Wisconsin State Assembly

Wisconsin State Assembly
Wisconsin State Legislature

Type
Type	Lower house
Term limits	None
History
New session started	January 5, 2015
Leadership
Speaker of the Assembly	Robin Vos (R) Since January 7, 2013
Speaker pro tempore	Tyler August (R) Since October 8, 2013
Majority Leader	Jim Steineke (R) Since January 5, 2015
Minority Leader	Peter Barca (D) Since January 12, 2011
Structure
Seats	99

Political groups	Majority Republican (64) Minority Democratic (35)
Length of term	2 years
Authority	Article IV, Wisconsin Constitution
Salary	$50,950/year + $153 per diem
Elections
Last election	November 8, 2016 (99 seats)
Next election	November 6, 2018 (99 seats)
Redistricting	Legislative Control
Meeting place

State Assembly Chamber Wisconsin State Capitol Madison, Wisconsin
Website
Wisconsin State Assembly

The Wisconsin State Assembly is the lower house of the Wisconsin Legislature. Together with the smaller Wisconsin Senate, the two constitute the legislative branch of the U.S. state of Wisconsin.

Representatives are elected for two-year terms, elected during the fall elections. If a vacancy occurs in an Assembly seat between elections, it may be filled only by a special election.

The Wisconsin Constitution limits the size of the State Assembly to between 54 and 100 members inclusive. Since 1973, the state has been divided into 99 Assembly districts apportioned amongst the state based on population as determined by the decennial census, for a total of 99 representatives. From 1848 to 1853 there were 66 assembly districts; from 1854 to 1856, 82 districts; from 1857 to 1861, 97 districts; and from 1862 to 1972, 100 districts.^[1]

The Assembly chamber is located in the west wing of the Wisconsin State Capitol building, in Madison, Wisconsin.

History

On July 8, 2015 a case was filed with the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin arguing that Wisconsin’s 2011 state assembly map was unconstitutional partisan gerrymandering favoring the Republican-controlled legislature which discriminated against Democratic voters. This case became filed with the court as Whitford v Gill.^[2]

Salary and benefits

Desks and voting board

Representatives elected or re-elected in the fall of 2012 receive an annual salary of $49,943.

In addition to their salaries, representatives outside Dane County may receive up to $88 per day in living expenses while in Madison on state business. Members of the Dane County delegation are allowed up to $44 per day in expenses. Each representative also receives $75 per month in "out-of-session" pay when the legislature is in session for three days or less. Over two years, each representative is allotted $12,000 to cover general office expenses, printing, postage and district mailings.

According to a 1960 study, at that time Assembly salaries and benefits were so low that in Milwaukee County, positions on the County Board of Supervisors and the Milwaukee Common Council were considered more desirable than seats in the Assembly, and an average of 23% of Milwaukee legislators did not seek re-election. This pattern was not seen to hold to the same extent in the rest of the state, where local offices tended to pay less well.^[3]

Current session

Composition


64	35
Republican	Democratic

Affiliation	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)			Vacant

	Republican	Democratic	Total
Begin of 101st legislature (2013)	59	39	98	1
End 101st (2014)	60	39	99	0

Begin 102nd (2015)	63	36	99	0
August 5, 2015	62		99	1
End 102nd (2016)	63		99	0

Begin 103rd (2017)	64	35	99	0
Latest voting share	7001645999999900000♠64.6%	7001354000000000000♠35.4%

Officers

Position		Name	Party
	Speaker	Robin Vos	Republican
	Speaker Pro Tempore	Tyler August	Republican
	Majority Leader	Jim Steineke	Republican
	Assistant Majority Leader	Rob Brooks	Republican
	Majority Caucus Chair	Dan Knodl	Republican
	Minority Leader	Peter Barca	Democratic
	Assistant Minority Leader	Dianne Hesselbein	Democratic
	Minority Caucus Chair	Mark Spreitzer	Democratic
Chief Clerk		Patrick Fuller
Sergeant-at-Arms		Anne Tonnon Byers

Members

The corresponding state senate districts are shown as a senate district is formed by nesting three assembly districts.

