Wisconsin's 3rd Senate district

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Wisconsin's 3rd
State Senate district
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Wisconsin's 3rd Senate district
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Wisconsin's 3rd Senate district
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Wisconsin's 3rd Senate district
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 7, 8, and 9
Senator
  Tim Carpenter
D – Milwaukee
since January 3, 2003 (22 years, 15 days)
Demographics39.88%  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
NotesSouth 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.

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Current elected officials

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.

Past senators

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]

SenatorPartyNotesSessionYearsDistrict Definition
District created1848
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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
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1852–1855

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1856–1860

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1861–1865

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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
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Frederick W. Cotzhausen Dem. 26th 1873
27th 1874
William H. Jacobs Dem. 28th 1875
29th 1876
Thomas A. Bones Rep. 30th 1877
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1876–1881

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1882–1887

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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
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1892–1895

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1896–1901

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1902–1911

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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
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57th 1925–1926
58th 1927–1928
59th 1929–1930
60th 1931–1932
61st 1933–1934
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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
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73rd 1957–1958
74th 1959–1960
75th 1961–1962
76th 1963–1964
77th 1965–1966
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    • Milwaukee Assembly districts 11, 12, 14
78th 1967–1968
79th 1969–1970
80th 1971–1972
81st 1973–1974
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    • State Assembly Districts 7, 8, 9
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
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    • Wards 66, 69-79, 132, 137, 138, 140, 143-156, 158, 221-233, 235-239, 262, 304-308, and 311-324, city of Milwaukee
    • Wards 16, 17, city of West Allis
87th 1985–1986
88th 1987–1988
Vacant
Brian B. Burke Dem. Won 1988 special election. 89th 1989–1990
90th 1991–1992
91st 1993–1994
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1992–2001

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2002–2011

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2012–2021
    • State Assembly Districts 7, 8, 9
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
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Central Milwaukee County
107th 2025–2026
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References

  1. ↑ "Senate District 3". Wisconsin Legislature . Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Wisconsin Legislative Districts - Senate District 3 Boundaries". Wisconsin Legislature . Retrieved February 8, 2021.
  3. ↑ "Senator Tim Carpenter". Wisconsin Legislature . Retrieved February 8, 2021.
  4. ↑ Congressional District Map
  5. ↑ Wisconsin Blue Book, 1991-92 edition, Statistics: History, pages 657-666.