96th Wisconsin Legislature

The Ninety-Sixth Wisconsin Legislature was convened on January 3, 2003 and ended on January 6, 2005. The final adjournment for legislative activity had been scheduled for March 26, 2004.^[1]

Party summary

**Senate**
Affiliation	Members	Note
Democratic Party	15
Republican Party	18
Total	33

**Assembly**
Affiliation	Members	Note
Democratic Party	40
Republican Party	59
Total	99

Officers

Senate

President of the Senate: Sen. Alan Lasee
President pro tempore: Sen. Robert Welch
Chief Clerk: Hon. Donald J. Schneider
Sergeant at arms: Hon. Edward Blazel

Republican leadership

Majority leader: Sen. Mary Panzer

Assistant minority leader: Sen. David Zien

Caucus chairperson: Sen. Mary Lazich

Caucus vice chairperson: Sen. Joe Leibham

Democratic leadership

Minority leader: Sen. Jon Erpenbach

Assistant minority leader: Sen. Dave Hansen

Caucus chairperson: Sen. Robert Wirch

Caucus vice chairperson: None

Assembly

Speaker of the Assembly: Rep. John Gard
Speaker pro tempore: Rep. Stephen Freese
Chief clerk: Hon. Patrick E. Fuller
Sergeant at arms: Hon. Richard A. Skindrud

Republican leadership

Majority Leader: Rep. Steven Foti

Assistant majority leader: Rep. Jean Hundertmark

Caucus chairperson: Rep. Daniel P. Vrakas

Caucus vice chairperson: Rep. Glenn Grothman

Caucus secretary: Rep. Carol Owens

Caucus sergeant at arms: Rep. Jerry Petrowski

Democratic leadership

Minority Leader: Rep. James Kreuser

Assistant minority leader: Rep. Jon Richards

Caucus chairperson: Rep. Robert L. Turner

Caucus vice chairperson: Rep. Gary Sherman

Caucus secretary: Rep. Amy Sue Vruwink

Caucus sergeant at arms: Rep. Jennifer Shilling

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Members

Senate

Members of the Wisconsin Senate for the Ninety-ninth Wisconsin Legislature (33):

District	Home	Senator	Party
1	De Pere	Alan Lasee	Republican
2	Green Bay	Robert Cowles	Republican
3	Milwaukee	Tim Carpenter	Democrat
4	Milwaukee	Gwen Moore	Democrat
5	Wauwatosa	Tom Reynolds	Republican
6	Milwaukee	Gary George (recalled)	Democrat
7	South Milwaukee	Jeffrey Plale	Democrat
8	River Hills	Alberta Darling	Republican
9	Sheboygan	Joe Leibham	Republican
10	River Falls	Sheila Harsdorf	Republican
11	Elkhorn	Neal Kedzie	Republican
12	Eland	Roger Breske	Democrat
13	Juneau	Scott Fitzgerald	Republican
14	Ripon	Robert Welch	Republican
15	Beloit	Judy Robson	Democrat
16	Monona	Chuck Chvala	Democrat
17	Richland Center	Dale Schultz	Republican
18	Oshkosh	Carol Roessler	Republican
19	Neenah	Michael G. Ellis	Republican
20	West Bend	Mary Panzer	Republican
21	Racine	Cathy Stepp	Republican
22	Pleasant Prairie	Robert Wirch	Democrat
23	Chippewa Falls	Dave Zien	Republican
24	Stevens Point	Julie Lassa	Democrat
25	Poplar	Robert Jauch	Democrat
26	Madison	Fred Risser	Democrat
27	Waunakee	Jon Erpenbach	Democrat
28	New Berlin	Mary Lazich	Republican
29	Schofield	Russ Decker	Democrat
30	Green Bay	Dave Hansen	Democrat
31	Alma	Ron Brown	Republican
32	La Crosse	Mark Meyer	Democrat
33	Brookfield	Theodore Kanavas	Republican

Assembly

Members of the Assembly for the Ninety-seventh Wisconsin Legislature (99):^[3]

