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Wisconsin's 68th Assembly district

The 68th Assembly district of Wisconsin is one of 99 districts in the Wisconsin State Assembly.[1] Located in northwestern Wisconsin, the district comprises all of Price and Rusk counties, and most of Chippewa and Taylor counties. It includes the cities of Bloomer, Cornell, Ladysmith, Park Falls, and Phillips, and the villages of Bruce, Catawba, Conrath, Gilman, Glen Flora, Hawkins, Ingram, Kennan, Lublin, Prentice, Rib Lake, Sheldon, Tony, and Weyerhaeuser. The district also contains Lake Wissota State Park, Brunet Island State Park, and Timms Hill—the highest natural point in the state of Wisconsin.[2] The district is represented by Republican Karen Hurd, since January 2023.[3]

Wisconsin's 68th
State Assembly district
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2024 map defined in 2023 Wisc. Act 94
2022 map defined in Johnson v. Wisconsin Elections Commission
2011 map was defined in 2011 Wisc. Act 43
Assemblymember
  Karen Hurd
R–Fall Creek
since January 3, 2023 (1 years)
Demographics95.34% White
0.36% Black
1.16% Hispanic
0.6% Asian
1.46% Native American
0.22% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
Population (2020)
 • Voting age		59,902
47,350
WebsiteOfficial website
NotesNorthwest Wisconsin

The 68th Assembly district is located within Wisconsin's 23rd Senate district, along with the 67th and 69th Assembly districts.[4]

History

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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 68th district was drawn mostly in line with the former Eau Claire County 1st district (most of the city of Eau Claire), but added all of the remaining precincts of the city of Eau Claire. The last representative of the Eau Claire County 1st district, Joseph Looby, went on to win the first election to represent the 68th Assembly district.

The district boundaries have shifted over the various redistricting schemes since 1983, though the district had remained anchored on the city of Eau Claire until the controversial 2011 redistricting plan (2011 Wisc. Act 43) which divided the city between the 68th and 91st Assembly districts, and added vast stretches of Clark County and parts of Jackson and Trempealeau counties to the 68th district. Under the 2022 court-ordered redistricting, barely any of the city of Eau Claire remains in this district. The 2024 redistricting completely removed the district from Eau Claire County, shifting it north to rural Chippewa, Rusk, Price, and Taylor counties.

List of past representatives

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List of representatives to the Wisconsin State Assembly from the 68th district
Member Party Residence Counties represented Term start Term end Ref.
District created
Joseph Looby Dem. Eau Claire Chippewa, Eau Claire January 1, 1973 January 1, 1979
William P. Gagin Rep. Eau Claire January 1, 1979 January 5, 1981
Joseph Looby Dem. Eau Claire January 5, 1981 January 3, 1983
John M. Young Rep. Brookfield Milwaukee, Waukesha January 3, 1983 January 7, 1985
Joseph Looby Dem. Eau Claire Chippewa, Eau Claire, Taylor January 7, 1985 January 2, 1989
David Zien Rep. Eau Claire January 2, 1989 April 12, 1993
--Vacant-- Chippewa, Eau Claire April 12, 1993 July 9, 1993
David Plombon Dem. Stanley July 9, 1993 January 6, 1997
Chuck Schafer Rep. Lafayette January 6, 1997 January 4, 1999
Larry Balow Dem. Eau Claire January 4, 1999 January 3, 2005
Terry Moulton Rep. Chippewa Falls January 3, 2005 January 5, 2009
Kristen Dexter Dem. Eau Claire January 5, 2009 January 3, 2011
Kathy Bernier Rep. Chippewa Falls Chippewa, Clark, Eau Claire, Jackson, Trempealeau January 3, 2011 January 7, 2019 [6]
Jesse L. James Rep. Altoona January 7, 2019 January 2, 2023 [7]
Karen Hurd Rep. Fall Creek Chippewa, Clark, Eau Claire January 3, 2023 Current [3]

