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Wisconsin's 1st congressional district

Coordinates: 42°41′43″N 88°02′47″W / 42.69528°N 88.04639°W / 42.69528; -88.04639
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Wisconsin's 1st congressional district
Map
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative
Area1,679.95 sq mi (4,351.1 km2)
Distribution
  • 15.87% rural
Population (2023)730,388[1]
Median household
income
$75,369[2]
Ethnicity
Cook PVIR+3[4]

Wisconsin's 1st congressional district is a congressional district of the United States House of Representatives in southeastern Wisconsin, covering Kenosha County, Racine County, and most of Walworth County, as well as portions of Rock County and Milwaukee County. The district's current Representative is Republican Bryan Steil.

Among the district's previous representatives are U.S. Secretary of Defense Les Aspin and Speaker of the House and 2012 Vice Presidential-nominee Paul Ryan.

A slightly Republican-leaning district, it was carried by George W. Bush in 2004 with 53%; the district voted for Barack Obama over John McCain in 2008, 51.40–47.45% and the district voted for Mitt Romney over Barack Obama in 2012, 52.12%–47.88%.[5] It stayed Republican in 2016, with a plurality of voters polling for Donald Trump.[6]

Counties and municipalities within the district

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# County Seat Population
59 Kenosha Kenosha 168,732
79 Milwaukee Milwaukee 928,059
101 Racine Racine 196,896
101 Rock Janesville 164,381
101 Walworth Elkhorn 106,799

Kenosha County

Brighton, Bristol, Genoa City, Kenosha, Paddock Lake, Paris, Pleasant Prairie, Randall, Salem Lakes, Somers, Twin Lakes, and Wheatland

Milwaukee County

Cudahy, Franklin, Greendale, Hales Corners, Oak Creek, South Milwaukee, and St. Francis.

Racine County

Burlington, Caledonia, Dover, Elmwood, Mount Pleasant, North Bay, Norway, Racine, Raymond, Rochester, Sturtevant, Union Grove, Wateford, Wind Point, and Yorkville.

Rock

Beloit, Bradford, Center, Clinton, Janesville, La Prairie, Milton (most), and Turtle (most).

Walworth

Bloomfield, Darien, Delavan, Elkhorn, Geneva, Genoa City, Fontana-on-Geneva Lake, Lake Geneva, Sharon, Whitewater (Walworth County side), and Williams Bay.

Recent election results from statewide races

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Currently, it is a swing district that leans Republican, although it was redrawn to be more Democratic-leaning in 2022.

Year Office Results
2000 President Al Gore 49% – George W. Bush 47%
2004 President George W. Bush 54% – John Kerry 46%
2008 President Barack Obama 51% – John McCain 48%
2012 President Mitt Romney 52% – Barack Obama 47%
2014 Governor Scott Walker 58.25 – Mary Burke 40.73%
2016 President Donald Trump 48.2% – Hillary Clinton 45.5% [7]
Senate Ron Johnson 51.3% – Russ Feingold 45.7% [8]
2018 Governor Scott Walker 54.13% – Tony Evers 43.75%
Senate Leah Vukmir 50.3% – Tammy Baldwin 49.6% [9]
2020 President Donald Trump 50.1% – Joe Biden 48.1% [10]
2022 Governor Tim Michels 49.5% – Tony Evers 49.3%
Senate Ron Johnson 52% – Mandela Barnes 48%
2023 Supreme Janet Protasiewicz 53% – Daniel Kelly 47%

List of members representing the district

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Member Party Years Cong
ress
Electoral history District
District established June 5, 1848

William Pitt Lynde
(Milwaukee)
Democratic June 5, 1848 –
March 3, 1849
30th Elected to the short term in 1848.
Lost re-election.
Green, Jefferson, Milwaukee, Racine, Rock, Walworth, & Waukesha counties

Charles Durkee
(Kenosha)
Free Soil March 4, 1849 –
March 3, 1853
31st
32nd
Elected to the regular term in 1848.
Re-elected in 1850.
Retired.
Milwaukee, Racine, Walworth, & Waukesha counties (& Kenosha—created in 1850 from Racine)

Daniel Wells Jr.
(Milwaukee)
Democratic March 4, 1853 –
March 3, 1857
33rd
34th
Elected in 1852.
Re-elected in 1854.
Retired.

