Wisconsin's 4th Assembly district explained

Image Caption:2024 map defined in
2022 map defined in Johnson v. Wisconsin Elections Commission
2011 map was defined in
State:Wisconsin
Chamber:Assembly
District:4
Representative:David Steffen
Party:Republican
Residence:Howard
Incumbentsince:January 6, 2015 (years)
Population:60,096
Population Year:2020
Voting Age:46,280
Percent White:92.23
Percent Black:0.96
Percent Hispanic:1.98
Percent Asian:1.32
Percent Native American:2.85
Percent Pacific Islander:0.04
Website:Official website
Notes:Northeast Wisconsin

The 4th Assembly District of Wisconsin is one of 99 districts in the Wisconsin State Assembly.[1] Located in northeast Wisconsin, the district comprises part of northwest Brown County, and much of southern Oconto County, including the cities of Oconto and Oconto Falls, and the villages of Howard and Lena, and part of the city of Green Bay.[2] The district is represented by Republican David Steffen, since January 2015.[3]

The 4th Assembly district is located within Wisconsin's 2nd Senate district, along with the 5th and 6th Assembly districts.[4]

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.[5] The 4th district was drawn from some of the more densely populated parts of the previous Brown County 2nd district, including the town of De Pere, the city of De Pere, the villages of Bellevue and Allouez, and part of southern Green Bay.[6]

The 1982 court-ordered redistricting plan, which scrambled all State Assembly districts, moved the 4th district to Milwaukee County.[7] The 1983 redistricting, passed by the Legislature, superseded the court-ordered plan and moved the 4th district back to northeast Wisconsin, but it now spanned a vast - mostly rural - stretch of Oconto, Shawano, and Outagamie counties.[8] That map remained until the 1992 redistricting, which moved the 4th district back into suburban Brown County,[9] where it has remained through subsequent redistrictings, with some variation in the boundaries and municipalities included. The 2024 redistricting act moved the district further out from Green Bay, removing Ashwaubenon and Allouez, and instead adding Suamico and southern Oconto County.

List of past representatives

List of representatives to the Wisconsin State Assembly from the 4th district!Member!Party!Residence!Counties represented!Term start!Term end!Ref.
District created
John C. GowerRep.Green BayBrownJanuary 1, 1973January 1, 1979[10] [11]
Gary T. DilwegRep.De PereJanuary 1, 1979January 3, 1983 [12]
Barbara UlichnyDem.MilwaukeeMilwaukeeJanuary 3, 1983 January 7, 1985[13]
Cathy ZeuskeRep.ShawanoOconto, Outagamie, ShawanoJanuary 7, 1985January 7, 1991[14]
John AinsworthRep.WaukechonJanuary 7, 1991January 4, 1993[15]
Mark A. GreenRep.Green BayBrownJanuary 4, 1993January 4, 1999[16]
Phil MontgomeryRep.AshwaubenonJanuary 4, 1999January 3, 2011[17]
Chad WeiningerRep.Green BayJanuary 3, 2011January 6, 2015[18]
David SteffenRep.HowardJanuary 6, 2015Current

