Wisconsin's 97th Assembly district

{{short description|American legislative district in southeast Wisconsin}}

{{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 = 97

|representative = Cindi Duchow

|residence = Delafield

|residence_link = Delafield (town), Wisconsin

|party = Republican

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

|population = 58,975

|population_year = 2020

|voting_age = 46,726

|percent_white = 93.68

|percent_black = 0.51

|percent_hispanic = 2.7

|percent_asian = 1.1

|percent_native_american = 1.22

|percent_pacific_islander = 0.05

|percent_multiracial =

|percent_other_race =

|website = [https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/districts/assembly/97 Official website]

|notes = Southeast Wisconsin

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The 97th Assembly district of Wisconsin is one of 99 districts in the Wisconsin State Assembly.{{Cite web|url= https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/districts/assembly/97 |title= Assembly District 97 |website= Wisconsin Legislature |access-date= February 6, 2021 }} Located in southeastern Wisconsin, the district comprises much of the west half of Waukesha County and parts of eastern Jefferson County. It includes the city of Delafield and the villages of Dousman, Eagle, North Prairie, Oconomowoc Lake, Palmyra, Sullivan, and Wales.{{Cite web |url= https://maps.legis.wisconsin.gov/?asm=97&single=y |title= Wisconsin Legislative Districts - Assembly District 97 Boundaries |website= Wisconsin Legislature |access-date= February 6, 2021 }} The seat is held by Republican Cindi Duchow, since January 2025; Duchow previously represented the 99th district from 2015 to 2025.

The 97th Assembly district is located within Wisconsin's 33rd Senate district, along with the 98th and 99th 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:Palmyra Wisconsin Downtown Looking East.jpg|Downtown Palmyra

List of past representatives

class="wikitable"

|+List of representatives to the Wisconsin State Assembly from the 97th district

!Member

!Party

!Residence

!Counties represented

!Term start

!Term end

!Ref.

colspan="7" |District created

John H. Niebler

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

| Menomonee Falls

| rowspan="3" | Waukesha

| January 1, 1973

| January 6, 1975

| {{Cite report|url= http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1973 |title= The state of Wisconsin 1973 Blue Book |publisher= State of Wisconsin |year= 1973 |editor-last1= Theobald |editor-first1= H. Rupert |editor-last2= Robbins |editor-first2= Patricia V. |author= Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau |chapter-url= https://images.library.wisc.edu/WI/EFacs/WIBlueBks/BlueBks/WIBlueBk1973/reference/wi.wibluebk1973.i0007.pdf |chapter= Biographies |pages= 86–87 |accessdate= February 6, 2021 }}

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

| Menomonee Falls

| January 6, 1975

| January 5, 1981

| {{Cite report|url= http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1979 |title= The state of Wisconsin 1979-1980 Blue Book |publisher= State of Wisconsin |year= 1979 |editor-last1= Theobald |editor-first1= H. Rupert |editor-last2= Robbins |editor-first2= Patricia V. |author= Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau |chapter-url= https://images.library.wisc.edu/WI/EFacs/WIBlueBks/BlueBks/WIBlueBk1979/reference/wi.wibluebk1979.i0007.pdf |chapter= Biographies |pages= 86–87 |accessdate= February 6, 2021 }}

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

| Menomonee Falls

| January 5, 1981

| January 3, 1983

| {{Cite report|url= http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1981 |title= The state of Wisconsin 1981-1982 Blue Book |publisher= State of Wisconsin |year= 1981 |editor-last1= Theobald |editor-first1= H. Rupert |editor-last2= Robbins |editor-first2= Patricia V. |author= Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau |chapter-url= https://images.library.wisc.edu/WI/EFacs/WIBlueBks/BlueBks/WIBlueBk1981/reference/wi.wibluebk1981.i0007.pdf |chapter= Biographies |pages= 86–87 |accessdate= February 6, 2021 }}

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

| Verona

| Dane, Green, Rock

| January 3, 1983

| January 7, 1985

| {{Cite report|url= http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1983 |title= The state of Wisconsin 1983-1984 Blue Book |publisher= State of Wisconsin |year= 1983 |editor-last1= Theobald |editor-first1= H. Rupert |editor-last2= Robbins |editor-first2= Patricia V. |author= Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau |chapter-url= https://images.library.wisc.edu/WI/EFacs/WIBlueBks/BlueBks/WIBlueBk1983/reference/wi.wibluebk1983.i0007.pdf |chapter= Biographies |pages= 52–53 |accessdate= February 6, 2021 }}

Lolita Schneiders

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

| Menomonee Falls

| Milwaukee, Waukesha

| January 7, 1985

| January 4, 1993

| {{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-last2= Theobald |editor-first2= H. Rupert |editor-last1= Barish |editor-first1= Lawrence S. |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= 86–87 |accessdate= February 6, 2021 }}

Peggy Krusick

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

| Milwaukee

| January 4, 1993

| January 6, 2003

| {{Cite report|url= http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk2001 |title= State of Wisconsin 2001-2002 Blue Book |publisher= State of Wisconsin |year= 2001 |editor-last1= Barish |editor-first1= Lawrence S. |editor-last2= Meloy |editor-first2= Patricia E. |author= Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau |chapter-url= https://images.library.wisc.edu/WI/EFacs/WIBlueBks/BlueBks/WIBlueBk2001/reference/wi.wibluebk2001.i0007.pdf |chapter= Biographies |pages= 86–87 |accessdate= February 6, 2021 }}

Ann Nischke

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

| Waukesha

| rowspan="3" | Waukesha

| January 6, 2003

| January 1, 2007

| {{Cite report|url= https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/misc/lrb/blue_book/2005_2006 |title= State of Wisconsin 2005-2006 Blue Book |publisher= State of Wisconsin |year= 2005 |isbn= 0-9752820-1-8 |editor-last1= Barish |editor-first1= Lawrence S. |editor-last2= Lemanski |editor-first2= Lynn |author= Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau |chapter-url= https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/misc/lrb/blue_book/2005_2006/200_biographies.pdf |chapter= Biographies |pages= 84–85 |accessdate= February 6, 2021 }}

Bill Kramer

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

| Waukesha

| January 1, 2007

| January 5, 2015

| {{cite web|url= https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2013/legislators/assembly/947 |title= Representative Bill Kramer |website=Wisconsin Legislature |accessdate= February 6, 2021 }}

Scott Allen

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

| Waukesha

| January 5, 2015

| January 6, 2025

| {{Cite web |url= https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2021/legislators/assembly/2120 |title= Representative Scott Allen |year= 2021 |website= Wisconsin Legislature |accessdate= February 6, 2021 }}

Cindi Duchow

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

| Delafield

| Jefferson, Waukesha

| January 6, 2025

| Current

| {{Cite web |url= https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/legislators/assembly/2876 |title= Representative Cindi Duchow |year= 2025 |website= Wisconsin Legislature |accessdate= January 8, 2025 }}

References

Category:Wisconsin State Assembly districts

Category:Waukesha County, Wisconsin

Category:Jefferson County, Wisconsin