The 8th Senate district of Wisconsin is one of 33 districts of the Wisconsin Senate. Located in southeast Wisconsin, the district includes most of Ozaukee County along with northeastern Milwaukee County, southeast Washington County, and northeast Waukesha County. It contains the cities of Cedarburg, Port Washington, and Mequon, as well as the villages of Bayside, Butler, Fox Point, Grafton, Lannon, Menomonee Falls, River Hills, Thiensville, Whitefish Bay, and most of the villages of Brown Deer and Germantown. As currently drawn, the district is the wealthiest state senate district in the state.

Current elected officials Jodi Habush Sinykin is the senator representing the 8th district. She was first elected in the 2024 general election, and is serving her first term.

Each Wisconsin State Senate district is composed of three State Assembly districts. The 8th Senate district comprises the 22nd, 23rd, and 24th Assembly districts. The current representatives of those districts are:District Map Assembly District 22: Paul Melotik (R–Grafton) Assembly District 23: Deb Andraca (D–Whitefish Bay) Assembly District 24: Dan Knodl (R–Germantown)

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:

Senator Party Notes Session Years District Definition District created1848 Green County Elisha T. Gardner Dem. 1st 2nd 1849 William Rittenhouse Dem. 3rd 1850 4th 1851 Thomas Bowen Dem. Redistricted to the 24th district. 5th 1852 John Sharpstein Dem. 6th 1853 Kenosha County Levi Grant Dem. 7th 1854 Francis Paddock Dem. 8th 1855 C. Latham Sholes Rep. 9th 1856 10th 1857 Samuel R. McClellan Rep. 11th 1858 12th 1859 George Bennett Rep. 13th 1860 14th 1861 Hermon Thorp Rep. 15th 1862 16th 1863 Anthony Van Wyck 17th 1864 18th 1865 Charles Sholes 19th 1866 20th 1867 Anthony Van Wyck Rep. 21st 1868 22nd 1869 Milton Pettit Rep. Elected Lieutenant Governor in 1871. 23rd 1870 24th 1871 Samuel Pratt Rep. 25th 1872 Kenosha and Walworth counties 26th 1873 Thompson Weeks Rep. 27th 1874 28th 1875 Asahel Farr Rep. 29th 1876 30th 1877 Benoni Reynolds Rep. 31st 1878 32nd 1879 Joseph V. Quarles Rep. 33rd 1880 34th 1881 Charles Palmetier Rep. 35th 1882 36th 1883–1884 Walter Maxwell Rep. 37th 1885–1886 38th 1887–1888 James C. Reynolds Rep. 39th 1889–1890 40th 1891–1892 Michał Kruszka Dem. 41st 1893–1894 42nd 1895–1896 Julius Edward Roehr Rep. 43rd 1897–1898 44th 1899–1900 45th 1901–1902 46th 1903–1904 47th 1905–1906 48th 1907–1908 John C. Kleczka Rep. 49th 1909–1910 50th 1911–1912 Alexander E. Martin Rep. 51st 1913–1914 52nd 1915–1916 Frank Raguse Soc. Expelled in 1917.53rd1917–1918 Louis Fons Rep. Won 1918 special election. 54th 1919–1920 George Czerwinski Rep. 55th 1921–1922 56th 1923–1924 Harry Daggett Rep. 57th 1925–1926 58th 1927–1928 59th 1929–1930 60th 1931–1932 William Shenners Jr. Dem. 61st 1933–1934 62nd 1935–1936 Allen Busby Prog. 63rd 1937–1938 64th 1939–1940 John W. Byrnes Rep. 65th 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 James Flynn Dem. Won 1972 election.Re-elected 1976, 1980.Elected to Lieutenant Governor in 1982. 81st 1973–1974 82nd 1975–1976 83rd 1977–1978 84th 1979–1980 85th 1981–1982 Joseph Czarnezki Dem. Won 1983 special election.Re-elected 1984, 1988.Did not seek re-election in 1992. 86th 1983–1984 87th 1985–1986 88th 1987–1988 89th 1989–1990 90th 1991–1992 Alberta Darling Rep.Won 1992 election.Re-elected 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008.Survived 2011 recall.Re-elected 2012, 2016, 2020.Resigned Dec. 2022 91st 1993–1994 92nd 1995–1996 93rd 1997–1998 94th 1999–2000 95th 2001–2002 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 --Vacant-- 106th 2023–2024 Northeast Milwaukee County,Southern Ozaukee County,Southern Washington County,Northeast Waukesha County Dan Knodl Rep. Won 2023 special election. Jodi Habush Sinykin Dem. Elected 2024. 107th 2025–2026

See also

Administrative divisions of Wisconsin

References

External links Alberta Darling official campaign site (2008)