The 90th Assembly District of
Wisconsin is one of 99 districts in the
Wisconsin State Assembly. Located in northeastern
Wisconsin, the district covers most of the city of
Green Bay, Wisconsin
Green Bay is a city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The county seat of Brown County, it is at the head of Green Bay (known locally as "the bay of Green Bay"), a sub-basin of Lake Michigan, at the mouth of the Fox River. It is above sea lev ...
, in central
Brown County. The district includes historic landmarks such as the
Brown County Courthouse,
Saint Francis Xavier Cathedral, the site of
Fort Howard, and the Fort Howard Memorial Cemetery. It also contains the Port of Green Bay and the
Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary. The district is represented by
Democrat Kristina Shelton, since January 2021.
The 90th Assembly district is located within
Wisconsin's 30th Senate district, along with the
88th and
89th Assembly districts.
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 90th district was drawn almost exactly in line with the previous
Brown County 1st district (most of the city of Green Bay). The last representative of the Brown County 1st district,
Jerome Quinn
Jerome Quinn (May 23, 1908 – February 29, 2008) was a Wisconsin politician and realtor.
Born in Green Bay, Wisconsin
Green Bay is a city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The county seat of Brown County, it is at the head of Green Bay (kn ...
, went on to win the 1972 election as the first representative of the 90th Assembly district.
The district has remained centered on the city of Green Bay in all of the various redistricting schemes since 1972, with the exception of the 1982 court-ordered plan which temporarily moved the district to the area of central
Fond du Lac and
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* The exonym of the Ho-Chunk tribe of Native North Americans with reservations in Nebraska, Iowa, and Wisconsin
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counties. Generally, the city of Green Bay was divided between the 88th and 90th districts, with both districts containing city and suburban precincts, making both districts competitive. That changed in the 2011 redistricting act, which packed more of Green Bay into the 90th district.
Notable former representatives of the 90th district include
Eric Genrich, the current mayor of Green Bay.
List of past representatives
References
{{Wisconsin state legislature districts
Wisconsin State Assembly districts
Brown County, Wisconsin