Wisconsin's 1st congressional district | |
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Representative | |
Area | 1,679.95 sq mi (4,351.1 km2) |
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Population (2023) | 730,388 [1] |
Median household income | $75,369 [2] |
Ethnicity | |
Cook PVI | R+3 [4] |
Wisconsin's 1st congressional district is a congressional district of the United States House of Representatives in southeastern Wisconsin, covering Kenosha County, Racine County, and most of Walworth County, as well as portions of Rock County and Milwaukee County. The district's current Representative is Republican Bryan Steil.
Among the district's previous representatives are U.S. Secretary of Defense Les Aspin and Speaker of the House and 2012 Vice Presidential-nominee Paul Ryan.
A slightly Republican-leaning district, it was carried by George W. Bush in 2004 with 53%; the district voted for Barack Obama over John McCain in 2008, 51.40–47.45% and the district voted for Mitt Romney over Barack Obama in 2012, 52.12%–47.88%. [5] It stayed Republican in 2016, with a plurality of voters polling for Donald Trump. [6]
# | County | Seat | Population |
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59 | Kenosha | Kenosha | 168,732 |
79 | Milwaukee | Milwaukee | 928,059 |
101 | Racine | Racine | 196,896 |
101 | Rock | Janesville | 164,381 |
101 | Walworth | Elkhorn | 106,799 |
Currently, it is a swing district that leans Republican, although it was redrawn to be more Democratic-leaning in 2022.
Year | Office | Results |
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2000 | President | Al Gore 49% – George W. Bush 47% |
2004 | President | George W. Bush 54% – John Kerry 46% |
2008 | President | Barack Obama 51% – John McCain 48% |
2012 | President | Mitt Romney 52% – Barack Obama 47% |
2014 | Governor | Scott Walker 58 – Mary Burke 41% |
2016 | President | Donald Trump 48% – Hillary Clinton 46% [7] |
Senate | Ron Johnson 51% – Russ Feingold 46% [7] | |
2018 | Governor | Scott Walker 54% – Tony Evers 44% |
Senate | Leah Vukmir 50.3% – Tammy Baldwin 49.6% [7] | |
2020 | President | Donald Trump 50% – Joe Biden 48% [7] |
2022 | Governor | Tim Michels 49.5% – Tony Evers 49.3% |
Senate | Ron Johnson 52% – Mandela Barnes 48% | |
2023 | Supreme | Janet Protasiewicz 53% – Daniel Kelly 47% |
2024 | President | Donald Trump 51% – Kamala Harris 47% |
Senate | Eric Hovde 50% – Tammy Baldwin 47% |
Year | Date | Elected | Defeated | Total | Plurality | ||||||
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2002 [8] | Nov. 5 | Paul Ryan (inc) | Republican | 140,176 | 67.19% | Jeffrey C. Thomas | Dem. | 63,895 | 30.63% | 208,613 | 76,281 |
George Meyers | Lib. | 4,406 | 2.11% | ||||||||
2004 [9] | Nov. 2 | Paul Ryan (inc) | Republican | 233,372 | 65.37% | Jeffrey C. Thomas | Dem. | 116,250 | 32.57% | 356,976 | 117,122 |
Norman Aulabaugh | Ind. | 4,252 | 1.19% | ||||||||
Don Bernau | Lib. | 2,936 | 0.82% | ||||||||
2006 [10] | Nov. 7 | Paul Ryan (inc) | Republican | 161,320 | 62.63% | Jeffrey C. Thomas | Dem. | 95,761 | 37.17% | 257,596 | 65,559 |
2008 [11] | Nov. 4 | Paul Ryan (inc) | Republican | 231,009 | 63.97% | Marge Krupp | Dem. | 125,268 | 34.69% | 361,107 | 105,741 |
Joseph Kexel | Lib. | 4,606 | 1.28% | ||||||||
2010 [12] | Nov. 2 | Paul Ryan (inc) | Republican | 179,819 | 68.21% | John Heckenlively | Dem. | 79,363 | 30.10% | 263,627 | 100,456 |
Joseph Kexel | Lib. | 4,311 | 1.64% |
Year | Date | Elected | Defeated | Total | Plurality | ||||||
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2012 [13] | Nov. 6 | Paul Ryan (inc) | Republican | 200,423 | 54.90% | Rob Zerban | Dem. | 158,414 | 43.39% | 365,058 | 42,009 |
Keith Deschler | Ind. | 6,054 | 1.66% | ||||||||
2014 [14] | Nov. 4 | Paul Ryan (inc) | Republican | 182,316 | 63.27% | Rob Zerban | Dem. | 105,552 | 36.63% | 288,170 | 76,764 |
Keith Deschler (write-in) | Ind. | 29 | 0.01% | ||||||||
2016 [15] | Nov. 8 | Paul Ryan (inc) | Republican | 230,072 | 64.95% | Ryan Solen | Dem. | 107,003 | 30.21% | 354,245 | 123,069 |
Spencer Zimmerman | Ind. | 9,429 | 2.66% | ||||||||
Jason Lebeck | Lib. | 7,486 | 2.11% | ||||||||
2018 [16] | Nov. 6 | Bryan Steil | Republican | 177,492 | 54.56% | Randy Bryce | Dem. | 137,508 | 42.27% | 325,317 | 39,984 |
Ken Yorgan | Ind. | 10,006 | 3.08% | ||||||||
Joseph Kexel (write-in) | Ind. | 7 | 0.00% | ||||||||
2020 [17] | Nov. 3 | Bryan Steil (inc) | Republican | 238,271 | 59.31% | Roger Polack | Dem. | 163,170 | 40.61% | 401,754 | 75,101 |
Year | Date | Elected | Defeated | Total | Plurality | ||||||
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2022 [18] | Nov. 8 | Bryan Steil (inc) | Republican | 162,610 | 54.05% | Ann Roe | Dem. | 135,825 | 45.14% | 300,867 | 26,785 |
Charles E. Barman | Ind. | 2,247 | 0.75% |
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