Senate District	Assembly District	Representative	Party	Current Age	Residence	First Elected
1	1	Joel Kitchens	Rep	59	Sturgeon Bay	2014
	2	Andre Jacque	Rep	36	Bellevue	2010
	3	Ron Tusler	Rep	33	Appleton	2016
2	4	David Steffen	Rep	45	Howard	2014
	5	Jim Steineke	Rep	46	Kaukauna	2010
	6	Gary Tauchen	Rep	63	Bonduel	2006
3	7	Daniel Riemer	Dem	30	Milwaukee	2012
	8	JoCasta Zamarripa	Dem	41	Milwaukee	2010
	9	Josh Zepnick	Dem	49	Milwaukee	2002
4	10	David Bowen	Dem	30	Milwaukee	2014
	11	Jason Fields	Dem	43	Milwaukee	2016
	12	Frederick P. Kessler	Dem	77	Milwaukee	2004
5	13	Rob Hutton	Rep	50	Brookfield	2012
	14	Dale P. Kooyenga	Rep	38	Brookfield	2010
	15	Joe Sanfelippo	Rep	53	New Berlin	2012
6	16	Leon Young	Dem	50	Milwaukee	1993
	17	David Crowley	Dem	31	Milwaukee	2016
	18	Evan Goyke	Dem	34	Milwaukee	2012
7	19	Jonathan Brostoff	Dem	33	Milwaukee	2014
	20	Christine Sinicki	Dem	57	Bay View	1998
	21	Jessie Rodriguez	Rep	40	Franklin	2013
8	22	Janel Brandtjen	Rep	51	Waukesha	2014
	23	Jim Ott	Rep	70	Mequon	2006
	24	Dan Knodl	Rep	58	Germantown	2008
9	25	Paul Tittl	Rep	55	Manitowoc	2012
	26	Terry Katsma	Rep	59	Oostburg	2014
	27	Tyler Vorpagel	Rep	32	Plymouth	2014
10	28	Adam Jarchow	Rep	38	Balsam Lake	2014
	29	Rob Stafsholt	Rep		New Richmond	2016
	30	Shannon Zimmerman	Rep		River Falls	2016
11	31	Amy Loudenbeck	Rep	47	Clinton	2010
	32	Tyler August	Rep	34	Walworth	2010
	33	Cody Horlacher	Rep	30	Mukwonago	2014
12	34	Rob Swearingen	Rep	54	Rhinelander	2012
	35	Mary Felzkowski	Rep	53	Irma	2012
	36	Jeffrey Mursau	Rep	63	Crivitz	2004
13	37	John Jagler	Rep	47	Watertown	2012
	38	Joel Kleefisch	Rep	46	Oconomowoc	2004
	39	Mark Born	Rep	41	Beaver Dam	2012
14	40	Kevin David Petersen	Rep	52	Waupaca	2006
	41	Joan Ballweg	Rep	65	Markesan	2004
	42	Keith Ripp	Rep	55	Lodi	2008
15	43	Don Vruwink	Dem		Milton	2016
	44	Debra Kolste	Dem	64	Janesville	2012
	45	Mark Spreitzer	Dem	30	Beloit	2014
16	46	Gary Hebl	Dem	66	Sun Prairie	2004
	47	Jimmy P. Anderson	Dem		Fitchburg	2016
	48	Melissa Sargent	Dem	48	Madison	2012
17	49	Travis Tranel	Rep	31	Cuba City	2010
	50	Ed Brooks	Rep	75	Reedsburg	2008
	51	Todd Novak	Rep	52	Dodgeville	2014
18	52	Jeremy Thiesfeldt	Rep	50	Fond du Lac	2010
	53	Michael Schraa	Rep	56	Oshkosh	2012
	54	Gordon Hintz	Dem	43	Oshkosh	2006
19	55	Mike Rohrkaste	Rep	58	Neenah	2014
	56	Dave Murphy	Rep	62	Greenville	2012
	57	Amanda Stuck	Dem	31	Appleton	2014
20	58	Bob Gannon	Rep	58	Slinger	2014
	59	Jesse Kremer	Rep	40	Kewaskum	2014
	60	Robert Brooks	Rep	52	Saukville	2011
21	61	Samantha Kerkman	Rep	43	Powers Lake	2000
	62	Tom Weatherston	Rep	67	Racine	2012
	63	Robin Vos	Rep	49	Rochester	2004
22	64	Peter Barca	Dem	62	Kenosha	2008
	65	Tod Ohnstad	Dem	65	Kenosha	2012
	66	Cory Mason	Dem	44	Racine	2006
23	67	Rob Summerfield	Rep	37	Bloomer	2016
	68	Kathy Bernier	Rep	61	Chippewa Falls	2010
	69	Bob Kulp	Rep	51	Stratford	2013
24	70	Nancy VanderMeer	Rep	58	Tomah	2014
	71	Katrina Shankland	Dem	30	Stevens Point	2012
	72	Scott Krug	Rep	41	Wisconsin Rapids	2010
25	73	Nick Milroy	Dem	43	Superior	2008
	74	Beth Meyers	Dem	58	Bayfield	2014
	75	Romaine Quinn	Rep	27	Rice Lake	2014
26	76	Chris Taylor	Dem	49	Madison	2011
	77	Terese Berceau	Dem	67	Madison	1998
	78	Lisa Subeck	Dem	46	Madison	2014
27	79	Dianne Hesselbein	Dem	46	Middleton	2012
	80	Sondy Pope	Dem	67	Verona	2002
	81	Dave Considine	Dem	65	Baraboo	2014
28	82	Ken Skowronski	Rep	79	Franklin	2013
	83	Chuck Wichgers	Rep	52	Muskego	2016
	84	Mike Kuglitsch	Rep	57	New Berlin	2010
29	85	Patrick Snyder	Rep	60	Schofield	2016
	86	John Spiros	Rep	56	Marshfield	2012
	87	James Edming	Rep	71	Glen Flora	2014
30	88	John Macco	Rep	58	DePere	2014
	89	John Nygren	Rep	53	Marinette	2006
	90	Eric Genrich	Dem	37	Green Bay	2012
31	91	Dana Wachs	Dem	60	Eau Claire	2012
	92	Treig Pronschinske	Rep	50	Mondovi	2016
	93	Warren Petryk	Rep	62	Eleva	2010
32	94	Steve Doyle	Dem	59	Onalaska	2011
	95	Jill Billings	Dem	55	La Crosse	2011
	96	Lee Nerison	Rep	65	Westby	2004
33	97	Scott Allen	Rep	51	Waukesha	2014
	98	Adam Neylon	Rep	32	Pewaukee	2013
	99	Cindi Duchow	Rep		Delafield	2015

