The 94th Assembly district of Wisconsin is one of 99 districts in the Wisconsin State Assembly. Located in western Wisconsin, the district comprises parts of northern La Crosse County and southeast Trempealeau County. It includes the cities of Galesville and Onalaska, and the villages of Ettrick, Holmen, and West Salem, along with part of the north side of the city of La Crosse. The district is represented by Democrat Steve Doyle, since May 2011.
The 94th Assembly district is located within Wisconsin's 32nd Senate district, along with the 95th and 96th 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 30th district was drawn mostly in line with the boundaries of the previous La Crosse 2nd district, which comprised nearly all of La Crosse County outside of the city of La Crosse. The new district also comprised most of La Crosse County and extending north into southwest Jackson County and southern Trempealeau County. The last representative of the La Crosse 2nd district, Virgil Roberts, was elected in 1972 as the first representative of the 94th Assembly district. Over the decades, the location of the 94th district has been unusually consistent through redistricting cycles, with the only serious deviation being the 1982 court-ordered plan.
The 1982 court-ordered redistricting plan briefly moved the district into western Madison, but the 1983 redistricting act restored the district to its previous region. Under the 1983 plan, most of La Crosse County was restored to the district, but the areas in Trempealeau and Jackson were not retained. Instead the district stretched east into southwestern Monroe County. The 1992 plan shrunk the Monroe County portion of the district as population growth in La Crosse County outpaced the other parts of the district. The 2002 plan removed the remaining parts of the city of La Crosse from the district and added more of the remaining towns of La Crosse County and one additional town in Monroe County. The 2011 redistricting act removed the remaining parts of Monroe County from the district and exchanged the town of Campbell for most of the remaining parts of the town of Shelby. The 2022 court-ordered redistricting removed parts of northeastern La Crosse County and parts of the town of Shelby.
The 2024 redistricting removed the southern half of La Crosse County and added in areas of southern Trempealeau County. The 94th Assembly district has consistently been one of the most competitive districts in the state legislature, and that is projected to continue under the new map configuration.
List of past representatives +List of representatives to the Wisconsin State Assembly from the 94th districtMemberPartyResidenceCounties representedTerm startTerm endRef.District created Dem. La Crosse, Jackson, Trempealeau January 3, 1983 Dem. Madison Dane January 3, 1983 January 7, 1985 Rep. La Crosse, Monroe January 7, 1985 January 5, 1987 Dem. January 5, 1987 January 2, 1995 Rep. West Salem January 2, 1995 January 3, 2011 --Vacant-- January 3, 2011 May 17, 2011 Dem. Onalaska La Crosse May 17, 2011 Current
Electoral history Year Date Elected Defeated Total Plurality Other primary candidates 1972 Democratic 10,235 54.31% Rep.8,609 45.69% 18,844 1,626 1974 Democratic 7,823 57.37% Rep. 5,812 42.63% 13,635 2,011 1976 Democratic 12,802 56.74% Rep. 9,762 43.26% 22,564 3,040 1978 Democratic 7,794 50.69% Rep. 7,583 49.31% 15,377 211 1980 Democratic 14,730 57.46% Rep. 10,904 42.54% 25,634 3,826 1982 Mary Lou Munts Democratic 14,340 65.38% Rep. 7,593 34.62% 21,933 6,747 1984 Republican 10,959 51.82% Dem. 10,190 48.18% 21,149 769 1986 Democratic 8,734 50.38% Rep. 8,603 49.62% 17,337 131 1988 Democratic 11,422 50.50% Rep.11,198 49.50% 22,620 224 1990 Democratic 9,526 55.98% Rep. 7,490 44.02% 17,016 2,036 1992 Democratic 13,274 52.63% Rep. 11,948 47.37% 25,222 1,326 1994 Republican 8,690 51.70% Dem. 8,118 48.30% 16,808 572 1996 Republican 12,648 53.15% Dem. 10,580 44.46% 23,797 2,068 Ind. 569 2.39% 1998 Republican 12,797 68.20% Dem. 5,967 31.80% 18,764 6,830 2000 Republican 19,275 67.85% Dem. 9,091 32.00% 28,407 10,184 2002 Republican 11,136 60.33% Dem. 7,304 39.57% 18,459 3,832 2004 Republican 18,051 57.91% Dem. 13,079 41.96% 31,169 4,972 2006 Republican 12,917 57.92% Dem. 8,059 36.14% 22,302 4,858 Ind. 1,312 5.88% 2008 Republican 17,719 54.04% Dem. 15,054 45.91% 32,791 2,665 2010 Republican 13,979 58.85% Dem. 9,768 41.12% 23,754 4,211 2011 Democratic 8,369 53.66% Rep. 7,219 46.29% 15,596 1,150 2012 Democratic 18,566 60.59% Rep. 12,068 39.38% 30,644 6,498 2014 Democratic 13,670 54.06% Rep. 11,617 45.94% 25,287 2,053 2016 Democratic 16,721 52.63% Rep. 15,049 47.37% 31,770 1,672 2018 Democratic 17,498 60.20% Rep. 11,567 39.80% 29,065 5,931 2020 Democratic 19,186 52.44% Rep. 16,526 45.17% 36,590 2,660 Ind. 868 2.37% 2022 Democratic 14,826 51.29% Rep. 14,070 48.67% 28,907 756 2024 Democratic 18,436 50.29% Rep. 18,219 49.70% 36,657 217
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