Wisconsin's 64th Assembly district

The 64th Assembly district of Wisconsin is one of 99 districts in the Wisconsin State Assembly.[1] Located in southeast Wisconsin, the district comprises the northeast corner of Kenosha County, including all of the village of Somers and the northern half of the city of Kenosha. The district also contains the University of Wisconsin–Parkside campus, Carthage College, the Kenosha campus of Gateway Technical College, and Kenosha Regional Airport.[2] The district is represented by Democrat Tip McGuire, since May 2019.[3]

Wisconsin's 64th
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
  Tip McGuire
DSomers
since May 13, 2019 (5 years)
Demographics69.5% White
10.41% Black
15.25% Hispanic
3.38% Asian
2.03% Native American
0.14% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
Population (2020)
 • Voting age
60,090
46,725
WebsiteOfficial website
NotesSoutheast Wisconsin

The 64th Assembly district is located within Wisconsin's 22nd Senate district, along with the 65th and 66th Assembly districts.[4]

History

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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 64th district was drawn from part of the former Kenosha County 1st district, which had encompassed nearly all of the city of Kenosha. The 1972 64th Assembly district was drawn from the north side of the city, the south side wards were used to create a third Kenosha County-based district (the 65th). The last representative of the Kenosha 1st district, George Molinaro, went on to win election as the first representative of the 64th Assembly district.

Other than the 1982 redistricting, which temporarily scrambled State Assembly districts, the boundaries of the 64th district remained relatively consistent for the next 40 years, confined to the wards of the north side of the city of Kenosha. That changed in the controversial 2011 redistricting plan (2011 Wisc. Act 43) which moved the district further north to straddle the boundary between Kenosha and Racine counties. This was done as part of a broader gerrymander of the southeast Wisconsin districts to pack the majority of Racine and Kenosha Democratic votes into one state senate district.[6] This map was only slightly adjusted in the 2022 court-ordered redistricting plan. The 2024 map removed all of the Racine County precincts from the district and added all of the rest of the village of Somers and more of the city of Kenosha.

Notable former representatives of this district include George Molinaro, who was the 62nd speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly, and Peter W. Barca, a one-time U.S. representative (WI-01) and former secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Revenue.

List of past representatives

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List of representatives to the Wisconsin State Assembly from the 64th district
Member Party Residence Counties represented Term start Term end Ref.
District created
George Molinaro Dem. Kenosha Kenosha January 1, 1973 January 3, 1977
Joseph F. Andrea Dem. Kenosha January 3, 1977 January 3, 1983
Joseph Wimmer Rep. Waukesha Jefferson, Walworth, Waukesha January 3, 1983 January 7, 1985
Peter W. Barca Dem. Kenosha Kenosha January 7, 1985 June 8, 1993
--Vacant-- June 8, 1993 September 13, 1993
James Kreuser Dem. Kenosha September 13, 1993 January 5, 2009
Peter W. Barca Dem. Kenosha January 5, 2009 January 8, 2019
Kenosha, Racine
--Vacant-- January 8, 2019 May 13, 2019
Tip McGuire Dem. Somers May 13, 2019 Current [3]

