 17th 1864 18th 1865 Henry Adams 19th 1866 20th 1867 Rep. 21st 1868 22nd 1869 John C. Hall Rep. 23rd 1870 24th 1871 Joseph E. Irish Rep. 25th 1872 Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Pierce, Polk, and counties 26th 1873 Rep. Resigned Dec. 1876 after elected Wisconsin circuit court judge. 27th 1874 28th 1875 29th 1876 Sam Fifield Rep. Won 1876 special election. 30th 1877 Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Polk, and counties1875 population: 29,3891880 population: 41,915 Dana Reed Bailey Rep. 31st 1878 32nd 1879 Sam Fifield Rep. 33rd 1880 34th 1881 James Hill Rep. 35th 1882 36th 1883–1884 Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Polk, , and Washburn counties1880 population: 40,856 Joel F. Nason Rep. 37th 1885–1886 38th 1887–1888 Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Polk, , and Washburn counties1885 population: 41,321 Rep. 39th 1889–1890 40th 1891–1892 Thompson Weeks Rep. 41st 1893–1894 Walworth County and eastern Rock County 42nd 1895–1896 John W. Whelan Rep. 43rd 1897–1898 Buffalo, and Pepin counties1895 population: 57,6701900 population: 56,362 44th 1899–1900 Frank McDonough Rep. 45th 1901–1902 46th 1903–1904 Chippewa, and Gates counties1900 population: 64,729 James H. Noble Rep. 47th 1905–1906 48th 1907–1908 John W. Thomas Rep. 49th 1909–1910 50th 1911–1912 Robert W. Monk Rep. 51st 1913–1914Clark and Wood counties1910 population: 60,657 52nd 1915–1916 Isaac P. Witter Rep. 53rd 1917–1918 54th 1919–1920 William L. Smith Rep. 55th 1921–1922 56th 1923–1924 Clark, Taylor, and Wood counties 57th 1925–1926 58th 1927–1928 Walter J. Rush Rep. 59th 1929–1930 60th 1931–1932 61st 1933–1934 62nd 1935–1936 Prog. 63rd 1937–1938 64th 1939–1940 Melvin R. Laird Rep. Died March 1946. 65th 1941–1942 66th 1943–1944 67th 1945–1946 --Vacant-- Rep. Won 1946 special election.Re-elected 1948.Elected to U.S. House in 1952. 68th 1947–1948 69th 1949–1950 70th 1951–1952 William W. Clark Rep. 71st 1953–1954 72nd 1955–1956 Clark, Portage, and Wood counties 73rd 1957–1958 74th 1959–1960 John M. Potter Rep. 75th 1961–1962 76th 1963–1964 William C. Hansen Dem. 77th 1965–1966 Green Lake, Portage, Waushara, and Wood counties 78th 1967–1968 Raymond F. Heinzen Rep. 79th 1969–1970 80th 1971–1972 William A. Bablitch Dem. Resigned July 1983 after election to Wisconsin Supreme Court. 81st 1973–1974 Portage and Green Lake counties, andMost of Waushara CountyNorthern Wood CountySouthern Marathon CountyEastern Clark CountyPart of Fond du Lac CountyPart of Dodge CountyPart of Winnebago County 82nd 1975–1976 83rd 1977–1978 84th 1979–1980 85th 1981–1982 86th 1983–1984 Portage and Wood counties, andWestern Waupaca CountyPart of Marathon County David Helbach Dem. Won 1983 special election.Resigned Feb. 1995. 87th 1985–1986 Portage and Wood counties, andNorthwest Adams CountyPart of Waupaca CountyPart of Marathon County 88th 1987–1988 89th 1989–1990 90th 1991–1992 91st 1993–1994 Most of Adams CountyMost of Portage CountyMost of Wood County 92nd 1995–1996 Kevin Shibilski Dem. Won 1995 special election.Resigned Dec. 2002. 93rd 1997–1998 94th 1999–2000 95th 2001–2002 --Vacant-- 96th 2003–2004 Most of Adams CountyMost of Portage CountyMost of Wood County Julie Lassa Dem. Won 2003 special election. 97th 2005–2006 98th 2007–2008 99th 2009–2010 100th 2011–2012 101st 2013–2014 Portage County andMost of Wood CountyNorthern Adams CountyWestern Waushara CountyEastern Jackson CountyNorthern Monroe County 102nd 2015–2016 Patrick Testin Rep. 103rd 2017–2018 104th 2019–2020 105th 2021–2022 106th 2023–2024 Portage County andnorthern Adams County,eastern Jackson County,northeast La Crosse County,northern Monroe County,western Waushara County,most of Wood County 107th 2025–2026
References
External links Senate District 24 at Wisconsin Legislature Senator Patrick Testin (2023) Senator Patrick Testin (2021) Senator Patrick Testin (2019) Senator Patrick Testin (2017)