Wisconsin's 39th Assembly district

The 39th Assembly District of Wisconsin is one of 99 districts in the Wisconsin State Assembly.[2] Located in east-central Wisconsin, the district comprises most of Dodge County and part of eastern Columbia County. It includes the cities of Beaver Dam, Horicon, Juneau, and Mayville, and the villages of Brownsville, Doylestown, Fall River, Hustisford, Iron Ridge, Kekoskee, Lomira, Neosho, and Theresa, and contains the Horicon Marsh State Wildlife Area.[3] The district is represented by Republican Mark Born, since January 2013.[4]

Downtown Juneau
Downtown Horicon
Path in the Horicon Marsh State Wildlife Area

Wisconsin's 39th
State Assembly district
2022 map defined in Johnson v. Wisconsin Elections Commission
2011 map was defined in 2011 Wisc. Act 43
Assemblymember
  Mark Born
R–Beaver Dam
since January 7, 2013 (10 years)
Demographics88.7% White
1.4% Black
6.5% Hispanic
0.8% Asian
1.4% Native American
0.0% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
0.9% Other
Population (2020)
 • Voting age		59,437[1]
46,893
NotesEast-central Wisconsin

The 39th Assembly district is located within Wisconsin's 13th Senate district, along with the 37th and 38th 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 39th district was drawn with novel boundaries in central Jefferson County. Under the previous apportionment scheme, Jefferson County as a whole constituted an Assembly district. The last representative of the Jefferson County district, Byron F. Wackett, was elected in 1972 as the first representative of the 39th Assembly district.[7]

Following the 1982 court-ordered redistricting, which scrambled all State Assembly districts, the 1983 redistricting moved the 39th district to Dodge County. The district has remained in the same area since 1983, with variations in the boundaries.

Notable former representatives of the 39th district include Jeff Fitzgerald, who was the 78th Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly, and was instrumental in the passage of the controversial 2011 Wisconsin Act 10, which resulted in months of protests and, eventually, several recall elections.

List of past representatives
List of representatives to the Wisconsin State Assembly from the 39th district
Member Party Residence Counties represented Term start Term end Ref.
District created
Byron F. Wackett Rep. Watertown Jefferson, Walworth January 1, 1973 January 3, 1977 [7][8]: 183 
Milton Lorman Rep. Fort Atkinson January 3, 1977 November 27, 1979 [8]: 156 
--Vacant-- November 27, 1979 February 7, 1980
Randall S. Knox Rep. Jefferson February 7, 1980 January 3, 1983 [8]: 152 
Robert S. Travis Jr. Rep. Platteville Grant, Richland January 3, 1983 January 7, 1985 [8]: 181 
Robert Goetsch Rep. Oak Grove Columbia, Dodge January 7, 1985 January 1, 2001 [8]: 141 
Jeff Fitzgerald Rep. Horicon Dodge January 1, 2001 January 7, 2013 [8]: 138 
Mark Born Rep. Beaver Dam Dodge, Washington January 7, 2013 Current [4]
Columbia, Dodge

References
  1. "LTSB Open Data: Wisconsin Assembly Districts (2022)". Wisconsin Legislative Technology Services Bureau. Retrieved November 20, 2022.
  2. "Assembly District 39". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
  3. "Wisconsin Legislative Districts - Assembly District 39 Boundaries". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
  4. "Representative Mark Born". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
  5. "An Act ... relating to: legislative redistricting". Act No. 43 of 2011. Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved February 1, 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 February 16, 2021.
  7. Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau (1975). "Biographies" (PDF). In Theobald, H. Rupert; Robbins, Patricia V. (eds.). The state of Wisconsin 1975 Blue Book (Report). State of Wisconsin. pp. 46–47. Retrieved February 23, 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. 138, 141, 152, 156, 181, 183. ISBN 978-0-9752820-2-1. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
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