The 3rd Senate district of Wisconsin is one of 33 districts in the Wisconsin Senate. 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. The district also contains the largest concentration of Hispanic residents in Wisconsin, at 45% of the district population.
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.
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: Assembly District 7: Karen Kirsch (D–Greenfield) Assembly District 8: Sylvia Ortiz-Velez (D–Milwaukee) Assembly District 9: Priscilla Prado (D–Milwaukee)
The district is mostly located within Wisconsin's 4th congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative Gwen Moore.Congressional District Map 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:Wisconsin Blue Book, 1991-92 edition, Statistics: History, pages 657-666.
Senator Party Notes Session Years District Definition 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 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 Frederick W. Cotzhausen Dem. 26th 1873 27th 1874 William H. Jacobs Dem. 28th 1875 29th 1876 Thomas A. Bones Rep. 30th 1877 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 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 57th 1925–1926 58th 1927–1928 59th 1929–1930 60th 1931–1932 61st 1933–1934 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 1947–1948Vacant 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 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 1973–1974 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 87th 1985–1986 88th 1987–1988 Vacant Brian B. Burke Dem. Won 1988 special election. 89th 1989–1990 90th 1991–1992 91st 1993–1994 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 107th 2025–2026
See also Political subdivisions of Wisconsin
References
External links Tim Carpenter official campaign site 3rd Senate District, Senator Carpenter in the Wisconsin Blue Book (2005–2006)