Wisconsin's 78th Assembly district

{{Short description|American legislative district for Madison, 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 = 78

|representative = Shelia Stubbs

|residence = Madison

|party = Democratic

|incumbentsince = January 6, 2025 ({{age|2025|1|6}} years)

|population = 59,825

|population_year = 2020

|voting_age = 47,368

|percent_white = 73.53

|percent_black = 9.32

|percent_hispanic = 10.03

|percent_asian = 5.04

|percent_native_american = 2.0

|percent_pacific_islander = 0.22

|percent_multiracial =

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|website = [https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/districts/assembly/78 Official website]

|notes = Madison, Wisconsin

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The 78th Assembly district of Wisconsin is one of 99 districts in the Wisconsin State Assembly.{{Cite web|url= https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/districts/assembly/78 |title= Assembly District 78 |website= Wisconsin Legislature |access-date= February 4, 2021 }} Located in south-central Wisconsin, the district is entirely contained within central Dane County. It includes most of the south and roughly half of the east side of the city of Madison, along with the city of Monona and most of the village of McFarland. The district contains the Capital Springs State Recreation Area and the Alliant Energy Center.{{Cite web |url= https://maps.legis.wisconsin.gov/?asm=78&single=y |title= Wisconsin Legislative Districts - Assembly District 78 Boundaries |website= Wisconsin Legislature |access-date= February 4, 2021 }} The district is represented by Democrat Shelia Stubbs, since January 2025; Stubbs previously represented the 77th district from 2019 to 2025.

The 78th Assembly district is located within Wisconsin's 26th Senate district, along with the 76th and 77th 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 23, 2024 }}

File:Alliant Energy Center Exposition Hall exterior.jpg|Exhibition Hall at the Alliant Energy Center

File:Capital_Springs_State_Recreation_Area_-_panoramio_(2).jpg|Capital Springs State Recreation Area

File:Sunset_at_Stone_Bridge_Park.jpg|Sunset over Lake Monona