Wisconsin's 74th Assembly district

{{Short description|American legislative district in northwest 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 = 74

|representative = Chanz Green

|residence = Mason

|residence_link = Mason (town), Wisconsin

|party = Republican

|incumbentsince = January 3, 2023 ({{age|2015|1|5}} years)

|population = 58,968

|population_year = 2020

|voting_age = 48,431

|percent_white = 89.93

|percent_black = 0.56

|percent_hispanic = 1.12

|percent_asian = 0.47

|percent_native_american = 7.12

|percent_pacific_islander = 0.09

|percent_multiracial =

|percent_other_race =

|website = [https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/districts/assembly/74 Official website]

|notes = Northwest Wisconsin

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The 74th Assembly district of Wisconsin is one of 99 districts in the Wisconsin State Assembly.{{Cite web|url= https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/districts/assembly/74 |title= Assembly District 74 |website= Wisconsin Legislature |access-date= February 3, 2021 }} Located in northwest Wisconsin, the district comprises all of Iron, Sawyer, and Washburn counties, along with most of Ashland County, the southern half of Bayfield County, the southern half of Douglas County, and part of northeast Burnett County. It includes the cities of Hayward, Hurley, Mellen, Montreal, Shell Lake, and Spooner, and the villages of Birchwood, Butternut, Couderay, Exeland, Mason, Minong, Radisson, Solon Springs, and Winter. The district also contains the and most of the Chequamegon National Forest.{{Cite web |url= https://maps.legis.wisconsin.gov/?asm=74&single=y |title= Wisconsin Legislative Districts - Assembly District 74 Boundaries |website= Wisconsin Legislature |access-date= February 3, 2021 }} The district is represented by Republican Chanz Green, since January 2023.{{Cite web |url= https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/legislators/assembly/2558 |title= Representative Chanz J. Green |website= Wisconsin Legislature |access-date= January 3, 2023 }}

The 74th Assembly district is located within Wisconsin's 25th Senate district, along with the 73rd and 75th Assembly districts. The district is also located entirely within Wisconsin's 7th congressional district.{{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 23, 2024 }}

File:Turtle-Flambeau_Flowage.JPG|Turtle-Flambeau Flowage

File:P1000125.JPG|Near Clam Lake in Chequamegon National Forest

File:Hayward,_Wisconsin_2.jpg|World's largest Muskie at the National Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame

File:Penokee_Bluff_-_panoramio.jpg|Penokee Bluff in Iron County Forest

List of past representatives

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|+List of representatives to the Wisconsin State Assembly from the 74th district

!Member

!Party

!Residence

!Counties represented

!Term start

!Term end

!Ref.

colspan="7" |District created
{{nowrap|David Kedrowski}}

| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Dem.

| Washburn

| rowspan="2" | Ashland, Bayfield, Price, Iron

| January 1, 1973

| January 5, 1981

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{{nowrap|June Jaronitzky}}

| {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

| Tripp

| January 5, 1981

| January 3, 1983

|

{{nowrap|Dale Bolle}}

| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Dem.

| Whitelaw

| Brown, Calumet, Manitowoc

| January 3, 1983

| January 7, 1985

|

William Plizka

| {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

| Mellen

| rowspan="2" | Ashland, Bayfield, Iron, Rusk, Sawyer

| {{nowrap|January 7, 1985}}

| {{nowrap|January 5, 1987}}

|

style="height:2em"

| rowspan="2" | Barbara Linton

| rowspan="2" {{party shading/Democratic}} | Dem.

| rowspan="2" | Ashland

| rowspan="2" | January 5, 1987

| rowspan="2" | January 4, 1999

| rowspan="2" |

style="height:2em"

| rowspan="3" | Ashland, Bayfield, Iron, Sawyer

Gary E. Sherman

| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Dem.

| Port Wing

| January 4, 1999

| May 12, 2010

|

colspan="3" | --Vacant--

| May 12, 2010

| January 3, 2011

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Janet Bewley

| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Dem.

| Ashland

| rowspan="2" | Ashland, Bayfield, Douglas, Price, Iron, Sawyer, Vilas

| January 3, 2011

| January 5, 2015

| {{cite web|url= https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2013/legislators/assembly/920 |title= Representative Janet Bewley |website= Wisconsin Legislature |accessdate= February 3, 2021 }}

Beth Meyers

| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Dem.

| Bayfield

| January 5, 2015

| January 2, 2023

| {{Cite web |url= https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2021/legislators/assembly/2163 |title= Representative Nick Milroy |website= Wisconsin Legislature |access-date= February 3, 2021}}

Chanz Green

| {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep.

| Mason

| Ashland, Bayfield, Douglas, Price, Iron, Sawyer

| January 3, 2023

| Current

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