Wisconsin's 26th Assembly district

The 26th Assembly District of Wisconsin is one of 99 districts in the Wisconsin State Assembly.[2] Located in eastern Wisconsin, the district comprises southeast Sheboygan County, including most of the city of Sheboygan, as well as all of the city of Sheboygan Falls, and the villages of Adell, Cedar Grove, Oostburg, and Random Lake. It also encompasses the Kohler-Andrae State Park on the shore of Lake Michigan, south of Sheboygan.[3] The district is represented by Republican Terry Katsma, since January 2015.[4]

Downtown Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Uptown Chilton, Wisconsin
American Marram Grass dunes with Lake Michigan in background within Kohler-Andrae State Park

Wisconsin's 26th
State Assembly district
2022 map defined in Johnson v. Wisconsin Elections Commission
2011 map was defined in 2011 Wisc. Act 43
Assemblymember
  Terry Katsma
R–Oostburg
since January 5, 2015 (8 years)
Demographics79.0% White
2.8% Black
8.8% Hispanic
6.9% Asian
1.2% Native American
0.0% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
0.9% Other
Population (2020)
 • Voting age		59,640[1]
46,611
NotesEastern Wisconsin

The 26th Assembly district is located within Wisconsin's 9th Senate district, along with the 25th and 27th Assembly districts.[5]

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.[6] The 26th district was drawn roughly in line with the boundaries of the previous Milwaukee County 4th district (downtown Milwaukee).

Following the 1982 court-ordered redistricting, which scrambled all State Assembly districts, the 1983 redistricting moved the 26th district to Sheboygan County, based in the city of Sheboygan. The boundaries remained mostly consistent since 1984. The controversial 2011 redistricting plan (2011 Wisc. Act 43) added a number of rural towns to the 26th district and split the city of Sheboygan between the 26th and 27th districts, in order to create two safe Republican districts from what had previously been the competitive 26th and safe Republican 27th.

List of past representatives
List of representatives to the Wisconsin State Assembly from the 26th district
Member Party Residence Counties represented Term start Term end Ref.
District created
Harout O. Sanasarian Dem. Milwaukee Milwaukee January 1, 1973 January 3, 1977
Stephen R. Leopold Dem. Milwaukee January 3, 1977 January 3, 1983
Wayne W. Wood Dem. Janesville Rock January 3, 1983 January 7, 1985
Calvin Potter Dem. Kohler Sheboygan January 7, 1985 January 7, 1991
James Baumgart Dem. Sheboygan January 7, 1991 January 4, 1999
Joe Leibham Rep. Sheboygan January 4, 1999 January 6, 2003
Terry Van Akkeren Dem. Sheboygan January 6, 2003 January 3, 2011
Mike Endsley Rep. Sheboygan January 3, 2011 January 5, 2015 [7]
Terry Katsma Rep. Oostburg January 5, 2015 Current [4]

References
  1. "LTSB Open Data: Wisconsin Assembly Districts (2022)". Wisconsin Legislative Technology Services Bureau. Retrieved November 20, 2022.
  2. "Assembly District 26". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
  3. "Wisconsin Legislative Districts - Assembly District 26 Boundaries". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
  4. "Representative Terry Katsma". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
  5. "An Act ... relating to: legislative redistricting". Act No. 43 of 2011. Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
  6. 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 31, 2021.
  7. "Representative Mike Endsley". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
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