John F. Potter
(East Troy)
Republican March 4, 1857 –
March 3, 1863
35th
36th
37th
Elected in 1856.
Re-elected in 1858.
Re-elected in 1860.
Lost re-election.

James S. Brown
(Milwaukee)
Democratic March 4, 1863 –
March 3, 1865
38th Elected in 1862.
Withdrew from re-election.
Kenosha, Milwaukee, Racine, Walworth, & Waukesha counties

Halbert E. Paine
(Milwaukee)
Republican March 4, 1865 –
March 3, 1871
39th
40th
41st
Elected in 1864.
Re-elected in 1866.
Re-elected in 1868.
Retired.

Alexander Mitchell
(Milwaukee)
Democratic March 4, 1871 –
March 3, 1873
42nd Elected in 1870.
Redistricted to the 4th district.

Charles G. Williams
(Janesville)
Republican March 4, 1873 –
March 3, 1883
43rd
44th
45th
46th
47th
Elected in 1872.
Re-elected in 1874.
Re-elected in 1876.
Re-elected in 1878.
Re-elected in 1880.
Lost re-election.
Kenosha, Racine, Rock, Walworth, & Waukesha counties

John Winans
(Janesville)
Democratic March 4, 1883 –
March 3, 1885
48th Elected in 1882.
Retired to run for mayor of Janesville.
Jefferson, Kenosha, Racine, Rock, & Walworth counties

Lucien B. Caswell
(Fort Atkinson)
Republican March 4, 1885 –
March 3, 1891
49th
50th
51st
Elected in 1884.
Re-elected in 1886.
Re-elected in 1888.
Lost renomination.

Clinton Babbitt
(Beloit)
Democratic March 4, 1891 –
March 3, 1893
52nd Elected in 1890.
Lost re-election.

Henry Allen Cooper
(Racine)
Republican March 4, 1893 –
March 3, 1919
53rd
54th
55th
56th
57th
58th
59th
60th
61st
62nd
63rd
64th
65th
Elected in 1892.
Re-elected in 1894.
Re-elected in 1896.
Re-elected in 1898.
Re-elected in 1900.
Re-elected in 1902.
Re-elected in 1904.
Re-elected in 1906.
Re-elected in 1908.
Re-elected in 1910.
Re-elected in 1912.
Re-elected in 1914.
Re-elected in 1916.
Lost renomination and lost re-election as an independent.
Green, Kenosha, Lafayette, Racine, Rock, & Walworth counties
Green, Kenosha, Lafayette, Racine, Rock, & Walworth counties
Kenosha, Racine, Rock, Walworth, & Waukesha counties

Clifford E. Randall
(Kenosha)
Republican March 4, 1919 –
March 3, 1921
66th Elected in 1918.
Lost renomination.

Henry Allen Cooper
(Racine)
Republican March 4, 1921 –
March 1, 1931
67th
68th
69th
70th
71st
Elected in 1920.
Re-elected in 1922.
Re-elected in 1924.
Re-elected in 1926.
Re-elected in 1928.
Re-elected in 1930 but died before next term began.
Vacant March 1, 1931 –
October 13, 1931
71st
72nd

Thomas Ryum Amlie
(Elkhorn)
Republican October 13, 1931 –
March 3, 1933
72nd Elected to finish Cooper's term.
Lost renomination.

George Washington Blanchard
(Edgerton)
Republican March 4, 1933 –
January 3, 1935
73rd Elected in 1932.
Renominated but withdrew prior to election.
Green, Kenosha, Racine, Rock, & Walworth counties

Thomas Ryum Amlie
(Elkhorn)
Progressive January 3, 1935 –
January 3, 1939
74th
75th
Elected in 1934.
Re-elected in 1936.
Retired to run for U.S. senator.

Stephen Bolles
(Janesville)
Republican January 3, 1939 –
July 8, 1941
76th
77th
Elected in 1938.
Re-elected in 1940.
Died.
Vacant July 8, 1941 –
August 29, 1941
77th

Lawrence H. Smith
(Racine)
Republican August 29, 1941 –
January 22, 1958
77th
78th
79th
80th
81st
82nd
83rd
84th
85th
Elected to finish Bolles's term.
Re-elected in 1942.
Re-elected in 1944.
Re-elected in 1946.
Re-elected in 1948.
Re-elected in 1950.
Re-elected in 1952.
Re-elected in 1954.
Re-elected in 1956.
Died.
Vacant January 22, 1958 –
January 3, 1959
85th

Gerald T. Flynn
(Racine)
Democratic January 3, 1959 –
January 3, 1961
86th Elected in 1958.
Lost re-election.

