Wisconsin's 34th Assembly district

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Wisconsin's 34th
State Assembly district
Map of the district
Wisconsin Assembly District 34, defined in 2011 Wisc. Act 43
Assemblymember
  Rob Swearingen
R–Rhinelander
since January 7, 2013 (9 years)
Demographics95.9% White
0.5% Black
1.7% Hispanic
0.5% Asian
0.9% Native American
0.5% Other
Population (2010)
 • Voting age		57,387[1][2]
47,190
NotesNorthern Wisconsin

The 34th Assembly District of Wisconsin is one of 99 districts in the Wisconsin State Assembly.[3] Located in northern Wisconsin, the district comprises all of Florence County and most of Vilas County and Oneida County, along with the northern half of Forest County. It contains the cities of Rhinelander and Eagle River and about half of the Nicolet National Forest, including the Blackjack Springs Wilderness and Headwaters Wilderness.[4] The district is represented by Republican Rob Swearingen, since January 2013.[5]

Downtown Rhinelander
Headwaters Wilderness in the Nicolet National Forest
The Eagle River flowing through Eagle River

The 34th Assembly district is located within Wisconsin's 12th Senate district, along with the 35th and 36th Assembly districts.[6]

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.[7] The 34th district was drawn with novel boundaries, taking the southern half of the former Price County–Rusk County–Sawyer County district (all of Rusk County and southern Price County) and the western half of the former Lincoln County–Taylor County district (Taylor County) along with part of northern Clark County. The last representative of the Lincoln–Taylor district, Joseph Sweda, was elected in the 1972 election as the first representative of the 34th Assembly district.[8]

Following the 1982 court-ordered redistricting, which scrambled all State Assembly districts, the 1983 redistricting moved the 34th district to Oneida County and Vilas County. The district's boundaries did not change through redistricting in 1992, but the 2002 plan removed part of southwest Oneida County from the district. The controversial 2011 redistricting plan (2011 Wisc. Act 43) was the most significant change to the district since 1983, stretching the boundaries east through rural northern Forest County and Florence County.

List of District Representatives[]

List of representatives to the Wisconsin State Assembly from the 34th district
Member Party Residence Counties represented Term start Term end Ref.
District created
Joseph Sweda Dem. Lublin Clark, Price, Rusk, Taylor January 1, 1973 January 6, 1975 [8][9]: 179 
Stanley J. Lato Dem. Gilman January 6, 1975 January 1, 1979 [9]: 154 
Robert J. Larson Rep. Medford January 1, 1979 January 3, 1983 [9]: 154 
John Medinger Dem. La Crosse La Crosse January 3, 1983 January 7, 1985 [9]: 159 
Jim Holperin Dem. Eagle River Oneida, Vilas January 7, 1985 January 2, 1995 [9]: 147 
Joe Handrick Rep. Minocqua January 2, 1995 January 1, 2001 [9]: 144 
Dan Meyer Rep. Eagle River January 1, 2001 January 7, 2013 [9]: 160 
Rob Swearingen Rep. Rhinelander Florence, Forest, Oneida, Vilas January 7, 2013 Current [5]

References[]

  1. ^ 2011 Wisconsin Act 43 and 44 with Baldus et al vs. Brennan et al by Municipal Ward (PDF) (Report). Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau. October 18, 2012. pp. 61–66. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
  2. ^ Wisconsin Legislative District Health Profile - Assembly District 34 (PDF) (Report). University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. 2018. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
  3. ^ "Assembly District 34". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
  4. ^ "Wisconsin Legislative Districts - Assembly District 34 Boundaries". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Representative Rob Swearingen". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
  6. ^ "An Act ... relating to: legislative redistricting". Act No. 43 of 2011. Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ a b Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau (1973). "Biographies" (PDF). In Theobald, H. Rupert; Robbins, Patricia V. (eds.). The state of Wisconsin 1973 Blue Book (Report). State of Wisconsin. pp. 44–45. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g 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. 144, 147, 154, 159, 160, 179. ISBN 978-0-9752820-2-1. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
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