Summary
The 51st Assembly District of Wisconsin is one of 99 districts in the Wisconsin State Assembly.[1] Located in southern Wisconsin, the district comprises all of Iowa and Lafayette counties, and parts of western Dane County and eastern Grant County. It includes the cities of Cuba City, Darlington, Dodgeville, Mineral Point, and Shullsburg, and the villages of Arena, Argyle, Avoca, Barneveld, Belmont, Benton, Blanchardville, Blue Mounds, Blue River, Cobb, Gratiot, Hazel Green, Highland, Hollandale, Linden, Livingston, Montfort, Mount Horeb, Muscoda, Rewey, Ridgeway, and South Wayne. The district also contains landmarks such as Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin estate, the historic Iowa County Courthouse, Governor Dodge State Park, Blue Mound State Park, and Yellowstone Lake State Park.[2] The district is represented by Republican Todd Novak, since January 2015.[3]
| Wisconsin's 51st State Assembly district | |||||
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2024 map defined in 2023 Wisc. Act 94 2022 map defined in Johnson v. Wisconsin Elections Commission 2011 map was defined in 2011 Wisc. Act 43 | |||||
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| Demographics | 93.9% White 0.71% Black 2.75% Hispanic 0.78% Asian 1.31% Native American 0.09% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander | ||||
| Population (2020) • Voting age | 59,485 45,239 | ||||
| Website | Official website | ||||
| Notes | Southwest Wisconsin | ||||
The 51st Assembly district is located within Wisconsin's 17th Senate district, along with the 49th and 50th Assembly districts.[4]
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Historic Iowa County Courthouse in Dodgeville -
View of Blue Mounds, from Blue Mound State Park -
High Street in Mineral Point -
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Rock Ledge in Governor Dodge State Park -
Aerial view of Hollandale
List of past representatives edit
| Member | Party | Residence | Counties represented | Term start | Term end | Ref. |
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| District created | ||||||
| Joseph E. Tregoning | Rep. | Shullsburg | Green, Lafayette, Rock | January 1, 1973 | January 3, 1983 | |
| Patricia Spafford Smith | Dem. | Shell Lake | Barron, Washburn | January 3, 1983 | January 7, 1985 | |
| Joseph E. Tregoning | Rep. | Shullsburg | Grant, Iowa, Lafayette | January 7, 1985 | May 28, 1990 | |
| --Vacant-- | May 28, 1990 | January 7, 1991 | ||||
| Stephen Freese | Rep. | Jamestown | Iowa, Lafayette, Richland, Sauk | January 7, 1991 | January 1, 2007 | |
| Steve Hilgenberg | Dem. | Dodgeville | January 1, 2007 | January 3, 2011 | ||
| Howard Marklein | Rep. | Spring Green | Green, Iowa, Lafayette, Richland, Sauk | January 3, 2011 | January 3, 2015 | [5] |
| Todd Novak | Rep. | Dodgeville | January 3, 2015 | Current | [3] | |
References edit
- ^ "Assembly District 51". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
- ^ "Wisconsin Legislative Districts - Assembly District 51 Boundaries". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
- ^ a b "Representative Todd Novak". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
- ^ "An Act ... relating to: legislative redistricting". Act No. 94 of 2023. Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved February 23, 2024.
- ^ "Representative Howard Marklein". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved February 2, 2021.