Wisconsin's 8th Senate district

{{Short description|American legislative district in Milwaukee County and Ozaukee County, Wisconsin}}

{{Infobox United States legislative district

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| From 2024 to 2031

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| From 2022 to 2023

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| From 2012 to 2021

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|image caption = 2024 map defined in {{nowrap|[https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/related/acts/94 2023 Wisc. Act 94]}}
2022 map defined in [https://www.wicourts.gov/sc/opinion/DisplayDocument.pdf?content=pdf&seqNo=512188 Johnson v. Wisconsin Elections Commission]
2011 map was defined in {{nowrap|[https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2011/related/acts/43 2011 Wisc. Act 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 ({{ayd|2025|1|6}})

|Democratic =

|Republican =

|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

|percent_multiracial =

|percent_other_race =

|website = [https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/districts/senate/8 Official website]

|notes = Milwaukee metro area (north)

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The 8th Senate district of Wisconsin is one of 33 districts of the Wisconsin Senate.{{Cite web|title=Senate District 8|url=https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/districts/senate/8 |website= Wisconsin Legislature |access-date= March 5, 2021 }} 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.{{Cite web|url= https://maps.legis.wisconsin.gov/?sen=8&single=y |title= Wisconsin Legislative Districts - Senate District 8 Boundaries |website= Wisconsin Legislature |access-date= March 5, 2021 }} As currently drawn, the district is the wealthiest state senate district in the state.{{Cite web|url= https://censusreporter.org/profiles/61000US55008-state-senate-district-8-wi/ |title= State Senate District 8, WI |access-date= December 16, 2024}}

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.{{Cite web|url= https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/legislators/senate/2839 |title= Senator Jodi Habush Sinykin |year= 2025 |website= Wisconsin Legislature |accessdate= January 9, 2025 }}

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:[http://legis.wisconsin.gov//Senate/sen08/Sdist08.pdf 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.

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:

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! Senator

! Party

! Notes

! Session

! Years

! District Definition

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| colspan="4" | District created

| rowspan="2" |1848

| rowspan="6" | File:1848 WI Sen 08.svg Green County

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| rowspan="2" align=left | Elisha T. Gardner

| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem.

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| 1st

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| 2nd

| 1849

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| rowspan="2" align=left | William Rittenhouse

| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem.

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| 3rd

| 1850

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| 4th

| 1851

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| align=left | Thomas Bowen

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem.

| Redistricted to the 24th district.

| 5th

| 1852

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| align=left | John Sharpstein

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem.

| 6th

| 1853

| rowspan="19" | File:1852 WI Sen 08.svg {{small|1852–1855}}

File:1856 WI Sen 08.svg {{small|1856–1860}}

File:1861 WI Sen 08.svg {{small|1861–1865}}

File:1866 WI Sen 08.svg {{small|1866–1870}}
Kenosha County

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| align=left | Levi Grant

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem.

| 7th

| 1854

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| align=left | Francis Paddock

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem.

| 8th

| 1855

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| rowspan="2" align=left | C. Latham Sholes

| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

| rowspan="2" |

| 9th

| 1856

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| 10th

| 1857

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| rowspan="2" align=left | Samuel R. McClellan

| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

| rowspan="2" |

| 11th

| 1858

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| 12th

| 1859

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| rowspan="2" align=left | George Bennett

| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

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| 13th

| 1860

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| 14th

| 1861

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| rowspan="2" align=left | Herman Thorp

| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

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| 15th

| 1862

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| 16th

| 1863

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| rowspan="2" align=left | Anthony Van Wyck

| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/National Union}} | {{nowrap|Natl. Union}}

| rowspan="2" |

| 17th

| 1864

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| 18th

| 1865

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| rowspan="2" align=left | Charles Sholes

| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/National Union}} | {{nowrap|Natl. Union}}

| rowspan="2" |

| 19th

| 1866

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| 20th

| 1867

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| rowspan="2" align=left | Anthony Van Wyck

| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

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| 21st

| 1868

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| 22nd

| 1869

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| rowspan="2" align=left | Milton Pettit

| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

| rowspan="2" | Elected Lieutenant Governor in 1871.

