The 54th Assembly District of the Wisconsin is one of 99 districts in the Wisconsin State Assembly.[1] Located in east-central Wisconsin, the district comprises part of eastern Winnebago County, including most of the city of Oshkosh, Wisconsin. It also contains landmarks such as the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh campus, the Oshkosh campus of the Fox Valley Technical College, and the Oshkosh Corporation headquarters.[2] The district is represented by Democrat Lori Palmeri, since January 2023.[3]
| Wisconsin's 54th 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 | 83.49% White 5.87% Black 3.74% Hispanic 4.4% Asian 2.13% Native American 0.15% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander | ||||
| Population (2020) • Voting age | 59,296 48,814 | ||||
| Website | Official website | ||||
| Notes | Oshkosh, Wisconsin | ||||
The 54th Assembly District is located within Wisconsin's 18th Senate district, along with the 52nd and 53rd Assembly districts.[4]
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Downtown Oshkosh -
Historic Dempsey Hall on the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh campus -
Where the Fox River meets Lake Winnebago
History edit
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 54th district was drawn mostly in line with the previous Dodge County 1st district, but exchanged towns in northern Dodge County for towns in western Washington County.[6] The last representative of the Dodge 1st district, Esther Doughty Luckhardt, went on to win the first election to represent the 54th Assembly district.[7] The boundaries of the 54th district have been mostly stable since the 1983 redistricting, comprising the city of Oshkosh and a shifting collection of wards from neighboring towns, but since 2002 has mostly been reduced to the city boundaries of Oshkosh.
List of past representatives edit
| Member | Party | Residence | Counties represented | Term start | Term end | Ref. |
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| Esther Doughty Luckhardt | Rep. | Horicon | Dodge, Washington | January 1, 1973 | January 3, 1983 | [7] |
| Cathy Zeuske | Rep. | Shawano | Oconto, Outagamie, Shawano | January 3, 1983 | January 7, 1985 | |
| Carol A. Buettner | Rep. | Oshkosh | Winnebago | January 7, 1985 | April 21, 1987 | |
| --Vacant-- | April 21, 1987 | June 15, 1987 | ||||
| Gregg Underheim | Rep. | Oshkosh | June 15, 1987 | January 1, 2007 | ||
| Gordon Hintz | Dem. | Oshkosh | January 1, 2007 | January 2, 2023 | [8] | |
| Lori Palmeri | Dem. | Oshkosh | January 3, 2023 | Current | [3] | |
References edit
- ^ "Assembly District 54". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
- ^ "Wisconsin Legislative Districts - Assembly District 54 Boundaries". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
- ^ a b "Representative Lori A. Palmeri". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved January 3, 2023.
- ^ "An Act ... relating to: legislative redistricting". Act No. 94 of 2023. Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved February 23, 2024.
- ^ Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau (1973). "Legislature" (PDF). In Theobald, H. Rupert; Robbins, Patricia V. (eds.). The state of Wisconsin 1973 Blue Book (Report). Madison, Wisconsin: State of Wisconsin. pp. 227–230. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
- ^ Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau (1971). "Biographies" (PDF). The state of Wisconsin Blue Book, 1971 (Report). State of Wisconsin. p. 40. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
- ^ a b Theobald, H. Rupert; Robbins, Patricia V., eds. (1973). "Biographies" (PDF). The state of Wisconsin 1973 Blue Book (Report). State of Wisconsin. pp. 56–57. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
- ^ "Representative Gordon Hintz". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved January 25, 2021.