The 66th Assembly district of

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is one of 99 districts in the

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. Located in southeast

, the district comprises the southeast corner of Racine County, including the south side of the city of Racine, most of the village of Mount Pleasant, and the villages of Sturtevant and Elmwood Park. The district also contains

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, Regency Mall, and the Foxconn in Wisconsin campus. The district is represented by Democratic minority leader Greta Neubauer, since January 2018. The 66th Assembly district is located within

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, along with the 64th and 65th Assembly districts. File:Johnson_Wax-11.jpg,

in Racine File:Mount Pleasant WI Aerial Image 2009.jpg, Aerial view of Mount Pleasant File:Mount_Pleasant_Village_Hall.jpg, Mount Pleasant Village Hall

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 66th district was drawn somewhat in line with the former

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2nd district (Kenosha County excluding most of the city of

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), but removed southeastern Kenosha County and replaced it with a number of neighboring towns in central Racine County and eastern Walworth County. Other than the 1982 redistricting, which temporarily scrambled State Assembly districts, the boundaries of the 66th district remained relatively consistent for the next 40 years (1972–2011), comprising most of Kenosha County with a rotating set of rural towns from Racine and Walworth counties. That changed in the controversial 2011 redistricting plan
2011 Wisc. Act 43
which moved the district entirely into the city of Racine in Racine County, in area previously represented by the 61st and 62nd Assembly districts. The previous territory covered by the 66th district was then split between the 61st,

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, and 64th Assembly districts. This was done as part of a broader

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of the southeast Wisconsin districts to pack the majority of Racine and Kenosha Democratic votes into one state senate district. This map was only slightly adjusted in the 2022 court-ordered redistricting plan. The 2024 redistricting plan unpacked Racine from the district, splitting Racine again between two Assembly districts. The 66th district kept the southern third of the city of Racine and expanded to comprise the neighboring villages in the southeast quadrant of Racine County. Notable former representatives of this district include Russell Olson, the 39th

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, Mary Wagner, who served as chief judge of the 2nd district of

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, and

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, the 58th mayor of

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List of past representatives

References

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