The 10th Assembly district of
Wisconsin
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is one of 99 districts in the
Wisconsin State Assembly
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. Located in southeastern
Wisconsin
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, the district is entirely contained within northeastern
Milwaukee County
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. The district comprises several neighborhoods of the north side of the city of
Milwaukee
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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
Democrat
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Darrin Madison
Darrin Brian Madison Jr. (born February 1, 1997) is an American justice activist and Democratic politician from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He is a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing Wisconsin's 10th Assembly district since January 2 ...
, since January 2023.
The 10th Assembly district is located within
Wisconsin's 4th Senate district
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, along with the
11th and
12th
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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
Milwaukee County
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25th district, with the addition of the village of
Bayside. The last representative of the Milwaukee 25th district,
Jim Sensenbrenner
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, 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
Milwaukee
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and fewer of the municipalities in the northeast corner of the county.
List of past representatives
References
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Milwaukee County, Wisconsin