| 23rd

| 1870

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| 24th

| 1871

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| rowspan="2" align=left | Samuel Pratt

| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

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| 25th

| 1872

| rowspan="16" | File:1871 WI Sen 08.svg {{small|1871–1875}}

File:1876 WI Sen 08.svg {{small|1876–1881}}

File:1882 WI Sen 08.svg {{small|1882–1887}}

File:1888 WI Sen 08.svg {{small|1888–1891}}
Kenosha and Walworth counties

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| 26th

| 1873

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| rowspan="2" align=left | Thompson Weeks

| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

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| 27th

| 1874

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| 28th

| 1875

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| rowspan="2" align=left | Asahel Farr

| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

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| 29th

| 1876

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| 30th

| 1877

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| rowspan="2" align=left | Benoni Reynolds

| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

| rowspan="2" |

| 31st

| 1878

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| 32nd

| 1879

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| rowspan="2" align=left | Joseph V. Quarles

| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

| rowspan="2" |

| 33rd

| 1880

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| 34th

| 1881

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| rowspan="2" align=left | Charles Palmetier

| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

| rowspan="2" |

| 35th

| 1882

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| 36th

| 1883–1884

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| rowspan="2" align=left | Walter Maxwell

| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

| rowspan="2" |

| 37th

| 1885–1886

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| 38th

| 1887–1888

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| rowspan="2" align=left | James C. Reynolds

| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

| rowspan="2" |

| 39th

| 1889–1890

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| 40th

| 1891–1892

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| rowspan="2" align=left | Michał Kruszka

| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem.

| rowspan="2" |

| 41st

| 1893–1894

| rowspan="2" | File:1892 WI Sen 08.png {{Collapsible list |title=Southern Milwaukee County|titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%;|

Town of Franklin
Town of Greenfield
Town of Lake
Town of Oak Creek
Wards 11, 14, 17, city of Milwaukee

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| 42nd

| 1895–1896

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| rowspan="6" align=left | Julius Edward Roehr

| rowspan="6" {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

| rowspan="6" |

| 43rd

| 1897–1898

| rowspan="3" | File:1896 WI Sen 08.png {{Collapsible list |title=Central Milwaukee County|titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%;|

Wards 5, 8, 11, 12, city of Milwaukee

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| 44th

| 1899–1900

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| 45th

| 1901–1902

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| 46th

| 1903–1904

| rowspan="5" | File:1902 WI Sen 08.png {{Collapsible list |title=Central Milwaukee County|titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%;|

Wards 5, 8, 11, 12, 23, city of Milwaukee

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| 47th

| 1905–1906

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| 48th

| 1907–1908

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| rowspan="2" align=left | John C. Kleczka

| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

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| 49th

| 1909–1910

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| 50th

| 1911–1912

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| rowspan="2" align=left | Alexander E. Martin

| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

| rowspan="2" |

| 51st

| 1913–1914

| rowspan="6" | File:1912 WI Sen 08.png {{Collapsible list |title=Central Milwaukee County|titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%;|

Wards 5, 8, 11, 12, 23, city of Milwaukee

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| 52nd

| 1915–1916

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| align=left | Frank Raguse

| {{Party shading/Socialist}} | Soc.

| Expelled in 1917.

| rowspan="2"|53rd

| rowspan="2"|1917–1918

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| rowspan="2" align=left | Louis Fons

| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

|rowspan="2"| Won 1918 special election.

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| 54th

| 1919–1920

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| rowspan="2" align=left | George Czerwinski

| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

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| 55th

| 1921–1922

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| 56th

| 1923–1924

| rowspan="5"| File:1922 WI Sen 08.png {{Collapsible list |title=Western Milwaukee County|titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%;|

Town of Franklin
Town of Granville
Town of Greenfield
Town of Wauwatosa
Village of West Milwaukee
City of North Milwaukee
City of Wauwatosa
City of West Allis
Wards 16, 23, city of Milwaukee

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| rowspan="4" align=left | Harry Daggett

| rowspan="4" {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

| rowspan="4" |

| 57th

| 1925–1926

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| 58th

| 1927–1928

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| 59th

| 1929–1930

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| 60th

| 1931–1932

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| rowspan="2" align=left | William Shenners Jr.

| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem.

| rowspan="2" |

| 61st

| 1933–1934

| rowspan="11"| File:1932 WI Sen 08.png {{Collapsible list |title=Western Milwaukee County|titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%;|

Town of Franklin
Town of Granville
Town of Greenfield
Town of Wauwatosa
Village of Greendale
Village of West Milwaukee
City of Wauwatosa
City of West Allis
Wards 16, 23, city of Milwaukee

}}

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| 62nd

| 1935–1936

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| rowspan="2" align=left | Allen Busby

| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Progressive (Wisconsin)}} | Prog.

| rowspan="2" |

| 63rd

| 1937–1938

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| 64th

| 1939–1940

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| rowspan="16" align=left | John W. Byrnes

| rowspan="16" {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

| rowspan="16" |

| 65th

| 1941–1942

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| 66th

| 1943–1944

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| 67th

| 1945–1946

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| 68th

| 1947–1948

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| 69th

| 1949–1950

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| 70th

| 1951–1952

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| 71st

| 1953–1954

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| 72nd

| 1955–1956

| rowspan="5" | File:1954 WI Sen 08.png {{Collapsible list |title=Western Milwaukee County|titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%;|

