Wisconsin's 25th Senate district

{{short description|American legislative district in northwest Wisconsin}} {{Use American English|date=February 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox United States legislative district |image = {{switcher | {{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|from=Wisconsin's 25th Senate district (2024–2031).map|frame-height=300|frame-width=400|frame-coord={{coord|46.1|-91}}|frame-longitude=-77.2|zoom=7|overlay-horizontal-alignment=right|overlay-vertical-alignment=bottom|overlay=100px }} | From 2024 to 2031 | {{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|from=Wisconsin's 25th Senate district (2022–2023).map|frame-height=300|frame-width=400|frame-coord={{coord|46.1|-91}}|frame-longitude=-77.2|zoom=7|overlay-horizontal-alignment=right|overlay-vertical-alignment=bottom|overlay=100px }} | From 2022 to 2023 | {{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|from=Wisconsin's 25th Senate district (2012–2021).map|frame-height=300|frame-width=400|frame-coord={{coord|46.1|-91}}|frame-longitude=-77.2|zoom=7|overlay-horizontal-alignment=right|overlay-vertical-alignment=bottom|overlay=100px }} | From 2012 to 2021 }} |image_size = |image_caption = 2024 map defined in {{nowrap|[https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/related/acts/94 2023 Wisc. Act 94]}} 2022 map defined in ''[https://www.wicourts.gov/sc/opinion/DisplayDocument.pdf?content=pdf&seqNo=512188 Johnson v. Wisconsin Elections Commission]'' 2011 map was defined in {{nowrap|[https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2011/related/acts/43 2011 Wisc. Act 43]}} composed of Assembly districts 73, 74, and 75 |state = Wisconsin |district = 25 |chamber = Senate |representative = Romaine Quinn |party = Republican |residence = Cameron |residence_link = Cameron, Barron County, Wisconsin |incumbentsince = January 3, 2023 ({{ayd|2023|1|3}}) |Democratic = |Republican = |population = 178,879 |population_year = 2020 |voting_age = 144,476 |percent_white = 89.83 |percent_black = 0.91 |percent_hispanic = 1.41 |percent_asian = 0.68 |percent_native_american = 6.42 |percent_pacific_islander = 0.1 |percent_multiracial = |percent_other_race = |website = [https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/districts/senate/25 Official website] |notes = Far northwest Wisconsin }}

The '''25th Senate district of Wisconsin''' is one of 33 districts in the Wisconsin Senate.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Senate District 25 |url=https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/districts/senate/25 |website= Wisconsin Legislature |accessdate= March 20, 2021 }}</ref> Located in northwest Wisconsin, where Wisconsin meets Lake Superior, the district comprises all of Ashland, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Iron, Polk, Sawyer, and Washburn counties. It contains the cities of Superior, Ashland, Bayfield, Hayward, Spooner, and Washburn. The district also includes the Bad River Indian reservation and the Chequamegon–Nicolet National Forest.<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://maps.legis.wisconsin.gov/?sen=25&single=y |title= Wisconsin Legislative Districts - Senate District 25 Boundaries |website= Wisconsin Legislature |access-date= March 20, 2021 }}</ref>

==Current elected officials== Romaine Quinn is the senator representing the 25th district since January 2023. He previously served in the State Assembly, representing the 75th Assembly district from 2015 to 2021, and was mayor of Rice Lake from 2010 through 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/legislators/senate/2564 |title= Senator Romaine Robert Quinn |website= Wisconsin Legislature |access-date= January 3, 2023 }}</ref> After the 2024 redistricting, Quinn moved to Birchwood and now resides in the new district.

