The 7th Senate district of Wisconsin is one of 33 districts in the Wisconsin Senate. Located in southeast Wisconsin, the district comprises eastern and southeastern Milwaukee County, including downtown, south side, and lakeshore areas of the city of Milwaukee, as well as the cities of Cudahy, Oak Creek, South Milwaukee, and St. Francis, and part of the city of Greenfield. The district contains landmarks such as the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee campus, the Milwaukee Art Museum (Quadracci Pavilion), the Port of Milwaukee, Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport, and the Henry Maier Festival Park, site of Milwaukee's annual Summerfest.

Current elected officials Chris Larson is the senator representing the 7th district. He was first elected in the 2010 general election, after defeating incumbent Jeffrey Plale in a primary challenge.

Each Wisconsin State Senate district is composed of three State Assembly districts. The 7th Senate district comprises the 19th, 20th, and 21st Assembly districts. The current representatives of those districts are: Assembly District 19: Ryan Clancy (D–Milwaukee) Assembly District 20: Christine Sinicki (D–Milwaukee) Assembly District 21: Jessie Rodriguez (R–Oak Creek)

The district is split between Wisconsin's 4th congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative Gwen Moore and Wisconsin's 1st congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative Bryan Steil.Congressional District Map The part of the district in Greenfield is within Wisconsin's 5th congressional district, represented by Scott Fitzgerald.

Past senators

A list of all previous senators from this district:Wisconsin Blue Book, 1991-92 edition, Statistics: History, pages 657-666.

Senator Party Notes Session Years District Definition District created 1848 Lafayette County Thomas K. Gibson Dem. 1st Dennis Murphy Dem. 2nd 1849 3rd 1850 Samuel G. Bugh Dem. 4th 1851 5th 1852 John W. Cary Dem. 6th 1853 Racine County 7th 1854 Charles Clement Rep. 8th 1855 9th 1856 Champion S. Chase Rep. 10th 1857 11th 1858 Nicholas D. Fratt Dem. 12th 1859 13th 1860 William L. Utley Rep. 14th 1861 15th 1862 Timothy D. Morris Rep. 16th 1863 17th 1864 Jerome Case 18th 1865 19th 1866 Henry Stevens 20th 1867 21st 1868 Rep. 22nd 1869 23rd 1870 Philo Belden Rep. Redistricted to the 5th district. 24th 1871 William M. Colladay Rep. Redistricted from the 11th district. 25th 1872 John Anders Johnson Rep. 26th 1873 27th 1874 George E. Bryant Rep. 28th 1875 29th 1876 George A. Abert Dem. 30th 1877 31st 1878 Edwin Hyde Rep. 32nd 1879 33rd 1880 Edward B. Simpson Rep. 34th 1881 35th 1882 William S. Stanley Rep. 36th 1883–1884 37th 1885–1886 Christian Widule Rep. 38th 1887–1888 39th 1889–1890 Christian A. Koenitzer Dem. 40th 1891–1892 41st 1893–1894 Charles T. Fisher Rep. 42nd 1895–1896 43rd 1897–1898 Barney A. Eaton Rep. 44th 1899–1900 45th 1901–1902 46th 1903–1904 47th 1905–1906 George E. Page Rep. 48th 1907–1908 49th 1909–1910 Gabriel Zophy 50th 1911–1912 51st 1913–1914 Louis A. Arnold 52nd 1915–1916 53rd 1917–1918 Soc. 54th 1919–1920 55th 1921–1922 William F. Quick Soc. 56th 1923–1924 57th 1925–1926 Herbert H. Smith Rep. 58th 1927–1928 59th 1929–1930 Leonard Fons Rep. 60th 1931–1932 61st 1933–1934 Max Galasinski Dem. 62nd 1935–1936 63rd 1937–1938 Anthony P. Gawronski Dem.Resigned in 1948. 64th 1939–1940 65th 1941–1942 66th 1943–1944 67th 1945–1946 68th 1947–1948 --Vacant-- 69th 1949–1950 Roman R. Blenski Dem.Won 1949 special election. 70th 1951–1952 71st 1953–1954 Leland McParland Dem. 72nd 1955–1956 73rd 1957–1958 74th 1959–1960 75th 1961–1962 76th 1963–1964 77th 1965–1966 78th 1967–1968 79th 1969–1970 Kurt Frank Dem. 80th 1971–1972 81st 1973–1974 82nd 1975–1976 83rd 1977–1978 84th 1979–1980 85th 1981–1982 Jerry Kleczka Dem. Resigned after election to U.S. House. 86th 1983–1984 --Vacant-- John R. Plewa Dem.Died in office September 1995. 87th 1985–1986 88th 1987–1988 89th 1989–1990 90th 1991–1992 91st 1993–1994 92nd 1995–1996 --Vacant-- Richard Grobschmidt Dem. Won 1995 special election. 93rd 1997–1998 94th 1999–2000 95th 2001–2002 Jeffrey Plale Dem. 96th 2003–2004 97th 2005–2006 98th 2007–2008 99th 2009–2010 Chris Larson Dem. 100th 2011–2012 101st 2013–2014 102nd 2015–2016 103rd 2017–2018 104th 2019–2020 105th 2021–2022 106th 2023–2024 Southeast Milwaukee County 107th 2025–2026

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.

See also Political subdivisions of Wisconsin

References

External links Chris Larson official campaign site