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Wisconsin's 3rd Senate district
American legislative district for Milwaukee, Wisconsin
American legislative district for Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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| image caption | 2024 map defined in [2023 Wisc. Act 94](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/related/acts/94) | ||||||||||||
| 2022 map defined in *[ Johnson v. Wisconsin Elections Commission](https://www.wicourts.gov/sc/opinion/DisplayDocument.pdf?content=pdf&seqNo=512188)* | |||||||||||||
| 2011 map was defined in [2011 Wisc. Act 43](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2011/related/acts/43) | |||||||||||||
| composed of Assembly districts 7, 8, and 9 | |||||||||||||
| state | Wisconsin | ||||||||||||
| district | 3 | ||||||||||||
| chamber | Senate | ||||||||||||
| representative | Tim Carpenter | ||||||||||||
| incumbentsince | January 3, 2003 () | ||||||||||||
| party | Democratic | ||||||||||||
| residence | Milwaukee | ||||||||||||
| population | 178,033 | ||||||||||||
| population_year | 2020 | ||||||||||||
| voting_age | 128,718 | ||||||||||||
| percent_white | 39.88 | ||||||||||||
| percent_black | 9.16 | ||||||||||||
| percent_hispanic | 45.24 | ||||||||||||
| percent_asian | 5.11 | ||||||||||||
| percent_native_american | 3.77 | ||||||||||||
| percent_pacific_islander | 0.16 | ||||||||||||
| website | [Official website](http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/districts/senate/3) | ||||||||||||
| notes | South side of Milwaukee |
| | From 2024 to 2031 | | From 2022 to 2023 | | From 2012 to 2021 2022 map defined in Johnson v. Wisconsin Elections Commission 2011 map was defined in 2011 Wisc. Act 43 composed of Assembly districts 7, 8, and 9 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. The portion of the district in Greenfield falls within Wisconsin's 5th congressional district, represented by Scott Fitzgerald.
File:MillerParkStadium.jpg|American Family Field File:Chapel_Hill.jpg|Chapel hill in Calvary Cemetery File:Walker's_Point_HistDist_Apr11.jpg|Walker's Point Historic District File:St_Stanislaus_Catholic_Church.jpg|St. Stanislaus Catholic Church File:Milwaukee Cathedral 3.jpg|Basilica of St. Josaphat File:Mitchell_Park_Horticultural_Conservatory.jpg|Mitchell Park Horticultural Conservatory File:Landmark_Chapel.jpg|Landmark chapel in Forest Home Cemetery File:Potawatomi_Hotel_&Casino_Top.jpg|Potawatomi Hotel & Casino File:West_Milwaukee_Park.jpg|West Milwaukee Park File:Jackson_park_ducks-_milwaukee.jpg|Jackson Park
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:
| Senator | Party | Notes | Session | Years | District Definition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *District created* | 1848 | [[File:1848 WI Sen 03.svg | frameless | center | 150px]] Crawford, Chippewa, St. Croix, and La Pointe counties | |||||||
| Daniel G. Fenton | Dem. | [1st](1st-wisconsin-legislature) | ||||||||||
| James Fisher | Dem. | [2nd](2nd-wisconsin-legislature) | 1849 | |||||||||
| [3rd](3rd-wisconsin-legislature) | 1850 | |||||||||||
| Hiram A. Wright | Dem. | [4th](4th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1851 | |||||||||
| [5th](5th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1852 | |||||||||||
| Andrew M. Blair | Dem. | [6th](6th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1853 | [[File:1852 WI Sen 03.svg | frameless | center | 150px]] 1852–1855 | |||||
| [[File:1856 WI Sen 03.svg | frameless | center | 150px]] 1856–1860 | |||||||||
| [[File:1861 WI Sen 03.svg | frameless | center | 150px]] 1861–1865 | |||||||||
| [[File:1866 WI Sen 03.svg | frameless | center | 150px]] 1866–1870 | |||||||||
| Ozaukee County | ||||||||||||
| [7th](7th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1854 | |||||||||||
| Bolivar G. Gill | Dem. | [8th](8th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1855 | |||||||||
| [9th](9th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1856 | |||||||||||
| Herman J. Schulteis | Dem. | [10th](10th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1857 | |||||||||
| [11th](11th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1858 | |||||||||||
| Lion Silverman | Dem. | *Resigned.* | [12th](12th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1859 | ||||||||
| *Vacant* | ||||||||||||
| Frederick Hilgen | Dem. | *Elected in 1859 special election.* | [13th](13th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1860 | ||||||||
| Hugh Cunning | Dem. | [14th](14th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1861 | |||||||||
| [15th](15th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1862 | |||||||||||
| John R. Bohan | Dem. | [16th](16th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1863 | |||||||||
| [17th](17th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1864 | |||||||||||
| Lyman Morgan | Dem. | *Redistricted to 33rd district.* | [18th](18th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1865 | ||||||||
| [19th](19th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1866 | |||||||||||
