Wisconsin Senate, District 8

The 8th District of the Wisconsin Senate is located in Southeastern Wisconsin, and is composed of parts of Milwaukee County, Ozaukee County, Washington County, and Waukesha County.[3]

Wisconsin's 8th
State Senate District
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
NotesComposed of the northeast part of Milwaukee County, the southern parts of Ozaukee and Washington counties, and part of northeastern Waukesha County

Current elected officials

Alberta Darling is the senator serving the 8th district. She has served since 1992, and was re-elected in 2016 to another four-year term. Before serving as a senator, she held an office in the State Assembly, serving the 10th District from 1990 to 1993.[4]

The area of the 8th Senate District contains three State Assembly Districts:[5]

The district also shares constituency with Wisconsin's 4th congressional district which is represented by U.S. Representative Gwen Moore, Wisconsin's 5th congressional district, represented by U.S. Representative Jim Sensenbrenner, and Wisconsin's 6th congressional district, represented by U.S. Representative Glenn Grothman. [6]

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:

Legislative Session Senator Party Years Notes District Definition
District created 1848 Green County
1st Elisha T. Gardner Democratic
2nd 1849
3rd William Rittenhouse Democratic 1850
4th 1851
5th Thomas Bowen Democratic 1852
6th John Sharpstein Democratic 1853
WI Senate District 8 1853-1872

Kenosha County
7th Levi Grant Democratic 1854
8th Francis Paddock Democratic 1855
9th Christopher Latham Sholes Republican 1856
10th 1857
11th Samuel R. McClellan Republican 1858
12th 1859
13th George Bennett Republican 1860
14th 1861
15th Herman Thorp Republican 1862
16th 1863
17th Anthony Van Wyck National Union 1864
18th 1865
19th Charles Sholes National Union 1866
20th 1867
21st Anthony Van Wyck Republican 1868
22nd 1869
23rd Milton Pettit Republican 1870 Elected Lieutenant Governor in 1871.
24th 1871
25th Samuel Pratt Republican 1872 Kenosha and Walworth counties
26th 1873
27th Thompson Weeks Republican 1874
28th 1875
29th Asahel Farr Republican 1876
30th 1877
31st Benoni Reynolds Republican 1878
32nd 1879
33rd Joseph V. Quarles Republican 1880
34th 1881
35th Charles Palmetier Republican 1882
36th 1883–1884
37th Walter Maxwell Republican 1885–1886
38th 1887–1888
39th James C. Reynolds Republican 1889–1890
40th 1891–1892
41st Michał Kruszka Democratic 1893–1894 5 8, 11, 12, 23
42nd 1895–1896
43rd Julius Edward Roehr Republican 1897–1898
44th 1899–1900
45th 1901–1902
46th 1903–1904
47th 1905–1906
48th 1907–1908
49th John C. Kleczka Republican 1909–1910
50th 1911–1912
51st Alexander E. Martin Republican 1913–1914
52nd 1915–1916
53rd Frank Raguse Socialist 1917–1918 Expelled from Senate in 1917.
Louis Fons Republican Elected in 1918 special election.
54th 1919–1920
55th George Czerwinski Republican 1921–1922
56th 1923–1924
57th Harry Daggett Republican 1925–1926
58th 1927–1928
59th 1929–1930
60th 1931–1932
61st William Shenners, Jr. Democratic 1933–1934
62nd 1935–1936
63rd Allen Busby Progressive 1937–1938
64th 1939–1940
65th John W. Byrnes Republican 1941–1942
66th 1943–1944
67th 1945–1946
68th 1947–1948
69th 1949–1950
70th 1951–1952
71st 1953–1954
72nd 1955–1956
73rd 1957–1958
74th 1959–1960
75th 1961–1962
76th 1963–1964
77th 1965–1966
78th 1967–1968
79th 1969–1970
80th 1971–1972
81st James Flynn Democratic 1973–1974 Elected in 1972 election.
Re-elected 1976, 1980.
Elected to Lieutenant Governor in 1982.		 Part of Western Milwaukee County
82nd 1975–1976
83rd 1977–1978
84th 1979–1980
85th 1981–1982
86th Joseph Czarnezki Democratic 1983–1984 Elected in 1983 special election.
Re-elected 1984, 1988.
Did not seek re-election 1992.		 Part of Western Milwaukee County
87th 1985–1986
88th 1987–1988
89th 1989–1990
90th 1991–1992
91st Alberta Darling Republican 1993–1994 Elected in 1992 election.
Re-elected 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008.
Survived recall 2011.
Re-elected 2012, 2016.
92nd 1995–1996
93rd 1997–1998
94th 1999–2000
95th 2001–2002
96th 2003–2004 Part of Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Washington, Waukesha
97th 2005–2006
98th 2007–2008
99th 2009–2010
100th 2011–2012
101st 2013–2014 Part of Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Washington, Waukesha
102nd 2015–2016
103rd 2017–2018
104th 2019–2020

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. District Map
  4. Darling Biography
  5. District Map
  6. Congressional District Map
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