Electoral history

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Year Date Elected Defeated Total Plurality Other primary candidates
1972[8] Nov. 7 Joseph Looby Democratic 12,599 59.07% David Duax Rep. 8,730 40.93% 21,329 3,869
1974[9] Nov. 5 Joseph Looby (inc.) Democratic 9,507 90.00% Joseph L. Larson Amer. 1,056 10.00% 10,563 8,451
1976[10] Nov. 2 Joseph Looby (inc.) Democratic 13,263 61.14% Gerald R. Ritsch Rep. 8,430 38.86% 21,693 4,833
  • Roger C. Wold (Dem.)
  • Anthony J. LaChappelle (Rep.)
  • Joseph L. Larson (Rep.)
1978[11] Nov. 7 William P. Gagin Republican 7,382 50.10% Joseph Looby (inc.) Dem. 7,353 49.90% 14,735 29
1980[12] Nov. 4 Joseph Looby Democratic 13,398 57.20% William P. Gagin (inc.) Rep. 10,025 42.80% 23,423 3,373
  • Mark D. Lewis (Dem.)
  • Martin A. Grindeland (Dem.)
1982[13] Nov. 2 John M. Young Republican 11,210 100.00% 11,210 11,210 Jerome P. Delfeld (Rep.)
1984[14] Nov. 6 Joseph Looby Democratic 12,878 63.14% Allan G. Brown Rep. 7,518 36.86% 20,396 5,360
1986[15] Nov. 4 Joseph Looby (inc.) Democratic 7,470 50.82% David A. Zien Rep. 7,228 49.18% 14,698 242 Norman Gillette (Rep.)
1988[16] Nov. 8 David A. Zien Republican 11,093 52.65% Joseph Looby (inc.) Dem. 9,978 47.35% 21,071 1,115 Douglas A. Kranig (Rep.)
1990[17] Nov. 6 David A. Zien (inc.) Republican 8,337 52.92% Colleen A. Bates Dem. 7,416 47.08% 15,753 921
1992[18] Nov. 3 David A. Zien (inc.) Republican 13,466 53.40% Colleen A. Bates Dem. 11,752 46.60% 25,218 1,714 Richard Postlewaite (Dem.)
1993[18][19] June 29 David Plombon Democratic 4,161 51.05% Wayne E. Laufenberg Rep. 3,990 48.95% 8,151 171
  • Louis P. Hebert Jr. (Dem.)
  • Howard J. Ludwigson (Rep.)
  • Fred S. Poquette (Rep.)
  • Charles G. Barlow (Rep.)
  • Maynard Hopkins (Rep.)
  • Paul M. Pettis (Rep.)
1994[20] Nov. 8 David Plombon (inc.) Democratic 7,750 50.12% Wayne E. Laufenberg Rep. 7,217 46.67% 15,464 533
  • Darold E. Wall (Dem.)
  • Frank Lach (Dem.)
  • Kevin J. Dickinson (Rep.)
Mark S. Lawrence Ind. 497 3.21%
1996[21] Nov. 5 Chuck Schafer Republican 11,010 53.01% David Plombon (inc.) Dem. 9,758 46.99% 20,768 1,252
1998[22] Nov. 3 Larry Balow Democratic 8,210 51.42% Chuck Schafer (inc.) Rep. 7,758 48.58% 15,968 452
2000[23] Nov. 7 Larry Balow (inc.) Democratic 12,909 53.47% Howard J. Ludwigson Rep. 11,205 46.41% 24,143 1,704 Violet M. Dawes (Rep.)
2002[24] Nov. 5 Larry Balow (inc.) Democratic 9,341 51.27% Terry Moulton Rep. 8,858 48.62% 18,218 483
2004[25] Nov. 2 Terry Moulton Republican 16,665 54.09% Joe Bee Xiong Dem. 14,094 45.74% 30,810 2,571
2006[26] Nov. 7 Terry Moulton (inc.) Republican 11,143 51.24% Michael A. Turner Dem. 10,594 48.71% 21,747 549
2008[27] Nov. 4 Kristen Dexter Democratic 15,437 50.35% Terry Moulton (inc.) Rep. 15,165 49.47% 30,657 272
2010[28] Nov. 2 Kathy Bernier Republican 10,765 50.15% Kristen Dexter (inc.) Dem. 10,673 49.73% 21,464 92
2012[29] Nov. 6 Kathy Bernier (inc.) Republican 13,758 52.39% Judy Smriga Dem. 12,482 47.53% 26,263 1,276
2014[30] Nov. 4 Kathy Bernier (inc.) Republican 11,289 52.82% Jeff Peck Dem. 10,076 47.15% 21,371 1,213
2016[31] Nov. 8 Kathy Bernier (inc.) Republican 15,628 58.05% Howard White Dem. 11,263 41.83% 26,923 4,365
2018[32] Nov. 6 Jesse L. James Republican 14,129 57.59% Wendy Sue Johnson Dem. 10,394 42.37% 24,533 3,735
2020[33] Nov. 3 Jesse L. James (inc.) Republican 18,993 60.95% Emily Berge Dem. 12,162 39.03% 31,162 6,831
2020[34] Nov. 8 Karen Hurd Republican 14,338 60.68% Nate Otto Dem. 9,273 39.25% 23,627 5,065 Hillarie Roth (Rep.)
Chris Connell (Rep.)

References

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  4. ^ An Act ... relating to: legislative redistricting (Act 94). Wisconsin Legislature. 2023. Retrieved February 23, 2024.
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