Wisconsin's 4th congressional district is a
congressional district
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of the
United States House of Representatives
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in
Wisconsin
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, encompassing a part of
Milwaukee County
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and including almost all of the city of
Milwaukee
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(except the slivers of the city in
Waukesha and
Washington counties), as well as its working-class suburbs of
Cudahy,
St. Francis,
South Milwaukee, and
West Milwaukee. Recent redistricting has added the Milwaukee County North Shore communities of
Glendale,
Shorewood,
Whitefish Bay,
Fox Point,
Bayside, and
Brown Deer to the district. It is currently represented by
Gwen Moore, a
Democrat.
With a
Cook Partisan Voting Index
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rating of D+26, it is the most Democratic district in Wisconsin.
John Kerry
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won 69% of the vote here in
2004
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Events January
* January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...
.
Barack Obama
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also swept the district in
2008
2008 was designated as:
*International Year of Languages
*International Year of Planet Earth
*International Year of the Potato
*International Year of Sanitation
The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...
, by a three-to-one margin over
John McCain
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, with 75.39% of the vote to McCain's 23.61%.
Before the 2000 census, the 4th covered much of south Milwaukee, and extended into eastern
Waukesha County. After Wisconsin lost a district in the 2000 census, the 4th was cut back to a Milwaukee County district.
Composition
For the
118th and successive Congresses (based on redistricting following the
2020 census), the district contains all or portions of the following counties, towns, and municipalities:
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Milwaukee County
Milwaukee County () is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. At the 2020 census, the population was 939,489, down from 947,735 in 2010. It is both the most populous and most densely populated county in Wisconsin, containing about 1 ...
(12)
: Bayside, Brown Deer, Fox Point, Glendale, Greenfield (part; also 5th), Milwaukee
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, River Hills, Shorewood, Wauwatosa, West Allis (part; also 5th), West Milwaukee, Whitefish Bay
Recent election results from statewide races
List of members representing the district
Recent election results
2002 district boundaries (2002–2011)
2011 district boundaries (2012–2021)
2022 district boundaries (2022–2031)
See also
* Wisconsin's congressional districts
*List of United States congressional districts
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References
*
*
Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
;Specific
External links
Wisconsin's 4th Congressional District
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