Senator Chris Larson

Senate District 7

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Current Committees

• Committee on Education
• Committee on Licensing, Regulatory Reform, State and Federal Affairs
• Committee on Universities and Technical Colleges

Biography

• Born Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, November 12, 1980; married; 2 children.
• Graduate Thomas More High School, 1999; degree in Finance, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2007.
• Full-time legislator. Former business manager.
• Member: ACLU; University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee Alumni Association (former board member); League of Conservation Voters; Bay View Neighborhood Association; Planned Parenthood Advocates of Wisconsin; Sierra Club; South Side Business Club of Milwaukee; Bay View Historical Society; Arbor Day Foundation; TriWisconsin; Badgerland Striders; Bay View Lions Club; Lake Park Friends; MPTV Friends; Voces de la Frontera; Citizen Action of Wisconsin (board of directors); Milwaukee Turners; Climate Power (national board member); Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) (Illinois/Iowa/Wisconsin advisory board); Governor’s Bicycle Coordinating Council.
• Former member: Airport Area Economic Development Group; Young Elected Officials; Coalition to Save the Hoan Bridge (cofounder); Wisconsin Public Interest Research Group (WISPIRG) campus intern.
• Recipient: Wisconsin Conservation Voters Conservation Champion Award 2013–22; Shepherd Express Legislator of the Year Award 2012–22; Mothers Against Drunk Driving Legislator of the Year Award 2019; Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council Political Openness Award 2019; WEAC Friend of Education Award 2022.
• Elected to Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors, 2008–10.
• Elected to Senate since 2010. Leadership positions: Minority Caucus Chair 2023; Minority Leader 2013.

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