Donald William Hasenohrl (November 25, 1935 – January 3, 2024) was an American politician and union steelworker.
[1] Hasenohrl worked as a farmer in his youth and was employed by the Marshfield Fire Department as a firefighter in 1960 and 1961.
He served as a field staffer for William Proxmire during his successful United States Senate campaigns in 1957 and 1958.
[6][7] After 1964, Hasenohrl stepped back from his attempts to seek office, but remained invested in local affairs and state politics.
[10] The November general election in the 70th assembly district produced the closest outcome in the state; Hasenohrl won the seat by a mere 42 votes.
[10][1] Hasenohrl won reelection in 1976 by a wide margin, helped by a national Democratic wave against the Nixon-Ford years,[11] but faced another difficult contest in 1978, winning by just 581 votes.