The 68th Assembly district of

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is one of 99 districts in the

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. Located in northwestern Wisconsin, the district comprises all of

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counties, and most of Chippewa and

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counties. It includes the cities of Bloomer,

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, Ladysmith,

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, and Phillips, and the villages of

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, Conrath, Gilman, Glen Flora, Hawkins, Ingram,

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, Prentice, Rib Lake, Sheldon,

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. The district also contains

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, and

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—the highest natural point in the state of Wisconsin. The district is represented by Republican

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, since January 2025; Summerfield previously represented the 67th district from 2017 to 2025. The 68th Assembly district is located within

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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 68th district was drawn mostly in line with the former

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1st district (most of the city of

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), but added all of the remaining precincts of the city of Eau Claire. The last representative of the Eau Claire County 1st district, Joseph Looby, went on to win the first election to represent the 68th Assembly district. The district boundaries have shifted over the various redistricting schemes since 1983, though the district had remained anchored on the city of Eau Claire until the controversial 2011 redistricting plan
2011 Wisc. Act 43
which divided the city between the 68th and 91st Assembly districts, and added vast stretches of Clark County and parts of Jackson and Trempealeau counties to the 68th district. Under the 2022 court-ordered redistricting, barely any of the city of Eau Claire remains in this district. The 2024 redistricting completely removed the district from Eau Claire County, shifting it north to rural Chippewa, Rusk, Price, and Taylor counties.

List of past representatives

Electoral history

References

{{Wisconsin state legislature districts Wisconsin State Assembly districts Price County, Wisconsin Rusk County, Wisconsin Chippewa County, Wisconsin Taylor County, Wisconsin