Electoral history

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Year Date Elected Defeated Total Plurality Other primary candidates
1972[7] Nov. 7 George Molinaro Democratic 11,113 74.25% Joseph Rodriguez Rep. 3,855 25.75% 14,968 7,258 Dominick J. Salerno (Dem.)
1974[8] Nov. 5 George Molinaro (inc.) Democratic 7,220 100.0% 7,220 7,220 Gerald F. Bellow (Dem.)
1976[9] Nov. 2 Joseph F. Andrea Democratic 13,854 100.0% 13,854 13,854
  • Marc C. Lindas (Dem.)
  • Mario T. Capponi (Dem.)
  • Gerald F. Bellow (Dem.)
1978[10] Nov. 7 Joseph F. Andrea (inc.) Democratic 8,210 100.0% 8,210 8,210
1980[11] Nov. 4 Joseph F. Andrea (inc.) Democratic 12,988 100.0% 12,988 12,988
1982[12] Nov. 2 Joseph Wimmer Republican 8,470 62.25% Mary Carlson Dem. 5,136 37.75% 13,606 3,334 Robert G. Hoskins (Dem.)
1984[13] Nov. 6 Peter W. Barca Democratic 14,745 78.43% Gary T. Adelson Rep. 3,741 19.90% 18,801 11,004
  • Marlene Mura (Dem.)
  • David D. Holtze Sr. (Dem.)
  • Mark C. Lindas (Dem.)
  • Gerald F. Bellow (Dem.)
  • Frank J. Perone (Dem.)
  • Charles E. Waller (Dem.)
Tony Michetti Con. 315 1.68%
1986[14] Nov. 4 Peter W. Barca (inc.) Democratic 9,439 82.20% Timothy G. Blackmon Rep. 2,044 17.80% 11,483 7,395
1988[15] Nov. 8 Peter W. Barca (inc.) Democratic 14,126 100.0% 14,126 14,126
1990[16] Nov. 6 Peter W. Barca (inc.) Democratic 7,389 74.20% Michael F. Phebus Rep. 2,569 25.80% 9,958 4,820
1992[17] Nov. 3 Peter W. Barca (inc.) Democratic 15,730 100.0% 15,730 15,730
1993[18] Aug. 31 James Kreuser Democratic 2,940 68.01% William F. Cantwell Rep. 1,383 31.99% 4,323 1,557
  • Louise I. Principe (Dem.)
  • Dennis A. Shook (Dem.)
1994[18] Nov. 8 James Kreuser (inc.) Democratic 9,622 100.0% 9,622 9,622
1996[19] Nov. 5 James Kreuser (inc.) Democratic 12,867 74.68% Don Ruge Rep. 4,363 25.32% 17,230 8,504
1998[20] Nov. 3 James Kreuser (inc.) Democratic 11,488 72.64% Don Ruge Rep. 4,328 27.36% 15,816 7,160
2000[21] Nov. 7 James Kreuser (inc.) Democratic 15,296 99.78% 15,330 15,262
2002[22] Nov. 5 James Kreuser (inc.) Democratic 8,693 99.95% 8,697 8,689
2004[23] Nov. 2 James Kreuser (inc.) Democratic 16,340 99.96% 16,347 16,333
2006[24] Nov. 7 James Kreuser (inc.) Democratic 12,058 98.67% 12,220 11,896
2008[25] Nov. 4 Peter W. Barca Democratic 19,739 98.71% 19,996 19,482
  • Jim Huff (Dem.)
  • Michael J. Orth (Dem.)
2010[26] Nov. 2 Peter W. Barca (inc.) Democratic 9,667 84.17% Daane Hoffman Lib. 1,774 15.45% 11,485 7,893
2012[27] Nov. 6 Peter W. Barca (inc.) Democratic 20,264 96.84% 20,926 19,602
2014[28] Nov. 4 Peter W. Barca (inc.) Democratic 13,887 95.54% 14,536 13,238
2016[29] Nov. 8 Peter W. Barca (inc.) Democratic 18,799 97.67% 19,248 18,350
2018[30] Nov. 6 Peter W. Barca (inc.) Democratic 16,773 78.32% Thomas Harland Con. 4,441 20.74% 21,416 12,332
2019[31][32] Apr. 30 Tip McGuire Democratic 4,424 62.15% Mark Stalker Rep. 2,677 37.61% 7,118 1,747
  • Gina Walkington (Dem.)
  • Spencer Zimmerman (Dem.)
2020[33] Nov. 3 Tip McGuire (inc.) Democratic 16,364 56.00% Ed Hibsch Rep. 12,813 43.85% 29,219 3,551
2022[34] Nov. 8 Tip McGuire (inc.) Democratic 12,873 56.73% Ed Hibsch Rep. 9,799 43.19% 22,690 3,074

References

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