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The salary of all legislators serving in the 2023 Wisconsin Legislature is $57,408, which is an increase of 4% from the previous biennium. In addition to salaries, senators outside Dane County may receive a per diem up to $115 to cover living expenses while they are in Dane County on state business.
Wisconsin became a U.S. state on May 29, 1848, and special elections were held to fill the first session of the State Assembly; at the time, the body consisted of 66 members. [2] The Assembly was expanded to 82 seats in 1852, and then to 97 seats in 1856, then to 100 seats in 1861, which is the maximum allowed in the Constitution 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 ...
Lena C. Taylor (born July 25, 1966) is an American lawyer, judge, and former politician serving as a Wisconsin circuit court judge in Milwaukee County, since January 2024.. She previously served 19 years as a Democratic member of the Wisconsin Senate, representing the 4th State Senate district from 2005 to 2024, and was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly for one term before th
The new 8th Senate district was projected to be one of the most competitive Wisconsin Senate districts under the new map, and received heavy investment from both parties. [22] As of mid-October 2024, the 8th Senate district election was already the most expensive state legislative race in Wisconsin history, with combined spending exceeding $2.5 ...
From 1983 to 1993, he was a Wisconsin State Senator representing the 27th District. [2] With John McCain, Feingold received the 1999 John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award. [3] He and McCain cosponsored the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 (McCain–Feingold Act), a major piece of campaign finance reform legislation.
Devin LeMahieu (born August 8, 1972) is an American businessman and Republican politician from Sheboygan, Wisconsin. He is the current majority leader of the Wisconsin Senate, since 2021, and has represented the 9th Senate district since 2015. His father, Daniel LeMahieu, served in the Wisconsin State Assembly.
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