Wisconsin's 4th Assembly district

The 4th Assembly District of Wisconsin is one of 99 districts in the Wisconsin State Assembly.^[1] Located in northeast Wisconsin, the district comprises part of northwest Brown County, and much of southern Oconto County, including the cities of Oconto and Oconto Falls, and the villages of Howard and Lena, and part of the city of Green Bay.^[2] The district is represented by Republican David Steffen, since January 2015.^[3]

Wisconsin's 4th State Assembly district
From 2024 to 2031 From 2022 to 2023 From 2012 to 2021 2024 map defined in 2023 Wisc. Act 94 2022 map defined in Johnson v. Wisconsin Elections Commission 2011 map was defined in 2011 Wisc. Act 43
Assemblymember	David Steffen R–Howard since January 6, 2015 (9 years)
Demographics	92.23% White 0.96% Black 1.98% Hispanic 1.32% Asian 2.85% Native American 0.04% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
Population (2020)  • Voting age	60,096 46,280
Website	Official website
Notes	Northeast Wisconsin

The 4th Assembly district is located within Wisconsin's 2nd Senate district, along with the 5th and 6th Assembly districts.^[4]

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.^[5] The 4th district was drawn from some of the more densely populated parts of the previous Brown County 2nd district, including the town of De Pere, the city of De Pere, the villages of Bellevue and Allouez, and part of southern Green Bay.^[6]

The 1982 court-ordered redistricting plan, which scrambled all State Assembly districts, moved the 4th district to Milwaukee County.^[7] The 1983 redistricting, passed by the Legislature, superseded the court-ordered plan and moved the 4th district back to northeast Wisconsin, but it now spanned a vast—mostly rural—stretch of Oconto, Shawano, and Outagamie counties.^[8] That map remained until the 1992 redistricting, which moved the 4th district back into suburban Brown County,^[9] where it has remained through subsequent redistrictings, with some variation in the boundaries and municipalities included. The 2024 redistricting act moved the district further out from Green Bay, removing Ashwaubenon and Allouez, and instead adding Suamico and southern Oconto County.

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  Oconto County courthouse in Oconto
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  Oconto River in Oconto Falls

List of past representatives

List of representatives to the Wisconsin State Assembly from the 4th district

Member	Party	Residence	Counties represented	Term start	Term end	Ref.
District created
John C. Gower	Rep.	Green Bay	Brown	January 1, 1973	January 1, 1979	[10][11]: 141
Gary T. Dilweg	Rep.	De Pere		January 1, 1979	January 3, 1983	[12][11]: 134
Barbara Ulichny	Dem.	Milwaukee	Milwaukee	January 3, 1983	January 7, 1985	[13][11]: 182
Cathy Zeuske	Rep.	Shawano	Oconto, Outagamie, Shawano	January 7, 1985	January 7, 1991	[14][11]: 189
John Ainsworth	Rep.	Waukechon		January 7, 1991	January 4, 1993	[15][11]: 119
Mark A. Green	Rep.	Green Bay	Brown	January 4, 1993	January 4, 1999	[16][11]: 142
Phil Montgomery	Rep.	Ashwaubenon		January 4, 1999	January 3, 2011	[17][11]: 161
Chad Weininger	Rep.	Green Bay		January 3, 2011	January 6, 2015	[18]
David Steffen	Rep.	Howard		January 6, 2015	Current	[3]

References

1. "Assembly District 4". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved February 6, 2021.
2. "Wisconsin Legislative Districts - Assembly District 4 Boundaries". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved February 6, 2021.
3. "Representative David Steffen". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved February 6, 2021.
4. An Act ... relating to: legislative redistricting (Act 94). Wisconsin Legislature. 2023. Retrieved February 23, 2024.
5. Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau (1973). "Legislature" (PDF). In Theobald, H. Rupert; Robbins, Patricia V. (eds.). The state of Wisconsin 1973 Blue Book (Report). Madison, Wisconsin: State of Wisconsin. pp. 227–230. Retrieved February 7, 2021.
6. Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau (1971). "Biographies" (PDF). The state of Wisconsin Blue Book, 1971 (Report). State of Wisconsin. p. 35. Retrieved February 7, 2021.
7. Wisconsin State AFL-CIO v. Elections Board, 543 F. Supp. 630 (E.D. Wis. June 9, 1982).
8. Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau (1985). "Biographies" (PDF). In Theobald, H. Rupert; Robbins, Patricia V. (eds.). The state of Wisconsin 1985-1986 Blue Book (Report). State of Wisconsin. pp. 24–25. Retrieved February 7, 2021.
9. Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau (1993). "Biographies" (PDF). In Barish, Lawrence S.; Theobald, H. Rupert (eds.). State of Wisconsin 1993-1994 Blue Book (Report). State of Wisconsin. pp. 24–25. Retrieved February 7, 2021.
10. Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau (1977). "Biographies" (PDF). In Theobald, H. Rupert; Robbins, Patricia V. (eds.). The state of Wisconsin 1977 Blue Book (Report). State of Wisconsin. pp. 24–25. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
11. Barish, Lawrence S.; Lemanski, Lynn, eds. (2007). "Feature Article: Those Who Served: Wisconsin Legislators 1848 – 2007" (PDF). State of Wisconsin 2007-2008 Blue Book (Report). State of Wisconsin. pp. 119, 134, 141, 142, 161, 182, 189. ISBN 978-0-9752820-2-1. Retrieved February 7, 2021.
12. Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau (1981). "Biographies" (PDF). In Theobald, H. Rupert; Robbins, Patricia V. (eds.). The state of Wisconsin 1981-1982 Blue Book (Report). State of Wisconsin. pp. 24–25. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
13. Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau (1983). "Biographies" (PDF). In Theobald, H. Rupert; Robbins, Patricia V. (eds.). The state of Wisconsin 1983-1984 Blue Book (Report). State of Wisconsin. pp. 28–29. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
14. Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau (1989). "Biographies" (PDF). In Barish, Lawrence S.; Theobald, H. Rupert (eds.). State of Wisconsin 1989-1990 Blue Book (Report). State of Wisconsin. pp. 24–25. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
15. Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau (1991). "Biographies" (PDF). In Barish, Lawrence S.; Theobald, H. Rupert (eds.). State of Wisconsin 1991-1992 Blue Book (Report). State of Wisconsin. pp. 24–25. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
16. Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau (1997). "Biographies" (PDF). In Barish, Lawrence S. (ed.). State of Wisconsin 1997-1998 Blue Book (Report). State of Wisconsin. pp. 24–25. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
17. Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau (2009). "Biographies" (PDF). In Barish, Lawrence S.; Lemanski, Lynn (eds.). State of Wisconsin 2009-2010 Blue Book (Report). State of Wisconsin. pp. 22–23. ISBN 978-0-9752820-3-8. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
18. Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau (2013). "Biographies" (PDF). In Pohlman, Julie; Lemanski, Lynn (eds.). State of Wisconsin 2013-2014 Blue Book (Report). State of Wisconsin. pp. 22–23. ISBN 978-0-9752820-6-9. Retrieved January 30, 2021.