Wisconsin's 3rd State Senate district | |||||
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Demographics | 39.88% White 9.16% Black 45.24% Hispanic 5.11% Asian 3.77% Native American 0.16% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander | ||||
Population (2020) • Voting age | 178,033 128,718 | ||||
Website | Official website | ||||
Notes | South side of Milwaukee |
The 3rd Senate district of Wisconsin is one of 33 districts in the Wisconsin Senate. [1] Located in southeast Wisconsin, the district is entirely contained within central Milwaukee County. It comprises much of the south side of the city of Milwaukee, as well as the village of West Milwaukee and eastern parts of the cities of West Allis and Greenfield. The district contains landmarks such as American Family Field (home of the Milwaukee Brewers), Walker's Point Historic District, the Mitchell Park Domes, and the historic Forest Home Cemetery. [2] The district also contains the largest concentration of Hispanic residents in Wisconsin, at 45% of the district population.
Tim Carpenter is the senator representing the 3rd district. He was first elected in the 2002 general election, and is now serving his sixth term. Before being elected senator, he was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from 1985 to 2003. [3]
Each Wisconsin State Senate district is composed of three State Assembly districts. The 3rd Senate district comprises the 7th, 8th, and 9th Assembly districts. The current representatives of those districts are:
The district is mostly located within Wisconsin's 4th congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative Gwen Moore. [4] The portion of the district in Greenfield falls within Wisconsin's 5th congressional district, represented by Scott Fitzgerald.
Note: the boundaries of districts have changed over history. Previous politicians of a specific numbered district have represented a completely different geographic area, due to redistricting.
The district has previously been represented by: [5]
Senator | Party | Notes | Session | Years | District Definition |
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District created | 1848 | Crawford, Chippewa, St. Croix, and La Pointe counties | |||
Daniel G. Fenton | Dem. | 1st | |||
James Fisher | Dem. | 2nd | 1849 | ||
3rd | 1850 | ||||
Hiram A. Wright | Dem. | 4th | 1851 | ||
5th | 1852 | ||||
Andrew M. Blair | Dem. | 6th | 1853 | 1852–1855 1856–1860 1861–1865 1866–1870 Ozaukee County | |
7th | 1854 | ||||
Bolivar G. Gill | Dem. | 8th | 1855 | ||
9th | 1856 | ||||
Herman J. Schulteis | Dem. | 10th | 1857 | ||
11th | 1858 | ||||
Lion Silverman | Dem. | Resigned. | 12th | 1859 | |
Vacant | |||||
Frederick Hilgen | Dem. | Elected in 1859 special election. | 13th | 1860 | |
Hugh Cunning | Dem. | 14th | 1861 | ||
15th | 1862 | ||||
John R. Bohan | Dem. | 16th | 1863 | ||
17th | 1864 | ||||
Lyman Morgan | Dem. | Redistricted to 33rd district. | 18th | 1865 | |
19th | 1866 | ||||
20th | 1867 | ||||
21st | 1868 | ||||
22nd | 1869 | ||||
23rd | 1870 | ||||
24th | 1871 | ||||
Francis Huebschmann | Dem. | 25th | 1872 | Northern Milwaukee County | |
Frederick W. Cotzhausen | Dem. | 26th | 1873 | ||
27th | 1874 | ||||
William H. Jacobs | Dem. | 28th | 1875 | ||
29th | 1876 | ||||
Thomas A. Bones | Rep. | 30th | 1877 | 1876–1881 1882–1887 1888–1891 Racine County | |
31st | 1878 | ||||
William E. Chipman | Rep. | 32nd | 1879 | ||
33rd | 1880 | ||||
Albert L. Phillips | Rep. | 34th | 1881 | ||
