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Wis. Stat. § 978.01 (2026)

Number of district attorneys; election; term

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978.01978.01 Number of district attorneys; election; term.
978.01(1)(1) There shall be 71 district attorneys elected for full terms at the general election held in 2008 and quadrennially thereafter. The regular term of office for each district attorney is 4 years, commencing on the first Monday of January next succeeding his or her election. Each county is a prosecutorial unit and shall elect a district attorney, except that Shawano and Menominee counties form one 2-county prosecutorial unit and shall elect a single district attorney by the combined electorate of the 2 counties.
978.01(2)(2) 
978.01(2)(a)(a) Except as provided in par. (b), each district attorney serves on a full-time basis.
978.01(2)(b)(b) A district attorney serves on a part-time basis if his or her prosecutorial unit consists of Buffalo, Florence, or Pepin county.
978.01 HistoryHistory: 1989 a. 31 ss. 2900, 2900c; 1991 a. 39; 1999 a. 9; 2007 a. 20, 158.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 2001–2009 · leading case: Ameritech Corp. v. McCann, 176 F. Supp. 2d 870 (E.D. Wis. 2001).
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Ameritech Corp. v. McCann, 176 F. Supp. 2d 870 (E.D. Wis. 2001). · cites it 4× “Wis. Stat. § 978.01 (1). The plaintiff, Ameritech Corporation (“Ameritech”), is a telecommunications firm.”
Ameritech Corp. v. McCann, 308 F. Supp. 2d 911 (E.D. Wis. 2004). · cites it 2× “See also Wis. Stat. § 978.01 (1). 17 . Time Warner Cable v.”
Omegbu v. Milwaukee Cnty., 326 F. App'x 940 (7th Cir. 2009). “Omegbu argues that he stated a claim that he was illegally prosecuted on the basis of his race and national origin by alleging that certain other, presumably white, residents of Milwaukee County were not prosecuted for committing election fraud. As a threshold matter, however,…”
Omegbu v. Milwaukee Cnty., 326 F. App'x 940 (7th Cir. 2009). “Omegbu argues that he stated a claim that he was illegally prosecuted on the basis of his race and national origin by alleging that certain other, presumably white, residents of Milwaukee County were not prosecuted for committing election fraud. As a threshold matter, however,…”
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