Wisconsin's 12th Assembly district

The 12th Assembly district of Wisconsin is one of 99 districts in the Wisconsin State Assembly.^[1] Located in southeast Wisconsin, the district is entirely contained within northwest Milwaukee County. It comprises much of the far north of the city of Milwaukee as well as part of northern Wauwatosa and western Brown Deer. The district also includes most of the former town of Granville, Dretzka Park, and Lawrence J. Timmerman Airport.^[2] The district is represented by Democrat Russell Goodwin, since January 2025.^[3]

Wisconsin's 12th State Assembly district
From 2024 to 2031 From 2022 to 2023 From 2012 to 2021 2024 map defined in 2023 Wisc. Act 94 2022 map defined in Johnson v. Wisconsin Elections Commission 2011 map was defined in 2011 Wisc. Act 43
Assemblymember	Russell Goodwin D–Milwaukee since January 6, 2025 (0 years)
Demographics	29.69% White 57.01% Black 5.24% Hispanic 7.67% Asian 1.46% Native American 0.14% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
Population (2020)  • Voting age	59,351 42,610
Website	Official website
Notes	Northwest Milwaukee County

The 12th Assembly district is located within Wisconsin's 4th Senate district, along with the 10th and 11th Assembly districts.^[4]

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  Dretzka Park
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  Lawrence J. Timmerman Airport

History

The district was created in the 1972 redistricting act (1971 Wisc. Act 304) which first established the numbered district system, replacing the previous system which allocated districts to specific counties.^[5] The 12th district was drawn with novel boundaries in south and east Washington County, along with part of south Ozaukee County. In the prior legislative district scheme, Washington County and Ozaukee County were each single-district counties. The last representative of the Washington County district, Frederick C. Schroeder, went on to win election to become the first representative of the 12th Assembly district.^[6]

The 1982 court-ordered redistricting plan moved the 12th district into central Milwaukee County.^[7] The district has remained in Milwaukee County since then, though the boundaries shifted east in the 1983 legislative redistricting, and then north and west in 1992, 2002, and 2011, with the district now covering the northwest corner of the county.

List of past representatives

List of representatives to the Wisconsin State Assembly from the 12th district

Member	Party	Residence	Counties represented	Term start	Term end	Ref.
District created
Frederick C. Schroeder	Republican	Trenton	Ozaukee, Washington	January 1, 1973	January 3, 1977	[6][8]: 174
John L. Merkt		Mequon		January 3, 1977	January 3, 1983	[9][8]: 160
Marcia P. Coggs	Democratic	Milwaukee	Milwaukee	January 3, 1983	January 7, 1985	[10][8]: 130
Barbara Notestein				January 7, 1985	January 4, 1993	[11][8]: 163
Shirley Krug				January 4, 1993	January 3, 2005	[12][8]: 153
Fred Kessler				January 3, 2005	January 6, 2019	[13][8]: 151
LaKeshia Myers				January 6, 2019	January 6, 2023	[14]
Russell Goodwin				January 6, 2023	Current	[3]