Town of Wauwatosa
Village of West Milwaukee
City of Wauwatosa
City of West Allis

}}

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| 73rd

| 1957–1958

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| 74th

| 1959–1960

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| 75th

| 1961–1962

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| 76th

| 1963–1964

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| 77th

| 1965–1966

| rowspan="4"| File:1964 WI Sen 08.png {{Collapsible list |title=Western Milwaukee County|titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%;|

Village of West Milwaukee
City of Wauwatosa
City of West Allis

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| 78th

| 1967–1968

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| 79th

| 1969–1970

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| 80th

| 1971–1972

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| rowspan="5" align=left | James Flynn

| rowspan="5" {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem.

| rowspan="5" | Won 1972 election.
Re-elected 1976, 1980.
Elected to Lieutenant Governor in 1982.

| 81st

| 1973–1974

| rowspan="5" | File:1972 WI Sen 08.png {{Collapsible list |title=Western Milwaukee County|titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%;|

Village of West Milwaukee
City of Wauwatosa
Part of the village of Hales Corners
Part of the city of Greenfield
Part of the city of West Allis

}}

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| 82nd

| 1975–1976

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| 83rd

| 1977–1978

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| 84th

| 1979–1980

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| 85th

| 1981–1982

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| rowspan="5" align=left | Joseph Czarnezki

| rowspan="5" {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem.

| rowspan="5" | Won 1983 special election.
Re-elected 1984, 1988.
Did not seek re-election in 1992.

| 86th

| 1983–1984

| rowspan="5" | File:1982 WI Sen 08.png {{Collapsible list |title=Western Milwaukee County|titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%;|

City of Greenfield
City of West Milwaukee
Wards 7, 9, village of Greendale
Wards 1-15, 18-34, city of West Allis
Wards 157, 159-162, 200-204, 207-220, city of Milwaukee

}}

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| 87th

| 1985–1986

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| 88th

| 1987–1988

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| 89th

| 1989–1990

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| 90th

| 1991–1992

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| rowspan="15" align=left | Alberta Darling

| rowspan="15" {{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

| rowspan="15" |Won 1992 election.
Re-elected 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008.
Survived 2011 recall.
Re-elected 2012, 2016, 2020.
Resigned Dec. 2022

| 91st

| 1993–1994

| rowspan="5" | File:1992 WI Sen 08.png {{Collapsible list |title=Northern Milwaukee County,
{{nowrap|southwest Ozaukee County}},
{{nowrap|southeast Washington County}},
{{nowrap|& northeast Waukesha County}}|titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%;|

Milwaukee County
Village of Bayside
Village of Brown Deer
Village of Fox Point
Village of River Hills
Village of Whitefish Bay
Wards 3-6, 8-12, village of Glendale
Wards 42, 44, 47, 48, 155, 156, 158, 272-275, 277-279, 282, city of Milwaukee
Wards 1-11, village of Shorewood
Ozaukee County
Village of Bayside
Wards 11, 13, 14, 15, city of Mequon
Washington County
Town of Germantown
Village of Germantown
Wards 6, 7, town of Polk
Wards 1-4, 6-15, town of Richfield
Waukesha County
Wards 1, 2, village of Butler
Wards 1-23, village of Menomenee Falls

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| 92nd

| 1995–1996

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| 93rd

| 1997–1998

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| 94th

| 1999–2000

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| 95th

| 2001–2002

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| 96th

| 2003–2004

| rowspan="5" | File:2002 WI Sen 08.png {{Collapsible list |title=Northern Milwaukee County,
{{nowrap|southern Ozaukee County}},
{{nowrap|southeast Washington County}},
{{nowrap|& northeast Waukesha County}}|titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%;|

Milwaukee County
Village of Bayside
Village of Brown Deer
Village of Fox Point
Village of River Hills
Village of Shorewood
Village of Whitefish Bay
Wards 2-5, 7-10, city of Glendale
Wards 38, 40, 147, 150, 258-263, 265, city of Milwaukee
Ozaukee County
Village of Bayside
Village of Thiensville
Wards 1, 3-21, city of Mequon
Washington County
Town of Germantown
Village of Germantown
Wards 6-8, 11-13, town of Richfield
Ward 262, city of Milwaukee
Waukesha County
Village of Butler
Wards 1-17, 19-23, 28, 29, village of Menomenee Falls

}}

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| 97th

| 2005–2006

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| 98th

| 2007–2008

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| 99th

| 2009–2010

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| 100th

| 2011–2012

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| 101st

| 2013–2014

| rowspan="5" | File:2011 WI Sen 08.png {{Collapsible list |title=Northeast Milwaukee County,
{{nowrap|southeast Ozaukee County}},
{{nowrap|southern Washington County}},
{{nowrap|& northeast Waukesha County}}|titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%;|