The 26th Senate district of Wisconsin is one of 33 districts in the Wisconsin Senate. Located in south-central Wisconsin, the district comprises Downtown Madison, Wisconsin as well as most of the city's near west, south, east and north sides. The 26th also includes the suburban city of Monona, the villages of Maple Bluff and Shorewood Hills, most of the village of McFarland, and the northeast part of the city of Fitchburg in central Dane County. The district contains landmarks such as the Wisconsin State Capitol, the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus, the University of Wisconsin Arboretum, historic Forest Hill Cemetery, Edgewood University, Monona Terrace, Camp Randall Stadium, and the Kohl Center.
Current elected officials Kelda Roys is the senator representing the 26th district. She was first elected in the 2020 general election. Before serving as a senator, she was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from 2009 to 2013.
Each Wisconsin State Senate district is composed of three Wisconsin State Assembly districts. The 26th Senate district comprises the 76th, 77th, and 78th Assembly districts. The current representatives of those districts are: Assembly District 76: Francesca Hong (D–Madison) Assembly District 77: Renuka Mayadev (D–Madison) Assembly District 78: Shelia Stubbs (D–Madison)
The district is located entirely within Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative Mark Pocan.
Past senators Previous senators include: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.
Senator Party Notes Session Years District Definition District created by 1856 Wisc. Act 109. 1856 Western Dane County Hiram C. Bull Rep. 10th 1857 Andrew Proudfit Dem. 11th 1858 12th 1859 John B. Sweat Dem. 13th 1860 14th 1861 Benjamin F. Hopkins Rep. 15th 1862 16th 1863 Thomas Hood 17th 1864 18th 1865 James K. Proudfit 19th 1866 20th 1867 Carl Habich Dem. 21st 1868 22nd 1869 Romanzo E. Davis Rep. 23rd 1870 24th 1871 25th 1872 26th 1873 27th 1874 28th 1875 29th 1876 30th 1877 Matthew Anderson Dem. 31st 1878 32nd 1879 33rd 1880 34th 1881 John Adams Dem. 35th 1882 36th 1883–1884 Dane County James Conklin Dem. 37th 1885–1886 38th 1887–1888 Willett Main Rep. 39th 1889–1890 40th 1891–1892 Robert McKee Bashford Dem. 41st 1893–1894 Most of Dane County 42nd 1895–1896 Chauncey B. Welton Rep. 43rd 1897–1898 Dane County 44th 1899–1900 George P. Miller Rep. 45th 1901–1902 46th 1903–1904 Albert M. Stondall Rep. 47th 1905–1906 48th 1907–1908 John S. Donald Rep. 49th 1909–1910 50th 1911–1912 Henry Huber Rep. 51st 1913–1914 52nd 1915–1916 53rd 1917–1918 54th 1919–1920 55th 1921–1922 56th 1923–1924 Harry Sauthoff Rep. 57th 1925–1926 58th 1927–1928 Glenn D. Roberts Rep. 59th 1929–1930 60th 1931–1932 Alvin C. Reis Rep. Resigned 1934. 61st 1933–1934 Harold Groves Prog. Won 1934 special election. 62nd 1935–1936 Fred E. Risser Prog. 63rd 1937–1938 64th 1939–1940 65th 1941–1942 66th 1943–1944 67th 1945–1946 68th 1947–1948 Gaylord Nelson Dem. 69th 1949–1950 70th 1951–1952 71st 1953–1954 72nd 1955–1956 Part of Dane County Horace W. Wilkie Dem. Resigned June 1962 after appointment to Wisconsin Supreme Court. 73rd 1957–1958 74th 1959–1960 75th 1961–1962 --Vacant-- Fred A. Risser Dem. Won 1962 special election. 76th 1963–1964 77th 1965–1966 Part of Dane County 78th 1967–1968 79th 1969–1970 80th 1971–1972 81st 1973–1974 Part of Dane County 82nd 1975–1976 83rd 1977–1978 84th 1979–1980 85th 1981–1982 86th 1983–1984 Part of Dane County 87th 1985–1986 Part of Dane County 88th 1987–1988 89th 1989–1990 90th 1991–1992 91st 1993–1994 Part of Dane County 92nd 1995–1996 93rd 1997–1998 94th 1999–2000 95th 2001–2002 96th 2003–2004 Part of Dane County 97th 2005–2006 98th 2007–2008 99th 2009–2010 100th 2011–2012 101st 2013–2014 Central Dane County 102nd 2015–2016 103rd 2017–2018 104th 2019–2020 Kelda Roys Dem. Elected 2020.Re-elected 2024. 105th 2021–2022 106th 2023–2024 Central Dane County 107th 2025–2026 Central Dane County
References
External links Senate District 26 at Wisconsin Legislature Senator Kelda Roys (2023) Senator Kelda Roys (2021) Senator Fred A. Risser (2019) Senator Fred A. Risser (2017)