Wisconsin's 5th Assembly district

The 5th Assembly District of Wisconsin is one of 99 districts in the Wisconsin State Assembly.^[1] Located in northeast Wisconsin, the district comprises parts of eastern Outagamie County and western Brown County, including the city of Seymour, most of the city of Little Chute, and the northern half of Kaukauna. The district also includes all of the Oneida reservation spanning the two counties.^[2] The district is represented by Republican Joy Goeben, since January 2023.^[3]

Wisconsin's 5th 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	Joy Goeben R–Hobart since January 3, 2023 (1 years)
Demographics	87.07% White 1.04% Black 2.65% Hispanic 1.92% Asian 7.2% Native American 0.09% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
Population (2020)  • Voting age	59,076 44,923
Website	Official website
Notes	Northeast Wisconsin

The 5th Assembly district is located within Wisconsin's 2nd Senate district, along with the 4th 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 5th district was drawn with novel boundaries in southeast Outagamie County and part of southwest Brown County. The majority of the population of the new district came from Appleton suburbs in what had previously been the Outagamie County 3rd district. The last representative of the Outagamie 3rd district, William J. Rogers, was elected as the first representative of the 5th Assembly district in the 1972 election.^[6]

Other than the 1982 court ordered redistricting plan, which temporarily moved the 5th district to Milwaukee County,^[7] the district has remained in the same vicinity of eastern Outagamie County.

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  St. John Catholic Church and Island Park in Little Chute
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  Seymour, Wisconsin

List of past representatives

List of representatives to the Wisconsin State Assembly from the 5th district

Member	Party	Residence	Counties represented	Term start	Term end	Ref.
District created
William J. Rogers	Dem.	Kaukauna	Brown, Outagamie	January 1, 1973	January 3, 1983	[6][8]: 171
Betty Jo Nelsen	Rep.	Shorewood	Milwaukee	January 3, 1983	January 7, 1985	[9][8]: 162
Gary J. Schmidt	Rep.	Kaukauna	Brown, Outagamie	January 7, 1985	January 7, 1991	[10][8]: 174
William N. Vander Loop	Dem.	Kaukauna		January 7, 1991	January 4, 1999	[11][8]: 182
Lee Meyerhofer	Dem.	Kaukauna		January 4, 1999	January 6, 2003	[12][8]: 160
Becky Weber	Rep.	Green Bay	Brown, Outagamie, Shawano	January 6, 2003	January 3, 2005	[13][8]: 184
Tom Nelson	Dem.	Kaukauna		January 3, 2005	January 3, 2011	[14][8]: 163
Jim Steineke	Rep.	Kaukauna		January 3, 2011	July 23, 2022	[15]
			Brown, Outagamie
--Vacant--				July 23, 2022	January 3, 2023
Joy Goeben	Rep.	Hobart		January 3, 2023	Current	[3]

References

1. "Assembly District 5". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved February 7, 2021.
2. "Wisconsin Legislative Districts - Assembly District 5 Boundaries". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved February 7, 2021.
3. "Representative Joy L. Goeben". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved January 3, 2023.
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 14, 2021.
6. 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 February 7, 2021.
7. Wisconsin State AFL-CIO v. Elections Board, 543 F. Supp. 630 (E.D. Wis. June 9, 1982).
8. 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. 160, 162, 163, 171, 174, 182, 184. ISBN 978-0-9752820-2-1. Retrieved February 7, 2021.
9. 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 February 7, 2021.
10. 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 February 7, 2021.
11. 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 February 7, 2021.
12. Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau (2001). "Biographies" (PDF). In Barish, Lawrence S.; Meloy, Patricia E. (eds.). State of Wisconsin 2001-2002 Blue Book (Report). State of Wisconsin. pp. 24–25. Retrieved February 7, 2021.
13. Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau (2003). "Biographies" (PDF). In Barish, Lawrence S. (ed.). State of Wisconsin 2003-2004 Blue Book (Report). State of Wisconsin. pp. 22–23. Retrieved February 7, 2021.
14. 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 February 7, 2021.
15. "Representative Jim Steineke". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved February 7, 2021.