Each Wisconsin State Senate district is composed of three Wisconsin State Assembly districts. The 25th Senate district comprises the 73rd, 74th, and 75th Assembly districts. The current representatives of those districts are: * Assembly District 73: Angela Stroud (D–Ashland) * Assembly District 74: Chanz Green (R–Grandview) * Assembly District 75: Duke Tucker (R–Grantsburg)

The district is located entirely within Wisconsin's 7th congressional district, which is currently represented by U.S. Representative Tom Tiffany.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://legis.wisconsin.gov/ltsb/gisdocs/CongressionalMaps/Statewide_Congressional_Map_Poster.pdf |title= State of Wisconsin Congressional Districts |website= Wisconsin Legislature |accessdate= March 10, 2021 }}</ref>

<gallery> File:Bayfieldwi.JPG|Harbor at Bayfield File:Tower Avenue.jpg|Tower Avenue in downtown Superior File:Covered bridge at Amnicon Falls.jpg|Amnicon Falls State Park File:SquawBaySeaCaves028-050507.jpg|Mawikwe Bay Sea Caves in the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore File:Turtle-Flambeau_Flowage.JPG|Turtle-Flambeau Flowage File:P1000125.JPG|Near Clam Lake in Chequamegon National Forest File:Hayward,_Wisconsin_2.jpg|World's largest Muskie at the National Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame File:Penokee_Bluff_-_panoramio.jpg|Penokee Bluff in Iron County Forest File:StCroixRiver-Osceola-063-050507.jpg|Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway near Osceola, Wisconsin File:Downtown_St._Croix_Falls,_Wisconsin.jpg|downtown St. Croix Falls File:Polk_County_Courthouse.JPG|Polk County Courthouse </gallery>

== History == The boundaries of districts have changed over history. Previous politicians of a specific numbered district have represented a different geographic area, due to redistricting.

After the fifth (1852) session of the state legislature, the Wisconsin Senate was expanded to 25 members. The first member for the 25th District was James T. Lewis, of Columbus (later a Governor of Wisconsin). The district at that time consisted of Columbia County.<ref>[http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1853 ''Manual for the Use of the Assembly, of the State of Wisconsin, for the Year 1853'' Madison: Brown and Carpenter, Printers, 1853; pp. 67, 85]</ref> This was true until 1872, when the district became the counties of the counties of Green Lake, Marquette and Waushara (Columbia County was now the Twenty-Seventh District).

In 1876, the Senate was again redistricted: the Twenty-Fifth now consisted of the City of Madison, and various other Towns and Villages in Dane County, Wisconsin (more or less the previous Seventh District); while what had been the 25th was now the Ninth District.<ref>[http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1880 Warner, Hans B., ed. ''The Blue Book of the State of 0Wisconsin 1880'' Madison, 1880; pp. 498, 500, 505]</ref>

In 1883, the Twenty-Fifth now consisted of Eau Claire, Pepin and Pierce Counties (three of the eleven counties which had made up the Seventh District); Dane County became the Twenty-Sixth District.

From 1887 to 1891, the district consisted of Clark and Eau Claire Counties. The short-lived redistricting of 1891 left the district consisting of Clark, Price, Taylor, and Wood Counties. From 1892 to 1895, the district once again consisted of Clark and Eau Claire Counties. From 1896 to 1910, the district consisted of Clark and Marathon Counties. From 1911 to 1922, the district consisted of Langlade and Marathon Counties. From 1923 to 1954, the district consisted of Lincoln and Marathon Counties.

After the 1954 redistricting, the district had completely changed, and now consisted of Ashland, Bayfield, and Douglas Counties (Lincoln and Marathon Counties had been split between the new 12th and 29th Districts). The 1960 federal census showed that this district, at 74,293 people, was the least populous of Wisconsin's 33 districts, 38.0% below the average;<ref>[http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1962 Toepel, M. G.; Theobald, H. Rupert, eds. ''The Wisconsin Blue book, 1962'' Madison: State of Wisconsin, 1962; p. 352]</ref> in the wake of ''Baker v. Carr'', a redistricting would be necessary. After a great deal of litigation, the Wisconsin Supreme Court created a redistricting map promulgated on May 14, 1964. The new Twenty-Fifth District added Iron, Price, Rusk and Sawyer Counties to the district.<ref>[http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1964 Theobald, H. Rupert, ed. ''The Wisconsin Blue book, 1964'' Madison, 1964; pp. 787-789]</ref> The 1972 redistricting took away Rusk County and a southern portion of Price County, adding the eastern part of Barron County instead; but left the district mostly unchanged.<ref>[http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1973 Theobald, H. Rupert; Robbins, Patricia V., eds. ''The State of Wisconsin 1973 Blue Book'' Madison: Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau, distributed by Document Sales, 1973; p. 70]</ref> The 1982 redistricting removed Price County entirely, and modified the Barron County portion, as well as adding one Rusk County township. In 1992, the latest court-ordered redistricting added the remainder of Barron County, while dropping the Rusk County township once more. The 2002 court-ordered redistricting added part of Burnett County for the first time, while taking away segments of Sawyer and Barron Counties. The new 2011 redistricting bill took away most of Sawyer, but added for the first time a single township in Vilas County, and a township from both Dunn and Saint Croix Counties, and Price County in whole.

