Wisconsin's 18th Assembly district

Wisconsin's 18th 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	Margaret Arney D–Milwaukee since January 6, 2025 (0 years)
Demographics	36.07% White 52.57% Black 6.32% Hispanic 4.41% Asian 1.85% Native American 0.14% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
Population (2020)  • Voting age	59,346 43,972
Website	Official website
Notes	Milwaukee's west side

The 18th Assembly district of Wisconsin is one of 99 districts in the Wisconsin State Assembly.^[1] Located in southeast Wisconsin, the district is contained within central Milwaukee County, including parts of near-west Milwaukee and southeast Wauwatosa. It contains the Milwaukee neighborhoods Washington Heights and Sherman Park and includes landmarks such as the Miller Brewing Company and Washington Park.^[2] The district is represented by Democrat Margaret Arney, since January 2025.^[3]

The 18th Assembly district is located within Wisconsin's 6th Senate district, along with the 16th and 17th Assembly districts.^[4]

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  Miller Brewing Company
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  Sherman Park

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 18th district was drawn within the city of Milwaukee's north side with novel boundaries—the new district's boundaries did not resemble any Milwaukee County assembly district from the pre-1972 scheme, and contained pieces of four different districts from that map (the 1st, 6th, 7th, and 13th). The last representative of the Milwaukee 6th district, Lloyd Barbee, was elected the first representative of the new 18th Assembly district in the 1972 election.^[6]

The district has remained in the same vicinity, but has crept slightly south and west in redistrictings since 1972. Though, with the exception of the court-ordered 1982 redistricting, which stretched the district into West Allis and Greenfield,^[7] it has otherwise remained entirely within the city limits of Milwaukee on the north side of Interstate 94.

List of past representatives

List of representatives to the Wisconsin State Assembly from the 18th district

Member	Party	Residence	Counties represented	Term start	Term end	Ref.
District created
Lloyd Barbee	Dem.	Milwaukee	Milwaukee	January 1, 1973	January 3, 1977	[8][9]: 121
Marcia P. Coggs	Dem.			January 3, 1977	January 3, 1983	[10][9]: 130
Thomas A. Hauke	Dem.	West Allis		January 3, 1983	January 7, 1985	[11][9]: 145
Marcia P. Coggs	Dem.	Milwaukee		January 7, 1985	January 4, 1993	[12][9]: 130
Antonio R. Riley	Dem.			January 4, 1993	February 1, 2003	[13][9]: 170
--Vacant--				February 1, 2003	April 30, 2003	[14][15]
Lena Taylor	Dem.	Milwaukee		April 30, 2003	January 3, 2005	[16][9]: 179
Tamara Grigsby	Dem.			January 3, 2005	January 7, 2013	[17][9]: 142
Evan Goyke	Dem.			January 7, 2013	January 6, 2025	[18]
Margaret Arney	Dem.			January 6, 2025	Current	[3]

References

1. "Assembly District 17". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved February 11, 2021.
2. "Wisconsin Legislative Districts - Assembly District 18 Boundaries". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved February 11, 2021.
3. "Representative Margaret Arney". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
4. An Act ... relating to: legislative redistricting (Act 94). Wisconsin Legislature. 2023. Retrieved February 23, 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 22, 2021.
6. Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau (1973). "Elections" (PDF). In Theobald, H. Rupert; Robbins, Patricia V. (eds.). The state of Wisconsin 1973 Blue Book (Report). State of Wisconsin. pp. 806, 826. Retrieved February 11, 2021.
7. Wisconsin State AFL-CIO v. Elections Board, 543 F. Supp. 630 (E.D. Wis. June 9, 1982).
8. Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau (1975). "Biographies" (PDF). In Theobald, H. Rupert; Robbins, Patricia V. (eds.). The state of Wisconsin 1975 Blue Book (Report). State of Wisconsin. pp. 32–33. Retrieved February 11, 2021.
9. 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. 121, 130, 142, 145, 170, 179. ISBN 978-0-9752820-2-1. Retrieved February 11, 2021.
10. Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau (1981). "Biographies" (PDF). In Theobald, H. Rupert; Robbins, Patricia V. (eds.). The state of Wisconsin 1981-1982 Blue Book (Report). State of Wisconsin. pp. 32–33. Retrieved February 11, 2021.
11. 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. 36–37. Retrieved February 11, 2021.
12. 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. 32–33. Retrieved February 11, 2021.
13. Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau (2001). "Biographies" (PDF). In Barish, Lawrence S.; Meloy, Patricia E. (eds.). State of Wisconsin 2001-2002 Blue Book (Report). State of Wisconsin. pp. 32–33. Retrieved February 11, 2021.
14. "Communications". State of Wisconsin Assembly Journal. Ninety-Sixth Regular Session (Tuesday, January 28, 2003). Wisconsin Legislature. January 28, 2003. Retrieved February 11, 2021.
15. "Oath of Office". State of Wisconsin Assembly Journal. Ninety-Sixth Regular Session (Tuesday, May 6, 2003). Wisconsin Legislature. May 6, 2003. Retrieved February 11, 2021.
16. Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau (2003). "Biographies" (PDF). In Barish, Lawrence S. (ed.). State of Wisconsin 2003-2004 Blue Book (Report). State of Wisconsin. pp. 30–31. Retrieved February 11, 2021.
17. Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau (2011). "Biographies" (PDF). In Barish, Lawrence S.; Lemanski, Lynn (eds.). State of Wisconsin 2011-2012 Blue Book (Report). State of Wisconsin. pp. 30–31. ISBN 978-0-9752820-1-4. Retrieved February 11, 2021.
18. "Representative Evan Goyke". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved February 11, 2021.