Images

Rear of the Assembly

References

↑ Wisconsin Blue Book, 1991, p. 229.
↑ "Whitford v. Gill | Brennan Center for Justice". www.brennancenter.org. Retrieved 2016-12-30.
↑ Hagensick, A. Clarke. "Influences of Partisanship and Incumbency on a Nonpartisan Election System". The Western Political Quarterly, vol. 17, no. 1 (March 1964), pp. 117–124.

External links

Wisconsin State Assembly official government website
State Assembly of Wisconsin at Project Vote Smart
Wisconsin State Assembly at Ballotpedia
Legislature Salary

Members of the Wisconsin State Assembly
103rd Wisconsin Legislature (2017–2019) Speaker of the Assembly: Robin Vos (R) Speaker Pro Tempore: Tyler August (R) Majority Leader: Jim Steineke (R) Minority Leader: Peter W. Barca (D)
Joel Kitchens (R) Andre Jacque (R) Ron Tusler (R) David Steffen (R) Jim Steineke (R) Gary Tauchen (R) Daniel Riemer (D) JoCasta Zamarripa (D) Josh Zepnick (D) David Bowen (D) Jason Fields (D) Fred Kessler (D) Rob Hutton (R) Dale P. Kooyenga (R) Joe Sanfelippo (R) Leon Young (D) David Crowley (D) Evan Goyke (D) Jonathan Brostoff (D) Christine Sinicki (D) Jessie Rodriguez (R) Janel Brandtjen (R) Jim Ott (R) Dan Knodl (R) Paul Tittl (R) Terry Katsma (R) Tyler Vorpagel (R) Adam Jarchow (R) Rob Stafsholt (R) Shannon Zimmerman (R) Amy Loudenbeck (R) Tyler August (R) Cody Horlacher (R) Rob Swearingen (R) Mary Felzkowski (R) Jeffrey Mursau (R) John Jagler (R) Joel Kleefisch (R) Mark Born (R) Kevin David Petersen (R) Joan Ballweg (R) Keith Ripp (R) Don Vruwink (D) Debra Kolste (D) Mark Spreitzer (D) Gary Hebl (D) Jimmy P. Anderson (D) Melissa Sargent (D) Travis Tranel (R) Edward Brooks (R) Todd Novak (R) Jeremy Thiesfeldt (R) Michael Schraa (R) Gordon Hintz (D) Mike Rohrkaste (R) Dave Murphy (R) Amanda Stuck (D) Bob Gannon (R) Jesse Kremer (R) Robert Brooks (R) Samantha Kerkman (R) Tom Weatherston (R) Robin Vos (R) Peter W. Barca (D) Tod Ohnstad (D) Cory Mason (D) Rob Summerfield (R) Kathy Bernier (R) Bob Kulp (R) Nancy VanderMeer (R) Katrina Shankland (D) Scott Krug (R) Nick Milroy (D) Beth Meyers (D) Romaine Quinn (R) Chris Taylor (D) Terese Berceau (D) Lisa Subeck (D) Dianne Hesselbein (D) Sondy Pope-Roberts (D) Dave Considine (D) Ken Skowronski (R) Chuck Wichgers (R) Mike Kuglitsch (R) Patrick Snyder (R) John Spiros (R) James Edming (R) John Macco (R) John Nygren (R) Eric Genrich (D) Dana Wachs (D) Treig Pronschinske (R) Warren Petryk (R) Steve Doyle (D) Jill Billings (D) Lee Nerison (R) Scott Allen (R) Adam Neylon (R) Cindi Duchow (R)
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