Wisconsin's 1st congressional district


Wisconsin's 1st congressional district is a congressional district of the United States House of Representatives in southeastern Wisconsin, covering Kenosha County, Racine County, and most of Walworth County, as well as portions of Rock County and Milwaukee County. The district's current Representative is Republican Bryan Steil.
Among the district's previous representatives are U.S. Secretary of Defense Les Aspin and Speaker of the House and 2012 Vice Presidential-nominee Paul Ryan.
A slightly Republican-leaning district, it was carried by George W. Bush in 2004 with 53%; the district voted for Barack Obama over John McCain in 2008, 51.40–47.45% and the district voted for Mitt Romney over Barack Obama in 2012, 52.12%–47.88%. It stayed Republican in 2016, with a plurality of voters polling for Donald Trump.

Composition

For the 118th and successive Congresses, the district contains all or portions of the following counties, towns, and municipalities:
Kenosha County
Milwaukee County
Racine County
Rock County
'''Walworth County '''

Recent election results from statewide races

Currently, it is a swing district that leans Republican, although it was redrawn to be more Democratic-leaning in 2022.
YearOfficeResults
2008PresidentObama 55% - 44%
2010SenateJohnson 55% - 44%
2010GovernorWalker 55% - 44%
2010Secretary of StateKing 50% - 49%
2010Attorney GeneralVan Hollen 60% - 40%
2010TreasurerSchuller 55% - 44%
2012PresidentObama 53% - 47%
2012SenateBaldwin 51% - 46%
2012Governor (Recall)Walker 53% - 46%
2014GovernorWalker 54% - 45%
2014Secretary of StateLa Follette 48.3% - 48.0%
2014Attorney GeneralSchimel 53% - 44%
2014TreasurerAdamczyk 51% - 43%
2016PresidentTrump 48% - 46%
2016SenateJohnson 51% - 46%
2018SenateBaldwin 54% - 46%
2018GovernorWalker 49% - 48%
2018Secretary of StateLa Follette 52% - 48%
2018Attorney GeneralSchimel 50% - 48%
2018TreasurerGodlewski 50% - 47%
2020PresidentTrump 50% - 48%
2022SenateJohnson 52% - 48%
2022GovernorMichels 49.5% - 49.3%
2022Secretary of StateLoudenbeck 50% - 46%
2022Attorney GeneralToney 51% - 49%
2022TreasurerLeiber 51% - 46%
2024PresidentTrump 51% - 47%
2024SenateHovde 50% - 47%