The 39th Assembly District of

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is one of 99 districts in the

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. Located in central Wisconsin, the district comprises all of Green Lake and Marquette counties, along with much of western Fond du Lac County and parts of northeast Columbia County, southeast Winnebago County, and eastern Adams County. It includes the cities of

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, Green Lake, Markesan, Montello,

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, and

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. The district also contains

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, Summerton Bog, Ripon College and the historic

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in Ripon—the birthplace of the Republican Party. The district is represented by Republican

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, since January 2013. After the 2024 redistricting, Born no longer resides in the new district. The 39th Assembly district is located within Wisconsin's 13th Senate district, along with the 37th and 38th Assembly districts. File:LittleWhiteSchoolhouse.jpg,

, birthplace of the Republican Party File:Fox_River_National_Wildlife_Refuge.jpg,

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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. The 39th district was drawn with novel boundaries in central Jefferson County. Under the previous apportionment scheme, Jefferson County as a whole constituted an Assembly district. The last representative of the Jefferson County district,

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, was elected in 1972 as the first representative of the 39th Assembly district. Following the 1982 court-ordered redistricting, which scrambled all State Assembly districts, the 1983 redistricting moved the 39th district to Dodge County. The district has remained in the same area since 1983, with variations in the boundaries. Notable former representatives of the 39th district include

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, who was the 78th Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly, and was instrumental in the passage of the controversial

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, which resulted in months of protests and, eventually, several recall elections.

List of past representatives

References

{{Wisconsin state legislature districts Wisconsin State Assembly districts Green Lake County, Wisconsin Marquette County, Wisconsin Adams County, Wisconsin Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin Columbia County, Wisconsin Winnebago County, Wisconsin