Wisconsin's 51st Assembly district

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Wisconsin's 51st
State Assembly district
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Wisconsin's 51st Assembly district
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Wisconsin's 51st Assembly district
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Wisconsin's 51st Assembly district
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
  Todd Novak
R Dodgeville
since January 3, 2015 (9 years)
Demographics93.9%  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
NotesSouthwest Wisconsin

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]

The 51st Assembly district is located within Wisconsin's 17th Senate district, along with the 49th and 50th Assembly districts. [4]

List of past representatives

List of representatives to the Wisconsin State Assembly from the 51st district
MemberPartyResidenceCounties representedTerm startTerm endRef.
District created
Joseph E. Tregoning Rep. Shullsburg Green, Lafayette, Rock January 1, 1973January 3, 1983
Patricia Spafford Smith Dem. Shell Lake Barron, Washburn January 3, 1983January 7, 1985
Joseph E. Tregoning Rep. Shullsburg Grant, Iowa, Lafayette January 7, 1985May 28, 1990
--Vacant--May 28, 1990January 7, 1991
Stephen Freese Rep. Jamestown Iowa, Lafayette, Richland, Sauk January 7, 1991January 1, 2007
Steve Hilgenberg Dem. Dodgeville January 1, 2007January 3, 2011
Howard Marklein Rep. Spring Green Green, Iowa, Lafayette, Richland, Sauk January 3, 2011January 3, 2015 [5]
Todd Novak Rep. Dodgeville January 3, 2015Current [3]

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References

  1. "Assembly District 51". Wisconsin Legislature . Retrieved February 2, 2021.
  2. "Wisconsin Legislative Districts - Assembly District 51 Boundaries". Wisconsin Legislature . Retrieved February 2, 2021.
  3. 1 2 "Representative Todd Novak". Wisconsin Legislature . Retrieved February 2, 2021.
  4. "An Act ... relating to: legislative redistricting". Act No. 94 of 2023. Wisconsin Legislature . Retrieved February 23, 2024.
  5. "Representative Howard Marklein". Wisconsin Legislature . Retrieved February 2, 2021.