The 80th Assembly district of Wisconsin is one of 99 districts in the Wisconsin State Assembly.[1] Located in south-central Wisconsin, the district comprises areas of central Dane County, including neighborhoods of the far west side of the city of Madison—west of the Beltline—along with the city of Verona and the village of Cross Plains.[2] The district is represented by Democrat Mike Bare, since January 2023.[3]
| Wisconsin's 80th 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 | |||||
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| Demographics | 81.09% White 3.1% Black 4.41% Hispanic 9.9% Asian 1.14% Native American 0.08% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander | ||||
| Population (2020) • Voting age | 59,605 45,798 | ||||
| Website | Official website | ||||
| Notes | Madison metro-area (west) | ||||
The 80th Assembly district is located within Wisconsin's 27th Senate district, along with the 79th and 81st Assembly districts.[4]
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Downtown Cross Plains -
Epic Systems headquarters in Verona
List of past representatives
edit| Member | Party | Residence | Counties represented | Term start | Term end | Ref. |
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| District created | ||||||
| Kenyon E. Giese | Rep. | Sauk City | Columbia, Sauk | January 1, 1973 | August 7, 1975 | |
| --Vacant-- | August 7, 1975 | November 12, 1975 | ||||
| Leroy Litscher | Dem. | Baraboo | November 12, 1975 | January 1, 1979 | ||
| James F. Laatsch | Rep. | Arlington | January 1, 1979 | January 3, 1983 | ||
| Esther K. Walling | Rep. | Menasha | Winnebago | January 3, 1983 | January 7, 1985 | |
| Robert M. Thompson | Dem. | Dekorra | Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Sauk | January 7, 1985 | January 7, 1991 | |
| Eugene Hahn | Rep. | Springvale | January 7, 1991 | January 4, 1993 | ||
| David G. Deininger | Rep. | Monroe | Green, Rock | January 4, 1993 | January 2, 1995 | |
| Mike Powers | Rep. | Albany | January 2, 1995 | January 3, 2005 | ||
| Brett Davis | Rep. | Evansville | Dane, Green, Lafayette, Rock | January 3, 2005 | January 3, 2011 | |
| Janis Ringhand | Dem. | Evansville | January 3, 2011 | January 7, 2013 | ||
| Sondy Pope | Dem. | Mount Horeb | Dane, Green, Iowa | January 7, 2013 | January 2, 2023 | [5] |
| Mike Bare | Dem. | Verona | Dane, Green, Iowa | January 3, 2023 | Current | [3] |
References
edit- ^ "Assembly District 80". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
- ^ "Wisconsin Legislative Districts - Assembly District 80 Boundaries". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
- ^ a b "Representative Mike A. Bare". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved January 3, 2023.
- ^ An Act ... relating to: legislative redistricting (Act 94). Wisconsin Legislature. 2023. Retrieved February 23, 2024.
- ^ "Representative Sondy Pope". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved February 4, 2021.