The 30th Assembly District of Wisconsin is one of 99 districts in the Wisconsin State Assembly. Located in northwest Wisconsin, the district comprises most of western

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and part of northwest Pierce County. It includes the city of

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and part of the city of River Falls, as well as the village of North Hudson. It also contains the

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and

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. The district is represented by Republican

Shannon Zimmerman Shannon M. Zimmerman (born March 15, 1972) is an American businessman and politician. From River Falls, Wisconsin, Zimmerman owns the Belle Vinez Vineyard and Winery since 2015. Zimmerman was founder of Sajan, Inc. (NASDAQ: SAJA). Zimmerman serve ...

, since January 2017. Willow Falls 03

The 30th Assembly district is located within

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, along with the 28th and 29th 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 30th district was drawn mostly in line with the boundaries of the previous Buffalo County–

Pepin County Pepin County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 7,318, making it the fourth-least populous county in Wisconsin. Its county seat is Durand. Pepin County is the birthplace of Laura Ingalls Wild ...

– Pierce County district, exchanging part of northeast Pierce County for part of western

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. The last representative of the Buffalo–Pepin–Pierce district,

Michael P. Early Michael Patrick Early (March 10, 1918March 29, 1993) was an American plumber, contractor, and Democratic politician. He served six years in the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing Buffalo, Pepin, and Pierce counties. He was briefly the 2 ...

, was elected in 1972 as the first representative of the 30th Assembly district. Following the 1982 court-ordered redistricting, which scrambled all State Assembly districts, the 1983 redistricting moved the 30th district back to Pierce County and southern St. Croix County, where it has remained through subsequent redistricting cycles with slight variations in boundaries.

List of past representatives

References

{{Wisconsin state legislature districts Wisconsin State Assembly districts Pierce County, Wisconsin St. Croix County, Wisconsin