35th | 1882 | ||||
Charles Jonas | Dem. | 36th | 1883–1884 | ||
37th | 1885–1886 | ||||
Henry Allen Cooper | Rep. | 38th | 1887–1888 | ||
39th | 1889–1890 | ||||
Adam Apple | Dem. | 40th | 1891–1892 | ||
41st | 1893–1894 | 1892–1895 1896–1901 1902–1911 1912–1921 Racine and Kenosha counties | |||
Ernst G. Timme | Rep. | 42nd | 1895–1896 | ||
43rd | 1897–1898 | ||||
John F. Reynolds | Rep. | 44th | 1899–1900 | ||
45th | 1901–1902 | ||||
Otis Wells Johnson | Rep. | 46th | 1903–1904 | ||
47th | 1905–1906 | ||||
Isaac T. Bishop | Rep. | 48th | 1907–1908 | ||
49th | 1909–1910 | ||||
50th | 1911–1912 | ||||
51st | 1913–1914 | ||||
Charles H. Everett | Rep. | 52nd | 1915–1916 | ||
53rd | 1917–1918 | ||||
George L. Buck | Rep. | 54th | 1919–1920 | ||
55th | 1921–1922 | ||||
Walter Polakowski | Soc. | 56th | 1923–1924 | Central Milwaukee County
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57th | 1925–1926 | ||||
58th | 1927–1928 | ||||
59th | 1929–1930 | ||||
60th | 1931–1932 | ||||
61st | 1933–1934 | Central Milwaukee County
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Arthur L. Zimny | Dem. | 62nd | 1935–1936 | ||
63rd | 1937–1938 | ||||
64th | 1939–1940 | ||||
65th | 1941–1942 | ||||
Clement J. Zablocki | Dem. | Elected to U.S. House. | 66th | 1943–1944 | |
67th | 1945–1946 | ||||
68th | 1947–1948 | ||||
Vacant | 69th | 1949–1950 | |||
Casimir Kendziorski | Dem. | Won 1949 special election. Re-elected 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970. Died in office. | |||
70th | 1951–1952 | ||||
71st | 1953–1954 | ||||
72nd | 1955–1956 | Central Milwaukee County
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73rd | 1957–1958 | ||||
74th | 1959–1960 | ||||
75th | 1961–1962 | ||||
76th | 1963–1964 | ||||
77th | 1965–1966 | Central Milwaukee County
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78th | 1967–1968 | ||||
79th | 1969–1970 | ||||
80th | 1971–1972 | ||||
81st | 1973–1974 | Central Milwaukee County
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Jerry Kleczka | Dem. | Redistricted to 7th district. | 82nd | 1975–1976 | |
83rd | 1977–1978 | ||||
84th | 1979–1980 | ||||
85th | 1981–1982 | ||||
John Norquist | Dem. | Resigned to become Mayor of Milwaukee. | 86th | 1983–1984 | Central Milwaukee County
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87th | 1985–1986 | ||||
88th | 1987–1988 | ||||
Vacant | |||||
Brian B. Burke | Dem. | Won 1988 special election. | 89th | 1989–1990 | |
90th | 1991–1992 | ||||
91st | 1993–1994 | 1992–2001 2002–2011 2012–2021 Central Milwaukee County
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92nd | 1995–1996 | ||||
93rd | 1997–1998 | ||||
94th | 1999–2000 | ||||
95th | 2001–2002 | ||||
Tim Carpenter | Dem. | 96th | 2003–2004 | ||
97th | 2005–2006 | ||||
98th | 2007–2008 | ||||
99th | 2009–2010 | ||||
100th | 2011–2012 | ||||
101st | 2013–2014 | ||||
102nd | 2015–2016 | ||||
103rd | 2017–2018 | ||||
104th | 2019–2020 | ||||
105th | 2021–2022 | ||||
106th | 2023–2024 | Central Milwaukee County |
Timothy W. Carpenter is an American Democratic politician from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He has been a member of the Wisconsin Senate for more than 20 years, representing the Wisconsin's 3rd Senate district since 2003. His district comprises much of the south side of the city of Milwaukee. He previously served 18 years in the Wisconsin State Assembly (1985–2003).
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