Wisconsin's 1st congressional district
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Wisconsin's 1st congressional district is a congressional district of the United States House of Representatives in southeastern Wisconsin, covering Kenosha County, Racine County, and most of Walworth County, as well as portions of Rock County and Milwaukee County. The district's current Representative is Republican Bryan Steil.
Among the district's previous representatives are U.S. Secretary of Defense Les Aspin and Speaker of the House and 2012 Vice Presidential-nominee Paul Ryan.
A slightly Republican-leaning district, it was carried by George W. Bush in 2004 with 53%; the district voted for Barack Obama over John McCain in 2008, 51.40–47.45% and the district voted for Mitt Romney over Barack Obama in 2012, 52.12%–47.88%.[1] It stayed Republican in 2016, with a plurality of voters polling for Donald Trump.[2]
Composition
For the 118th and successive Congresses (based on redistricting following the 2020 census), the district contains all or portions of the following counties, towns, and municipalities:[3]
Kenosha County (13)
- All 13 towns and municipalities
Milwaukee County (7)
Racine County (17)
- All 17 towns and municipalities
Rock County (15)
- Beloit (city) (part; also 2nd), Beloit (town) (part; also 2nd) Bradford, Clinton (town), Clinton (village), Janesville (city) (part; also 2nd), Janesville (town) (part; also 2nd), Johnstown, La Prairie (part; also 2nd), Lima, Milton (city), Milton (town), Rock (part; also 2nd), Turtle (part; also 2nd)
Walworth County (26)
- Bloomfield, Darien (town), Darien (village), Delavan (city), Delavan (town), East Troy (part; also 5th), Elkhorn, Geneva, Genoa City (shared with Kenosha County), Fontana-on-Geneva Lake, Lafayette, Lake Geneva, La Grange, Linn, Lyons, Richmond, Sharon (town), Sharon (village), Spring Prairie, Sugar Creek, Troy, Walworth (town), Walworth (village), Whitewater (city) (part; also 5th; shared with Jefferson County), Whitewater (town), Williams Bay.
Recent election results from statewide races
Currently, it is a swing district that leans Republican, although it was redrawn to be more Democratic-leaning in 2022.
List of members representing the district
Electoral history
2002 district boundaries (2002–2011)
| Year | Date | Elected | Defeated | Total | Plurality | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002[11] | Nov. 5 | Paul Ryan (inc) | rowspan="2" valign="top" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican | 140,176 | 67.19% | Jeffrey C. Thomas | valign="top" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Dem. | 63,895 | 30.63% | 208,613 | 76,281 |
| George Meyers | valign="top" style="background:Template:Party color" | Lib. | 4,406 | 2.11% | ||||||||
| 2004[12] | Nov. 2 | Paul Ryan (inc) | rowspan="3" valign="top" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican | 233,372 | 65.37% | Jeffrey C. Thomas | valign="top" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Dem. | 116,250 | 32.57% | 356,976 | 117,122 |
| Norman Aulabaugh | valign="top" Template:Party shading/Independent | Ind. | 4,252 | 1.19% | ||||||||
| Don Bernau | valign="top" style="background:Template:Party color" | Lib. | 2,936 | 0.82% | ||||||||
| 2006[13] | Nov. 7 | Paul Ryan (inc) | valign="top" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican | 161,320 | 62.63% | Jeffrey C. Thomas | valign="top" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Dem. | 95,761 | 37.17% | 257,596 | 65,559 |
| 2008[14] | Nov. 4 | Paul Ryan (inc) | rowspan="2" valign="top" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican | 231,009 | 63.97% | Marge Krupp | valign="top" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Dem. | 125,268 | 34.69% | 361,107 | 105,741 |
| Joseph Kexel | valign="top" style="background:Template:Party color" | Lib. | 4,606 | 1.28% | ||||||||
| 2010[15] | Nov. 2 | Paul Ryan (inc) | rowspan="2" valign="top" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican | 179,819 | 68.21% | John Heckenlively | valign="top" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Dem. | 79,363 | 30.10% | 263,627 | 100,456 |
| Joseph Kexel | valign="top" style="background:Template:Party color" | Lib. | 4,311 | 1.64% | ||||||||
2011 district boundaries (2012–2021)
| Year | Date | Elected | Defeated | Total | Plurality | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012[16] | Nov. 6 | Paul Ryan (inc) | rowspan="2" valign="top" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican | 200,423 | 54.90% | Rob Zerban | valign="top" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Dem. | 158,414 | 43.39% | 365,058 | 42,009 |
| Keith Deschler | valign="top" Template:Party shading/Independent | Ind. | 6,054 | 1.66% | ||||||||
| 2014[17] | Nov. 4 | Paul Ryan (inc) | rowspan="2" valign="top" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican | 182,316 | 63.27% | Rob Zerban | valign="top" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Dem. | 105,552 | 36.63% | 288,170 | 76,764 |
| Keith Deschler (write-in) | valign="top" Template:Party shading/Independent | Ind. | 29 | 0.01% | ||||||||
| 2016[18] | Nov. 8 | Paul Ryan (inc) | rowspan="3" valign="top" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican | 230,072 | 64.95% | Ryan Solen | valign="top" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Dem. | 107,003 | 30.21% | 354,245 | 123,069 |
| Spencer Zimmerman | valign="top" Template:Party shading/Independent | Ind. | 9,429 | 2.66% | ||||||||
| Jason Lebeck | valign="top" style="background:Template:Party color" | Lib. | 7,486 | 2.11% | ||||||||
| 2018[19] | Nov. 6 | Bryan Steil | rowspan="3" valign="top" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican | 177,492 | 54.56% | Randy Bryce | valign="top" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Dem. | 137,508 | 42.27% | 325,317 | 39,984 |
| Ken Yorgan | valign="top" Template:Party shading/Independent | Ind. | 10,006 | 3.08% | ||||||||
| Joseph Kexel (write-in) | valign="top" Template:Party shading/Independent | Ind. | 7 | 0.00% | ||||||||
| 2020[20] | Nov. 3 | Bryan Steil (inc) | valign="top" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican | 238,271 | 59.31% | Roger Polack | valign="top" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Dem. | 163,170 | 40.61% | 401,754 | 75,101 |
2022 district boundaries (2022–2031)
| Year | Date | Elected | Defeated | Total | Plurality | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022[21] | Nov. 8 | Bryan Steil (inc) | rowspan="2" valign="top" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican | 162,610 | 54.05% | Ann Roe | valign="top" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Dem. | 135,825 | 45.14% | 300,867 | 26,785 |
| Charles E. Barman | valign="top" Template:Party shading/Independent | Ind. | 2,247 | 0.75% | ||||||||
| 2024[22] | Nov. 5 | Bryan Steil (inc) | rowspan="4" valign="top" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican | 212,515 | 54.0 | Peter Barca | valign="top" style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Dem. | 172,402 | 43.8 | 393,493 | |
| Chester Todd Jr. | Green | 8,191 | 2.1% | ||||||||
| Write-in | valign="top" Template:Party shading/Independent | Ind. | 385 | 0.1% | ||||||||
References
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- Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
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