Henry C. Schadeberg
(Burlington)
Republican January 3, 1961 –
January 3, 1965
87th
88th
Elected in 1960.
Re-elected in 1962.
Lost re-election.

Lynn E. Stalbaum
(Racine)
Democratic January 3, 1965 –
January 3, 1967
89th Elected in 1964.
Lost re-election.
Kenosha, Racine, Rock, & Walworth counties

Henry C. Schadeberg
(Burlington)
Republican January 3, 1967 –
January 3, 1971
90th
91st
Elected in 1966.
Re-elected in 1968.
Lost re-election.

Les Aspin
(East Troy)
Democratic January 3, 1971 –
January 20, 1993
92nd
93rd
94th
95th
96th
97th
98th
99th
100th
101st
102nd
103rd
Elected in 1970.
Re-elected in 1972.
Re-elected in 1974.
Re-elected in 1976.
Re-elected in 1978.
Re-elected in 1980.
Re-elected in 1982.
Re-elected in 1984.
Re-elected in 1986.
Re-elected in 1988.
Re-elected in 1990.
Re-elected in 1992.
Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of Defense.
Kenosha, Racine, Rock, & Walworth counties &
eastern Green County & part of Jefferson County
    • Green County
      • Town of Albany
      • Town of Spring Grove
      • Village of Albany
      • City of Brodhead
    • Jefferson County
      • City of Whitewater
Kenosha, Racine, Rock, & Walworth counties &
eastern Green County & part of Jefferson County
    • Green County
      • Town of Albany
      • Town of Brooklyn
      • Town of Cadiz
      • Town of Clarno
      • Town of Decatur
      • Town of Exeter
      • Town of Jefferson
      • Town of Mt. Pleasant
      • Town of Spring Grove
      • Village of Albany
      • Village of Browntown
      • Village of Monticello
      • City of Brodhead
    • Jefferson County
      • City of Whitewater
Vacant January 20, 1993 –
May 4, 1993
103rd 1993–2003

Peter W. Barca
(Kenosha)
Democratic May 4, 1993 –
January 3, 1995
Elected to finish Aspin's term.
Lost re-election.

Mark Neumann
(Janesville)
Republican January 3, 1995 –
January 3, 1999
104th
105th
Elected in 1994.
Re-elected in 1996.
Retired to run for U.S. senator.

Paul Ryan
(Janesville)
Republican January 3, 1999 –
January 3, 2019
106th
107th
108th
109th
110th
111th
112th
113th
114th
115th
Elected in 1998.
Re-elected in 2000.
Re-elected in 2002.
Re-elected in 2004.
Re-elected in 2006.
Re-elected in 2008.
Re-elected in 2010.
Re-elected in 2012.
Re-elected in 2014.
Re-elected in 2016.
Retired.
2003–2013
2013–2023

Bryan Steil
(Janesville)
Republican January 3, 2019 –
present
116th
117th
118th
Elected in 2018.
Re-elected in 2020.
Re-elected in 2022.
2023–present

Electoral history

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2002 district boundaries (2002–2011)

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Year Date Elected Defeated Total Plurality
2002[11] Nov. 5 Paul Ryan (inc) Republican 140,176 67.19% Jeffrey C. Thomas Dem. 63,895 30.63% 208,613 76,281
George Meyers Lib. 4,406 2.11%
2004[12] Nov. 2 Paul Ryan (inc) Republican 233,372 65.37% Jeffrey C. Thomas Dem. 116,250 32.57% 356,976 117,122
Norman Aulabaugh Ind. 4,252 1.19%
Don Bernau Lib. 2,936 0.82%
2006[13] Nov. 7 Paul Ryan (inc) Republican 161,320 62.63% Jeffrey C. Thomas Dem. 95,761 37.17% 257,596 65,559
2008[14] Nov. 4 Paul Ryan (inc) Republican 231,009 63.97% Marge Krupp Dem. 125,268 34.69% 361,107 105,741
Joseph Kexel Lib. 4,606 1.28%
2010[15] Nov. 2 Paul Ryan (inc) Republican 179,819 68.21% John Heckenlively Dem. 79,363 30.10% 263,627 100,456
Joseph Kexel Lib. 4,311 1.64%

