Wisconsin Senate, District 32

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Wisconsin's 32nd
State Senate District
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Wisconsin Senate District 32, defined in 2011 Wisc. Act 43
Senator
  Brad Pfaff
D Onalaska
since January 4, 2021 (0 years)
Demographics93.3%  White
1.1%  Black
2.0%  Hispanic
3.1%  Asian
0.3%  Native American
0.2% Other
Population (2010)
  Voting age
172,122 [1] [2]
132,876
NotesWestern Wisconsin

The 32nd Senate District of Wisconsin is one of 33 districts in the Wisconsin State Senate. [3] Located in western Wisconsin, the district comprises all of Crawford and La Crosse counties, as well as nearly all of Vernon County, and most of the southern half of Monroe County. It includes the cities of La Crosse, Onalaska, Prairie du Chien, and Viroqua. [4]

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Current elected officials

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. [5]

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 Ron Kind. [6]

History

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 Trempeleau Counties.

Past senators

The district has been represented by: [7]

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.

SenatorPartyNotesSessionYearsDistrict Definition
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 19th1866
20th1867
Alfred W. Newman Rep. 21st1868
22nd1869
William T. Price Rep. 23rd1870
24th1871
Orlando Brown Rep. 25th1872 Buffalo, Clark, Jackson, and Trempealeau counties
1870 population: 32,992
26th1873
Robert C. Field Rep. 27th1874
28th1875
Mark Douglas Rep. 29th1876
30th1877 Jackson and Monroe counties
1875 population: 32,365
1880 population: 34,891
William T. Price Rep. 31st1878
32nd1879
33rd1880
34th1881
Charles K. Erwin Rep. 35th1882
36th1883–1884
37th1885–1886
38th1887–1888
Hugh H. Price Rep. 39th1889–1890 Jackson, Monroe, and Wood counties
1885 population: 53,809
40th1891–1892
Levi Withee Rep. 41st1893–1894 La Crosse and Trempealeau counties
1890 population: 57,721
1895 population: 65,573
1900 population: 66,111
1910 population: 66,924
42nd1895–1896
43rd1897–1898
44th1899–1900
John C. Gaveney Rep. 45th1901–1902
46th1903–1904
Thomas Morris Rep. Resigned 1910 after elected Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin.47th1905–1906
48th1907–1908
49th1909–1910
Otto Bosshard Rep. Won 1910 special election.50th1911–1912
51st1913–1914
52nd1915–1916
Eugene F. Clark Rep. 53rd1917–1918
54th1919–1920
55th1921–1922
56th1923–1924 Jackson, La Crosse, and Trempealeau counties
Valentine S. Keppel Rep. 57th1925–1926
58th1927–1928
59th1929–1930
60th1931–1932
Harry W. Griswold Rep. 61st1933–1934
62nd1935–1936
Oscar S. Paulson Prog. 63rd1937–1938
64th1939–1940
Rudolph Schlabach Rep. Resigned Feb. 1953, appointed to Wisconsin Tax Appeals Commission.65th1941–1942
66th1943–1944
67th1945–1946
68th1947–1948
69th1949–1950
70th1951–1952
71st1953–1954
--Vacant--
Raymond Bice Sr. Rep.
72nd1955–1956
73rd1957–1958
74th1959–1960
75th1961–1962
76th1963–1964
77th1965–1966 Crawford, Vernon, and La Crosse counties
78th1967–1968
Milo Knutson Rep. 79th1969–1970
80th1971–1972
81st1973–1974 Crawford, Vernon, and La Crosse counties and
Northwest Grant County
Southeast Trempealeau County
Southwest Jackson County
Part of Monroe County
82nd1975–1976
Paul Offner Dem. Resigned Feb. 1984.83rd1977–1978
84th1979–1980
85th1981–1982
86th1983–1984
--Vacant--
Brian Rude Rep. Won 1984 special election.
87th1985–1986 Crawford, Vernon, and La Crosse counties and
Northern Grant County
Southwest Monroe County
88th1987–1988
89th1989–1990
90th1991–1992
91st1993–1994 Crawford, Vernon, and La Crosse counties and
Most of Richland County
Part of Monroe County
92nd1995–1996
93rd1997–1998
94th1999–2000
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.
101st2013–2014 Crawford and La Crosse counties and
Most of Vernon County
Southern Monroe County
102nd2015–2016
103rd 2017–2018
104th 2019–2020
--Vacant--
Brad Pfaff Dem. 105th 2021–2022

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References

  1. 2011 Wisconsin Act 43 and 44 with Baldus et al vs. Brennan et al by Municipal Ward (PDF) (Report). Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau. October 18, 2012. pp. 233–242. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
  2. Wisconsin Legislative District Health Profile - Senate District 32 (PDF) (Report). University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. 2018. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
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  5. "Senator Brad Pfaff". Wisconsin Legislature . Retrieved March 28, 2021.
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  7. Wisconsin Blue Book, 1991-92 edition, Statistics: History, pages 657-666.