The 10th Assembly district of

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is one of 99 districts in the

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. Located in southeastern

, the district is entirely contained within northeastern

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. The district comprises several neighborhoods of the north side of the city of

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, including the Williamsburg Heights, Arlington Heights, and Grover Heights neighborhoods, as well as the neighboring village of Shorewood and the city of Glendale. The district is represented by

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, since January 2023. The 10th Assembly district is located within

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, along with the 11th and

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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 10th district was drawn roughly in line with the boundaries of the previous

25th district, with the addition of the village of Bayside. The last representative of the Milwaukee 25th district,

Jim Sensenbrenner Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. (; born June 14, 1943) is an American politician who represented in the United States House of Representatives from 1979 to 2021 (numbered as the 9th district until 2003). He is a member of the Republican Party. ...

, was elected as the first representative of the 10th Assembly district in the 1972 election. The 10th district location has remained relatively consistent, in northern Milwaukee County, through all the redistrictings since 1972. The boundaries of the district have shifted over time to include more of the city of

and fewer of the municipalities in the northeast corner of the county.

List of past representatives

References

{{Wisconsin state legislature districts Wisconsin State Assembly districts Milwaukee County, Wisconsin