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Wisconsin's 8th Senate district

American legislative district in Milwaukee County and Ozaukee County, 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 22, 23, and 24
state	Wisconsin
district	8
chamber	Senate
representative	Jodi Habush Sinykin
party	Democratic
residence	Whitefish Bay
incumbentsince	January 6, 2025 ()
population	178,122
population_year	2020
voting_age	138,478
percent_white	85.75
percent_black	5.29
percent_hispanic	2.73
percent_asian	4.56
percent_native_american	1.06
percent_pacific_islander	0.1
website	[Official website](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/districts/senate/8)
notes	Milwaukee metro area (north)

| | 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 22, 23, and 24 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:

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.

File:Port_Washington_Wisconsin_4288.jpg|Downtown Port Washington File:Woolen_Mill_Cedarburg_May09.jpg|Hilgen and Wittenberg Woolen Mill in Cedarburg File:Cedarburg-mill-pagoda.jpg|Cedarburg Mill File:Thiensville_Main_St_May09.jpg|Main Street Historic District (Thiensville, Wisconsin) File:Landmk-0904-uilein.jpg|Herman Uihlein House in Whitefish Bay File:Mill Pond Park Menomonee Falls Wisconsin 9422.jpg|Mill Pond Park in Menomonee Falls

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 created	1848	[[File:1848 WI Sen 08.svg	frameless	center	150px]] Green County
Elisha T. Gardner	Dem.		[1st](1st-wisconsin-legislature)
[2nd](2nd-wisconsin-legislature)	1849
William Rittenhouse	Dem.		[3rd](3rd-wisconsin-legislature)	1850
[4th](4th-wisconsin-legislature)	1851
Thomas Bowen		Dem.	Redistricted to the 24th district.	[5th](5th-wisconsin-legislature)	1852
John Sharpstein		Dem.		[6th](6th-wisconsin-legislature)	1853	[[File:1852 WI Sen 08.svg	frameless	center	150px]] 1852–1855
[[File:1856 WI Sen 08.svg	frameless	center	150px]] 1856–1860
[[File:1861 WI Sen 08.svg	frameless	center	150px]] 1861–1865
[[File:1866 WI Sen 08.svg	frameless	center	150px]] 1866–1870
Kenosha County
Levi Grant		Dem.		[7th](7th-wisconsin-legislature)	1854
Francis Paddock		Dem.		[8th](8th-wisconsin-legislature)	1855
C. Latham Sholes	Rep.		[9th](9th-wisconsin-legislature)	1856
[10th](10th-wisconsin-legislature)	1857
Samuel R. McClellan	Rep.		[11th](11th-wisconsin-legislature)	1858
[12th](12th-wisconsin-legislature)	1859
George Bennett	Rep.		[13th](13th-wisconsin-legislature)	1860
[14th](14th-wisconsin-legislature)	1861
Herman Thorp	Rep.		[15th](15th-wisconsin-legislature)	1862
[16th](16th-wisconsin-legislature)	1863
Anthony Van Wyck	Natl. Union		[17th](17th-wisconsin-legislature)	1864
[18th](18th-wisconsin-legislature)	1865
Charles Sholes	Natl. Union		[19th](19th-wisconsin-legislature)	1866
[20th](20th-wisconsin-legislature)	1867
Anthony Van Wyck	Rep.		[21st](21st-wisconsin-legislature)	1868
[22nd](22nd-wisconsin-legislature)	1869
Milton Pettit	Rep.	Elected Lieutenant Governor in 1871.	[23rd](23rd-wisconsin-legislature)	1870
[24th](24th-wisconsin-legislature)	1871
Samuel Pratt	Rep.		[25th](25th-wisconsin-legislature)	1872	[[File:1871 WI Sen 08.svg	frameless	center	150px]] 1871–1875
[[File:1876 WI Sen 08.svg	frameless	center	150px]] 1876–1881
[[File:1882 WI Sen 08.svg	frameless	center	150px]] 1882–1887
[[File:1888 WI Sen 08.svg	frameless	center	150px]] 1888–1891
Kenosha and Walworth counties
[26th](26th-wisconsin-legislature)	1873
Thompson Weeks	Rep.		[27th](27th-wisconsin-legislature)	1874
[28th](28th-wisconsin-legislature)	1875
Asahel Farr	Rep.		[29th](29th-wisconsin-legislature)	1876
[30th](30th-wisconsin-legislature)	1877
Benoni Reynolds	Rep.		[31st](31st-wisconsin-legislature)	1878
[32nd](32nd-wisconsin-legislature)	1879
Joseph V. Quarles	Rep.		[33rd](33rd-wisconsin-legislature)	1880
[34th](34th-wisconsin-legislature)	1881
Charles Palmetier	Rep.		[35th](35th-wisconsin-legislature)	1882
[36th](36th-wisconsin-legislature)	1883–1884
Walter Maxwell	Rep.		[37th](37th-wisconsin-legislature)	1885–1886
[38th](38th-wisconsin-legislature)	1887–1888
James C. Reynolds	Rep.		[39th](39th-wisconsin-legislature)	1889–1890
[40th](40th-wisconsin-legislature)	1891–1892
Michał Kruszka	Dem.		[41st](41st-wisconsin-legislature)	1893–1894	[[File:1892 WI Sen 08.png	frameless	center	300px]] {{Collapsible list	title=Southern Milwaukee County	titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%;
[42nd](42nd-wisconsin-legislature)	1895–1896
Julius Edward Roehr	Rep.		[43rd](43rd-wisconsin-legislature)	1897–1898	[[File:1896 WI Sen 08.png	frameless	center	300px]] {{Collapsible list	title=Central Milwaukee County	titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%;
[44th](44th-wisconsin-legislature)	1899–1900
[45th](45th-wisconsin-legislature)	1901–1902
