Wisconsin's 89th Assembly district American legislative district in Brown County, Wisconsin
The 89th Assembly district of Wisconsin is one of 99 districts in the Wisconsin State Assembly .[ 1] 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 .[ 2] The district is represented by Democrat Ryan Spaude , since January 2025.[ 3]
The 89th Assembly district is located within Wisconsin's 30th Senate district , along with the 88th and 90th Assembly districts.[ 4]
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.[ 5] 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 Fond du Lac County, including the city of Fond du Lac . 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 (2023 Wisc. Act 94 ) 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 district
Member
Party
Residence
Counties represented
Term start
Term end
Ref.
District created
Cletus J. Vanderperren
Dem.
Pittsfield
Brown
January 1, 1973
January 3, 1983
Earl F. McEssy
Rep.
Fond du Lac
Fond du Lac
January 3, 1983
January 7, 1985
Cletus J. Vanderperren
Dem.
Green Bay
Brown
January 7, 1985
January 4, 1993
John Gard
Rep.
Suamico
Brown , Marinette , Oconto
January 4, 1993
January 1, 2007
John Nygren
Rep.
Marinette
January 1, 2007
December 2, 2020
[ 6]
--Vacant--
December 2, 2020
May 11, 2021
[ 7]
Elijah Behnke
Rep.
Pensaukee
May 11, 2021
January 6, 2025
[ 8]
Ryan Spaude
Dem.
Ashwaubenon
Brown
January 6, 2025
Current
[ 3]
Electoral history
Year
Date
Elected
Defeated
Total
Plurality
Other primary candidates
1972[ 9]
Nov. 7
Cletus J. Vanderperren
Democratic
11,442
70.23%
Henry A. Rueden
Rep.
4,851
29.77%
16,293
6,591
1974[ 10]
Nov. 5
Cletus J. Vanderperren (inc)
Democratic
8,910
100.00%
8,910
8,910
1976[ 11]
Nov. 2
Cletus J. Vanderperren (inc)
Democratic
12,657
68.71%
John R. Hansen
Rep.
5,628
31.29%
17,984
6,728
1978[ 12]
Nov. 7
Cletus J. Vanderperren (inc)
Democratic
8,826
64.57%
William H. Dierks
Rep.
4,842
35.43%
13,668
3,984
1980[ 13]
Nov. 4
Cletus J. Vanderperren (inc)
Democratic
12,685
59.04%
Robert A. Thompson
Rep.
8,799
40.96%
21,484
3,886
Wendell W. McLester (Dem.)
1982[ 14]
Nov. 2
Earl F. McEssy
Republican
10,394
56.58%
Rosalie Tryon
Dem.
7,975
43.42%
18,369
2,419
1984[ 15]
Nov. 6
Cletus J. Vanderperren
Democratic
13,318
65.29%
James D. Shatswell
Rep.
7,079
34.71%
20,397
6,239
1986[ 16]
Nov. 4
Cletus J. Vanderperren (inc)
Democratic
10,721
68.73%
James D. Shatswell
Rep.
4,878
31.27%
15,599
5,843
1988[ 17]
Nov. 8
Cletus J. Vanderperren (inc)
Democratic
15,089
68.04%
James D. Shatswell
Rep.
7,089
31.96%
22,178
8,000
Raymond C. Maxwell (Rep.)
1990[ 18]
Nov. 6
Cletus J. Vanderperren (inc)
Democratic
9,604
58.71%
Gary F. Drzewiecki
Rep.
6,755
41.29%
16,359
2,849
Raymond C. Maxwell (Rep.) Serena E. Mommaerts (Rep.)
1992[ 19]
Nov. 3
John Gard
Republican
14,826
64.02%
Scott McCormick
Dem.
8,331
35.98%
23,157
6,495
1994[ 20]
Nov. 8
John Gard (inc)
Republican
10,325
68.53%
Kim Fenske
Dem.
4,742
31.47%
15,067
5,583
1996[ 21]
Nov. 5
John Gard (inc)
Republican
14,113
66.67%
Kim Fenske
Dem.
7,056
33.33%
21,169
7,057
1998[ 22]
Nov. 3
John Gard (inc)
Republican
13,088
97.96%
Alan S. Hager (write-in)
Dem.
272
2.04%
13,360
12,816
2000[ 23]
Nov. 7
John Gard (inc)
Republican
18,372
72.65%
Alan S. Hager
Dem.
6,904
27.30%
25,290
11,468
2002[ 24]
Nov. 5
John Gard (inc)
Republican
11,335
69.06%
Alan S. Hager
Dem.
4,501
27.42%
16,414
6,834
Justin Ingalls
Lib.
308
1.88%
Jake Neta
Ind.
257
1.57%
2004[ 25]
Nov. 2
John Gard (inc)
Republican
18,216
63.81%
Bruce J. Berman
Dem.
10,318
36.15%
28,546
7,898
Don Peterlin (Dem.)
2006[ 26]
Nov. 7
John Nygren
Republican
11,844
54.10%
Randy Koehn
Dem.
10,011
45.73%
21,891
1,833
Gary F. Drzewiecki (Rep.) Bruce J. Berman (Dem.)
2008[ 27]
Nov. 4
John Nygren (inc)
Republican
14,814
53.54%
Randy Koehn
Dem.
12,839
46.40%
27,668
1,975
2010[ 28]
Nov. 2
John Nygren (inc)
Republican
15,788
67.68%
Bob Orwig
Dem.
7,520
32.24%
23,326
8,268
2012[ 29]
Nov. 6
John Nygren (inc)
Republican
16,081
59.05%
Joe Reinhard
Dem.
11,129
40.87%
27,232
4,952
2014[ 30]
Nov. 4
John Nygren (inc)
Republican
18,483
99.38%
18,599
18,367
2016[ 31]
Nov. 8
John Nygren (inc)
Republican
19,429
68.20%
Heidi Fencl
Dem.
9,055
31.78%
28,489
10,374
2018[ 32]
Nov. 6
John Nygren (inc)
Republican
17,091
66.85%
Ken Holdorf
Dem.
8,461
33.10%
25,565
8,630
2020[ 33]
Nov. 3
John Nygren (inc)
Republican
22,823
68.73%
Karl Jaeger
Dem.
10,374
31.24%
33,207
12,449
Andi Rich (Rep.)
2021[ 34]
Apr. 6
Elijah Behnke
Republican
8,129
63.17%
Karl Jaeger
Dem.
4,732
36.77%
12,868
3,397
Michael Kunesh (Rep.) Debbie Jacques (Rep.) Michael Schneider (Rep.) David Kamps (Rep.)
2022[ 35]
Nov. 8
Elijah Behnke (inc)
Republican
17,514
66.52%
Jane Benson
Dem.
8,800
33.42%
26,329
8,714
2024 [ 36]
Nov. 5
Ryan Spaude
Democratic
15,169
51.32%
Patrick Buckley
Rep.
14,343
48.52%
29,559
826
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