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Wisconsin State Senate
The Wisconsin Senate is the upper house of the Wisconsin State Legislature. Together with the Wisconsin State Assembly they constitute the legislative branch of the state of Wisconsin. The powers of the Wisconsin Senate are modeled after those of the U.S. Senate. The Wisconsin Senate is controlled by the Republican Party (Wisconsin), Republican Party, as it has been for 20 of the past 22 years (only 99th Wisconsin Legislature, 2009-2010 are exceptions). The Wisconsin Constitution ties the size of the State Senate to that of the Assembly, by limiting its size to no less than 1/4, nor more than 1/3, of the size of the Assembly. Currently, Wisconsin is divided into 33 Senate Districts (1/3 of the current Assembly membership of 99) apportioned throughout the state based on population as determined by the decennial census, for a total of 33 senators. A Senate district is formed by combining three Assembly districts. Similar to the U.S. Senate, in addition to its duty of reviewing and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wisconsin State Legislature
The Wisconsin Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The legislature is a bicameral body composed of the upper house, Wisconsin State Senate, and the lower Wisconsin State Assembly, both of which have had Republican majorities since January 2011. With both houses combined, the legislature has 132 members representing an equal number of constituent districts. The legislature convenes at the state capitol in Madison. The current sitting is the 107th Wisconsin Legislature. History The United States first organized Wisconsin in 1787 under the Northwest Ordinance after Great Britain yielded the land to them in the Treaty of Paris. It became the Wisconsin Territory in 1836 and a U.S. state on May 29, 1848.Highlights of History in Wisconsin Wisconsin Blue Book 2011-2012 (accessed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legislative Branch
A legislature (, ) is a deliberative assembly with the authority, legal authority to make laws for a Polity, political entity such as a Sovereign state, country, nation or city on behalf of the people therein. They are often contrasted with the Executive (government), executive and Judiciary, judicial powers of government. Legislatures can exist at different levels of government–national, state/provincial/regional, local, even supranational (such as the European Parliament). Countries differ as to what extent they grant deliberative assemblies at the subnational law-making power, as opposed to purely administrative responsibilities. Laws enacted by legislatures are usually known as Primary and secondary legislation, primary legislation. In addition, legislatures may observe and steer governing actions, with authority to amend the budget involved. The members of a legislature are called legislators. In a democracy, legislators are most commonly popularly Election, elected, al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joan Ballweg
Joan A. Ballweg (''née'' Gottinger; born March 16, 1952) is an American business owner and Republican politician from Green Lake County, Wisconsin. She served four years as a member of the Wisconsin Senate, representing the 14th Senate district from 2021 to 2025. She previously served eight terms in the Wisconsin State Assembly, from 2005 to 2021, and was mayor of Markesan, Wisconsin, from 1991 to 1997. Early life and education Joan Ballweg was born Joan Gottinger in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and raised in the Milwaukee suburb West Allis. She graduated from Nathan Hale High School in West Allis in 1970 and went on to attend the University of Wisconsin–Waukesha before earning her bachelor's degree from the University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point in 1974. She is married to Tom Ballweg, with whom she has four children. Early career Ballweg worked as a first grade teacher from 1974 to 1976 in Memphis, Tennessee, before returning to Wisconsin with her family. They settled in W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Van Wanggaard
Van H. Wanggaard (born April 19, 1952) is a Republican politician and former law enforcement officer. He is a member of the Wisconsin State Senate, representing Racine and Kenosha counties since January 5, 2015. He was previously elected to the same office in 2010, but was removed by recall election in June 2012. Background/family life Born in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, Wanggaard graduated from Racine Lutheran High School in 1970. He then graduated from Gateway Technical College with a certificate in Police Science Instruction. Wanggard also took course work at University of Wisconsin–Extension, University of Wisconsin–Parkside, Green Bay Technical College, Milwaukee Area Technical College, Racine Technical College, Gateway Technical College, Wisconsin State Patrol Academy, and the United States Coast Guard National SAR School. Wanggard also taught at Gateway Technical College. Wanggaard worked for the Racine Police Department from 1972 to 2001 as an investi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Feyen
Daniel Joseph Feyen (born July 12, 1968) is an American Republican politician and retired printer from Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. He is a member of the Wisconsin Senate, representing Wisconsin's 20th Senate district since 2025; he previously represented the 18th Senate district from 2017 to 2025. He has been assistant majority leader of the Senate since 2019. He is also a former chairman of the Republican Party. Early life and career Dan Feyen was born in New Holstein, Wisconsin, in Calumet County. He graduated from New Holstein High School in 1986 and went on to receive a diploma in printing from Fox Valley Technical College, in Grand Chute, Wisconsin. He then went to work in the printing and bindery business in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, for much of the next 30 years. In Fond du Lac, he became involved with the United States Junior Chamber, and was president of the Fond du Lac chapter in the 1990s. He also became active in the Republican Party of Wisconsin and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alberta Darling
