The 51st Assembly district of Wisconsin is one of 99 districts in the Wisconsin State Assembly. Located in southern Wisconsin, the district comprises all of Iowa and Lafayette counties, and parts of western Dane County and eastern Grant County. It includes the cities of Cuba City, Darlington, Dodgeville, Mineral Point, and Shullsburg, and the villages of Arena, Argyle, Avoca, Barneveld, Belmont, Benton, Blanchardville, Blue Mounds, Blue River, Cobb, Gratiot, Hazel Green, Highland, Hollandale, Linden, Livingston, Montfort, Mount Horeb, Muscoda, Rewey, Ridgeway, and South Wayne. The district also contains landmarks such as Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin estate, the historic Iowa County Courthouse, Governor Dodge State Park, Blue Mound State Park, and Yellowstone Lake State Park. The district is represented by Republican Todd Novak, since January 2015.
The 51st Assembly district is located within Wisconsin's 17th Senate district, along with the 49th and 50th Assembly districts.
List of past representatives +List of representatives to the Wisconsin State Assembly from the 51st districtMemberPartyResidenceCounties representedTerm startTerm endRef.District created Joseph E. Tregoning Rep. Shullsburg Green, Lafayette, Rock January 1, 1973 January 3, 1983 Dem. Shell Lake Barron, Washburn January 3, 1983 January 7, 1985 Joseph E. Tregoning Rep. Shullsburg Grant, Iowa, Lafayette January 7, 1985 May 28, 1990 --Vacant-- May 28, 1990 January 7, 1991 Stephen Freese Rep. Jamestown Iowa, Lafayette, Richland, Sauk January 7, 1991 Steve Hilgenberg Dem. Dodgeville January 3, 2011 Howard Marklein Rep. Green, Iowa, Lafayette, Richland, Sauk January 3, 2011 January 3, 2015 Todd Novak Rep. Dodgeville January 3, 2015 Current Dane, Grant, Iowa, Lafayette,
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