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American legislative district in northeast Wisconsin
The 1st Assembly District of Wisconsin is one of 99 districts in the Wisconsin State Assembly . Located in northeastern Wisconsin , the district comprises all of Door and Kewaunee counties, as well as portions of northeast Brown County . The district is represented by Republican Joel Kitchens , since January 2015.
The 1st Assembly district is located within Wisconsin's 1st Senate district , along with the 2nd and 3rd Assembly districts.
History
The district was created in the 1972 redistricting act (1971 Wisc. Act 304 ) which first established the numbered district system, replacing the previous system which allocated districts to specific counties. The 1st district was drawn roughly in line with the boundaries of the previous Door–Kewaunee district; the last representative of that district, Lary J. Swoboda , continued as the representative of the 1st district after the 1972 election. The 1st district boundaries have remained relatively consistent in redistricting since 1972, with the major exception of the 1982 court-ordered redistricting, which scrambled all State Assembly districts and moved the 1st district to Milwaukee County for the 1983–1984 legislative session.
List of past representatives
List of representatives to the Wisconsin State Assembly from the 1st district
Member
Party
Residence
Counties represented
Term start
Term end
Ref.
District created
Lary J. Swoboda
Dem.
Luxemburg
Door , Kewaunee , Brown
January 1, 1973
January 3, 1983
: 179
Louise M. Tesmer
Dem.
Milwaukee
Milwaukee
January 3, 1983
January 7, 1985
: 179
Lary J. Swoboda
Dem.
Luxemburg
Door , Kewaunee , Brown
January 7, 1985
January 3, 1995
David E. Hutchison
Rep.
Red River
January 3, 1995
January 3, 2001
: 149
Garey Bies
Rep.
Sister Bay
January 3, 2001
January 3, 2015
: 124
Door , Kewaunee , Brown , Manitowoc
Joel Kitchens
Rep.
Sturgeon Bay
January 6, 2015
Current
Door , Kewaunee , Brown
Electoral history
Year
Date
Elected
Defeated
Total
Plurality
Other primary candidates
1972
Nov. 7
Lary J. Swoboda
Democratic
12,704
62.38%
Lawrence H. Johnson
Rep.
7,367
36.17%
20,365
5,337
Richard M. Vanden Heuvel
Amer.
294
1.44%
1974
Nov. 5
Lary J. Swoboda (inc.)
Democratic
9,867
63.85%
Cheryl R. Warren
Rep.
5,338
34.54%
15,453
4,529
Kenneth Werkheiser
Amer.
248
1.60%
1976
Nov. 2
Lary J. Swoboda (inc.)
Democratic
16,670
74.30%
Herman V. Nelson
Rep.
5,766
25.70%
22,436
10,904
Lynn B. Engebose (Rep.)
1978
Nov. 7
Lary J. Swoboda (inc.)
Democratic
11,234
65.73%
Harvey W. Rowe
Rep.
5,858
34.27%
17,092
5,376
Milton A. Hafeman (Rep.) Ruth A. Gunnerson (Rep.)
1980
Nov. 4
Lary J. Swoboda (inc.)
Democratic
18,140
71.98%
Clifford Delorit
Rep.
7,060
28.02%
25,200
11,080
1982
Nov. 2
Louise M. Tesmer
Democratic
13,103
83.95%
William A. Rinnemaki
Rep.
2,223
14.24%
16,236
1,230
Phillip J. Tuczynski (Dem.)
Elaine Bergstrom
Lib.
282
1.81%
1984
Nov. 6
Lary J. Swoboda
Democratic
15,651
68.64%
Frank J. Schnabl
Rep.
7,149
31.36%
22,800
8,502
Linda Neeck (Rep.)
1986
Nov. 4
Lary J. Swoboda (inc.)
Democratic
11,018
67.98%
Frank J. Schnabl
Rep.
4,874
30.07%
16,208
6,144
Marjorie Otto Wessely
Ind.
316
1.95%
1988
Nov. 8
Lary J. Swoboda (inc.)
Democratic
13,278
56.77%
Robert Papke
Rep.
10,112
43.23%
23,390
3,166
1990
Nov. 6
Lary J. Swoboda (inc.)
Democratic
11,068
64.60%
Clifford Ehlers
Rep.
6,066
35.40%
17,134
5,002
1992
Nov. 3
Lary J. Swoboda (inc.)
Democratic
21,597
100.0%
21,597
21,597
1994
Nov. 8
David E. Hutchison
Republican
10,872
61.63%
Colleen Crocker-MacMillin
Dem.
6,769
38.37%
17,641
4,103
Darrel Graf (Rep.) James H. Grasse (Rep.) Monika A. Wulfers (Dem.)
1996
Nov. 5
David E. Hutchison (inc.)
Republican
17,593
99.95%
N. Vandervest (write-in)
Lib.
9
0.05%
17,602
17,584
1998
Nov. 3
David E. Hutchison (inc.)
Republican
14,864
100.0%
14,864
14,864
2000
Nov. 7
Garey Bies
Republican
16,132
57.09%
Lary J. Swoboda
Dem.
12,104
42.84%
28,255
4,028
Peter J. Andre (Rep.)
2002
Nov. 5
Garey Bies (inc.)
Republican
13,378
65.58%
Tom Hermann
Dem.
7,011
34.37%
20,401
6,367
Peter J. Andre (Rep.)
2004
Nov. 2
Garey Bies (inc.)
Republican
19,022
61.48%
Tom Hermann
Dem.
11,890
38.43%
30,938
7,132
2006
Nov. 7
Garey Bies (inc.)
Republican
13,736
53.56%
Ame Grail
Dem.
11,888
46.35%
25,647
1,848
2008
Nov. 4
Garey Bies (inc.)
Republican
15,905
51.33%
Richard A. Skare
Dem.
15,055
48.59%
30,985
850
Christopher Baeb (Dem.)
2010
Nov. 2
Garey Bies (inc.)
Republican
14,225
58.29%
Richard A. Skare
Dem.
10,165
41.65%
24,405
4,060
2012
Nov. 6
Garey Bies (inc.)
Republican
16,993
51.27%
Patrick Veeser
Dem.
16,124
48.65%
33,146
869
Arnie Johnsurd (Dem.)
2014
Nov. 4
Joel Kitchens
Republican
16,072
56.70%
Joe Majeski
Dem.
12,256
43.24%
28,345
3,816
Terry McNulty (Rep.) Brian Hackbarth (Rep.) Paul M. Feit (Rep.)
2016
Nov. 8
Joel Kitchens (inc.)
Republican
20,044
60.11%
Lynn Utesch
Dem.
13,289
39.85%
33,347
6,755
2018
Nov. 6
Joel Kitchens (inc.)
Republican
20,651
68.45%
Roberta Thelen
Ind.
9,519
31.55%
30,170
11,132
2020
Nov. 3
Joel Kitchens (inc.)
Republican
23,441
61.82%
Kim Delorit Jensen
Dem.
14,462
38.14%
37,920
8,979
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