The 18th Assembly district of Wisconsin is one of 99 districts in the

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. Located in southeast

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, the district is contained within central

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, including parts of near-west

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and southeast

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. It contains the Milwaukee neighborhoods Washington Heights and

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and includes landmarks such as the

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and Washington Park. The district is represented by

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Margaret Arney Margaret Michele Arney ( Tully; born June 17, 1969) is an American nonprofit consultant, educator, and Democratic politician from Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. She is a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing Wisconsin's 18th Assemb ...

, since January 2025. The 18th Assembly district is located within

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, along with the 16th and 17th Assembly districts. File:Miller_Brewery.png,

File:Sherman_Park_(2).jpg, Sherman Park

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 18th district was drawn within the city of Milwaukee's north side with novel boundaries—the new district's boundaries did not resemble any

assembly district from the pre-1972 scheme, and contained pieces of four different districts from that map (the 1st, 6th, 7th, and 13th). The last representative of the Milwaukee 6th district,

Lloyd Barbee Lloyd Augustus Barbee (August 17, 1925 – December 29, 2002) was an American lawyer and politician who worked for civil rights. He led the effort to integrate the Milwaukee Public School system. He was a Democrat. Early life and education Born ...

, was elected the first representative of the new 18th Assembly district in the 1972 election. The district has remained in the same vicinity, but has crept slightly south and west in redistrictings since 1972. Though, with the exception of the court-ordered 1982 redistricting, which stretched the district into West Allis and Greenfield, it has otherwise remained entirely within the city limits of Milwaukee on the north side of

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List of past representatives

References

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