Wisconsin's 53rd Assembly district

The 53rd Assembly district of Wisconsin is one of 99 districts in the Wisconsin State Assembly.^[1] Located in eastern Wisconsin, the district comprises pars of northeast Winnebago County and southern Outagamie County. It includes the city of Neenah, the portion of the city of Menasha in Winnebago County, and the portion of the village of Fox Crossing east of the Fox River, along with part of southern Appleton. The district contains the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh, Fox Cities Campus and the Kimberly Point Lighthouse.^[2] The district is represented by Republican Dean Kaufert, since January 2025; Kaufert previously represented the 55th district from 1991 to 2015.^[3]

Wisconsin's 53rd 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	Dean Kaufert R–Neenah since January 6, 2025 (211 days)
Demographics	86.02% White 2.44% Black 5.78% Hispanic 3.2% Asian 2.11% Native American 0.11% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
Population (2020)  • Voting age	59,326 45,714
Website	Official website
Notes	East-central Wisconsin

The 53rd Assembly district is located within Wisconsin's 18th Senate district, along with the 52nd and 54th Assembly districts.^[4]

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  Downtown Menasha
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  Kimberly Point Lighthouse on Neenah Point
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  Neenah City Hall
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  Doty Island viewed from Neenah

List of past representatives

List of representatives to the Wisconsin State Assembly from the 53rd district

Member	Party	Residence	Counties represented	Term start	Term end	Ref.
District created
James R. Lewis	Rep.	West Bend	Dodge, Fond du Lac, Washington	January 1, 1973	November 21, 1979
--Vacant--				November 21, 1979	February 6, 1980
Mary Panzer	Rep.	West Bend		February 6, 1980	January 3, 1983
Cletus J. Vanderperren	Dem.	Pittsfield	Brown	January 3, 1983	January 7, 1985
Mary Panzer	Rep.	West Bend	Fond du Lac, Ozaukee, Sheboygan, Washington	January 7, 1985	January 4, 1993
Carol Owens	Rep.	Oshkosh	Dodge, Fond du Lac, Winnebago	January 4, 1993	January 5, 2009
Richard Spanbauer	Rep.	Algoma		January 5, 2009	January 7, 2013
Michael Schraa	Rep.	Oshkosh		January 7, 2013	January 6, 2025	[5]
Dean Kaufert	Rep.	Neenah	Outagamie, Winnebago	January 6, 2025	Current	[3]