Wisconsin's 63rd Assembly district

The 63rd Assembly district of Wisconsin is one of 99 districts in the Wisconsin State Assembly.^[1] Located in southeast Wisconsin, the district comprises areas of northeast Racine County and southwest Milwaukee County. It includes most of the city of Franklin and most of the village of Caledonia.^[2] The district is represented by Republican Robin Vos, the Speaker of the Assembly, since 2005.^[3]

Wisconsin's 63rd 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	Robin Vos R–Rochester since January 3, 2005 (19 years)
Demographics	82.31% White 5.05% Black 5.88% Hispanic 4.82% Asian 1.59% Native American 0.09% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
Population (2020)  • Voting age	59,708 47,783
Website	Official website
Notes	Southeast Wisconsin

The 63rd Assembly district is located within Wisconsin's 21st Senate district, along with the 61st and 62nd Assembly districts.^[4]

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  Root River valley in Franklin
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  Franklin City Hall
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  Whitnall Park

List of past representatives

List of representatives to the Wisconsin State Assembly from the 63rd district

Member	Party	Residence	Counties represented	Term start	Term end	Ref.
District created
Henry Rohner	Rep.	Mount Pleasant	Racine	January 1, 1973	January 6, 1975
Marcel Dandeneau	Dem.	Caledonia		January 6, 1975	January 3, 1979
E. James Ladwig	Rep.	Caledonia		January 3, 1979	January 3, 1983
John H. Robinson	Dem.	Wausau	Marathon	January 3, 1983	January 7, 1985
E. James Ladwig	Rep.	Caledonia	Racine	January 7, 1985	January 4, 1993
Bonnie Ladwig	Rep.	Caledonia		January 4, 1993	January 3, 2005	[5]
Robin Vos	Rep.	Rochester		January 3, 2005	Current	[3]

Electoral history

Year	Date	Elected				Defeated				Total	Plurality	Other primary candidates
1972[6]	November 7	Henry Rohner	Republican	9,208	51.31%	John Siefert	Dem.	8,551	47.65%	17,946	657	George H. Iverson (Dem.)
						Joseph Yugo	Amer.	187	1.04%
1974[7]	November 5	Marcel Dandeneau	Democratic	6,613	57.58%	Henry Rohner (inc.)	Rep.	4,872	42.42%	11,485	1,741	John Siefert (Dem.)
1976[8]	November 2	Marcel Dandeneau (inc.)	Democratic	12,657	62.14%	Herman V. Nelson	Rep.	7,711	37.86%	20,368	4,946	Robert N. Miller (Dem.) Daniel J. Nielsen (Dem.)
1978[9]	November 7	E. James Ladwig	Republican	8,242	53.31%	Marcel Dandeneau (inc.)	Dem.	7,219	46.69%	15,461	1,023
1980[10]	November 4	E. James Ladwig (inc.)	Republican	13,386	57.83%	Marcel Dandeneau	Dem.	9,762	42.17%	23,148	3,624	Larry M. Mork (Dem.)
1982[11]	November 2	John H. Robinson	Democratic	8,733	53.79%	John L. McEwen	Rep.	7,503	46.21%	16,236	1,230
1984[12]	November 6	E. James Ladwig	Republican	11,943	53.55%	Ronald A. Sell	Dem.	10,359	46.45%	22,302	1,584
1986[13]	November 4	E. James Ladwig (inc.)	Republican	9,218	62.25%	Marilyn S. Nemeth	Dem.	5,590	37.75%	14,808	3,628	William H. Kumm (Dem.)
1988[14]	November 8	E. James Ladwig (inc.)	Republican	11,999	53.79%	Jeff Leavell	Dem.	10,309	46.21%	22,308	1,690
1990[15]	November 6	E. James Ladwig (inc.)	Republican	7,690	51.42%	Robert A. Beezat	Dem.	7,266	48.58%	14,956	424
1992[16]	November 3	Bonnie Ladwig	Republican	16,148	63.94%	Ronald Coutts	Dem.	9,105	36.06%	25,253	7,043	Shirley Mishleau (Rep.)
1994[17]	November 8	Bonnie Ladwig (inc.)	Republican	14,724	100.0%					14,724	14,724
1996[18]	November 5	Bonnie Ladwig (inc.)	Republican	16,520	69.03%	Patrick F. Cherf	Dem.	6,672	27.88%	23,932	9,848
						Michael J. O'Hare	Tax.	740	3.09%
1998[19]	November 3	Bonnie Ladwig (inc.)	Republican	14,328	71.94%	Patrick F. Cherf	Dem.	5,588	28.06%	19,916	8,740
2000[20]	November 7	Bonnie Ladwig (inc.)	Republican	22,640	99.68%					22,712	22,568	Marla Ann Malacara (Rep.)
2002[21]	November 5	Bonnie Ladwig (inc.)	Republican	15,068	99.18%					15,192	14,944
2004[22]	November 2	Robin Vos	Republican	23,682	99.37%					23,831	23,533
2006[23]	November 7	Robin Vos (inc.)	Republican	14,329	58.16%	Tim Daley	Dem.	10,304	41.82%	24,637	4,025
2008[24]	November 4	Robin Vos (inc.)	Republican	20,172	61.51%	Linda Flashinski	Dem.	12,609	38.45%	32,794	7,563
2010[25]	November 2	Robin Vos (inc.)	Republican	19,525	99.35%					19,653	19,397
2012[26]	November 6	Robin Vos (inc.)	Republican	17,704	58.31%	Kelley Albrecht	Dem.	12,637	41.62%	30,362	5,067
2014[27]	November 4	Robin Vos (inc.)	Republican	15,361	63.23%	Andy Mitchell	Dem.	8,917	36.70%	24,295	6,444	Bryn Biemeck (Rep.)
2016[28]	November 8	Robin Vos (inc.)	Republican	18,771	64.16%	Andy Mitchell	Dem.	10,487	35.84%	29,258	8,284
2018[29]	November 6	Robin Vos (inc.)	Republican	16,775	61.00%	Joel Jacobsen	Dem.	10,705	38.93%	27,499	6,070
2020[30]	November 3	Robin Vos (inc.)	Republican	19,919	58.44%	Joel Jacobsen	Dem.	14,132	41.46%	34,087	5,787

References

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