Wisconsin’s 1st Congressional District
Wisconsin’s 1st Congressional District is in Southern Wisconsin and it starts from Rock County and goes all the way up to Lake Michigan. The district includes Walworth, Kenosha, and Racine Counties, and it extends north to include Southern Waukesha and Southern Milwaukee Counties. The major cities of the district are Janesville, Racine, and Kenosha. The district is full of fields, pastures, lakes, and streams (typical Wisconsin). It is home to prime industrial and business centers such as Kenosha, Racine, Janes, and the Milwaukee area.
Paul Ryan’s quote about his district: “I believe its most valuable assets are the hardworking, straightforward, warm, and generous people who make up its strong community.”
Major Industries and Companies
Racine County: S.C. Johnson, Jockey International, CNH Global (subunit of Fiat)
Rock County: Home to University of Wisconsin (not the Badgers)
Demographics (2010 Census)
Total population: 728, 042
Average Age: 41 years old
Race
White: 625,025 Hispanic or Latino: 69, 717 Black or African American: 40,094 Asian: 16,141 American Indian and Alaskan Native: 3,397
Workers
Unemployment Rate: 4.8%
Industries: Educational services, and health care and social assistance =83,331 workers manufacturing =70,450 workers Retail Trade =40,785 workers
Average Household Income: $78,232
Party Affiliation
U.S. House, Wisconsin District 1 General Election, 2016
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Party
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Candidate
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Vote %
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Votes
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Republican
|  Paul Ryan Incumbent |
65%
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230,072
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Democratic
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Ryan Solen
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30.2%
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107,003
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Trump Conservative
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Spencer Zimmerman
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2.7%
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9,429
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Libertarian
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Jason Lebeck
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2.1%
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7,486
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U.S. House, Wisconsin District 1 General Election, 2008
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Party
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Candidate
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Vote %
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Votes
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Republican
|  Paul Ryan incumbent |
64%
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231,009
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Democratic
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Marge Krupp
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34.7%
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125,268
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Libertarian
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Joseph Kexel
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1.3%
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4,606
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N/A
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Scattering
|
0.1%
|
224
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U.S. House, Wisconsin District 1 General Election, 2000
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Party
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Candidate
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Vote %
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Votes
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Republican
|  Paul Ryan incumbent |
66.6%
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177,612
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Democratic
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Jeffrey C. Thomas
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33.3%
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88,885
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N/A
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Scattering
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0.1%
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294
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Paul Ryan has been the representative for Wisconsin’s 1st Congressional District from 2000-2016, and these graphs show how heavily Republican the district has voted for their state representative. The 1st District has not elected a Democratic or Libertarian candidate for a long time because of their strong Republican affiliation. In 2010 the district lines were redrawn in Wisconsin and this benefitted Paul Ryan by making his district even more Republican and gave him a heavy security blanket to keep his seat. Ryan's strong Republican constituents have remained loyal to him and have allowed him to keep his position as their representative for sixteen years.
2016 Presidential Election
Rock County: Hillary Clinton =52.4% Donald Trump =42.0%
Walworth County: Donald Trump =57.0% Hillary Clinton =37.0%
Racine County: Donald Trump =49.8% Hillary Clinton =45.4%
Kenosha County: Donald Trump =47.5% Hillary Clinton =47.2%
*(Southern) Waukesha: Donald Trump =61.6% Hillary Clinton =33.5%
*(Southern) Milwaukee: Hillary Clinton =66.4% Donald Trump =29.0%
Most of Wisconsin’s 1st Congressional District was in favor for Donald Trump over Hillary Clinton and this was very important in the election because Wisconsin was considered a “swing state”, and the majority of district voting for Trump helped him win Wisconsin and get ten electoral votes. In the 2012 election, Waukesha and Walworth Counties were the only counties in the district that voted Republican, for Mitt Romney, and the other counties in the district voted for Obama, so President Trump must have had a very strong appeal to these counties who were obviously seeking change from the previous administration. By Trump winning the election this helped Paul Ryan keep his job safe as the Speaker of the House because if Hillary would have won, the House could have been taken control by the Democrats.
*=The 1st District only covers the southern part of the county while the rest of the county is in a different district
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