The 71st Assembly district of

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is one of 99 districts in the

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. Located in central

, the district comprises most of Portage County and part of northeast Adams County. It includes the city of

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and the villages of Amherst, Amherst Junction, Nelsonville,

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, and Whiting. The district also contains the

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campus. The district is represented by

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, since January 2025. The 71st Assembly district is located within

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, along with the 70th and 72nd 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 71st district was drawn roughly in line with the boundaries of the former Portage County district, comprising nearly all of Portage County except for the northwest corner. Since its creation, the 71st district has always been the Assembly district for the city of Stevens Point and most of Portage County, except for the 1982 court-ordered redistricting which moved the district to Ozaukee and Sheboygan counties for the 1983–1984 term. File:Matthias Mitchell public square Stevens Point.jpg, Matthias Mitchell public square in downtown

File:Oldmain3.jpg, Old Main building on the

campus File:Amherst_Wisconsin_Downtown_Looking_north.jpg,

Amherst, Wisconsin Amherst is a village in Portage County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,117 in the 2020 census. Amherst is at the core of the Tomorrow Valley area. History The name Amherst was established in 1853 by Adam Uline, after General J ...

List of past representatives

Electoral history

References

{{Wisconsin state legislature districts Wisconsin State Assembly districts Portage County, Wisconsin Adams County, Wisconsin