| 98th Wisconsin Legislature | |||||||||||
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| Legislative body | Wisconsin Legislature | ||||||||||
| Meeting place | Wisconsin State Capitol | ||||||||||
| Term | January 1, 2007 – January 5, 2009 | ||||||||||
| Election | November 7, 2006 | ||||||||||
| Senate | |||||||||||
| Members | 33 | ||||||||||
| Senate President | Fred Risser (D) | ||||||||||
| President pro tempore | Tim Carpenter (D) | ||||||||||
| Party control | Democratic | ||||||||||
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| Members | 99 | ||||||||||
| Assembly Speaker | Michael Huebsch (R) | ||||||||||
| Speaker pro tempore | Mark Gottlieb (R) | ||||||||||
| Party control | Republican | ||||||||||
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The Ninety-Eighth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 3, 2007, through January 5, 2009, in regular session, though it adjourned for legislative activity on June 11, 2008. The legislature also held five special sessions during the term.[1][2]
Senators representing odd-numbered districts were newly elected for this session and were serving the first two years of a four-year term. Assembly members were elected to a two-year term. Assembly members and odd-numbered senators were elected in the general election of November 7, 2006. Senators representing even-numbered districts were serving the third and fourth year of their four-year term, having been elected in the general election held on November 2, 2004.
The governor of Wisconsin during this entire term was Democrat Jim Doyle, of Dane County, serving the first two years of his second four-year term, having won re-election in the 2006 Wisconsin gubernatorial election.
- ^ "2007 Senate Joint Resolution 1". Wisconsin State Legislature.
- ^ Barish, Lawrence S.; Lemanski, Lynn, eds. (2021). "Historical Lists" (PDF). State of Wisconsin Blue Book 2021–2022 (Report). Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau. pp. 467, 471, 477, 479–480. ISBN 978-1-7333817-1-0. Retrieved April 3, 2023.