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:

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.

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:

SenatorPartyNotesSessionYearsDistrict Definition
District created1848Crawford, Chippewa, St. Croix, and La Pointe counties
Daniel G. FentonDem.1st
James FisherDem.2nd1849
3rd1850
Hiram A. WrightDem.4th1851
5th1852
Andrew M. BlairDem.6th18531852–1855 1856–1860 1861–1865 1866–1870 Ozaukee County
7th1854
Bolivar G. GillDem.8th1855
9th1856
Herman J. SchulteisDem.10th1857
11th1858
Lion SilvermanDem.Resigned.12th1859
Vacant
Frederick HilgenDem.Elected in 1859 special election.13th1860
Hugh CunningDem.14th1861
15th1862
John R. BohanDem.16th1863
17th1864
Lyman MorganDem.Redistricted to 33rd district.18th1865
19th1866
20th1867
21st1868
22nd1869
23rd1870
24th1871
Francis HuebschmannDem.25th1872Northern Milwaukee County Town of Granville Town of Milwaukee Town of Wauwatosa Wards 1, 2, 6, 9, city of Milwaukee
Frederick W. CotzhausenDem.26th1873
27th1874
William H. JacobsDem.28th1875
29th1876
Thomas A. BonesRep.30th18771876–1881 1882–1887 1888–1891 Racine County
31st1878
William E. ChipmanRep.32nd1879
33rd1880
Albert L. PhillipsRep.34th1881
35th1882
Charles JonasDem.36th1883–1884
37th1885–1886
Henry Allen CooperRep.38th1887–1888
39th1889–1890
Adam AppleDem.40th1891–1892
41st1893–18941892–1895 1896–1901 1902–1911 1912–1921 Racine and Kenosha counties
Ernst G. TimmeRep.42nd1895–1896
43rd1897–1898
John F. ReynoldsRep.44th1899–1900
45th1901–1902
Otis Wells JohnsonRep.46th1903–1904
47th1905–1906
Isaac T. BishopRep.48th1907–1908
49th1909–1910
50th1911–1912
51st1913–1914
Charles H. EverettRep.52nd1915–1916
53rd1917–1918
George L. BuckRep.54th1919–1920
55th1921–1922
Walter PolakowskiSoc.56th1923–1924Central Milwaukee County Wards 8, 11, 14, 24, city of Milwaukee
57th1925–1926
58th1927–1928
59th1929–1930
60th1931–1932
61st1933–1934Central Milwaukee County Wards 5, 8, 11, 24, city of Milwaukee
Arthur L. ZimnyDem.62nd1935–1936
63rd1937–1938
64th1939–1940
65th1941–1942
Clement J. ZablockiDem.Elected to U.S. House.66th1943–1944
67th1945–1946
68th1947–1948
Vacant69th1949–1950
Casimir KendziorskiDem.Won 1949 special election. Re-elected 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970. Died in office.
70th1951–1952
71st1953–1954
72nd1955–1956Central Milwaukee County Wards 11, 12, 14, city of Milwaukee
73rd1957–1958
74th1959–1960
75th1961–1962
76th1963–1964
77th1965–1966Central Milwaukee County Milwaukee Assembly districts 11, 12, 14
78th1967–1968
79th1969–1970
80th1971–1972
81st1973–1974Central Milwaukee County State Assembly Districts 7, 8, 9
Jerry KleczkaDem.Redistricted to 7th district.82nd1975–1976
83rd1977–1978
84th1979–1980
85th1981–1982
John NorquistDem.Resigned to become Mayor of Milwaukee.86th1983–1984Central Milwaukee County Wards 66, 69-79, 132, 137, 138, 140, 143-156, 158, 221-233, 235-239, 262, 304-308, and 311-324, city of Milwaukee Wards 16, 17, city of West Allis
87th1985–1986
88th1987–1988
Vacant
Brian B. BurkeDem.Won 1988 special election.89th1989–1990
90th1991–1992
91st1993–19941992–2001 2002–2011 2012–2021 Central Milwaukee County State Assembly Districts 7, 8, 9
92nd1995–1996
93rd1997–1998
94th1999–2000
95th2001–2002
Tim CarpenterDem.96th2003–2004
97th2005–2006
98th2007–2008
99th2009–2010
100th2011–2012
101st2013–2014
102nd2015–2016
103rd2017–2018
104th2019–2020
105th2021–2022
106th2023–2024Central Milwaukee County
107th2025–2026

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