The 1st District of the Wisconsin Senate is located in Eastern Wisconsin

Wisconsin

Wisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States and is part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin's capital is...

, and is currently composed of Door

Door County, Wisconsin

Door County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of 2000, the population was 27,961. Its county seat is Sturgeon Bay. Door County is a popular vacation and tourist destination, especially for residents of Wisconsin and Illinois....

, Kewaunee

Kewaunee County, Wisconsin

Kewaunee County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of 2000, the population was 20,187. Its county seat is Kewaunee. Kewaunee County is part of the Green Bay Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:According to the U.S...

, and Calumet

Calumet County, Wisconsin

Calumet County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It is included in the Appleton, Wisconsin, Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2010, the county's population was 48,971. The county seat is Chilton.-History:...

 Counties. The district does not contain, but is adjacent to the Green Bay

Green Bay, Wisconsin

Green Bay is a city in and the county seat of Brown County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin, located at the head of Green Bay, a sub-basin of Lake Michigan, at the mouth of the Fox River. It has an elevation of above sea level and is located north of Milwaukee. As of the 2010 United States Census,...

 area.

Current elected officials

Frank Lasee

Frank Lasee

Frank Lasee is a Republican member of the Wisconsin Senate, representing the 1st Senate District since 2011. Previous senator representing this district was his cousin, Alan Lasee...

 is the senator serving the 1st district. He was elected in 2010 to a four year term. Before serving as a senator, he held an office in the State Assembly

Wisconsin State Assembly

The Wisconsin State Assembly is the lower house of the Wisconsin Legislature. Together with the smaller Wisconsin Senate, the two constitute the legislative branch of the U.S. state of Wisconsin....

. His cousin Alan previously held the senate seat for the 1st district.

The area of the 1st Senate District contains three State Assembly

Wisconsin State Assembly

The Wisconsin State Assembly is the lower house of the Wisconsin Legislature. Together with the smaller Wisconsin Senate, the two constitute the legislative branch of the U.S. state of Wisconsin....

 Districts:

• The 1st (represented by Garey Bies)
• The 2nd (represented by Andre Jacque
  Andre Jacque
  Andre Jacque is a Wisconsin politician and legislator.Born in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, Jacque graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly in 2010. He is a member of Pro-Life Wisconsin, as well as the National Rifle Association.-Notes:...
  
  )
• The 3rd (represented by Alvin Ott
  Alvin Ott
  Alvin "Al" Ott is a Republican member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing the 3rd Assembly District. He serves as a member of Committee on Public Safety, Committee on Agriculture, and Committee on Transportation.-External links:*...
  
  ).

The district is also located within Wisconsin's 8th congressional district

Wisconsin's 8th congressional district

Wisconsin's 8th congressional district is a congressional district of the United States House of Representatives in northeastern Wisconsin. The district includes Green Bay and Appleton. It is currently represented by Reid Ribble, a Republican. Ribble defeated incumbent Democrat Steve Kagen for...

, which is represented by U.S. Representative Reid Ribble.

Past senators

The district has previously been represented by:

• Alan Lasee
  Alan Lasee
  Alan Lasee is an American politician. He was a member of the Wisconsin State Senate, representing Wisconsin's 1st Senate district. He is a member of the Republican Party of Wisconsin. He also ran for county executive of Brown County in 2007....
  
  , 1977-2011
• Jerome Martin
  Jerome Martin (Wisconsin politician)
  Jerome Martin was a Wisconsin politician and legislator. Born in Rockland, Brown County, Wisconsin, Martin was a businessman. From 1971 until his death, Martin served in the Wisconsin State Senate....
  
  , 1971-1977
• Alex Meunier
  Alex Meunier
  Alex J. Meunier was a Republican member of the Wisconsin Senate, representing the 1st District from 1963 to 1971.Meunier attended the Algoma Teachers College, and taught in Door County schools for nine years. He also served in the Army, and operated his own orchard. He was a delegate to the...
  
  , from 1963 to 1971
• Harlan Page Bird, from 1903 to 1911
• Edward Scofield
  Edward Scofield
  Edward Scofield was an American politician who served as the 19th Governor of Wisconsin.-Biography:Scofield was born in Clearfield, Pennsylvania. He fought in the American Civil War as a member of the 11th Pennsylvania Reserve Regiment and eventually rose to the rank of major. He moved to Oconto,...
  
  , from 1887 1891 (later became Governor)

Note: the boundaries of districts have sometimes changed over history. Previous politicians of a specific numbered district may have represented a slightly different geographic area, due to redistricting

Redistricting

Redistricting is the process of drawing United States electoral district boundaries, often in response to population changes determined by the results of the decennial census. In 36 states, the state legislature has primary responsibility for creating a redistricting plan, in many cases subject to...

.

External links

• Frank Lasee official campaign site