Wisconsin's 32nd Senate district is one of 33 districts in the Wisconsin Senate. Located in western Wisconsin, the district comprises all of La Crosse County and nearly all of Vernon County, along with parts of southwest Monroe County and southeast Trempealeau County. It includes the cities of La Crosse, Onalaska, Sparta, and Viroqua.

Current elected officials Brad Pfaff is the current senator representing the 32nd district. He was elected in the 2020 general election. Before his election as senator, he served nearly two years as Acting Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection.

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: Steve Doyle (D–Onalaska) Assembly District 95: Jill Billings (D–La Crosse) Assembly District 96: Tara Johnson (D–Shelby)

The district is located entirely within Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative Derrick Van Orden.

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, Eau Claire, Jackson, Pepin and Trempealeau 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 redistricting.

Senator Party Notes Session Years District definition District created by 1861 Wisc. Act 216. 1861 Buffalo, Chippewa, Clark, Dunn, Eau Claire, Jackson, Pepin, and Trempealeau counties M. D. Bartlett Rep. 15th 1862 16th 1863 Carl C. Pope 17th 1864 18th 1865 Joseph G. Thorp 19th 1866 20th 1867 Alfred W. Newman Rep. 21st 1868 22nd 1869 William T. Price Rep. 23rd 1870 24th 1871 Orlando Brown Rep. 25th 1872 Buffalo, Clark, Jackson, and Trempealeau counties 26th 1873 Robert C. Field Rep. 27th 1874 28th 1875 Mark Douglas Rep. 29th 1876 30th 1877 Jackson and Monroe counties William T. Price Rep. 31st 1878 32nd 1879 33rd 1880 34th 1881 Charles K. Erwin Rep. 35th 1882 36th 1883–1884 37th 1885–1886 38th 1887–1888 Hugh H. Price Rep. 39th 1889–1890 Jackson, Monroe, and Wood counties 40th 1891–1892 Levi Withee Rep. 41st 1893–1894 La Crosse and Trempealeau counties 42nd 1895–1896 43rd 1897–1898 44th 1899–1900 John C. Gaveney Rep. 45th 1901–1902 46th 1903–1904 Thomas Morris Rep. Resigned 1910 after elected Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin. 47th 1905–1906 48th 1907–1908 49th 1909–1910 Otto Bosshard Rep. Won 1910 special election. 50th 1911–1912 51st 1913–1914 52nd 1915–1916 Eugene F. Clark Rep. 53rd 1917–1918 54th 1919–1920 55th 1921–1922 56th 1923–1924 Jackson, La Crosse, and Trempealeau counties Valentine S. Keppel Rep. 57th 1925–1926 58th 1927–1928 59th 1929–1930 60th 1931–1932 Harry W. Griswold Rep. 61st 1933–1934 62nd 1935–1936 Oscar S. Paulson Prog. 63rd 1937–1938 64th 1939–1940 Rudolph Schlabach Rep. Resigned Feb. 1953, appointed to Wisconsin Tax Appeals Commission. 65th 1941–1942 66th 1943–1944 67th 1945–1946 68th 1947–1948 69th 1949–1950 70th 1951–1952 71st 1953–1954 --Vacant-- Rep. 72nd 1955–1956 73rd 1957–1958 74th 1959–1960 75th 1961–1962 76th 1963–1964 77th 1965–1966 Crawford, Vernon, and La Crosse counties 78th 1967–1968 Milo Knutson Rep. 79th 1969–1970 80th 1971–1972 81st 1973–1974 Crawford, Vernon, and La Crosse counties andNorthwest Grant CountySoutheast Trempealeau CountySouthwest Jackson CountyPart of Monroe County 82nd 1975–1976 Paul Offner Dem. Resigned Feb. 1984. 83rd 1977–1978 84th 1979–1980 85th 1981–1982 86th 1983–1984 --Vacant-- Brian Rude Rep. Won 1984 special election. 87th 1985–1986 Crawford, Vernon, and La Crosse counties andNorthern Grant CountySouthwest Monroe County 88th 1987–1988 89th 1989–1990 90th 1991–1992 91st 1993–1994 Crawford, Vernon, and La Crosse counties andMost of Richland CountyPart of Monroe County 92nd 1995–1996 93rd 1997–1998 94th 1999–2000 Mark Meyer Dem. 95th 2001–2002 96th 2003–2004 Crawford, Vernon, and La Crosse counties andNorthwest Richland CountySouthern Monroe County Dan Kapanke Rep. Lost 2011 recall election. 97th 2005–2006 98th 2007–2008 99th 2009–2010 100th 2011–2012 Jennifer Shilling Dem. Won 2011 recall election.Resigned May 2020. 101st 2013–2014 Crawford and La Crosse counties andMost of Vernon CountySouthern Monroe County 102nd 2015–2016 103rd 2017–2018 104th 2019–2020 --Vacant-- Brad Pfaff Dem. 105th 2021–2022 106th 2023–2024 Crawford County,most of La Crosse County,most of Vernon County,southern Monroe County 107th 2025–2026 La Crosse County,most of Vernon County,southwestern Monroe County,southeastern Trempealeau County

Electoral history YearElectionDateElectedDefeatedTotalPluralityOther primary candidates1984 specialSpecialRepublican20,03750.44%Dem.19,33948.68%39,728698Lib.3520.89%1984GeneralRepublican35,33154.19%Dem.29,86645.81%65,1975,4651988GeneralRepublican45,38472.20%Dem.17,47127.80%62,85527,9131992GeneralRepublican46,77863.89%Dem.26,44036.11%73,21820,3381996GeneralRepublican49,35775.10%Dem.16,36424.90%65,72132,9932000GeneralDemocratic39,86550.96%Rep.38,24848.90%78,2231,6172004GeneralRepublican46,41652.46%Dem.41,92847.39%88,4834,4882008GeneralRepublican45,15451.38%Dem.42,64748.53%87,8812,5072011RecallDemocratic33,19355.38%Rep.26,72444.58%59,9426,4692012GeneralDemocratic51,15358.28%Rep.36,54541.64%87,76914,6082016GeneralDemocratic43,58548.86%Rep.43,52448.79%89,20661Ind.2,0932.35%2020GeneralDemocratic48,87750.26%Rep.48,29549.67%97,2395822024GeneralDemocratic52,77652.33%Rep.48,05847.65%100,8574,718

References

External links Senate District 32 at Wisconsin Legislature Senator Brad Pfaff (2025) Senator Brad Pfaff (2023) Senator Brad Pfaff (2021) Senator Jennifer Shilling (2019) Senator Jennifer Shilling (2017)