Wisconsin Senate, District 8

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Wisconsin's 8th
State Senate District
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Wisconsin Senate District 8, defined in 2011 Wisc. Act 43
Senator
  Alberta Darling
R River Hills
since January 4, 1993 (28 years)
Demographics85.9%  White
6.0%  Black
2.7%  Hispanic
3.7%  Asian
0.3%  Native American
1.4% Other
Population (2010)
  Voting age
172,356 [1] [2]
131,700
Notes Milwaukee metro area (north)

The 8th Senate District of Wisconsin is one of 33 districts in the Wisconsin State Senate. [3] Located in southeast Wisconsin, the district comprises northeastern Milwaukee County, southern Ozaukee County, southern Washington County, and northeastern Waukesha County. [4]

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Current elected officials

Alberta Darling is the senator representing the 8th district. She was first elected in the 1992 general election, and is currently in her 8th term. She previously served in the State Assembly, representing the 10th Assembly district from 1990 through 1993. [5]

Each Wisconsin State Senate district is composed of three Wisconsin State Assembly districts. The 8th Senate district comprises the 22nd, 23rd, and 24th Assembly districts. The current representatives of those districts are: [6]

The 8th Senate district, in its current borders, crosses three different congressional districts. The Milwaukee County portions of the district fall within Wisconsin's 4th congressional district, represented by U.S. Representative Gwen Moore; the Washington County and Waukesha County portions of the district fall within Wisconsin's 5th congressional district, represented by U.S. Representative Scott L. Fitzgerald; and the Ozaukee County portions of the district fall within Wisconsin's 6th congressional district, represented by U.S. Representative Glenn Grothman.

Past senators

Note: the boundaries of districts have changed repeatedly over history. Previous politicians of a specific numbered district have represented a completely different geographic area, due to redistricting.

The Eighth District as originally created consisted of Green County. It was represented by:

SenatorPartyNotesSessionYearsDistrict Definition
District created1848 Green County
Elisha T. Gardner Dem. 1st
2nd 1849
William Rittenhouse Dem. 3rd 1850
4th 1851
Thomas Bowen Dem. 5th 1852
John Sharpstein Dem. 6th 1853
WI Senate District 8 1853-1872 Map of Wisconsin highlighting Kenosha County.svg
WI Senate District 8 1853-1872

Kenosha County
Levi Grant Dem. 7th 1854
Francis Paddock Dem. 8th 1855
Christopher L. Sholes Rep. 9th 1856
10th 1857
Samuel R. McClellan Rep. 11th 1858
12th 1859
George Bennett Rep. 13th 1860
14th 1861
Herman Thorp Rep. 15th 1862
16th 1863
Anthony Van Wyck Natl. Union 17th 1864
18th1865
Charles Sholes Natl. Union 19th1866
20th1867
Anthony Van Wyck Rep. 21st1868
22nd1869
Milton Pettit Rep. Elected Lieutenant Governor in 1871.23rd1870
24th1871
Samuel Pratt Rep. 25th1872 Kenosha and Walworth counties
26th1873
Thompson Weeks Rep. 27th1874
28th1875
Asahel Farr Rep. 29th1876
30th1877
Benoni Reynolds Rep. 31st1878
32nd1879
Joseph V. Quarles Rep. 33rd1880
34th1881
Charles Palmetier Rep. 35th1882
36th1883–1884
Walter Maxwell Rep. 37th1885–1886
38th1887–1888
James C. Reynolds Rep. 39th1889–1890
40th1891–1892
Michał Kruszka Dem. 41st1893–1894
42nd1895–1896
Julius Edward Roehr Rep. 43rd1897–1898
44th1899–1900
45th1901–1902
46th1903–1904
47th1905–1906
48th1907–1908
John C. Kleczka Rep. 49th1909–1910
50th1911–1912
Alexander E. Martin Rep. 51st1913–1914
52nd1915–1916
Frank Raguse Soc. Expelled from Senate in 1917.53rd1917–1918
Louis Fons Rep. Won 1918 special election.
54th1919–1920
George Czerwinski Rep. 55th1921–1922
56th1923–1924
Harry Daggett Rep. 57th1925–1926
58th1927–1928
59th1929–1930
60th1931–1932
William Shenners Jr. Dem. 61st1933–1934
62nd1935–1936
Allen Busby Prog. 63rd1937–1938
64th1939–1940
John W. Byrnes Rep. 65th1941–1942
66th1943–1944
67th1945–1946
68th1947–1948
69th1949–1950
70th1951–1952
71st1953–1954
72nd1955–1956
73rd1957–1958
74th1959–1960
75th1961–1962
76th1963–1964
77th1965–1966
78th1967–1968
79th1969–1970
80th1971–1972
'James Flynn Dem. Won 1972 election.
Re-elected 1976, 1980.
Elected to Lieutenant Governor in 1982.
81st1973–1974Part of Western Milwaukee County
82nd1975–1976
83rd1977–1978
84th1979–1980
85th1981–1982
Joseph Czarnezki Dem. Won 1983 special election.
Re-elected 1984, 1988.
Did not seek re-election 1992.
86th1983–1984Part of Western Milwaukee County
87th1985–1986
88th1987–1988
89th1989–1990
90th1991–1992
Alberta Darling Rep. Won 1992 election.
Re-elected 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008.
Survived recall 2011.
Re-elected 2012, 2016.
91st1993–1994
    • Wards 11, 13, 14, 15, City of Mequon
92nd1995–1996
93rd1997–1998
94th1999–2000
95th 2001–2002
96th 2003–2004Part of Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Washington, Waukesha
97th 2005–2006
98th 2007–2008
99th 2009–2010
100th 2011–2012
101st2013–2014Part of Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Washington, Waukesha
102nd2015–2016
103rd 2017–2018
104th 2019–2020
105th 2021–2022

See also

Political subdivisions of Wisconsin

Notes

  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. 32–37. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
  2. Wisconsin Legislative District Health Profile - Senate District 8 (PDF) (Report). University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. 2018. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
  3. "Senate District 8". Wisconsin Legislature . Retrieved March 5, 2021.
  4. "Wisconsin Legislative Districts - Senate District 8 Boundaries". Wisconsin Legislature . Retrieved March 5, 2021.
  5. "Senator Alberta Darling". Wisconsin Legislature . Retrieved March 5, 2021.
  6. District Map


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