Wisconsin's 27th Assembly district

Wisconsin's 27th State Assembly district
From 2024 to 2031 From 2022 to 2023 From 2012 to 2021 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	Amy Binsfeld R–Mosel since January 3, 2023 (1 years)
Demographics	92.71% White 1.8% Black 2.66% Hispanic 1.23% Asian 1.12% Native American 0.06% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
Population (2020)  • Voting age	60,058 47,890
Website	Official website
Notes	Eastern Wisconsin

The 27th Assembly district of Wisconsin is one of 99 districts in the Wisconsin State Assembly.^[1] Located in eastern Wisconsin, the district comprises much of Sheboygan County and parts of southeast Manitowoc County and northeast Fond du Lac County. It includes the cities of Sheboygan Falls, Plymouth, and Kiel, and the villages of Oostburg, Elkhart Lake, Howards Grove, and Kohler. It also contains Lakeland University, the Blackwolf Run golf course, the Road America motorsport course, and the Sheboygan County Memorial Airport.^[2] The district is represented by Republican Amy Binsfeld, since January 2023.^[3]

The 27th Assembly district is located within Wisconsin's 9th Senate district, along with the 25th and 26th Assembly districts.^[4]

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 27th district was drawn somewhat in line with the boundaries of the previous Milwaukee County 12th district (downtown Milwaukee) with the addition of northern parts of what had been the Milwaukee County 17th district (Port of Milwaukee).

Following the 1982 court-ordered redistricting, which scrambled all State Assembly districts, the 1983 redistricting moved the 27th district to Sheboygan County, comprising the rural towns surrounding the more suburban municipalities of Sheboygan, Kohler, and Sheboygan Falls.^[6] The controversial 2011 redistricting plan (2011 Wisc. Act 43) split the city of Sheboygan between the 26th and 27th districts, in order to create two safe Republican districts from what had previously been the competitive 26th and safe Republican 27th. The 2024 redistricting removed all of Sheboygan back to the 26th district and the 27th district reverted to a more expansive rural district.

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  City of Plymouth
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  Village of Elkhart Lake
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  Mount Calvary
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  Kohler Co. main office
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  downtown Sheboygan Falls

List of past representatives

List of representatives to the Wisconsin State Assembly from the 27th district

Member	Party	Residence	Counties represented	Term start	Term end	Ref.
District created
Joseph Czerwinski	Dem.	Milwaukee	Milwaukee	January 1, 1973	January 5, 1981
Walter Kunicki	Dem.			January 5, 1981	January 3, 1983
Charles W. Coleman	Rep.	Richmond	Walworth	January 3, 1983	January 7, 1985
Wilfrid J. Turba	Rep.	Elkhart Lake	Calumet, Sheboygan	January 7, 1985	January 4, 1993	[6]
Clifford Otte	Rep.	Sheboygan Falls		January 4, 1993	January 4, 1999
Steve Kestell	Rep.	Elkhart Lake	Calumet, Fond du Lac, Manitowoc, Sheboygan	January 4, 1999	January 5, 2015	[7]
Tyler Vorpagel	Rep.	Plymouth	Manitowoc, Sheboygan	January 5, 2015	June 1, 2022	[8]
--Vacant--				June 1, 2022	January 3, 2023
Amy Binsfeld	Rep.	Mosel		January 3, 2023	Current	[3]

References

1. "Assembly District 27". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
2. "Wisconsin Legislative Districts - Assembly District 27 Boundaries". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
3. "Representative Amy E. Binsfeld". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved January 3, 2023.
4. An Act ... relating to: legislative redistricting (Act 94). Wisconsin Legislature. 2023. Retrieved February 26, 2024.
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 31, 2021.
6. Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau (1991). "Biographies" (PDF). In Barish, Lawrence S.; Theobald, H. Rupert (eds.). State of Wisconsin 1991-1992 Blue Book (Report). State of Wisconsin. pp. 38–39. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
7. "Representative Steve Kestell". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
8. "Representative Tyler Vorpagel". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved January 31, 2021.