Alberta Darling (born April 28, 1944) is an American educator, politician and former member of the Wisconsin State Senate. She represented Wisconsin's 8th State Senate district from 1993 through 2022 as a Republican. Her constituency included many of the municipalities directly north and northwest of Milwaukee and part of the city of Milwaukee. She also served three years in the Wisconsin State Assembly. Before entering public office, she was a teacher and marketing director. Personal life and education Darling was born in Hammond, Indiana, and raised in Peoria, Illinois, where she graduated from Richwoods High School. She attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison, receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in secondary education in 1966. After graduating from UW-Madison, she moved to Milwaukee and did graduate work at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee from 1972 to 1974. Prior to her election to the legislature, Darling taught high school English and was later the ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
100th Wisconsin Legislature
The One-Hundredth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 3, 2011, through January 7, 2013, in regular session, though it adjourned for legislative activity on May 22, 2012. The legislature also held two special sessions and an extraordinary session during this legislative term. This session was the start of eight years of unified Republican control of the governor's office and both chambers of the legislature. In this session, new governor Scott Walker (politician), Scott Walker pushed through the controversial 2011 Wisconsin Act 10, referred to at the time as the "Budget Repair Bill". The most controversial provision of the law was the stripping of state employees of collective bargaining rights. During consideration of the bill, 2011 Wisconsin protests, mass protests erupted at the state capitol, and Democratic state senators fled the state in order to deny the Senate a quorum needed for budgetary legislation. Republicans in the state senate were eventu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wisconsin Republican Party
The Republican Party of Wisconsin is a conservative and populist political party in Wisconsin and is the Wisconsin affiliate of the United States Republican Party (GOP). The state party chair is Brian Schimming. The state party is divided into 72 county parties for each of the state's counties, as well as organizations for the state's eight congressional districts. It currently controls the majority of Wisconsin's U.S. House seats, one of its U.S. Senate seats, and has majorites in both houses of the state legislature. History After the introduction in Congress of the Kansas–Nebraska bill in January 1854, many meetings were held in protest across the country. The meeting held in Ripon, Wisconsin on March 20, 1854, is commonly cited as the birth of the Republican Party in the United States due to it being the first publicized anti-slavery meeting to propose a new party with its name being ''Republican.'' Origins of the Republican Party in Wisconsin Before the meeting i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wisconsin Democratic Party
The Democratic Party of Wisconsin is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It is currently headed by chair Ben Wikler. Important issues for the state party include support for workers and unions, strong public education, and environmental protection. It currently controls two of Wisconsin's eight U.S. House seats, one of its U.S. Senate seats, and the governorship. Additionally, Democratic-aligned justices control a majority on the state Supreme Court. Current leadership Party leaders are elected to two year terms at the state party conventions held in odd numbered years. The current leadership terms expire on July 1, 2025. * Chair: Ben Wikler * 1st Vice Chair: Felesia Martin * 2nd Vice Chair: Tricia Zunker * Secretary: Kim Butler * Treasurer: Randy Udell History Territorial era During Wisconsin's territory years, Jacksonian democracy was dominant and, thanks largely to Andrew Jackson's reputation and presidency, the Democratic Party was se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dane County
Dane County is a County (United States), county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 561,504, making it the second-most populous county in Wisconsin after Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, Milwaukee County. Dane County is the fastest growing county in Wisconsin. It contains nearly 10% of the population of Wisconsin, and it only contained 5% of Wisconsin's population in 1950. The county seat is Madison, Wisconsin, Madison, which is also the state capital. Dane County is the central county of the Madison metropolitan area, as well as the Madison–Janesville, Wisconsin, Janesville–Beloit, Wisconsin, Beloit combined statistical area. History Dane County was formed in 1836 as a territorial county and organized in 1839. It was named after Nathan Dane, a Massachusetts delegate to the Congress of the Confederation who helped carve Wisconsin out of the Northwest Territory. Dane County was settled in the 1840s by settlers fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Governor Of Wisconsin
The governor of Wisconsin is the head of government of Wisconsin and the commander-in-chief of the state's Wisconsin Army National Guard, army and Wisconsin Air National Guard, air forces. The governor has a duty to enforce state laws, and the power to either approve or veto Bill (law), bills passed by the Wisconsin Legislature, to convene the legislature, and to grant pardons, except in cases of treason and Impeachment in Wisconsin, impeachment. The 46th and current governor is Tony Evers, a Democratic Party (United States), Democrat in his second term. He took office on January 7, 2019. He is eligible for reelection in 2026 Wisconsin gubernatorial election, 2026. The position was first filled by Nelson Dewey on June 7, 1848, the year Wisconsin became a state. Prior to statehood, there were four List of governors of Wisconsin, governors of Wisconsin Territory. Powers The governor of Wisconsin has both inherent powers granted by the Wisconsin Constitution and administrative p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
