---
type: Person
title: "Karen DeSanto"
description: "WI House District 40 — WI State House of Representatives District 40"
role: "WI House District 40"
party: "D"
level: "state"
branch: "legislative"
state: "WI"
district: "WI State House of Representatives District 40"
represents: "us/states/wi/districts/house/40"
tenure:
  start: "2025-01-06"
  current: true
election:
  term_length: 2
  term_limit: "varies"
ids:
  person: "839eb830-1fbf-4aa2-909d-5c50f17b1378"
  office: "988e93e5-5de7-4852-91fe-34afb68bd55c"
  tenure: "84160864-2c34-403a-893f-a7f2a32bc68d"
  jurisdiction: "8ca4e328-2d11-47d9-be0b-624664f7aa63"
sources:
  - field: tenure
    source: "OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20"
  - field: jurisdiction
    source: "SLDL (Census 2025)"
confidence: official
tags: [officeholder, state, legislative, wi]
timestamp: "2026-07-04"
---

# Karen DeSanto

Current WI House District 40 (WI State House of Representatives District 40).

Represents [WI State House of Representatives District 40](/us/states/wi/districts/house/40.md).

## Sources

- tenure: OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20
- jurisdiction: SLDL (Census 2025)

Generated from the Atlas officeholders v3 export (2026-07-04).