Eau Claire County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census,the population was 105,710. Its county seat is Eau Claire. The county took its name from the Eau Claire River.
Eau Claire is a city in Eau Claire and Chippewa counties in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It is the seat of Eau Claire County. It had a population of 69,421 in 2020,making it the state's eighth-most populous city. It is the principal city of the Eau Claire metropolitan area,locally known as the Chippewa Valley,which had 172,007 residents in 2020.
Tammy Suzanne Green Baldwin 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.
John James Jenkins was an English American immigrant,lawyer,judge,and Republican politician. He served seven terms as a member of the United States House of Representatives,representing northwest Wisconsin,and served one year as United States district judge for the District of Puerto Rico.
Scott Suder is president of the Wisconsin Paper Council. Previously,he was a politician from Abbotsford,Wisconsin. He was the Republican Majority Leader of the Wisconsin State Assembly,representing the 69th district from January 1998 until September 2013. He was preceded by Robert K. Zukowski and succeeded by Bob Kulp. Suder was a member of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC),serving as Wisconsin state leader.
Patrick J. Kreitlow is an American politician,former broadcaster,and communications consultant. A Democrat,Kreitlow was a member of the Wisconsin State Senate,representing Wisconsin's 23rd Senate district,from 2007 to 2011. In November 2008,Kreitlow was elected President pro tempore of the Wisconsin State Senate. He was defeated for reelection in 2010 by Terry Moulton. Kreitlow ran for Wisconsin's 7th congressional district seat in the 2012 election against incumbent Sean Duffy,who was reelected.
Jeffrey E. Smith is an American Democratic politician and former small business owner from Eau Claire,Wisconsin. He is a member of the Wisconsin Senate,representing the 31st Senate district since 2019. He previously served two terms in the Wisconsin State Assembly,from 2007 to 2011.
John W. Lehman is an American educator and politician from Racine,Wisconsin. Lehman represented the 21st District in the Wisconsin Senate from 2007 to 2011 and again from 2012 to 2015,and was the Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin in 2014. Previously,Lehman was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from 1997 through 2007. Elected as a state senator in 2006 but unseated in 2010,Lehman retook his old seat in the 2012 Wisconsin recall elections,defeating the incumbent,Van Wanggaard,who won the seat back in the 2014 general election.
John Murtha is a Wisconsin politician and former member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.
Terry Moulton is a former Republican member of the Wisconsin Senate,who represented the 23rd district from 2011 to 2019. He was previously a member of the Wisconsin Assembly,representing the 68th district from 2005 to 2009. In March 2018,Moulton announced that he would be retiring from the senate and was endorsing Representative Kathy Bernier to be his successor.
Larry C. Balow is an American Politician,who most recently served as an at large alderman on the Eau Claire,Wisconsin City Council. He served as a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from the 68th assembly district from 1998 to 2004. He did not seek reelection in 2004,and was succeeded by Terry Moulton.
Kathleen M. "Kathy" Bernier is an American politician in Wisconsin who served as a member of the Wisconsin State Senate representing the 23rd district from 2019–2023. She previously was the Chippewa County Clerk from 1998–2011,and served in the Wisconsin State Assembly for the 68th district from 2011 to 2019. In March 2018,Bernier announced that she would run to represent the 23rd district in the Wisconsin State Senate,an open seat due to the retirement of Terry Moulton. She was elected in the November election.
John W. Thomas was a Welsh American immigrant,dairy farmer,and progressive Republican politician. He was the 8th Wisconsin railroad commissioner—at the time a statewide elected office. He also served four years in the Wisconsin State Senate (1909–1912) and eight years in the State Assembly (1895–1902),representing Chippewa County.
Thomas A. Roycraft was an American farmer,businessman,and politician.
Henry Cousins was an American lawyer and politician.
Joe Bee Xiong was a Hmong American politician and activist who served as a member of the Eau Claire City Council. Xiong was the first Hmong person in United States history to be elected to municipal government and a well-known advocate for Hmong culture and causes.
Jodene K. "Jodi" Emerson is an American activist and Democratic politician from Eau Claire,Wisconsin. She is a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly,representing the 91st Assembly district since 2019.
Jesse L. James is an American law enforcement professional and Republican politician from Eau Claire County,Wisconsin. He is a member of the Wisconsin Senate,representing the 23rd Senate district since January 2023. He previously served two terms in the Wisconsin State Assembly,representing the 68th Assembly district. Before being elected to the assembly,James was the police and fire chief of Altoona,Wisconsin.
Steven C. Brist is an American attorney and former Democratic politician. He served three terms in the Wisconsin State Assembly and currently works as an assistant city attorney for Madison,Wisconsin.
The 68th Assembly district of Wisconsin is one of 99 districts in the Wisconsin State Assembly. Located in northwestern Wisconsin,the district comprises all of Price and Rusk counties,and most of Chippewa and Taylor counties. It includes the cities of Bloomer,Cornell,Ladysmith,Park Falls,and Phillips,and the villages of Bruce,Catawba,Conrath,Gilman,Glen Flora,Hawkins,Ingram,Kennan,Lublin,Prentice,Rib Lake,Sheldon,Tony,and Weyerhaeuser. The district also contains Lake Wissota State Park,Brunet Island State Park,and Timms Hill—the highest natural point in the state of Wisconsin. The district is represented by Republican Karen Hurd,since January 2023.