| [20th](20th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1867 | |||||||||||
| [21st](21st-wisconsin-legislature) | 1868 | |||||||||||
| [22nd](22nd-wisconsin-legislature) | 1869 | |||||||||||
| [23rd](23rd-wisconsin-legislature) | 1870 | |||||||||||
| [24th](24th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1871 | |||||||||||
| Francis Huebschmann | Dem. | [25th](25th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1872 | [[File:1871 WI Sen 03.svg | frameless | center | 150px]] {{Collapsible list | title=Northern Milwaukee County | titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%; | |||
| Frederick W. Cotzhausen | Dem. | [26th](26th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1873 | |||||||||
| [27th](27th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1874 | |||||||||||
| William H. Jacobs | Dem. | [28th](28th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1875 | |||||||||
| [29th](29th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1876 | |||||||||||
| Thomas A. Bones | Rep. | [30th](30th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1877 | [[File:1876 WI Sen 03.svg | frameless | center | 150px]] 1876–1881 | |||||
| [[File:1882 WI Sen 03.svg | frameless | center | 150px]] 1882–1887 | |||||||||
| [[File:1888 WI Sen 03.svg | frameless | center | 150px]] 1888–1891 | |||||||||
| Racine County | ||||||||||||
| [31st](31st-wisconsin-legislature) | 1878 | |||||||||||
| William E. Chipman | Rep. | [32nd](32nd-wisconsin-legislature) | 1879 | |||||||||
| [33rd](33rd-wisconsin-legislature) | 1880 | |||||||||||
| Albert L. Phillips | Rep. | [34th](34th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1881 | |||||||||
| [35th](35th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1882 | |||||||||||
| Charles Jonas | Dem. | [36th](36th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1883–1884 | |||||||||
| [37th](37th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1885–1886 | |||||||||||
| Henry Allen Cooper | Rep. | [38th](38th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1887–1888 | |||||||||
| [39th](39th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1889–1890 | |||||||||||
| Adam Apple | Dem. | [40th](40th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1891–1892 | |||||||||
| [41st](41st-wisconsin-legislature) | 1893–1894 | [[File:1892 WI Sen 03.svg | frameless | center | 150px]] 1892–1895 | |||||||
| [[File:1896 WI Sen 03.svg | frameless | center | 150px]] 1896–1901 | |||||||||
| [[File:1902 WI Sen 03.svg | frameless | center | 150px]] 1902–1911 | |||||||||
| [[File:1912 WI Sen 03.svg | frameless | center | 150px]] 1912–1921 | |||||||||
| Racine and Kenosha counties | ||||||||||||
| Ernst G. Timme | Rep. | [42nd](42nd-wisconsin-legislature) | 1895–1896 | |||||||||
| [43rd](43rd-wisconsin-legislature) | 1897–1898 | |||||||||||
| John F. Reynolds | Rep. | [44th](44th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1899–1900 | |||||||||
| [45th](45th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1901–1902 | |||||||||||
| Otis Wells Johnson | Rep. | [46th](46th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1903–1904 | |||||||||
| [47th](47th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1905–1906 | |||||||||||
| Isaac T. Bishop | Rep. | [48th](48th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1907–1908 | |||||||||
| [49th](49th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1909–1910 | |||||||||||
| [50th](50th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1911–1912 | |||||||||||
| [51st](51st-wisconsin-legislature) | 1913–1914 | |||||||||||
| Charles H. Everett | Rep. | [52nd](52nd-wisconsin-legislature) | 1915–1916 | |||||||||
| [53rd](53rd-wisconsin-legislature) | 1917–1918 | |||||||||||
| George L. Buck | Rep. | [54th](54th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1919–1920 | |||||||||
| [55th](55th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1921–1922 | |||||||||||
| Walter Polakowski | Soc. | [56th](56th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1923–1924 | [[File:1922 WI Sen 03.png | frameless | center | 300px]] {{Collapsible list | title=Central Milwaukee County | titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%; | |||
| [57th](57th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1925–1926 | |||||||||||
| [58th](58th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1927–1928 | |||||||||||
| [59th](59th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1929–1930 | |||||||||||
| [60th](60th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1931–1932 | |||||||||||
| [61st](61st-wisconsin-legislature) | 1933–1934 | [[File:1932 WI Sen 03.png | frameless | center | 300px]] {{Collapsible list | title=Central Milwaukee County | titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%; | |||||
| Arthur L. Zimny | Dem. | [62nd](62nd-wisconsin-legislature) | 1935–1936 | |||||||||
| [63rd](63rd-wisconsin-legislature) | 1937–1938 | |||||||||||
| [64th](64th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1939–1940 | |||||||||||
| [65th](65th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1941–1942 | |||||||||||
