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Wisconsin's 32nd State Senate district | |||||
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2024 map defined in 2023 Wisc. Act 94 2022 map defined in Johnson v. Wisconsin Elections Commission 2011 map was defined in 2011 Wisc. Act 43 composed of Assembly districts 94, 95, and 96 | |||||
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Demographics | 90.66% White 1.78% Black 2.44% Hispanic 3.22% Asian 1.31% Native American 0.1% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander | ||||
Population (2020) • Voting age | 178,485 139,517 | ||||
Website | Official website | ||||
Notes | Western Wisconsin |
Wisconsin's 32nd Senate district is one of 33 districts in the Wisconsin Senate. [1] Located in western Wisconsin, the district comprises all of La Crosse County and nearly all of Vernon County, along with parts of southwest Monroe County and southeast Trempealeau County. It includes the cities of La Crosse, Onalaska, Sparta, and Viroqua. [2]
Brad Pfaff is the current senator representing the 32nd district. He was elected in the 2020 general election. Before his election as senator, he served nearly two years as Acting Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection. [3]
Each Wisconsin State Senate district is composed of three Wisconsin State Assembly districts. The 32nd Senate district comprises the 94th, 95th, and 96th Assembly districts. The current representatives of those districts are:
The district is located entirely within Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative Derrick Van Orden. [4]
The 32nd district was created in 1861 after the 1860 United States census, when the State Senate was expanded from 30 to 33 members. The first to represent the district was M. D. Bartlett, a Republican from Durand who served in the 1862 and 1863 sessions. At that time, the district consisted of Buffalo, Chippewa, Clark, Dunn, Eau Claire, Jackson, Pepin and Trempealeau Counties.
The district has been represented by: [5]
Note: The boundaries of districts have changed over history. Previous politicians of a specific numbered district will have represented a different geographic area, due to redistricting.
Senator | Party | Notes | Session | Years | District definition |
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District created by 1861 Wisc. Act 216. | 1861 | Buffalo, Chippewa, Clark, Dunn, Eau Claire, Jackson, Pepin, and Trempealeau counties | |||
M. D. Bartlett | Rep. | 15th | 1862 | ||
16th | 1863 | ||||
Carl C. Pope | Natl. Union | 17th | 1864 | ||
18th | 1865 | ||||
Joseph G. Thorp | Natl. Union | 19th | 1866 | ||
20th | 1867 | ||||
Alfred W. Newman | Rep. | 21st | 1868 | ||
22nd | 1869 | ||||
William T. Price | Rep. | 23rd | 1870 | ||
24th | 1871 | ||||
Orlando Brown | Rep. | 25th | 1872 | Buffalo, Clark, Jackson, and Trempealeau counties 1870 population: 32,992 | |
26th | 1873 | ||||
Robert C. Field | Rep. | 27th | 1874 | ||
28th | 1875 | ||||
Mark Douglas | Rep. | 29th | 1876 | ||
30th | 1877 | Jackson and Monroe counties 1875 population: 32,365 1880 population: 34,891 | |||
William T. Price | Rep. | 31st | 1878 | ||
32nd | 1879 | ||||
33rd | 1880 | ||||
34th | 1881 | ||||
Charles K. Erwin | Rep. | 35th | 1882 | ||
36th | 1883–1884 | ||||
37th | 1885–1886 | ||||
38th | 1887–1888 | ||||
