Wisconsin's 14th Assembly district

The 14th Assembly district of Wisconsin is one of 99 districts in the Wisconsin State Assembly.^[1] Located in southeast Wisconsin, the district comprises parts of western Milwaukee County. It includes most of the city of West Allis and parts of western Milwaukee and southwest Wauwatosa. The district also contains the Wisconsin State Fair Park, Milwaukee County Zoo, Greenfield Park, and the Pettit National Ice Center.^[2] The district is represented by Democrat Robyn Vining, since January 2019.^[3]

Wisconsin's 14th 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	Robyn Vining D–Wauwatosa since January 7, 2019 (5 years)
Demographics	76.76% White 6.72% Black 10.81% Hispanic 3.37% Asian 2.72% Native American 0.12% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
Population (2020)  • Voting age	59,463 47,815
Website	Official website
Notes	Milwaukee metro area

The 14th Assembly district is located within Wisconsin's 5th Senate district, along with the 13th and 15th Assembly districts.^[4]

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  Wisconsin State Fair Park
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  Greenfield Park
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  Pettit National Ice Center

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 14th district was drawn mostly in line with the previous Milwaukee County 9th district, but removed all wards of the city of Glendale and added more wards from the city of Milwaukee, from what had previously been the Milwaukee County 18th district.^[6]

The district has remained in the same vicinity, but has crept south and west in redistrictings since 1972. The 2002 court-ordered redistricting was the first to extend the district into Waukesha County, when the district was drawn to comprise the eastern half of the city of Brookfield with the village of Elm Grove, in Waukesha County, along with the western half of the city of Wauwatosa and western wards of the cities of West Allis and Milwaukee, in Milwaukee County.^[7] The 2022 redistricting sought to cram more Democratic votes into this district in order to make the 13th Assembly district a more safely Republican seat, so all the Waukesha County wards were removed in favor of more of Milwaukee County. The 2024 redistricting act kept the district within Milwaukee County, but made it more compact, making it essentially a West Allis district with a few wards from neighboring Wauwatosa and Milwaukee.

Notable past representatives of the 14th Assembly district include Tom Barrett, the 44th mayor of Milwaukee, who also served in the United States House of Representatives, representing Wisconsin's 5th congressional district for five terms, and Scott Walker, who became the 45th governor of Wisconsin and was a candidate for President in the 2016 Republican Party presidential primaries.

List of past representatives

List of representatives to the Wisconsin State Assembly from the 14th district

Member	Party	Residence	Counties represented	Term start	Term end	Ref.
District created
Robert E. Behnke	Dem.	Milwaukee	Milwaukee County	January 1, 1973	January 3, 1983	[6][8]: 123
Thomas J. Crawford				January 3, 1983	January 7, 1985	[9][8]: 132
Tom Barrett				January 7, 1985	December 13, 1989	[10][8]: 122
--Vacant--				December 13, 1989	May 15, 1990	[11]
David Cullen	Dem.	Milwaukee		May 15, 1990	January 4, 1993	[12][8]: 132
Peggy Rosenzweig	Rep.	Wauwatosa		January 4, 1993	April 20, 1993	[13][8]: 171
--Vacant--				April 20, 1993	July 12, 1993	[14]
Scott Walker	Rep.	Wauwatosa		July 12, 1993	April 30, 2002	[7][8]: 183
--Vacant--				April 30, 2002	November 5, 2002
Leah Vukmir	Rep.	Wauwatosa		November 5, 2002	January 3, 2011	[15][8]: 183
			Milwaukee, Waukesha
Dale P. Kooyenga	Rep.	Brookfield		January 3, 2011	January 7, 2019	[16]
Robyn Vining	Dem.	Wauwatosa		January 7, 2019	Current	[3]
			Milwaukee County

References

1. "Assembly District 14". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
2. "Wisconsin Legislative Districts - Assembly District 14 Boundaries". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
3. "Representative Robyn Vining". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved February 10, 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 January 22, 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. 30–31. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
7. 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. 30–31. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
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. 122, 123, 132, 171, 183. ISBN 978-0-9752820-2-1. Retrieved February 10, 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. 26–27. Retrieved February 10, 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. 30–31. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
11. "Tuesday, May 15, 1990" (PDF). State of Wisconsin Assembly Journal (Eighty-Ninth Regular Session). Wisconsin Legislature: 1049. May 15, 1990. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
12. 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. 30–31. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
13. "Tuesday, April 20, 1993" (PDF). State of Wisconsin Assembly Journal (Ninety-First Regular Session). Wisconsin Legislature: 115. April 20, 1993. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
14. "Thursday, July 15, 1993" (PDF). State of Wisconsin Assembly Journal (Ninety-First Regular Session). Wisconsin Legislature: 279. July 15, 1993. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
15. 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. 28–29. ISBN 978-0-9752820-3-8. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
16. "Representative Dale Kooyenga". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved February 10, 2021.