| Clement J. Zablocki | Dem. | *Elected to U.S. House.* | [66th](66th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1943–1944 | ||||||||
| [67th](67th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1945–1946 | |||||||||||
| [68th](68th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1947–1948 | |||||||||||
| *Vacant* | [69th](69th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1949–1950 | ||||||||||
| Casimir Kendziorski | Dem. | *Won 1949 special election.* | ||||||||||
| *Re-elected 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970.* | ||||||||||||
| *Died in office.* | ||||||||||||
| [70th](70th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1951–1952 | |||||||||||
| [71st](71st-wisconsin-legislature) | 1953–1954 | |||||||||||
| [72nd](72nd-wisconsin-legislature) | 1955–1956 | [[File:1954 WI Sen 03.png | frameless | center | 300px]] {{Collapsible list | title=Central Milwaukee County | titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%; | |||||
| [73rd](73rd-wisconsin-legislature) | 1957–1958 | |||||||||||
| [74th](74th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1959–1960 | |||||||||||
| [75th](75th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1961–1962 | |||||||||||
| [76th](76th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1963–1964 | |||||||||||
| [77th](77th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1965–1966 | [[File:1964 WI Sen 03.png | frameless | center | 300px]] {{Collapsible list | title=Central Milwaukee County | titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%; | |||||
| [78th](78th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1967–1968 | |||||||||||
| [79th](79th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1969–1970 | |||||||||||
| [80th](80th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1971–1972 | |||||||||||
| [81st](81st-wisconsin-legislature) | 1973–1974 | [[File:1972 WI Sen 03.png | frameless | center | 300px]] {{Collapsible list | title=Central Milwaukee County | titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%; | |||||
| Jerry Kleczka | Dem. | *Redistricted to 7th district.* | [82nd](82nd-wisconsin-legislature) | 1975–1976 | ||||||||
| [83rd](83rd-wisconsin-legislature) | 1977–1978 | |||||||||||
| [84th](84th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1979–1980 | |||||||||||
| [85th](85th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1981–1982 | |||||||||||
| John Norquist | Dem. | Resigned to become Mayor of Milwaukee. | [86th](86th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1983–1984 | [[File:1982 WI Sen 03.png | frameless | center | 300px]] {{Collapsible list | title=Central Milwaukee County | titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%; | ||
| [87th](87th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1985–1986 | |||||||||||
| [88th](88th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1987–1988 | |||||||||||
| *Vacant* | ||||||||||||
| Brian B. Burke | Dem. | *Won 1988 special election.* | [89th](89th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1989–1990 | ||||||||
| [90th](90th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1991–1992 | |||||||||||
| [91st](91st-wisconsin-legislature) | 1993–1994 | [[File:1992 WI Sen 03.png | frameless | center | 300px]] 1992–2001 | |||||||
| [[File:2002 WI Sen 03.png | frameless | center | 300px]] 2002–2011 | |||||||||
| [[File:2011 WI Sen 03.png | frameless | center | 300px]] 2012–2021 {{Collapsible list | title=Central Milwaukee County | titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%; | |||||||
| [92nd](92nd-wisconsin-legislature) | 1995–1996 | |||||||||||
| [93rd](93rd-wisconsin-legislature) | 1997–1998 | |||||||||||
| [94th](94th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1999–2000 | |||||||||||
| [95th](95th-wisconsin-legislature) | 2001–2002 | |||||||||||
| Tim Carpenter | Dem. | [96th](96th-wisconsin-legislature) | 2003–2004 | |||||||||
| [97th](97th-wisconsin-legislature) | 2005–2006 | |||||||||||
| [98th](98th-wisconsin-legislature) | 2007–2008 | |||||||||||
| [99th](99th-wisconsin-legislature) | 2009–2010 | |||||||||||
| [100th](100th-wisconsin-legislature) | 2011–2012 | |||||||||||
| [101st](101st-wisconsin-legislature) | 2013–2014 | |||||||||||
| [102nd](102nd-wisconsin-legislature) | 2015–2016 | |||||||||||
| [103rd](103rd-wisconsin-legislature) | 2017–2018 | |||||||||||
| [104th](104th-wisconsin-legislature) | 2019–2020 | |||||||||||
| [105th](105th-wisconsin-legislature) | 2021–2022 | |||||||||||
| [106th](106th-wisconsin-legislature) | 2023–2024 | [[File:2022 WI Sen 03.png | frameless | center | 300px]] Central Milwaukee County | |||||||
| [107th](107th-wisconsin-legislature) | 2025–2026 | [[File:2024 WI Sen 03.svg | frameless | center | 150px]] |
References
References
- "Senate District 3".
- "Wisconsin Legislative Districts - Senate District 3 Boundaries".
- "Senator Tim Carpenter".
- [http://legis.wisconsin.gov/ltsb/redistricting/Maps/cd4.pdf Congressional District Map]
- Wisconsin Blue Book, 1991-92 edition, ''Statistics: History'', pages 657-666.
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