Hugh H. Price | Rep. | 39th | 1889–1890 | Jackson, Monroe, and Wood counties 1885 population: 53,809 | |
40th | 1891–1892 | ||||
Levi Withee | Rep. | 41st | 1893–1894 | La Crosse and Trempealeau counties 1890 population: 57,721 1895 population: 65,573 1900 population: 66,111 1910 population: 66,924 | |
42nd | 1895–1896 | ||||
43rd | 1897–1898 | ||||
44th | 1899–1900 | ||||
John C. Gaveney | Rep. | 45th | 1901–1902 | ||
46th | 1903–1904 | ||||
Thomas Morris | Rep. | Resigned 1910 after elected Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin. | 47th | 1905–1906 | |
48th | 1907–1908 | ||||
49th | 1909–1910 | ||||
Otto Bosshard | Rep. | Won 1910 special election. | 50th | 1911–1912 | |
51st | 1913–1914 | ||||
52nd | 1915–1916 | ||||
Eugene F. Clark | Rep. | 53rd | 1917–1918 | ||
54th | 1919–1920 | ||||
55th | 1921–1922 | ||||
56th | 1923–1924 | Jackson, La Crosse, and Trempealeau counties | |||
Valentine S. Keppel | Rep. | 57th | 1925–1926 | ||
58th | 1927–1928 | ||||
59th | 1929–1930 | ||||
60th | 1931–1932 | ||||
Harry W. Griswold | Rep. | 61st | 1933–1934 | ||
62nd | 1935–1936 | ||||
Oscar S. Paulson | Prog. | 63rd | 1937–1938 | ||
64th | 1939–1940 | ||||
Rudolph Schlabach | Rep. | Resigned Feb. 1953, appointed to Wisconsin Tax Appeals Commission. | 65th | 1941–1942 | |
66th | 1943–1944 | ||||
67th | 1945–1946 | ||||
68th | 1947–1948 | ||||
69th | 1949–1950 | ||||
70th | 1951–1952 | ||||
71st | 1953–1954 | ||||
--Vacant-- | |||||
Raymond Bice Sr. | Rep. | ||||
72nd | 1955–1956 | ||||
73rd | 1957–1958 | ||||
74th | 1959–1960 | ||||
75th | 1961–1962 | ||||
76th | 1963–1964 | ||||
77th | 1965–1966 | Crawford, Vernon, and La Crosse counties | |||
78th | 1967–1968 | ||||
Milo Knutson | Rep. | 79th | 1969–1970 | ||
80th | 1971–1972 | ||||
81st | 1973–1974 | Crawford, Vernon, and La Crosse counties and Northwest Grant County Southeast Trempealeau County Southwest Jackson County Part of Monroe County | |||
82nd | 1975–1976 | ||||
Paul Offner | Dem. | Resigned Feb. 1984. | 83rd | 1977–1978 | |
84th | 1979–1980 | ||||
85th | 1981–1982 | ||||
86th | 1983–1984 | ||||
--Vacant-- | |||||
Brian Rude | Rep. | Won 1984 special election. | |||
87th | 1985–1986 | Crawford, Vernon, and La Crosse counties and Northern Grant County Southwest Monroe County | |||
88th | 1987–1988 | ||||
89th | 1989–1990 | ||||
90th | 1991–1992 | ||||
91st | 1993–1994 | Crawford, Vernon, and La Crosse counties and Most of Richland County Part of Monroe County | |||
92nd | 1995–1996 | ||||
93rd | 1997–1998 | ||||
94th | 1999–2000 | ||||
Mark Meyer | Dem. | 95th | 2001–2002 | ||
96th | 2003–2004 | Crawford, Vernon, and La Crosse counties and Northwest Richland County Southern Monroe County | |||
Dan Kapanke | Rep. | Lost 2011 recall election. | 97th | 2005–2006 | |
98th | 2007–2008 | ||||
99th | 2009–2010 | ||||
100th | 2011–2012 | ||||
Jennifer Shilling | Dem. | Won 2011 recall election. Resigned May 2020. | |||
101st | 2013–2014 | Crawford and La Crosse counties and Most of Vernon County Southern Monroe County | |||
102nd | 2015–2016 | ||||
103rd | 2017–2018 | ||||
104th | 2019–2020 | ||||
--Vacant-- | |||||
Brad Pfaff | Dem. | 105th | 2021–2022 | ||
106th | 2023–2024 | ![]() most of La Crosse County, most of Vernon County, southern Monroe County |
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