Wisconsin's 5th Assembly district explained

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State:Wisconsin
Chamber:Assembly
District:5
Representative:Joy Goeben
Party:Republican
Residence:Hobart
Incumbentsince:January 3, 2023 (years)
Population:59,076
Population Year:2020
Voting Age:44,923
Percent White:87.07
Percent Black:1.04
Percent Hispanic:2.65
Percent Asian:1.92
Percent Native American:7.2
Percent Pacific Islander:0.09
Website:Official website
Notes:Northeast Wisconsin

The 5th Assembly District of Wisconsin is one of 99 districts in the Wisconsin State Assembly.[1] Located in northeast Wisconsin, the district comprises parts of eastern Outagamie County and western Brown County, including the city of Seymour, most of the city of Little Chute, and the northern half of Kaukauna. The district also includes all of the Oneida reservation spanning the two counties.[2] The district is represented by Republican Joy Goeben, since January 2023.[3]

The 5th Assembly district is located within Wisconsin's 2nd Senate district, along with the 4th 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 5th district was drawn with novel boundaries in southeast Outagamie County and part of southwest Brown County. The majority of the population of the new district came from Appleton suburbs in what had previously been the Outagamie County 3rd district. The last representative of the Outagamie 3rd district, William J. Rogers, was elected as the first representative of the 5th Assembly district in the 1972 election.[6]

Other than the 1982 court ordered redistricting plan, which temporarily moved the 5th district to Milwaukee County,[7] the district has remained in the same vicinity of eastern Outagamie County.

List of past representatives

List of representatives to the Wisconsin State Assembly from the 5th district!Member!Party!Residence!Counties represented!Term start!Term end!Ref.
District created
Dem.KaukaunaBrown, OutagamieJanuary 1, 1973January 3, 1983[8]
Betty Jo NelsenRep.ShorewoodMilwaukeeJanuary 3, 1983January 7, 1985[9]
Gary J. SchmidtRep.KaukaunaBrown, OutagamieJanuary 7, 1985January 7, 1991[10]
Dem.KaukaunaJanuary 7, 1991January 4, 1999[11]
Lee MeyerhoferDem.KaukaunaJanuary 4, 1999January 6, 2003[12]
Becky WeberRep.Green Bay[13]
Tom NelsonDem.KaukaunaJanuary 3, 2005January 3, 2011[14]
Jim SteinekeRep.KaukaunaJanuary 3, 2011July 23, 2022[15]
Brown, Outagamie
--Vacant--July 23, 2022January 3, 2023
Joy GoebenRep.HobartJanuary 3, 2023Current

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Assembly District 5 . . February 7, 2021 .
  2. Web site: Wisconsin Legislative Districts - Assembly District 5 Boundaries . . February 7, 2021 .
  3. Web site: Representative Joy L. Goeben . . January 3, 2023 .
  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 14, 2021 .
  6. The state of Wisconsin 1981-1982 Blue Book . State of Wisconsin . 1981 . Robbins . Patricia V. . Theobald . H. Rupert . Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau . https://images.library.wisc.edu/WI/EFacs/WIBlueBks/BlueBks/WIBlueBk1981/reference/wi.wibluebk1981.i0007.pdf . Biographies . 24–25 . 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 9, 2021 . .
  8. 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 . 160, 162, 163, 171, 174, 182, 184 . February 7, 2021 .
  9. The state of Wisconsin 1983-1984 Blue Book . State of Wisconsin . 1983 . Robbins . Patricia V. . Theobald . H. Rupert . Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau . https://images.library.wisc.edu/WI/EFacs/WIBlueBks/BlueBks/WIBlueBk1983/reference/wi.wibluebk1983.i0007.pdf . Biographies . 28–29 . February 7, 2021 .
  10. State of Wisconsin 1989-1990 Blue Book . State of Wisconsin . 1989 . Barish . Lawrence S. . Theobald . H. Rupert . Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau . https://images.library.wisc.edu/WI/EFacs/WIBlueBks/BlueBks/WIBlueBk1989/reference/wi.wibluebk1989.i0007.pdf . Biographies . 24–25 . February 7, 2021 .
  11. 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 . February 7, 2021 .
  12. State of Wisconsin 2001-2002 Blue Book . State of Wisconsin . 2001 . Barish . Lawrence S. . Meloy . Patricia E. . Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau . https://images.library.wisc.edu/WI/EFacs/WIBlueBks/BlueBks/WIBlueBk2001/reference/wi.wibluebk2001.i0007.pdf . Biographies . 24–25 . February 7, 2021 .
  13. State of Wisconsin 2003-2004 Blue Book . State of Wisconsin . 2003 . Barish . Lawrence S. . Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau . https://images.library.wisc.edu/WI/EFacs/WIBlueBks/BlueBks/WIBlueBk2003/reference/wi.wibluebk2003.i0007.pdf . Biographies . 22–23 . February 7, 2021 .
  14. 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 . February 7, 2021 .
  15. Web site: Representative Jim Steineke . . February 7, 2021 .

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