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Wisconsin's 30th
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
  Shannon Zimmerman
R–River Falls
since January 3, 2017 (7 years)
Demographics91.47% White
1.58% Black
2.69% Hispanic
1.71% Asian
1.74% Native American
0.14% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
Population (2020)
 • Voting age		59,314
46,155
WebsiteOfficial website
NotesNorthwest Wisconsin

The 30th Assembly district of Wisconsin is one of 99 districts in the Wisconsin State Assembly.[1] Located in western Wisconsin, the district comprises parts of southwest St. Croix County and northwest Pierce County. It includes the cities of Hudson and River Falls, as well as the village of North Hudson. It also contains the University of Wisconsin–River Falls campus, Willow River State Park, and Kinnickinnic State Park.[2] The district is represented by Republican Shannon Zimmerman, since January 2017.[3]

The 30th Assembly district is located within Wisconsin's 10th Senate district, along with the 28th and 29th Assembly districts.[4]

The 30th Assembly district is contained within the Wisconsin portion of the Minneapolis-Saint Paul Metropolitan Area.

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 30th district was drawn mostly in line with the boundaries of the previous Buffalo County–Pepin County–Pierce County district, exchanging part of northeast Pierce County for part of western Trempealeau County. The last representative of the Buffalo–Pepin–Pierce district, Michael P. Early, was elected in 1972 as the first representative of the 30th Assembly district.[6]

The 1982 court-ordered redistricting briefly moved the 30th district to eastern Waukesha County. The 1983 redistricting act moved it back to western Wisconsin, but in a much smaller geographic space than 1972, comprising just Pierce County and part of southwest St. Croix County, including the cities of Hudson and River Falls. As population grew in the two cities, the 1992 court-ordered plan removed more rural parts of northeast Pierce County and central St. Croix County, but maintained the core population of the district. The 2002 redistricting continued that trend, with the district comprising just the western third of Pierce County and a strip of southwest St. Croix County. The 2011 redistricting act (2011 Wisc. Act 43) also continued with Hudson and River Falls as the core of the district, but removed most of the rest of Pierce County and shifted the district north to contain more of St. Croix County. The 2022 court-ordered redistricting severed the Hudson and River Falls connection, removing nearly all of River Falls from the district and expanding it to include much more of rural St. Croix County.

The 2024 redistricting (2023 Wisc. Act 94) restored the old Hudson and River Falls core of the district, moving it back into northwest Pierce County and southwest St. Croix County. Under the new map configuration, the 30th Assembly district is projected to be one of the most competitive districts in the state legislature.

List of past representatives

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List of representatives to the Wisconsin State Assembly from the 30th district
Member Party Residence Counties represented Term start Term end Ref.
District created
Michael P. Early Dem. River Falls Buffalo, Pepin, Pierce, Trempealeau January 1, 1973 August 15, 1977 [6][7]: 135 
--Vacant-- August 15, 1977 November 7, 1977
James Harsdorf Rep. River Falls November 7, 1977 January 5, 1981
Jule Berndt Rep. January 5, 1981 January 3, 1983
John C. Schober Rep. New Berlin Waukesha January 3, 1983 January 7, 1985
William Berndt Rep. River Falls Pierce, St. Croix January 7, 1985 January 2, 1989
Sheila Harsdorf Rep. January 2, 1989 January 4, 1999
Kitty Rhoades Rep. Hudson January 4, 1999 January 3, 2011
Dean Knudson Rep. January 3, 2011 January 3, 2017 [8]
Shannon Zimmerman Rep. River Falls January 3, 2017 Current [3]

