Wisconsin's 1st congressional district
Wisconsin's 1st congressional district | |||
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Representative |
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Area | 1,679.95 sq mi (4,351.1 km2) | ||
Distribution |
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Population (2022) | 729,535[1] | ||
Median household income | $71,781[2] | ||
Ethnicity | |||
Cook PVI | R+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
# | County | Seat | Population |
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59 | Kenosha | Kenosha | 168,732 |
79 | Milwaukee | Milwaukee
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928,059 |
101 | Racine | Racine | 196,896 |
101 | Rock | Janesville | 164,381 |
101 | Walworth | Elkhorn | 106,799 |
- Genoa City, Kenosha, Paddock Lake, Paris, Pleasant Prairie, Randall, Salem Lakes, Somers, Twin Lakes, and Wheatland
- Burlington, Caledonia, Dover, Elmwood, Mount Pleasant, North Bay, Norway, Racine, Raymond, Rochester, Sturtevant, Union Grove, Wateford, Wind Point, and Yorkville.
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- 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
Currently, it is a swing district that leans Republican, although it was redrawn to be more Democratic-leaning in 2022.
Year | Office | Results |
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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
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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
Member | Party | Years | Cong ress |
Electoral history | District |
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District established June 5, 1848 | |||||
Milwaukee )
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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 |
Re-elected in 1850 .Retired. |
Milwaukee, Racine, Walworth, & Waukesha counties (& Kenosha—created in 1850 from Racine) |
Milwaukee )
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Democratic | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1857 |
33rd 34th |
Re-elected in 1854 .Retired. | |
John F. Potter (East Troy) |
Republican | March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1863 |
35th 36th 37th |
Re-elected in 1860 .Lost re-election. | |
Milwaukee )
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Democratic | March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865 |
38th | Withdrew from re-election .
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Kenosha, Milwaukee, Racine, Walworth, & Waukesha counties |
Milwaukee )
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Republican | March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1871 |
39th 40th 41st |
Re-elected in 1868 .Retired. | |
Milwaukee )
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Democratic | March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873 |
42nd | . | |
Charles G. Williams (Janesville) |
Republican | March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1883 |
43rd 44th 45th 46th 47th |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Re-elected in 1930 but died before next term began.
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Vacant | March 1, 1931 – October 13, 1931 |
71st 72nd |
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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 |
Re-elected in 1936. .
Retired to run for U.S. senator | |
Stephen Bolles (Janesville) |
Republican | January 3, 1939 – July 8, 1941 |
76th 77th |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Re-elected in 1992. .
Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of Defense | |
Kenosha, Racine, Rock, & Walworth counties & eastern Green County & part of Jefferson County
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Kenosha, Racine, Rock, & Walworth counties & eastern Green County & part of Jefferson County
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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 |
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 |
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
2002 district boundaries (2002–2011)
Year | Date | Elected | Defeated | Total | Plurality | ||||||
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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.
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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)
Year | Date | Elected | Defeated | Total | Plurality | ||||||
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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10,006 | 3.08% | ||||||||
Joseph Kexel (write-in) | Ind.
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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)
Year | Date | Elected | Defeated | Total | Plurality | ||||||
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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% |
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