The 89th Assembly district of Wisconsin is one of 99 districts in the Wisconsin State Assembly. Located in Northeastern Wisconsin, the district is entirely contained within central Brown County. It includes the village of Ashwaubenon and much of the west side of the city of Green Bay. The district contains Lambeau Field, home of the Green Bay Packers. The district is represented by Democrat Ryan Spaude, since January 2025.
The 89th Assembly district is located within Wisconsin's 30th Senate district, along with the 88th and 90th Assembly districts.
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. The 89th district was drawn mostly in line with the boundaries of the previous Brown 3rd district, which comprised roughly the northwest corner of Brown County, including coastal areas of the city of Green Bay. The last representative of the Brown 3rd district, Cletus J. Vanderperren, was elected in 1972 as the first representative of the 89th Assembly district.
The 1982 court-ordered redistricting plan briefly moved the district into central County, including the city of . The 1983 redistricting act brought the district back to its previous location with nearly identical boundaries to the 1972 map. The 1992 court-ordered redistricting plan dramatically changed the boundaries, removing the city of Green Bay and most of the Green Bay suburbs, and instead stretching north into eastern Oconto and eastern Marinette counties, taking over territory previously assigned to the 88th district. The 2002 redistricting kept those boundaries largely intact. The 2011 redistricting (2011 Wisc. Act 43) also roughly maintained the geography of the district, but added back areas of eastern Howard, as part of a broader scheme to pack Democratic votes into the 90th district. The 2022 court ordered plan mostly maintained that district.
The 2024 redistricting dramatically reorganized the 30th Senate district, moving the 89th district back into the core of the Green Bay metro area, comprising much of the west side of the city of Green Bay and the neighboring village of Ashwaubenon. Under the new map configuration, the 89th Assembly district is projected to be one of the most competitive districts in the state legislature.
List of past representatives +List of representatives to the Wisconsin State Assembly from the 89th districtMemberPartyResidenceCounties representedTerm startTerm endRef.District created Dem. Pittsfield Brown January 1, 1973 January 3, 1983 Rep. Fond du Lac Fond du Lac January 3, 1983 January 7, 1985 Dem. Green Bay Brown January 7, 1985 January 4, 1993 Rep. Suamico Brown, Marinette, Oconto January 4, 1993 January 1, 2007 Rep. Marinette January 1, 2007 December 2, 2020 --Vacant-- May 11, 2021 Rep. Pensaukee May 11, 2021 January 6, 2025 Dem. Ashwaubenon Brown January 6, 2025 Current
Electoral history
Year Date Elected Defeated Total Plurality Other primary candidates 1972 Democratic 11,442 70.23% Rep. 4,851 29.77% 16,293 6,591 1974 Democratic 8,910100.00% 8,910 8,910 1976 Democratic 12,657 68.71% Rep. 5,628 31.29% 17,984 6,728 1978 Democratic 8,826 64.57% Rep. 4,842 35.43% 13,668 3,984 1980 Democratic 12,685 59.04% Rep. 8,799 40.96% 21,484 3,886 1982 Republican 10,394 56.58% Dem. 7,975 43.42% 18,369 2,419 1984 Democratic 13,318 65.29% Rep. 7,079 34.71% 20,397 6,239 1986 Democratic 10,721 68.73% Rep. 4,878 31.27% 15,599 5,843 1988 Democratic 15,089 68.04% Rep. 7,089 31.96% 22,178 8,000 1990 Democratic 9,604 58.71% Rep. 6,755 41.29% 16,359 2,849 1992 Republican 14,826 64.02% Dem. 8,331 35.98% 23,157 6,495 1994 Republican 10,325 68.53% Dem. 4,742 31.47% 15,067 5,583 1996 Republican 14,113 66.67% Dem. 7,056 33.33% 21,169 7,057 1998 Republican 13,088 97.96% Dem. 272 2.04% 13,360 12,816 2000 Republican 18,372 72.65% Dem. 6,904 27.30% 25,290 11,468 2002 Republican 11,335 69.06% Dem. 4,501 27.42% 16,414 6,834 Lib. 308 1.88% Ind. 257 1.57% 2004 Republican 18,216 63.81% Dem. 10,318 36.15% 28,546 7,898 2006 Republican 11,844 54.10% Dem. 10,011 45.73% 21,891 1,833 2008 Republican 14,814 53.54% Dem. 12,839 46.40% 27,668 1,975 2010 Republican 15,788 67.68% Dem. 7,520 32.24% 23,326 8,268 2012 Republican 16,081 59.05% Dem. 11,129 40.87% 27,232 4,952 2014 Republican 18,483 99.38% 18,599 18,367 2016 Republican 19,429 68.20% Dem. 9,055 31.78% 28,489 10,374 2018 Republican 17,091 66.85% Dem. 8,461 33.10% 25,565 8,630 2020 Republican 22,823 68.73% Dem. 10,374 31.24% 33,207 12,449 2021 Republican 8,129 63.17% Dem. 4,732 36.77% 12,868 3,397 2022 Republican 17,514 66.52% Dem. 8,800 33.42% 26,329 8,714 2024 Democratic 15,169 51.32% Rep. 14,343 48.52% 29,559 826
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