The 44th Assembly district of
Wisconsin
Wisconsin ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest of the United States. It borders Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michig ...
is one of 99 districts in the
Wisconsin State Assembly
The Wisconsin State Assembly is the lower house of the Wisconsin Legislature. Together with the smaller Wisconsin Senate, the two constitute the legislative branch of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The Assembly is controlled by the Republican ...
. Located in southern Wisconsin, the district comprises areas of central
Rock County, including most of the city of
Janesville and the neighboring village of
Footville. It contains the
University of Wisconsin–Whitewater at Rock County campus, the
Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport, and the main campus of
Blackhawk Technical College. The district is represented by
Democrat Ann Roe, since January 2025.
The 44th Assembly district is located within
Wisconsin's 15th Senate district
The 15th Senate district of Wisconsin is one of 33 districts in the Wisconsin Senate. Located in southern Wisconsin, the district comprises most of Rock County, Wisconsin, Rock County and parts of northwest Walworth County, Wisconsin, Walworth ...
, along with the
43rd and
45th Assembly districts.
File:Lappin-Hayes Block 2.JPG, Lappin-Hayes Block
The Lappin-Hayes Block is a 4-story commercial building in Janesville, Wisconsin, started in 1855 and expanded in 1899. It housed a public hall called Lappin's Hall and the early offices of Northwestern Mutual Life. In 1976 it was added to the Nat ...
in downtown Janesville
File:Janesville Armory 3.JPG, Historic Janesville Armory
File:Courthouse Hill Historic District 3.JPG, Courthouse Hill Historic District
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 44th district was drawn with novel boundaries, taking the western half of
Walworth County—which had been a single-district county in the previous scheme—and part of eastern
Rock County, from what had been parts of the 1st and 3rd Rock County districts. The only incumbent representative of the three divided districts who lived in the newly drawn 44th district was Republican
Clarence J. Wilger, of the Walworth District. Wilger sought election in the new district, but was defeated in the 1972 Republican primary.
Following the 1982 court-ordered redistricting, which scrambled all State Assembly districts, the 1983 redistricting
1983 Wisc. Act 29 moved the 44th district to its present location, based in the city of Janesville and neighboring towns. The district's boundaries have shrunk further into the city as the population has grown relative to surrounding areas, the 2002 redistricting was the first to put the boundaries of the district entirely within the city of Janesville.
List of past representatives
References
{{Wisconsin state legislature districts
Wisconsin State Assembly districts
Rock County, Wisconsin