Wisconsin Assembly, District 3

The 3rd Assembly District of Wisconsin is one of 99 districts in the Wisconsin State Assembly.[3] Located in Eastern Wisconsin, the district currently encompasses portions of Calumet and Outagamie counties. The seat has been held by Ron Tusler since 2017.[4]

Wisconsin's 3rd
State Assembly District
Wisconsin Assembly District 3, defined in 2011 Wisc. Act 43
Assemblymember
  Ron Tusler
R–Appleton
since January 3, 2017 (4 years)
Demographics87.6% White
2.2% Black
6.8% Hispanic
2.5% Asian
0.2% Native American
0.7% Other
Population (2010)
 • Voting age		57,444[1][2]
41,404
NotesEastern Wisconsin

The 3rd Assembly District is located within Wisconsin's 1st Senate district, along with the 1st and 2nd 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 3rd district was drawn mostly in line with the previous Manitowoc County 2nd district, but exchanged towns in southern Manitowoc for towns in southeastern Brown County, which previously made up the southern half of the Brown County 2nd district.[6] The last representative of the Manitowoc 2nd district, Everett E. Bolle, went on to win the first election to represent the 3rd Assembly district.[7]

The boundaries of the 3rd district have changed significantly over the various redistricting laws passed since 1972. The 1982 redistricting act, which completely scrambled State Assembly districts, moved the 3rd district to southeast Milwaukee County for the 1983–1984 session.[8] The 1984 redistricting act restored the district closer to its previous location, but located it almost entirely in Calumet County.[9] The 1992 redistricting added more of southern Brown County and northern Fond du Lac County to the district and removed areas of southeastern Outagamie County.[10] The 2002 redistricting act removed towns of Fond du Lac and southern Calumet, and added back areas of southeastern Outagamie County.[11] The district only changed slightly in the 2011 redistricting act (2011 Wisc. Act 43), removing the remaining towns of Brown County from the district.

List of Assembly members
List of representatives to the Wisconsin State Assembly from the 3rd district
Member Party Residence Term Start Term End Counties Represented Ref.
District Created
Everett E. Bolle Democratic Francis Creek January 1, 1973 January 6, 1975 Brown, Manitowoc [7]
Alan Lasee Republican De Pere January 6, 1975 January 3, 1977 [12]
Daniel Fischer Democratic Whitelaw January 3, 1977 January 3, 1983 [13]
Chester A. Gerlach South Milwaukee January 3, 1983 January 7, 1985 Milwaukee [8]
Gervase A. Hephner Chilton January 7, 1985 January 5, 1987 Calumet, Fond du Lac, Outagamie [9]
Alvin Ott Republican Forest Junction January 5, 1987 January 3, 2017
Brown, Calumet, Fond du Lac, Outagamie [10]
Calumet, Outagamie [11]
Ron Tusler Appleton January 3, 2017 Incumbent [4]

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. 7–10. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
  2. Wisconsin Legislative District Health Profile - Assembly District 3 (PDF) (Report). University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. 2018. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
  3. "Assembly District 3". docs.legis.wisconsin.gov. Retrieved 2020-08-05.
  4. "Representative Ron Tusler". docs.legis.wisconsin.gov. Retrieved 2020-08-05.
  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 22, 2021.
  6. Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau (1971). "Biographies" (PDF). The state of Wisconsin Blue Book, 1971 (Report). State of Wisconsin. p. 48. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
  7. Theobald, H. Rupert; Robbins, Patricia V., eds. (1973). "Biographies" (PDF). The state of Wisconsin 1973 Blue Book (Report). State of Wisconsin. pp. 22–23. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
  8. Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau (1983). "Biographies" (PDF). In Theobald, H. Rupert; Robbins, Patricia V. (eds.). The state of Wisconsin 1983-1984 Blue Book (Report). State of Wisconsin. pp. 34–35. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
  9. Theobald, H. Rupert; Robbins, Patricia V., eds. (1985). "Biographies" (PDF). The state of Wisconsin 1985-1986 Blue Book (Report). State of Wisconsin. pp. 22–23. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
  10. Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau (1993). "Biographies" (PDF). In Barish, Lawrence S.; Theobald, H. Rupert (eds.). State of Wisconsin 1993-1994 Blue Book (Report). State of Wisconsin. pp. 22–23. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
  11. Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau. "Biographies" (PDF). In Barish, Lawrence S.; Lemanski, Lynn (eds.). State of Wisconsin 2005-2006 Blue Book (Report). pp. 20–21. ISBN 0-9752820-1-8. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
  12. "The State: The state of Wisconsin 1975 Blue Book: Biographies and pictures". digicoll.library.wisc.edu. Retrieved 2020-08-05.
  13. "The State: The state of Wisconsin 1981-1982 Blue Book: Biographies and pictures". digicoll.library.wisc.edu. Retrieved 2020-08-05.
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