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.
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 1861 Wisc. Act 216. 1861 Satterlee Clark Dem. 15th 1862 16th 1863 17th 1864 18th 1865 19th 1866 20th 1867 21st 1868 22nd 1869 23rd 1870 24th 1871 Lyman Morgan Dem. Redistricted from the 3rd district. 25th 1872 Ozaukee and Washington counties Adam Schantz Dem. 26th 1873 27th 1874 Gilead J. Wilmot Dem. 28th 1875 29th 1876 Philip Schneider Dem. 30th 1877 31st 1878 Lyman Morgan Dem. 32nd 1879 33rd 1880 George F. Hunt Dem. 34th 1881 35th 1882 Edward Reed Blake Dem. 36th 1883–1884 37th 1885–1886 Peter Lochen Dem. 38th 1887–1888 39th 1889–1890 Ozaukee and Washington counties and Frederick W. Horn Dem. Died January 1893 40th 1891–1892 --Vacant-- 41st 1893–1894 Ozaukee and Washington counties and Stephen F. Mayer Dem. 42nd 1895–1896 43rd 1897–1898 Washington and Waukesha counties Alfred M. Jones Rep. 44th 1899–1900 45th 1901–1902 Ernst Merton Dem. 46th 1903–1904 47th 1905–1906 Henry Lockney Rep. 48th 1907–1908 49th 1909–1910 George E. Hoyt Rep. 50th 1911–1912 51st 1913–1914 Jefferson and Waukesha counties Charles Mülberger Dem. 52nd 1915–1916 53rd 1917–1918 54th 1919–1920 55th 1921–1922 John C. Schuman Rep. 56th 1923–1924 57th 1925–1926 58th 1927–1928 59th 1929–1930 William H. Edwards Rep. 60th 1931–1932 61st 1933–1934 Chester Dempsey Dem. 62nd 1935–1936 63rd 1937–1938 William A. Freehoff Rep. 64th 1939–1940 65th 1941–1942 66th 1943–1944 67th 1945–1946 Chester Dempsey Rep. Died October 1969. 68th 1947–1948 69th 1949–1950 70th 1951–1952 71st 1953–1954 72nd 1955–1956 73rd 1957–1958 74th 1959–1960 75th 1961–1962 76th 1963–1964 77th 1965–1966 Northern Waukesha County 78th 1967–1968 79th 1969–1970 --Vacant-- Roger P. Murphy Rep. Resigned February 1980 to become a Wisconsin circuit court judge. 80th 1971–1972 81st 1973–1974 Northern Waukesha County 82nd 1975–1976 83rd 1977–1978 84th 1979–1980 --Vacant--Susan Engeleiter Rep. Won 1980 special election.Resigned April 1989 to become Administrator of the Small Business Administration. 85th 1981–1982 86th 1983–1984 87th 1985–1986 Eastern Waukesha CountyPart of Milwaukee County 88th 1987–1988 89th 1989–1990 --Vacant-- Margaret Farrow Rep. Won 1989 special election.Resigned May 2001 to become Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin. 90th 1991–1992 91st 1993–1994 Eastern Waukesha CountyPart of Milwaukee County 92nd 1995–1996 93rd 1997–1998 94th 1999–2000 95th 2001–2002 --Vacant-- Theodore Kanavas Rep. 96th 2003–2004 Northern Waukesha CountySoutheast Washington County 97th 2005–2006 98th 2007–2008 99th 2009–2010 Rich Zipperer Rep. Resigned Aug. 2012. 100th 2011–2012 --Vacant-- Paul Farrow Rep. Resigned July 2015. 101st 2013–2014 Central Waukesha County 102nd 2015–2016 --Vacant-- Chris Kapenga Rep. Won 2015 special election. 103rd 2017–2018 104th 2019–2020 105th 2021–2022 106th 2023–2024 Central Waukesha County 107th 2025–2026
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External links Senate District 33 at Wisconsin Legislature Senator Chris Kapenga (2025) Senator Chris Kapenga (2023) Senator Chris Kapenga (2021) Senator Chris Kapenga (2019) Senator Chris Kapenga (2017)