Chris Larson
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| Member of the Wisconsin Senate from the 7th district |
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Assumed office January 3, 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Jeffrey Plale |
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November 12, 1980 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Alma mater | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee |
Christopher J. “Chris” Larson (born November 12, 1980) is a Wisconsin politician who has represented the state's 7th Senate District since 2011. A Democrat, Larson served as the Wisconsin Senate's minority leader from 2013 until 2014. A member of the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors from 2008 until 2010, Larson was a candidate for Milwaukee County Executive in the April 2016 general election but was defeated by incumbent Chris Abele.
Larson was born and raised in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. He graduated from Thomas More High School (Milwaukee) in 1999 and earned a Bachelor’s degree in finance from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, with a minor in political science. Before entering politics, Larson was business manager of a sporting goods store.
In April 2008, Larson successfully ran for Milwaukee County supervisor on a platform of improving his local community by adequately investing in the area’s shared parks and transit system. He sought to restore jobs at General Mitchell Field that had been cut out of the county budget by Walker; helped found the Coalition to Save the Hoan Bridge; wrote a bill (which did not pass) to reduce fare costs to mass transit passengers; and authored legislation to create a community garden site at 6th & Howard Avenue, which passed on February 3, 2010; the gardens have since expanded, and still are operating as of August 2014.
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