==Past senators== The district has previously been represented by:

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.

{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center" ! Senator ! Party ! Notes ! Session ! Years ! District Definition |- style="height:3em" | colspan=4 | ''District created by [https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/1852/related/acts/499.pdf 1852 Wisc. Act 499.]'' | 1852 | rowspan="20" | center|thumb|WI Senate District 25, 1852-1871Columbia County |- style="height:3em" | align=left | James T. Lewis | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. | ''Resigned 1853 after elected Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin.'' | 6th | 1853 |- style="height:3em" | rowspan="3" align=left | John Q. Adams | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. | rowspan="3" | ''Won 1853 special election.'' | 7th | 1854 |- style="height:3em" | rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | 8th | 1855 |- style="height:3em" | 9th | 1856 |- style="height:3em" | rowspan="4" align=left | Moses M. Davis | rowspan="4" {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | rowspan="4" | | 10th | 1857 |- style="height:3em" | 11th | 1858 |- style="height:3em" | 12th | 1859 |- style="height:3em" | 13th | 1860 |- style="height:3em" | rowspan="2" align=left | G. W. Hazelton | rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | rowspan="2" | | 14th | 1861 |- style="height:3em" | 15th | 1862 |- style="height:3em" | rowspan="4" align=left | Jonathan Bowman | rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | rowspan="4" | | 16th | 1863 |- style="height:3em" | 17th | 1864 |- style="height:3em" | rowspan="2" {{Party shading/National Union}} | {{nowrap|Natl. Union}} | 18th | 1865 |- style="height:3em" | 19th | 1866 |- style="height:3em" | rowspan="2" align=left | Robert B. Sanderson | {{Party shading/National Union}} | {{nowrap|Natl. Union}} | rowspan="2" | | 20th | 1867 |- style="height:3em" | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | 21st | 1868 |- style="height:3em" | rowspan="3" align=left | William M. Griswold | rowspan="3" {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | rowspan="3" | ''Redistricted to 27th district.'' | 22nd | 1869 |- style="height:3em" | 23rd | 1870 |- style="height:3em" | 24th | 1871 |- style="height:3em" | align=left | Waldo Flint | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | ''Redistricted from 29th district.'' | 25th | 1872 | rowspan="5" | Green Lake, Marquette, and Waushara counties |- style="height:3em" | rowspan="4" align=left | Robert L. D. Potter | rowspan="4" {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | rowspan="4"| | 26th | 1873 |- style="height:3em" | 27th | 1874 |- style="height:3em" | 28th | 1875 |- style="height:3em" | 29th | 1876 |- style="height:3em" | rowspan="6" align=left | George B. Burrows | rowspan="6" {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | rowspan="6"| | 30th | 1877 | rowspan="5" | Eastern Dane County |- style="height:3em" | 31st | 1878 |- style="height:3em" | 32nd | 1879 |- style="height:3em" | 33rd | 1880 |- style="height:3em" | 34th | 1881 |- style="height:3em" | 35th | 1882 | rowspan="4" | Eau Claire, Pepin, and Pierce counties 1880 population: 43,962 |- style="height:3em" | rowspan="2" align=left | Hans Warner | rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | rowspan="2"| | 36th | nowrap | 1883–1884 |- style="height:3em" | 37th | nowrap | 1885–1886 |- style="height:3em" | rowspan="2" align=left | William A. Rust | rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | rowspan="2"| | 38th | nowrap | 1887–1888 |- style="height:3em" | 39th | 1889–1890 | rowspan="4" | Clark and Eau Claire counties 1890 population: 48,331 |- style="height:3em" | rowspan="2" align=left | Robert MacBride | rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | rowspan="2"| | 40th | 1891–1892 |- style="height:3em" | 