Wisconsin's 27th Assembly district

The 27th Assembly District of Wisconsin is one of 99 districts in the Wisconsin State Assembly.[2] Located in eastern Wisconsin, the district comprises northeast Sheboygan County and southeast Manitowoc County. It includes part of northern Sheboygan, as well as the cities of Plymouth and Kiel, and the villages of Cleveland, Elkhart Lake, and Kohler. It also contains Lakeland University, the Whistling Straits and Blackwolf Run golf courses, the Road America motorsport course, and the Sheboygan County Memorial Airport.[3] The district is represented by Republican Amy Binsfeld, since January 2023.[4]

City of Plymouth
Village of Elkhart Lake
Aerial view of Whistling Straits golf course

Wisconsin's 27th
State Assembly district
2022 map defined in Johnson v. Wisconsin Elections Commission
2011 map was defined in 2011 Wisc. Act 43
Assemblymember
  Amy Binsfeld
R–Mosel
since January 3, 2023 (0 years)
Demographics84.6% White
1.9% Black
5.6% Hispanic
5.6% Asian
1.1% Native American
0.0% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
0.9% Other
Population (2020)
 • Voting age		59,727[1]
46,511
NotesEastern Wisconsin

The 27th Assembly district is located within Wisconsin's 9th Senate district, along with the 25th and 26th 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 27th district was drawn somewhat in line with the boundaries of the previous Milwaukee County 12th district (downtown Milwaukee) with the addition of northern parts of what had been the Milwaukee County 17th district (Port of Milwaukee).

Following the 1982 court-ordered redistricting, which scrambled all State Assembly districts, the 1983 redistricting moved the 27th district to Sheboygan County, comprising the rural towns surrounding the more suburban municipalities of Sheboygan, Kohler, and Sheboygan Falls.[7] The controversial 2011 redistricting plan (2011 Wisc. Act 43) 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 27th district
Member Party Residence Counties represented Term start Term end Ref.
District created
Joseph Czerwinski Dem. Milwaukee Milwaukee January 1, 1973 January 5, 1981
Walter Kunicki Dem. Milwaukee January 5, 1981 January 3, 1983
Charles W. Coleman Rep. Richmond Walworth January 3, 1983 January 7, 1985
Wilfrid J. Turba Rep. Elkhart Lake Calumet, Sheboygan January 7, 1985 January 4, 1993 [7]
Clifford Otte Rep. Sheboygan Falls January 4, 1993 January 4, 1999
Steve Kestell Rep. Elkhart Lake Calumet, Fond du Lac, Manitowoc, Sheboygan January 4, 1999 January 5, 2015 [8]
Tyler Vorpagel Rep. Plymouth Manitowoc, Sheboygan January 5, 2015 June 1, 2022 [9]
--Vacant-- June 1, 2022 January 3, 2023
Amy Binsfeld Rep. Mosel January 3, 2023 Current [4]

References
  1. "LTSB Open Data: Wisconsin Assembly Districts (2022)". Wisconsin Legislative Technology Services Bureau. Retrieved November 20, 2022.
  2. "Assembly District 27". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
  3. "Wisconsin Legislative Districts - Assembly District 27 Boundaries". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
  4. "Representative Amy E. Binsfeld". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved January 3, 2023.
  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. 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. 38–39. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
  8. "Representative Steve Kestell". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
  9. "Representative Tyler Vorpagel". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
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