[46th](46th-wisconsin-legislature)	1903–1904	[[File:1902 WI Sen 08.png	frameless	center	300px]] {{Collapsible list	title=Central Milwaukee County	titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%;
[47th](47th-wisconsin-legislature)	1905–1906
[48th](48th-wisconsin-legislature)	1907–1908
John C. Kleczka	Rep.		[49th](49th-wisconsin-legislature)	1909–1910
[50th](50th-wisconsin-legislature)	1911–1912
Alexander E. Martin	Rep.		[51st](51st-wisconsin-legislature)	1913–1914	[[File:1912 WI Sen 08.png	frameless	center	300px]] {{Collapsible list	title=Central Milwaukee County	titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%;
[52nd](52nd-wisconsin-legislature)	1915–1916
Frank Raguse		Soc.	Expelled in 1917.	[53rd](53rd-wisconsin-legislature)	1917–1918
Louis Fons	Rep.	Won 1918 special election.
[54th](54th-wisconsin-legislature)	1919–1920
George Czerwinski	Rep.		[55th](55th-wisconsin-legislature)	1921–1922
[56th](56th-wisconsin-legislature)	1923–1924	[[File:1922 WI Sen 08.png	frameless	center	300px]] {{Collapsible list	title=Western Milwaukee County	titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%;
Harry Daggett	Rep.		[57th](57th-wisconsin-legislature)	1925–1926
[58th](58th-wisconsin-legislature)	1927–1928
[59th](59th-wisconsin-legislature)	1929–1930
[60th](60th-wisconsin-legislature)	1931–1932
William Shenners Jr.	Dem.		[61st](61st-wisconsin-legislature)	1933–1934	[[File:1932 WI Sen 08.png	frameless	center	300px]] {{Collapsible list	title=Western Milwaukee County	titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%;
[62nd](62nd-wisconsin-legislature)	1935–1936
Allen Busby	Prog.		[63rd](63rd-wisconsin-legislature)	1937–1938
[64th](64th-wisconsin-legislature)	1939–1940
John W. Byrnes	Rep.		[65th](65th-wisconsin-legislature)	1941–1942
[66th](66th-wisconsin-legislature)	1943–1944
[67th](67th-wisconsin-legislature)	1945–1946
[68th](68th-wisconsin-legislature)	1947–1948
[69th](69th-wisconsin-legislature)	1949–1950
[70th](70th-wisconsin-legislature)	1951–1952
[71st](71st-wisconsin-legislature)	1953–1954
[72nd](72nd-wisconsin-legislature)	1955–1956	[[File:1954 WI Sen 08.png	frameless	center	300px]] {{Collapsible list	title=Western 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 08.png	frameless	center	300px]] {{Collapsible list	title=Western 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
James Flynn	Dem.	Won 1972 election.
Re-elected 1976, 1980.
Elected to Lieutenant Governor in 1982.	[81st](81st-wisconsin-legislature)	1973–1974	[[File:1972 WI Sen 08.png	frameless	center	300px]] {{Collapsible list	title=Western Milwaukee County	titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%;
[82nd](82nd-wisconsin-legislature)	1975–1976
[83rd](83rd-wisconsin-legislature)	1977–1978
[84th](84th-wisconsin-legislature)	1979–1980
[85th](85th-wisconsin-legislature)	1981–1982
Joseph Czarnezki	Dem.	Won 1983 special election.
Re-elected 1984, 1988.
Did not seek re-election in 1992.	[86th](86th-wisconsin-legislature)	1983–1984	[[File:1982 WI Sen 08.png	frameless	center	300px]] {{Collapsible list	title=Western 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
[89th](89th-wisconsin-legislature)	1989–1990
[90th](90th-wisconsin-legislature)	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](91st-wisconsin-legislature)	1993–1994	[[File:1992 WI Sen 08.png	frameless	center	300px]] {{Collapsible list	title=Northern Milwaukee County,
southwest Ozaukee County,
southeast Washington County,
& northeast Waukesha 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
[96th](96th-wisconsin-legislature)	2003–2004	[[File:2002 WI Sen 08.png	frameless	center	300px]] {{Collapsible list	title=Northern Milwaukee County,
southern Ozaukee County,
southeast Washington County,
& northeast Waukesha County	titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%;
[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	[[File:2011 WI Sen 08.png	frameless	center	300px]] {{Collapsible list	title=Northeast Milwaukee County,
southeast Ozaukee County,
southern Washington County,
& northeast Waukesha County	titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%;
[102nd](102nd-wisconsin-legislature)	2015–2016
[103rd](103rd-wisconsin-legislature)	2017–2018
[104th](104th-wisconsin-legislature)	2019–2020
[105th](105th-wisconsin-legislature)	2021–2022
--Vacant--	[106th](106th-wisconsin-legislature)	2023–2024	[[File:2022 WI Sen 08.png	frameless	center	300px]] 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](107th-wisconsin-legislature)	2025–2026	[[File:2024 WI Sen 08.svg	frameless	center	150px]]

References

"Senate District 8".
"Wisconsin Legislative Districts - Senate District 8 Boundaries".
"State Senate District 8, WI".
(2025). "Senator Jodi Habush Sinykin".
[http://legis.wisconsin.gov//Senate/sen08/Sdist08.pdf District Map]

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