Wisconsin's 61st Assembly district

Wisconsin's 61st
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
Assemblymember
  Amanda Nedweski
R–Pleasant Prairie
since January 3, 2023 (1 years)
Demographics80.33% White
4.18% Black
8.98% Hispanic
4.9% Asian
1.95% Native American
0.1% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
Population (2020)
 • Voting age		59,361
47,545
WebsiteOfficial website
NotesSoutheast Wisconsin

The 61st Assembly district of Wisconsin is one of 99 districts in the Wisconsin State Assembly.[1] Located in southeastern Wisconsin, the district comprises part of southwest Milwaukee County, including the villages of Greendale and Hales Corners, most of the city of Greenfield, and parts of southwest Milwaukee and northeast Franklin.[2] The district is represented by Republican Amanda Nedweski, since January 2023.[3] After the 2024 redistricting, Nedweski no longer resides in the new 61st district.

The 61st Assembly district is located within Wisconsin's 21st Senate district, along with the 62nd and 63rd 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 61st district was drawn roughly in line with the boundaries of the previous Racine County 2nd district (the northern part of the city of Racine). The 61st district boundaries were relatively consistent in redistricting from 1972 to 2011, with the exception of the 1982 redistricting, which scrambled all State Assembly districts and moved the 61st district to north-central Wisconsin for the 1983–1984 legislative session. That changed with the controversial 2011 redistricting plan (2011 Wisc. Act 43) which moved the district to Kenosha County—the territory which had been covered by the 61st district was then split between the 62nd and 66th Assembly districts. This was part of a larger gerrymandering plan for the Racine and Kenosha County districts to convert one Assembly seat and one Senate seat from tossups to safely Republican.

The 2024 redistricting (2023 Wisc. Act 94) again dramatically reshaped the 21st Senate district, moving the 61st district from Kenosha County to southwest Milwaukee County. Most of the area previously covered by the 61st district became the bulk of the new 32nd Assembly district. Under the new map configuration, the 61st Assembly district is projected to be one of the most competitive districts in the state legislature.

List of past representatives

List of representatives to the Wisconsin State Assembly from the 61st district
Member Party Residence Counties represented Term start Term end Ref.
District created
James F. Rooney Dem. Racine Racine January 1, 1973 January 3, 1983
Sheehan Donoghue Rep. Merrill Langlade, Lincoln, Marathon January 3, 1983 January 7, 1985
Scott C. Fergus Dem. Racine Racine January 7, 1985 July 1, 1990
--Vacant-- July 1, 1990 January 7, 1991
Robert L. Turner Dem. Racine January 7, 1991 January 7, 2013
Samantha Kerkman Rep. Randall Kenosha January 7, 2013 June 7, 2022 [6]
--Vacant-- June 7, 2022 Current
Amanda Nedweski Rep. Pleasant Prairie January 3, 2023 Current [3]

Electoral history

Year Date Elected Defeated Total Plurality Other primary candidates
1972[7] Nov. 7 James F. Rooney Democratic 9,261 56.39% Thomas C. Mortenson Rep. 7,162 43.61% 16,423 2,099
  • Stanley N. Barry (Rep.)
  • John A. Flanagan (Dem.)
  • Curtis E. Sahakian (Dem.)
1974[8] Nov. 5 James F. Rooney (inc) Democratic 5,881 57.82% Anita M. Hunt Rep. 4,291 42.18% 10,172 1,590 Betty S. Rowley (Dem.)
1976[9] Nov. 2 James F. Rooney (inc) Democratic 12,309 94.72% Gary Pederson Amer. 686 5.28% 12,995 11,623
1978[10] Nov. 7 James F. Rooney (inc) Democratic 7,911 68.88% Gary Pederson Rep. 3,575 31.12% 11,486 4,336
1980[11] Nov. 4 James F. Rooney (inc) Democratic 10,724 65.06% Earl W. Bell Rep. 5,758 34.94% 16,482 4,966
1982[12] Nov. 2 Sheehan Donoghue Republican 8,377 50.80% Frank Murphy Dem. 8,112 49.20% 16,489 265
1984[13] Nov. 6 Scott C. Fergus Democratic 10,880 55.21% Donald Walsh Rep. 8,827 44.79% 19,707 2,053
1986[14] Nov. 4 Scott C. Fergus (inc) Democratic 7,575 58.88% Norman T. Monson Rep. 5,291 41.12% 12,866 2,284 Gwendolyn Wortock (Rep.)
1988[15] Nov. 8 Scott C. Fergus (inc) Democratic 11,700 67.09% Gwendolyn Wortock Rep. 5,738 32.91% 17,438 5,962
1990[16] Nov. 6 Robert L. Turner Democratic 7,232 62.09% Roderick D. Wilhelmi Rep. 4,415 37.91% 11,647 2,817
1992[17] Nov. 3 Robert L. Turner (inc) Democratic 11,963 66.66% Stella A. Young Rep. 5,984 33.34% 17,947 5,979
1994[18] Nov. 8 Robert L. Turner (inc) Democratic 7,464 100.0% --Unopposed-- 7,464 7,464
1996[19] Nov. 5 Robert L. Turner (inc) Democratic 10,218 85.97% Thomas Rivers Tax. 904 7.61% 11,886 9,314
Michael L. Wynhoff Lib. 764 6.43%
1998[20] Nov. 3 Robert L. Turner (inc) Democratic 9,515 100.0% --Unopposed-- 9,515 9,515 Ken Lumpkin (Dem.)
2000[21] Nov. 7 Robert L. Turner (inc) Democratic 13,703 99.56% 13,763 13,643
2002[22] Nov. 5 Robert L. Turner (inc) Democratic 9,525 98.15% 9,705 9,345 John Dickert (Dem.)[23]
2004[24] Nov. 2 Robert L. Turner (inc) Democratic 17,173 89.49% George Meyers Lib. 1,980 10.32% 19,189 15,193
2006[25] Nov. 7 Robert L. Turner (inc) Democratic 11,431 99.06% --Unopposed-- 11,539 11,323
2008[26] Nov. 4 Robert L. Turner (inc) Democratic 16,267 87.71% George Meyers Lib. 2,242 12.09% 18,547 14,025
2010[27] Nov. 2 Robert L. Turner (inc) Democratic 10,026 81.96% George Meyers Lib. 2,167 17.71% 12,233 7,859 James DeMatthew (Dem.)[28]
2012[29] Nov. 6 Samantha Kerkman Republican 16,589 55.67% John Steinbrink Dem. 13,186 44.25% 29,798 3,403
2014[30] Nov. 4 Samantha Kerkman (inc) Republican 17,452 97.41% --Unopposed-- 17,916 16,988
2016[31] Nov. 8 Samantha Kerkman (inc) Republican 19,622 66.59% Amee Janus Dem. 9,792 33.23% 29,466 9,830
2018[32] Nov. 6 Samantha Kerkman (inc) Republican 16,606 61.87% Gina Walkington Dem. 10,207 38.03% 26,841 6,399
2020[33] Nov. 3 Samantha Kerkman (inc) Republican 28,254 96.26% Steve Kundert (write-in) Dem. 8 0.03% 29,352 27,164
2022[34] Nov. 8 Amanda Nedweski Republican 17,542 64.00% Max Winkels Dem. 9,851 35.94% 27,408 7,691 Mike Honold (Rep.)

References

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