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Assembly District 4. . February 6, 2021 .
  2. Web site: Wisconsin Legislative Districts - Assembly District 4 Boundaries . . February 6, 2021 .
  3. Web site: Representative David Steffen . . February 6, 2021 .
  4. An Act ... relating to: legislative redistricting . Act . 94 . 2023 . . February 23, 2024 .
  5. The state of Wisconsin 1973 Blue Book . 1973 . State of Wisconsin . Theobald . H. Rupert . Robbins . Patricia V. . . Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau . https://images.library.wisc.edu/WI/EFacs/WIBlueBks/BlueBks/WIBlueBk1973/reference/wi.wibluebk1973.i0011.pdf . Legislature . 227–230 . February 7, 2021 .
  6. The state of Wisconsin Blue Book, 1971 . Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau . 1971 . State of Wisconsin . https://images.library.wisc.edu/WI/EFacs/WIBlueBks/BlueBks/WIBlueBk1971/reference/wi.wibluebk1971.i0006.pdf . Biographies . 35 . February 7, 2021 .
  7. https://cite.case.law/f-supp/543/630/ . Wisconsin State AFL-CIO v. Elections Board . . June 9, 1982 . 543 . F. Supp. . 630 . February 7, 2021 . .
  8. The state of Wisconsin 1985-1986 Blue Book . State of Wisconsin . 1985 . Theobald . H. Rupert . Robbins . Patricia V. . Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau . https://images.library.wisc.edu/WI/EFacs/WIBlueBks/BlueBks/WIBlueBk1985/reference/wi.wibluebk1985.i0007.pdf . Biographies . 24–25 . February 7, 2021 .
  9. State of Wisconsin 1993-1994 Blue Book . State of Wisconsin . 1993 . Barish . Lawrence S. . Theobald . H. Rupert . Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau . https://images.library.wisc.edu/WI/EFacs/WIBlueBks/BlueBks/WIBlueBk1993/reference/wi.wibluebk1993.i0007.pdf . Biographies . 24–25 . February 7, 2021 .
  10. The state of Wisconsin 1977 Blue Book . State of Wisconsin . 1977 . Theobald . H. Rupert . Robbins . Patricia V. . Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau . https://images.library.wisc.edu/WI/EFacs/WIBlueBks/BlueBks/WIBlueBk1977/reference/wi.wibluebk1977.i0007.pdf . Biographies . 24–25 . January 30, 2021 .
  11. State of Wisconsin 2007-2008 Blue Book . State of Wisconsin . 2007 . Barish . Lawrence S. . Lemanski . Lynn . 978-0-9752820-2-1 . https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/misc/lrb/blue_book/2007_2008/300_feature.pdf . Feature Article: Those Who Served: Wisconsin Legislators 1848  - 2007 . 119, 134, 141, 142, 161, 182, 189 . February 7, 2021 .
  12. The state of Wisconsin 1981-1982 Blue Book . State of Wisconsin . 1981 . Theobald . H. Rupert . Robbins . Patricia V. . Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau . https://images.library.wisc.edu/WI/EFacs/WIBlueBks/BlueBks/WIBlueBk1981/reference/wi.wibluebk1981.i0007.pdf . Biographies . 24–25 . January 30, 2021 .
  13. The state of Wisconsin 1983-1984 Blue Book . State of Wisconsin . 1983 . Theobald . H. Rupert . Robbins . Patricia V. . Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau . https://images.library.wisc.edu/WI/EFacs/WIBlueBks/BlueBks/WIBlueBk1983/reference/wi.wibluebk1983.i0007.pdf . Biographies . 28–29 . January 30, 2021 .
  14. State of Wisconsin 1989-1990 Blue Book . State of Wisconsin . 1989 . Theobald . H. Rupert . Barish . Lawrence S. . Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau . https://images.library.wisc.edu/WI/EFacs/WIBlueBks/BlueBks/WIBlueBk1989/reference/wi.wibluebk1989.i0007.pdf . Biographies . 24–25 . January 30, 2021 .
  15. State of Wisconsin 1991-1992 Blue Book . State of Wisconsin . 1991 . Theobald . H. Rupert . Barish . Lawrence S. . Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau . https://images.library.wisc.edu/WI/EFacs/WIBlueBks/BlueBks/WIBlueBk1991/reference/wi.wibluebk1991.i0007.pdf . Biographies . 24–25 . January 30, 2021 .
  16. State of Wisconsin 1997-1998 Blue Book . State of Wisconsin . 1997 . Barish . Lawrence S. . Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau . https://images.library.wisc.edu/WI/EFacs/WIBlueBks/BlueBks/WIBlueBk1997/reference/wi.wibluebk1997.i0007.pdf . Biographies . 24–25 . January 30, 2021 .
  17. State of Wisconsin 2009-2010 Blue Book . State of Wisconsin . 2009 . 978-0-9752820-3-8 . Barish . Lawrence S. . Lemanski . Lynn . Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau . https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/misc/lrb/blue_book/2009_2010/200_biographies.pdf . Biographies . 22–23 . January 30, 2021 .
  18. State of Wisconsin 2013-2014 Blue Book . State of Wisconsin . 2013 . 978-0-9752820-6-9 . Pohlman . Julie . Lemanski . Lynn . Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau . https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/misc/lrb/blue_book/2013_2014/200_biographies.pdf . Biographies . 22–23 . January 30, 2021 .

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