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After Morrison died she was honored by many from all over the state for being the first woman in the State Senate and paving the way for other women to follow after her. University of Wisconsin-Platteville faculty and staff, various members of the community, and legislators from all over the state attended a ceremony in Morrison's honor on ...
She was the first female senator to win re-election. [3] She continued to be a member until 1994, when she was defeated in a three-way Republican primary election by Scott L. Fitzgerald, with 6,098 votes for Fitzgerald, 5,613 for Herbert Feil and 5,494 votes for Lorman. [4]
Tammy Suzanne Green Baldwin (born February 11, 1962) [1] is an American politician and lawyer serving since 2013 as the junior United States senator from Wisconsin.A member of the Democratic Party, she has also served as the Secretary of the Senate Democratic Caucus since 2017 and is the dean of the United States congressional delegation from Wisconsin.
Wisconsin Sen. Tammy Baldwin will speak Thursday night at the Democratic National ... has served in the Senate since 2012, ... and she was the first woman elected to U.S. Congress from Wisconsin. ...
Wisconsin was admitted to the Union on May 29, 1848. Its current U.S. senators are Republican Ron Johnson (since 2011) and Democrat Tammy Baldwin (since 2013), making it one of seven states to have a split United States Senate delegation. William Proxmire was the state's longest serving senator (served 1957–1989).
In the Senate, Lazich represented the 28th District since winning a special election in April 1998. She was elected as president of the Wisconsin Senate in January 2015, the first female ever elected to that position. She was previously a member of the Wisconsin Assembly from 1992 through 1998.
The Senate Leadership Fund, a top super PAC run by advisers to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), made a recent ad buy in the state for a whopping $17 million, according to The Wall ...
Engeleiter lost the primary to then-State Senator Jim Sensenbrenner by 589 votes. [8] In April 1980, Engeleiter was elected in a special election to the Wisconsin State Senate. There she served as Assistant Minority Leader from 1982 to 1984, and as Minority Leader from 1984 to 1989. She was the first woman to serve as Minority Leader. [9]