| Wisconsin's 44th State Assembly district | |||||
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    2024 map defined in2023 Wisc. Act 94 2022 map defined inJohnson v. Wisconsin Elections Commission 2011 map was defined in2011 Wisc. Act 43 | |||||
| Assemblymember |
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| Demographics | 87.03% White 3.41% Black 5.3% Hispanic 1.78% Asian 1.97% Native American 0.14% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander | ||||
| Population (2020) • Voting age | 59,756 46,560 | ||||
| Website | Official website | ||||
| Notes | Janesville, Wisconsin | ||||
The44th Assembly district ofWisconsin is one of 99 districts in theWisconsin State Assembly.[1] Located in southern Wisconsin, the district comprises areas of centralRock County, including most of the city ofJanesville and the neighboring village ofFootville. It contains theUniversity of Wisconsin–Whitewater at Rock County campus, theSouthern Wisconsin Regional Airport, and the main campus ofBlackhawk Technical College.[2] The district is represented byDemocratAnn Roe, since January 2025.[3]
The 44th Assembly district is located withinWisconsin's 15th Senate district, along with the43rd and45th Assembly districts.[4]
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 44th district was drawn with novel boundaries, taking the western half ofWalworth County—which had been a single-district county in the previous scheme—and part of easternRock County, from what had been parts of the 1st and 3rd Rock County districts. The only incumbent representative of the three divided districts who lived in the newly drawn 44th district was RepublicanClarence J. Wilger, of the Walworth District. Wilger sought election in the new district, but was defeated in the 1972 Republican primary.[6]
Following the 1982 court-ordered redistricting, which scrambled all State Assembly districts, the 1983 redistricting (1983 Wisc. Act 29) moved the 44th district to its present location, based in the city of Janesville and neighboring towns. The district's boundaries have shrunk further into the city as the population has grown relative to surrounding areas, the 2002 redistricting was the first to put the boundaries of the district entirely within the city of Janesville.
| Member | Party | Residence | Counties represented | Term start | Term end | Ref. |
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| District created | ||||||
| Delmar DeLong | Rep. | Clinton | Rock,Walworth | January 1, 1973 | January 3, 1983 | |
| Mark D. Lewis | Dem. | Eau Claire | Eau Claire | January 3, 1983 | January 7, 1985 | |
| Wayne W. Wood | Dem. | Janesville | Rock | January 7, 1985 | January 3, 2005 | |
| Michael J. Sheridan | Dem. | January 3, 2005 | January 3, 2011 | |||
| Joe Knilans | Rep. | January 3, 2011 | January 7, 2013 | |||
| Debra Kolste | Dem. | January 7, 2013 | January 4, 2021 | [7] | ||
| Sue S. Conley | Dem. | January 4, 2021 | January 6, 2025 | [8] | ||
| Ann Roe | Dem. | January 6, 2025 | Current | [3] | ||