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 the eastern half of Eau Claire County and about half of Clark County, as well as part of southeast Chippewa County. The district includes the cities of Altoona, Augusta,

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. The district is represented by Republican

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The 68th Assembly district is located within Wisconsin's 23rd Senate district, along with the 67th and 69th 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 68th district was drawn mostly in line with the former Eau Claire County 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,

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, 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. As of the 2022 redistricting, barely any of the city of Eau Claire remains in this district.

List of past representatives

Electoral history

References

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