2011 district boundaries (2012–2021)

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Year Date Elected Defeated Total Plurality
2012[16] Nov. 6 Paul Ryan (inc) Republican 200,423 54.90% Rob Zerban Dem. 158,414 43.39% 365,058 42,009
Keith Deschler Ind. 6,054 1.66%
2014[17] Nov. 4 Paul Ryan (inc) Republican 182,316 63.27% Rob Zerban Dem. 105,552 36.63% 288,170 76,764
Keith Deschler (write-in) Ind. 29 0.01%
2016[18] Nov. 8 Paul Ryan (inc) Republican 230,072 64.95% Ryan Solen Dem. 107,003 30.21% 354,245 123,069
Spencer Zimmerman Ind. 9,429 2.66%
Jason Lebeck Lib. 7,486 2.11%
2018[19] Nov. 6 Bryan Steil Republican 177,492 54.56% Randy Bryce Dem. 137,508 42.27% 325,317 39,984
Ken Yorgan Ind. 10,006 3.08%
Joseph Kexel (write-in) Ind. 7 0.00%
2020[20] Nov. 3 Bryan Steil (inc) Republican 238,271 59.31% Roger Polack Dem. 163,170 40.61% 401,754 75,101

2022 district boundaries (2022–2031)

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Year Date Elected Defeated Total Plurality
2022[21] Nov. 8 Bryan Steil (inc) Republican 162,610 54.05% Ann Roe Dem. 135,825 45.14% 300,867 26,785
Charles E. Barman Ind. 2,247 0.75%

References

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  1. ^ "My Congressional District". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
  2. ^ Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
  3. ^ "Census profile: Congressional District 1, WI". Census Reporter.
  4. ^ "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
  5. ^ "Presidential Canvass Results".
  6. ^ "White working-class voters flipped Wisconsin red". Retrieved June 29, 2018.
  7. ^ "Dra 2020".
  8. ^ "Dra 2020".
  9. ^ "Dra 2020".
  10. ^ "Dra 2020".
  11. ^ Results of Fall General Election - 11/05/2002 (PDF) (Report). Wisconsin State Elections Board. December 2, 2002. p. 3. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
  12. ^ Results of Fall General Election - 11/02/2004 (PDF) (Report). Wisconsin State Elections Board. December 1, 2004. p. 2. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
  13. ^ Results of Fall General Election - 11/07/2006 (PDF) (Report). Wisconsin State Elections Board. December 5, 2006. p. 3. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
  14. ^ Results of Fall General Election - 11/04/2008 (PDF) (Report). Wisconsin State Elections Board. December 1, 2008. p. 2. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
  15. ^ 2010 Fall General Election Results Summary (PDF) (Report). Wisconsin Government Accountability Board. December 1, 2010. p. 3. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
  16. ^ Canvass Results for 2012 Presidential and General Election - 11/6/2012 (PDF) (Report). Wisconsin Government Accountability Board. December 26, 2012. p. 2. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
  17. ^ Canvass Results for 2014 General Election - 11/4/2014 (PDF) (Report). Wisconsin Government Accountability Board. November 26, 2014. p. 3. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
  18. ^ Canvass Results for 2016 General Election - 11/8/2016 (PDF) (Report). Wisconsin Elections Commission. December 22, 2016. p. 3. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
  19. ^ Canvass Results for 2018 General Election - 11/6/2018 (PDF) (Report). Wisconsin Elections Commission. February 22, 2019. p. 3. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
  20. ^ Canvass Results for 2020 General Election - 11/3/2020 (PDF) (Report). Wisconsin Elections Commission. November 18, 2020. p. 2. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
  21. ^ Canvass Results for 2022 General Election - 11/8/2022 (PDF) (Report). Wisconsin Elections Commission. November 30, 2022. p. 2. Retrieved April 21, 2024.
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Home district of the speaker
October 29, 2015 – January 3, 2019
Succeeded by

42°41′43″N 88°02′47″W / 42.69528°N 88.04639°W / 42.69528; -88.04639