41st | 1893–1894 |- style="height:3em" | rowspan="2" align=left | Clarion A. Youmans | rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | rowspan="2"| | 42nd | 1895–1896 |- style="height:3em" | 43rd | 1897–1898 | rowspan="8" | Clark and Marathon counties 1895 population: 57,940 1900 population: 69,104 |- style="height:3em" | rowspan="4" align=left | Andrew L. Kreutzer | rowspan="4" {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | rowspan="4" | | 44th | nowrap | 1899–1900 |- style="height:3em" | 45th | nowrap | 1901–1902 |- style="height:3em" | 46th | nowrap | 1903–1904 |- style="height:3em" | 47th | nowrap | 1905–1906 |- style="height:3em" | rowspan="2" align=left | Spencer M. Marsh | rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | rowspan="2" | | 48th | nowrap | 1907–1908 |- style="height:3em" | 49th | 1909–1910 |- style="height:3em" | rowspan="4" align=left | W. W. Albers | rowspan="4" {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. | rowspan="4" | | 50th | 1911–1912 |- style="height:3em" | 51st | nowrap | 1913–1914 | rowspan="5" | Langlade and Marathon counties 1910 population: 72,116 |- style="height:3em" | 52nd | nowrap | 1915–1916 |- style="height:3em" | 53rd | nowrap | 1917–1918 |- style="height:3em" | rowspan="2" align=left | Claire B. Bird | rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | rowspan="2"| | 54th | nowrap | 1919–1920 |- style="height:3em" | 55th | nowrap | 1921–1922 |- style="height:3em" | rowspan="2" align=left | Joseph L. Barber | rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | rowspan="2"| | 56th | 1923–1924 | rowspan="16" | Lincoln and Marathon counties |- style="height:3em" | 57th | 1925–1926 |- style="height:3em" | rowspan="4" align=left | Otto Mueller | rowspan="4" {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | rowspan="4"| | 58th | 1927–1928 |- style="height:3em" | 59th | 1929–1930 |- style="height:3em" | 60th | 1931–1932 |- style="height:3em" | 61st | 1933–1934 |- style="height:3em" | rowspan="2" align=left | Roland E. Kannenberg | rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Progressive (Wisconsin)}} | Prog. | rowspan="2"| | 62nd | nowrap | 1935–1936 |- style="height:3em" | 63rd | nowrap| 1937–1938 |- style="height:3em" | rowspan="2" align=left | Otto Mueller | rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | rowspan="2"| | 64th | nowrap | 1939–1940 |- style="height:3em" | 65th | nowrap | 1941–1942 |- style="height:3em" | rowspan="2" align=left | William McNeight | rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | rowspan="2" | | 66th | nowrap | 1943–1944 |- style="height:3em" | 67th | 1945–1946 |- style="height:3em" | rowspan="4" align=left | Clifford Krueger | rowspan="4" {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | rowspan="4" | | 68th | 1947–1948 |- style="height:3em" | 69th | 1949–1950 |- style="height:3em" | 70th | nowrap | 1951–1952 |- style="height:3em" | 71st | nowrap | 1953–1954 |- style="height:3em" | rowspan="4" align=left | Carl Lauri | rowspan="4" {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. | rowspan="4" | | 72nd | nowrap | 1955–1956 | rowspan="5" | Ashland, Bayfield, and Douglas counties |- style="height:3em" | 73rd | nowrap | 1957–1958 |- style="height:3em" | 74th | nowrap | 1959–1960 |- style="height:3em" | 75th | nowrap | 1961–1962 |- style="height:3em" | rowspan="2" align=left | {{nowrap|Frank Christopherson Jr.}} | rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. | rowspan="2" | | 76th | nowrap | 1963–1964 |- style="height:3em" | 77th | nowrap | 1965–1966 | rowspan="5" | Ashland, Bayfield, Douglas, Iron, Price, Rusk, and Sawyer counties |- style="height:3em" | rowspan="3" align=left | {{nowrap|Arthur Cirilli}} | rowspan="3" {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | rowspan="3" | ''Resigned July 1972 after appointed Wisconsin circuit court judge.'' | 78th | nowrap | 1967–1968 |- style="height:3em" | 79th | nowrap | 1969–1970 |- style="height:2em" | rowspan="2" | 80th | rowspan="2" | 1971–1972 |- style="height:1em" | colspan="3" | ''--Vacant--'' |- style="height:3em" | rowspan="7" align=left | Daniel O. Theno | rowspan="7" {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | rowspan="7" | ''Won 1972 special election.'' | 81st | nowrap | 1973–1974 | rowspan="5" | Ashland, Bayfield, Douglas, Iron, Sawyer, Washburn counties and Eastern Barron County Northern Price County |- style="height:3em" | 82nd | nowrap | 1975–1976 |- style="height:3em" | 83rd | nowrap | 1977–1978 |- style="height:3em" | 84th | nowrap | 1979–1980 |- style="height:3em" | 85th | nowrap | 1981–1982 |- style="height:3em" | 86th | nowrap | 1983–1984 | Ashland, Bayfield, Douglas, Iron, Sawyer, Washburn counties and Most of Barron County |- style="height:3em" | 87th | nowrap | 1985–1986 | rowspan="4" | Ashland, Bayfield, Douglas, Iron, Sawyer, Washburn counties and Most of Barron County Part of Rusk County |- style="height:3em" | rowspan="14" align=left | Robert Jauch | rowspan="14" {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. | rowspan="14" | ''Won 1986 election.'' ''Re-elected 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010.'' | 88th | nowrap | 1987–1988 |- style="height:3em" | 89th | nowrap | 1989–1990 |- style="height:3em" | 90th | nowrap | 1991–1992 |- style="height:3em" | 91st | 1993–1994 | rowspan="5" | Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Douglas, Iron, Sawyer, Washburn counties and Part of Polk County |- style="height:3em" | 92nd | nowrap | 1995–1996 |- style="height:3em" | 93rd | nowrap | 1997–1998 |- style="height:3em" | 94th | nowrap | 1999–2000 |- style="height:3em" | 95th | nowrap | 2001–2002 |- style="height:3em" | 96th | nowrap | 2003–2004 | rowspan="5" | Ashland, Bayfield, Douglas, Iron, Washburn counties and Most of Barron County Most of Sawyer County Eastern Burnett County Part of Polk County |- style="height:3em" | 97th | nowrap | 2005–2006 |- style="height:3em" | 98th | nowrap | 2007–2008 |- style="height:3em" | 99th | nowrap | 2009–2010 |- style="height:3em" | 100th | nowrap | 2011–2012 |- style="height:3em" | 101st | nowrap | 2013–2014 | rowspan="5" | frameless|center|300px Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Douglas, Iron, Price, Washburn counties and Part of Sawyer County Eastern Burnett County Part of Dunn County Part of Polk County Part of St. Croix County Part of Vilas County |- style="height:3em" | rowspan="4" align=left | Janet Bewley | rowspan="4" {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. | rowspan="4" | ''Won 2014 election.'' ''Re-elected 2018.'' | 102nd | nowrap | 2015–2016 |- style="height:3em" | 103rd | nowrap | 2017–2018 |- style="height:3em" | 104th | nowrap | 2019–2020 |- style="height:3em" | 105th | nowrap | 2021–2022 |- style="height:3em" | rowspan="2" align=left | Romaine Quinn | rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | rowspan="2" | ''Elected 2022.'' | 106th | nowrap | 2023–2024 | frameless|center|300px Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Iron, Price, Washburn counties, part of Polk County, northern Sawyer County |- | 107th | 2025–2026 | frameless|center|150px |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * [https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/districts/senate/25 Senate District 25] at Wisconsin Legislature ** [https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/legislators/senate/2564 Senator Romaine Robert Quinn (2023)] ** [https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2021/legislators/senate/2090 Senator Janet Bewley (2021)] ** [https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2019/legislators/senate/1894 Senator Janet Bewley (2019)] ** [https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2017/legislators/senate/1500 Senator Janet Bewley (2017)]

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