Wisconsin's 27th Assembly district
{{short description|American legislative district in eastern Wisconsin}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox United States legislative district
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| From 2024 to 2031
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| From 2022 to 2023
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| From 2012 to 2021
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|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 = 27
|representative = Lindee Brill
|residence = Sheboygan Falls
|party = Republican
|incumbentsince = January 6, 2025 ({{age|2025|1|6}} years)
|Democratic =
|Republican =
|population = 60,058
|population_year = 2020
|voting_age = 47,890
|percent_white = 92.71
|percent_black = 1.8
|percent_hispanic = 2.66
|percent_asian = 1.23
|percent_native_american = 1.12
|percent_pacific_islander = 0.06
|percent_multiracial =
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|website = [https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/districts/assembly/27 Official website]
|notes = Eastern Wisconsin
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The 27th Assembly district of Wisconsin is one of 99 districts in the Wisconsin State Assembly.{{Cite web |url= https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/districts/assembly/27 |title=Assembly District 27 |website= Wisconsin Legislature |access-date= January 31, 2021 }} 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.{{Cite web |url= https://maps.legis.wisconsin.gov/?asm=27&single=y |title= Wisconsin Legislative Districts - Assembly District 27 Boundaries |website= Wisconsin Legislature |access-date= January 31, 2021 }} The district is represented by Republican Lindee Brill, since January 2025.{{Cite web |title=Representative Lindee Rae Brill |url=https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/legislators/assembly/2884 |access-date=January 6, 2025 |website=Wisconsin Legislature}}
The 27th Assembly district is located within Wisconsin's 9th Senate district, along with the 25th and 26th 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= February 26, 2024 }}
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 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.{{cite report|url= http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1991 |title= State of Wisconsin 1991-1992 Blue Book |publisher= State of Wisconsin |year= 1991 |editor-last1= Barish |editor-first1= Lawrence S. |editor-last2= Theobald |editor-first2= H. Rupert |author= Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau |chapter-url= https://images.library.wisc.edu/WI/EFacs/WIBlueBks/BlueBks/WIBlueBk1991/reference/wi.wibluebk1991.i0007.pdf |chapter= Biographies |pages= 38–39 |accessdate= February 21, 2021 }} 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, 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.
File:PlymouthWisconsinDowntown.jpg|City of Plymouth
File:ElkhartLakeWisconsinSign.jpg|Village of Elkhart Lake
File:MtCalvaryWisconsinPanoramaApril2010.jpg|Mount Calvary
File:Kohler_Company_Main_Office.jpg|Kohler Co. main office
File:DowntownHistoricDistrictSheboyganFallsWisconsin2.jpg|downtown Sheboygan Falls
List of past representatives
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|+List of representatives to the Wisconsin State Assembly from the 27th district !Member !Party !Residence !Counties represented !Term start !Term end !Ref. |
| colspan="7" |District created |
| Joseph Czerwinski
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. | rowspan="2" | Milwaukee | rowspan="2" | Milwaukee | January 1, 1973 | January 5, 1981 | |
| Walter Kunicki
| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. | January 5, 1981 | January 3, 1983 | |
| {{nowrap|Charles W. Coleman}}
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Richmond | Walworth | January 3, 1983 | January 7, 1985 | |
| Wilfrid J. Turba
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | rowspan="2" | Calumet, Sheboygan | January 7, 1985 | January 4, 1993 |
| Clifford Otte
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | {{nowrap|Sheboygan Falls}} | January 4, 1993 | January 4, 1999 | |
| Steve Kestell
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Calumet, Fond du Lac, Manitowoc, Sheboygan | January 4, 1999 | {{nowrap|January 5, 2015}} | {{cite web|url= https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2013/legislators/assembly/940 |title= Representative Steve Kestell |website= Wisconsin Legislature |accessdate= February 21, 2021 }} |
| Tyler Vorpagel
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Plymouth | rowspan="3" | Manitowoc, Sheboygan | {{nowrap|January 5, 2015}} | June 1, 2022 | {{Cite web |url= https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2021/legislators/assembly/2210 |title= Representative Tyler Vorpagel |website= Wisconsin Legislature |access-date= January 31, 2021}} |
| colspan="3" | --Vacant--
| June 1, 2022 | January 3, 2023 | |
| Amy Binsfeld
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Mosel | {{nowrap|January 3, 2023}} | January 6, 2025 | {{Cite web |title=Representative Amy E. Binsfeld |url=https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/legislators/assembly/2541 |access-date=January 3, 2023 |website=Wisconsin Legislature}} |
| Lindee Brill
| {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |Fond du Lac, Manitowoc, Sheboygan |January 6, 2025 |Current |
References
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Category:Wisconsin State Assembly districts
Category:Sheboygan County, Wisconsin