Electoral history

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Year Date Elected Defeated Total Plurality Other primary candidates
1972[9] Nov. 7 Michael P. Early Democratic 10,443 57.88% Robert M. Stoughton Rep. 7,475 41.43% 18,043 2,968
Donald Kohr Amer. 125 0.69%
1974[10] Nov. 5 Michael P. Early (inc) Democratic 8,515 58.68% William S. Hall Rep. 5,829 40.17% 14,511 2,686
Merlon Lingenfelter Amer. 167 1.15%
1976[11] Nov. 2 Michael P. Early (inc.) Democratic 14,657 71.56% Myrtle J. Wright Rep. 5,824 28.44% 20,481 8,833
1977[12] Oct. 25 James Harsdorf Republican 3,920 51.07% Rodney J. Nilsestuen Dem. 3,755 48.93% 7,675 165
  • George C. Banta (Rep.)
  • Robert I. Johnson (Rep.)
  • Michael J. Manion (Rep.)
  • Richard Truax (Rep.)
1978[12] Nov. 7 James Harsdorf (inc) Republican 8,033 57.80% William O. Early Dem. 5,866 42.20% 13,899 2,167
1980[13] Nov. 4 Jule Berndt Republican 10,911 52.31% Earl Gilson Dem. 9,947 47.69% 20,858 964 Louellyn Nestingen (Dem.)
1982[14] Nov. 2 John C. Schober Republican 10,078 67.60% Victor S. Preuss Dem. 4,830 32.40% 14,908 5,248 A. Vernon Jensen (Dem.)
1984[15] Nov. 6 William Berndt Republican 11,512 51.25% Earl Gilson Dem. 10,949 48.75% 22,461 563
1986[16] Nov. 4 William Berndt (inc) Republican 7,091 53.52% Margaret Baldwin Dem. 6,159 46.48% 13,250 932 Earl Gilson (Dem.)
1988[17] Nov. 8 Sheila Harsdorf Republican 13,480 56.04% Brenda L. Kittilson Dem. 10,575 43.96% 24,055 2,905
1990[18] Nov. 6 Sheila Harsdorf (inc) Republican 9,626 67.11% David Balin Dem. 4,717 32.89% 14,343 4,909
1992[19] Nov. 3 Sheila Harsdorf (inc) Republican 17,950 92.58% M. Felderman-Baldwin Ind. 1,438 7.42% 19,388 16,512
1994[20] Nov. 8 Sheila Harsdorf (inc) Republican 10,413 68.31% Jill Ann Berke Dem. 4,830 31.69% 15,243 5,583
1996[21] Nov. 5 Sheila Harsdorf (inc) Republican 13,604 57.98% James R. Johnson Dem. 9,861 42.02% 23,465 3,743
1998[22] Nov. 3 Kitty Rhoades Republican 9,755 57.29% James R. Johnson Dem. 7,272 42.71% 17,027 2,483 Jay Griggs (Rep.)
2000[23] Nov. 7 Kitty Rhoades (inc) Republican 17,303 62.76% Laurie J. Lundgaard Dem. 10,247 37.17% 27,568 7,056
2002[24] Nov. 5 Kitty Rhoades (inc) Republican 12,563 69.01% Bob Feickert Dem. 5,635 30.95% 18,205 6,928
2004[25] Nov. 2 Kitty Rhoades (inc) Republican 20,540 61.09% Tom Parent Dem. 13,071 38.87% 33,624 7,469
2006[26] Nov. 7 Kitty Rhoades (inc) Republican 12,790 57.40% Dan Gorman Dem. 9,479 42.54% 22,282 3,311
2008[27] Nov. 4 Kitty Rhoades (inc) Republican 19,729 54.74% Sarah A. Bruch Dem. 16,278 45.17% 36,041 3,451 Bob Hughes (Rep.)
2010[28] Nov. 2 Dean Knudson Republican 14,124 62.00% Matt Borup Dem. 8,629 37.88% 22,780 5,495 Ben Plunkett (Dem.)
2012[29] Nov. 6 Dean Knudson (inc) Republican 17,261 55.79% Diane Odeen Dem. 13,657 44.14% 30,938 3,604
2014[30] Nov. 4 Dean Knudson (inc) Republican 13,951 59.70% Darrel Laumann Dem. 8,658 37.05% 23,368 5,293
Laurie Kroeger Ind. 747 3.20%
2016[31] Nov. 8 Shannon Zimmerman Republican 17,790 56.05% Scott J. Nelson Dem. 12,358 38.94% 31,739 5,432 Paul W. Berning (Rep.)
Aaron S. Taylor Ind. 1,574 4.96%
2018[32] Nov. 6 Shannon Zimmerman (inc) Republican 15,240 53.91% Barry Hammarback Dem. 13,015 46.04% 28,271 2,225
2020[33] Nov. 3 Shannon Zimmerman (inc) Republican 20,711 55.88% Sarah Yacoub Dem. 16,322 44.04% 37,062 4,389
2022[34] Nov. 8 Shannon Zimmerman (inc) Republican 17,719 58.48% Sarah Yacoub Dem. 12,557 41.44% 30,301 5,162

References

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  4. ^ An Act ... relating to: legislative redistricting (Act 94). Wisconsin Legislature. 2023. Retrieved February 26, 2024.
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