Wisconsin's 8th Assembly district

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Wisconsin's 8th
State Assembly district
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Wisconsin's 8th Assembly district
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Wisconsin's 8th Assembly district
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Wisconsin's 8th 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
  Sylvia Ortiz-Velez
D Milwaukee
since January 4, 2021 (3 years)
Demographics19.84%  White
11.02%  Black
65.9%  Hispanic
3.74%  Asian
4.31%  Native American
0.17%  Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
Population (2020)
  Voting age
59,362
40,439
Website Official website
NotesCentral Milwaukee County

The 8th Assembly District of Wisconsin is one of 99 districts in the Wisconsin State Assembly. [1] Located in southeast Wisconsin, the district is entirely contained within Milwaukee County. It comprises part of the city of Milwaukee's near-south side, including the Walker's Point Historic District, the Historic Mitchell Street neighborhood, and most of Lincoln Village. The district also contains St. Adalbert's Church, the Basilica of St. Josaphat, and St. Stanislaus Catholic Church, the historic epicenter of Milwaukee's Polish American community. [2] The district is represented by Democrat Sylvia Ortiz-Velez, since January 2021. [3]

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The 8th Assembly district is located within Wisconsin's 3rd Senate district, along with the 7th and 9th 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 8th district was drawn in a new configuration crossing four of the former Milwaukee County Assembly districts, with about half of the new district's territory coming from the former Milwaukee 11th district. Although the configuration of the district has changed over the decades, it has always been located on the south side of the city of Milwaukeewith the exception of the 1983 session, under the federal maps which temporarily scrambled the Wisconsin Assembly districts. The district has been anchored with Walker's Point as its northeast boundary since the 1992 redistricting.

Notable former representatives of this district include John Norquist, the 43rd mayor of Milwaukee, Walter Kunicki, the 71st speaker of the Wisconsin Assembly, and Pedro Colón, the first Latino member of the Wisconsin Legislature and the first Latino judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals.

List of past representatives

List of representatives to the Wisconsin State Assembly from the 8th district
MemberPartyResidenceCounties representedTerm startTerm endRef.
District created
Earl Keegan Jr. Democratic Milwaukee Milwaukee County January 1, 1973January 6, 1975 [6]
John Norquist January 6, 1975January 3, 1983 [7]
Lois Plous January 3, 1983January 7, 1985 [8]
Thomas Crawford January 7, 1985January 5, 1987 [9]
Peter Bock January 5, 1987January 4, 1993 [10]
Walter Kunicki January 4, 1993January 1, 1999 [11]
Pedro Colón January 1, 1999September 20, 2010 [12]
--Vacant--September 20, 2010January 3, 2011 [13]
JoCasta Zamarripa Democratic Milwaukee January 3, 2011January 4, 2021
Sylvia Ortiz-Velez Democratic January 4, 2021Current [3]

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