District	Home	Assemblyperson	Party
1	Sister Bay	Garey Bies	Republican
2	Bellevue	Frank Lasee	Republican
3	Forest Junction	Alvin Ott	Republican
4	Ashwaubenon	Phil Montgomery	Republican
5	Green Bay	Becky Weber	Republican
6	Shawano	John Ainsworth	Republican
7	Milwaukee	Peggy Krusick	Democrat
8	Milwaukee	Pedro Colón	Democrat
9	Milwaukee	Josh Zepnick	Democrat
10	Milwaukee	Annette Polly Williams	Democrat
11	Milwaukee	Johnnie E. Morris	Democrat
12	Milwaukee	Shirley Krug	Democrat
13	Milwaukee	David Cullen	Democrat
14	Wauwatosa	Leah Vukmir	Republican
15	West Allis	Tony Staskunas	Democrat
16	Milwaukee	Leon Young	Democrat
17	Milwaukee	Spencer Coggs	Democrat
18	Milwaukee	Lena Taylor	Democrat
19	Milwaukee	Jon Richards	Democrat
20	Milwaukee	Christine Sinicki	Democrat
21	S. Milwaukee	Mark Honadel	Republican
22	Milwaukee	Sheldon Wasserman	Democrat
23	Mequon	Curt Gielow	Republican
24	Menomonee	Suzanne Jeskewitz	Republican
25	Manitowoc	Bob Ziegelbauer	Democrat
26	Sheboygan	Terry Van Akkeren	Democrat
27	Elkhart Lake	Steve Kestell	Republican
28	Hertel	Mark Pettis	Republican
29	Menomonie	Joe Plouff	Democrat
30	Hudson	Kitty Rhoades	Republican
31	Whitewater	Stephen Nass	Republican
32	Williams Bay	Thomas Lothian	Republican
33	Hartland	Daniel P. Vrakas	Republican
34	Eagle River	Dan Meyer	Republican
35	Merrill	Donald Friske	Republican
36	Spread Eagle	Lorraine Seratti	Republican
37	Ft. Atkinson	David Ward	Republican
38	Oconomowoc	Steven Foti	Republican
39	Horicon	Jeff Fitzgerald	Republican
40	Clintonville	Jean Hundertmark	Republican
41	Berlin	Luther Olsen	Republican
42	Oxford	J.A. Hines	Republican
43	Janesville	Debi Towns	Republican
44	Janesville	Wayne Wood	Democrat
45	Beloit	Dan Schooff	Democrat
46	Sun Prairie	Tom Hebl	Democrat
47	Cambria	Eugene Hahn	Republican
48	Madison	Mark Miller	Democrat
49	Platteville	Gabe Loeffelholz	Republican
50	Reedsburg	Sheryl Albers	Republican
51	Dodgeville	Stephen Freese	Republican
52	Fond du Lac	John Townsend	Republican
53	Oshkosh	Carol Owens	Republican
54	Oshkosh	Gregg Underheim	Republican
55	Neenah	Dean Kaufert	Republican
56	Appleton	Terri McCormick	Republican
57	Appleton	Steve Wieckert	Republican
58	West Bend	Glenn Grothman	Republican
59	Cascade	Daniel LeMahieu	Republican
60	Port Washington	Mark Gottlieb	Republican
61	Racine	Robert L. Turner	Democrat
62	Racine	John Lehman	Democrat
63	Racine	Bonnie Ladwig	Republican
64	Kenosha	James Kreuser	Democrat
65	Pleasant Prairie	John Steinbrink	Democrat
66	Burlington	Samantha Kerkman	Republican
67	Chippewa Falls	Jeffrey Wood	Republican
68	Eau Claire	Larry Balow	Republican
69	Abbotsford	Scott Suder	Republican
70	Milladore	Amy Sue Vruwink	Democrat
71	Stevens Point	Louis Molepske	Democrat
72	Wisconsin Rapids	Marlin Schneider	Democrat
73	Superior	Frank Boyle	Democrat
74	Port Wing	Gary Sherman	Democrat
75	Rice Lake	Mary Hubler	Democrat
76	Madison	Terese Berceau	Democrat
77	Madison	Spencer Black	Democrat
78	Madison	Mark Pocan	Democrat
79	Verona	Sondy Pope-Roberts	Democrat
80	Albany	Mike Powers	Republican
81	Waunakee	David Travis	Democrat
82	Greendale	Jeff Stone	Republican
83	Waterford	Scott Gunderson	Republican
84	New Berlin	Mark Gundrum	Republican
85	Wausau	Gregory Huber	Democrat
86	Marathon	Jerry Petrowski	Republican
87	Medford	Mary Williams	Republican
88	Green Bay	Judy Krawczyk	Republican
89	Peshtigo	John Gard	Republican
90	Green Bay	Karl Van Roy	Republican
91	Whitehall	Barbara Gronemus	Democrat
92	Black River Falls	Terry Musser	Republican
93	Eau Claire	Robin Kreibich	Republican
94	West Salem	Michael Huebsch	Republican
95	La Crosse	Jennifer Shilling	Democrat
96	Eastman	DuWayne Johnsrud	Republican
97	Waukesha	Ann Nischke	Republican
98	Waukesha	Scott Jensen	Republican
99	Hartford	Michael Lehman	Republican

References

External links

[1] ttp://www.legis.wisconsin.gov/2003/data/SJR-1.pdf

[2] Wisconsin Blue Book, 2003, p. 242

[3] ttp://web.archive.org/web/20060716010746/http://www.legis.state.wi.us/assembly/asmdist.pdf

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