Wisconsin's 54th Assembly district

The 54th Assembly District of the Wisconsin is one of 99 districts in the Wisconsin State Assembly.[2] Located in east-central Wisconsin, the district covers most of the city of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, in eastern Winnebago County. It also contains landmarks such as the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh campus, the Oshkosh campus of the Fox Valley Technical College, and the Oshkosh Corporation headquarters.[3] The district is represented by Democrat Lori Palmeri, since January 2023.[4]

Downtown Oshkosh
Historic Dempsey Hall on the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh campus
Where the Fox River meets Lake Winnebago

Wisconsin's 54th
State Assembly district
2022 map defined in Johnson v. Wisconsin Elections Commission
2011 map was defined in 2011 Wisc. Act 43
Assemblymember
  Lori Palmeri
D–Oshkosh
since January 3, 2023 (0 years)
Demographics82.6% White
5.3% Black
4.4% Hispanic
4.6% Asian
1.9% Native American
0.1% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
0.8% Other
Population (2020)
 • Voting age		59,608[1]
48,668
NotesEast-central Wisconsin

The 54th Assembly District is located within Wisconsin's 18th Senate district, along with the 52nd and 53rd Assembly districts.

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 54th district was drawn mostly in line with the previous Dodge County 1st district, but exchanged towns in northern Dodge County for towns in western Washington County.[6] The last representative of the Dodge 1st district, Esther Doughty Luckhardt, went on to win the first election to represent the 54th Assembly district.[7] The boundaries of the 54th district have been mostly stable since the 1983 redistricting, comprising the city of Oshkosh and a shifting collection of wards from neighboring towns, but since 2002 has mostly been reduced to the city boundaries of Oshkosh.

List of past representatives
List of representatives to the Wisconsin State Assembly from the 54th district
Member Party Residence Counties represented Term start Term end Ref.
District created
Esther Doughty Luckhardt Rep. Horicon Dodge, Washington January 1, 1973 January 3, 1983 [7]
Cathy Zeuske Rep. Shawano Oconto, Outagamie, Shawano January 3, 1983 January 7, 1985
Carol A. Buettner Rep. Oshkosh Winnebago January 7, 1985 April 21, 1987
--Vacant-- April 21, 1987 June 15, 1987
Gregg Underheim Rep. Oshkosh June 15, 1987 January 1, 2007
Gordon Hintz Dem. Oshkosh January 1, 2007 January 2, 2023 [8]
Lori Palmeri Dem. Oshkosh 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 54". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
  3. "Wisconsin Legislative Districts - Assembly District 54 Boundaries". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
  4. "Representative Lori A. Palmeri". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved January 3, 2023.
  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 25, 2021.
  6. Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau (1971). "Biographies" (PDF). The state of Wisconsin Blue Book, 1971 (Report). State of Wisconsin. p. 40. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
  7. Theobald, H. Rupert; Robbins, Patricia V., eds. (1973). "Biographies" (PDF). The state of Wisconsin 1973 Blue Book (Report). State of Wisconsin. pp. 56–57. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
  8. "Representative Gordon Hintz". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
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