The 12th Assembly district of

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is one of 99 districts in the

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. Located in southeast

, the district is entirely contained within northwest

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. It comprises much of the far north of the city of

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as well as part of northern

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and western Brown Deer. The district also includes most of the former town of Granville, Dretzka Park, and

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. The district is represented by

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, since January 2025. The 12th Assembly district is located within

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, along with the 10th and 11th 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 12th district was drawn with novel boundaries in south and east Washington County, along with part of south Ozaukee County. In the prior legislative district scheme, Washington County and Ozaukee County were each single-district counties. The last representative of the Washington County district, Frederick C. Schroeder, went on to win election to become the first representative of the 12th Assembly district. The 1982 court-ordered redistricting plan moved the 12th district into central

. The district has remained in Milwaukee County since then, though the boundaries shifted east in the 1983 legislative redistricting, and then north and west in 1992, 2002, and 2011, with the district now covering the northwest corner of the county.

List of past representatives

References

{{Wisconsin state legislature districts Wisconsin State Assembly districts Milwaukee County, Wisconsin