The 32nd Senate District of Wisconsin is one of 33 districts in the Wisconsin State Senate. Located in western Wisconsin, the district comprises all of Crawford County, as well as nearly all of

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and Vernon counties, and most of the southern half of

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. It includes the cities of

, Onalaska, Prairie du Chien, and Viroqua.

Current elected officials

Brad Pfaff Bradley M. Pfaff (born December 7, 1967) is an American politician and government official. A Democrat, he is a member of the Wisconsin State Senate for the 32nd senate district. The 32nd district comprises La Crosse and Crawford counties, as w ...

is the current senator representing the 32nd district. He was elected in the

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. Before his election as senator, he served nearly two years as Acting Secretary of the

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. Each Wisconsin State Senate district is composed of three Wisconsin State Assembly districts. The 32nd Senate district comprises the 94th, 95th, and 96th Assembly districts. The current representatives of those districts are: * Assembly District 94:

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(D– Onalaska) * Assembly District 95:

Jill Billings Jill Billings (born January 19, 1962) is a former teacher, former member of the La Crosse County board of supervisors, and Democratic member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, first elected to represent the 95th district in a 2011 special election ...

(D–

) * Assembly District 96:

Loren Oldenburg Loren Oldenburg (born September 8, 1965) is an American politician, currently serving in the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing Vernon County, Crawford County, and the southern half of Monroe County. A Republican, he was first elected in 201 ...

(R– Viroqua) The district is located entirely within Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative Ron Kind.

History

The 32nd District was created in 1861 after the 1860 United States census, when the State Senate was expanded from 30 to 33 members. The first to represent the district was M. D. Bartlett, a Republican from Durand who served in the 1862 and 1863 sessions. At that time, the district consisted of Buffalo, Chippewa, Clark, Dunn,

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, Jackson, Pepin and Trempeleau Counties.

Past senators

The district has been represented by:Wisconsin Blue Book, 1991-92 edition, ''Statistics: History'', pages 657-666. Note: The boundaries of districts have changed over history. Previous politicians of a specific numbered district will have represented a different geographic area, due to

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References

External links

District WebsiteSenator Schilling's Website
{{United States legislatures Wisconsin State Senate districts Crawford County, Wisconsin Richland County, Wisconsin Vernon County, Wisconsin Monroe County, Wisconsin La Crosse County, Wisconsin 1861 establishments in Wisconsin