Wisconsin's 26th Assembly district
{{short description|American legislative district for Sheboygan, Wisconsin}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox United States legislative district
|image = {{switcher
| {{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|from=Wisconsin's 26th Assembly district (2024–2031).map|frame-height=300|frame-width=400|frame-coord={{coord|43.7|-87.82}}|frame-longitude=-77.2|zoom=10|overlay-horizontal-alignment=right|overlay-vertical-alignment=bottom|overlay=100px }}
| From 2024 to 2031
| {{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|from=Wisconsin's 26th Assembly district (2022–2023).map|frame-height=300|frame-width=400|frame-coord={{coord|43.7|-87.82}}|frame-longitude=-77.2|zoom=10|overlay-horizontal-alignment=right|overlay-vertical-alignment=bottom|overlay=100px }}
| From 2022 to 2023
| {{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|from=Wisconsin's 26th Assembly district (2012–2021).map|frame-height=300|frame-width=400|frame-coord={{coord|43.7|-87.82}}|frame-longitude=-77.2|zoom=10|overlay-horizontal-alignment=right|overlay-vertical-alignment=bottom|overlay=100px }}
| From 2012 to 2021
}}
|image width =
|image caption = 2024 map defined in {{nowrap|[https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/related/acts/94 2023 Wisc. Act 94]}}
2022 map defined in [https://www.wicourts.gov/sc/opinion/DisplayDocument.pdf?content=pdf&seqNo=512188 Johnson v. Wisconsin Elections Commission]
2011 map was defined in {{nowrap|[https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2011/related/acts/43 2011 Wisc. Act 43]}}
|chamber = Assembly
|state = Wisconsin
|district = 26
|representative = Joe Sheehan
|residence = Sheboygan
|party = Democratic
|incumbentsince = January 6, 2025 ({{age|2025|1|6}} years)
|Democratic =
|Republican =
|population = 59,217
|population_year = 2020
|voting_age = 45,459
|percent_white = 77.36
|percent_black = 2.94
|percent_hispanic = 8.85
|percent_asian = 8.82
|percent_native_american = 1.83
|percent_pacific_islander = 0.16
|percent_multiracial =
|percent_other_race =
|website = [https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/districts/assembly/26 Official website]
|notes = Eastern Wisconsin
}}
The 26th Assembly district of Wisconsin is one of 99 districts in the Wisconsin State Assembly.{{Cite web |url= https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/districts/assembly/26 |title=Assembly District 26 |website= Wisconsin Legislature |access-date= January 31, 2021 }} Located in eastern Wisconsin, the district comprises part of eastern Sheboygan County, including the city of Sheboygan. It also contains the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay, Sheboygan Campus and Kohler-Andrae State Park.{{Cite web |url= https://maps.legis.wisconsin.gov/?asm=26&single=y |title= Wisconsin Legislative Districts - Assembly District 26 Boundaries |website= Wisconsin Legislature |access-date= January 31, 2021 }} The district is represented by Democrat Joe Sheehan, since January 2025.
The 26th Assembly district is located within Wisconsin's 9th Senate district, along with the 25th and 27th Assembly districts.{{cite act |url = https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/related/acts/94| type = Act |index =94 |year= 2023 |legislature= Wisconsin Legislature |title = An Act ... relating to: legislative redistricting |accessdate= March 5, 2024 }}
File:Downtown Sheboygan 1.jpg|Downtown Sheboygan, Wisconsin
File:AmericanMarramGrassKohlerAndraeStateParkLakeMichigan.jpg|American Marram Grass dunes with Lake Michigan in background within Kohler-Andrae State Park
File:UW_Sheboygan_Main_Entrance_December_2011.jpg|University of Wisconsin–Green Bay, Sheboygan Campus
History
The district was created in the 1972 redistricting act ([https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/1971/related/acts/304.pdf 1971 Wisc. Act 304]) which first established the numbered district system, replacing the previous system which allocated districts to specific counties.{{cite report|url= http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1973 |title= The state of Wisconsin 1973 Blue Book |year= 1973 |publisher= State of Wisconsin |editor-last1= Theobald |editor-first1= H. Rupert |editor-last2= Robbins |editor-first2= Patricia V. |location= Madison, Wisconsin |author= Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau |chapter-url= https://images.library.wisc.edu/WI/EFacs/WIBlueBks/BlueBks/WIBlueBk1973/reference/wi.wibluebk1973.i0011.pdf |chapter= Legislature |pages= 227–230 |access-date= January 31, 2021 }} The 26th district was drawn roughly in line with the boundaries of the previous Milwaukee County 4th district (downtown Milwaukee).
Following the 1982 court-ordered redistricting, which scrambled all State Assembly districts, the 1983 redistricting moved the 26th district to Sheboygan County, based in the city of Sheboygan. The boundaries remained mostly consistent since 1984. The controversial 2011 redistricting plan ([https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2011/related/acts/43 2011 Wisc. Act 43]) split the city of Sheboygan between the 26th and 27th districts, keeping just the southern half in the 26th district and adding number of rural towns, in order to create two safe Republican districts from what had previously been the competitive 26th and safe Republican 27th. The 2024 redistricting restored all of Sheboygan to the 26th district.
List of past representatives
| class="wikitable"
|+List of representatives to the Wisconsin State Assembly from the 26th district !Member !Party !Residence !Counties represented !Term start !Term end !Ref. |
| colspan="7" |District created |
| Harout O. Sanasarian
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. | rowspan="2" | Milwaukee | rowspan="2" | Milwaukee | January 1, 1973 | January 3, 1977 | |
| Stephen R. Leopold
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. | January 3, 1977 | January 3, 1983 | |
| Wayne W. Wood
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. | Rock | January 3, 1983 | January 7, 1985 | |
| Calvin Potter
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. | Kohler | rowspan="7" | Sheboygan | January 7, 1985 | January 7, 1991 | |
| James Baumgart
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. | rowspan="4" | Sheboygan | January 7, 1991 | January 4, 1999 | |
| Joe Leibham
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | January 4, 1999 | January 6, 2003 | |
| Terry Van Akkeren
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. | January 6, 2003 | January 3, 2011 | |
| Mike Endsley
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | January 3, 2011 | January 5, 2015 | {{cite web|url= https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2013/legislators/assembly/928 |title= Representative Mike Endsley |website= Wisconsin Legislature |accessdate= February 21, 2021 }} |
| Terry Katsma
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Oostburg | January 5, 2015 | January 6, 2025 | {{Cite web |url= https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2021/legislators/assembly/2150 |title= Representative Terry Katsma |website= Wisconsin Legislature |access-date= January 31, 2021}} |
| Joe Sheehan
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. | January 6, 2025 | Current | {{Cite web |url=https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/legislators/assembly/2883 |title= Representative Joe Sheehan |website= Wisconsin Legislature |year= 2025 |access-date= January 6, 2025 }} |