The legislature also held three special sessions during this legislative term.

Senators representing even-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.

Senators representing odd-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, 2010.

The governor of Wisconsin during this entire term was Republican Scott Walker, of Milwaukee County, serving the second two years of a four-year term, having won election in the 2010 Wisconsin gubernatorial election.