{{Short description|American legislative district in south-central Wisconsin}} {{Use American English|date=February 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox United States legislative district |image = {{switcher | {{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|from=Wisconsin's 38th Assembly district (2024–2031).map|frame-height=300|frame-width=400|frame-coord={{coord|43.2|-88.6}}|frame-longitude=-77.2|zoom=9|overlay-horizontal-alignment=right|overlay-vertical-alignment=bottom|overlay=100px }} | From 2024 to 2031 | {{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|from=Wisconsin's 38th Assembly district (2022–2023).map|frame-height=300|frame-width=400|frame-coord={{coord|43.2|-88.6}}|frame-longitude=-77.2|zoom=9|overlay-horizontal-alignment=right|overlay-vertical-alignment=bottom|overlay=100px }} | From 2022 to 2023 | {{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|from=Wisconsin's 38th Assembly district (2012–2021).map|frame-height=300|frame-width=400|frame-coord={{coord|43.2|-88.6}}|frame-longitude=-77.2|zoom=9|overlay-horizontal-alignment=right|overlay-vertical-alignment=bottom|overlay=100px }} | From 2012 to 2021 }} |image_size = |image_caption = 2024 map defined in {{nowrap|[https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/related/acts/94 2023 Wisc. Act 94]}}<br />2022 map defined in ''[https://www.wicourts.gov/sc/opinion/DisplayDocument.pdf?content=pdf&seqNo=512188 Johnson v. Wisconsin Elections Commission]''<br />2011 map was defined in {{nowrap|[https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2011/related/acts/43 2011 Wisc. Act 43]}} |chamber = Assembly |state = Wisconsin |district = 38 |representative = William Penterman |residence = Columbus |party = Republican |incumbentsince = January 6, 2025 ({{age|2025|1|6}} years) |Democratic = |Republican = |population = 59,247 |population_year = 2020 |voting_age = 46,391 |percent_white = 89.64 |percent_black = 1.17 |percent_hispanic = 5.92 |percent_asian = 0.98 |percent_native_american = 1.42 |percent_pacific_islander = 0.07 |percent_multiracial = |percent_other_race = |website = [https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/districts/assembly/38 Official website] |notes = South-central Wisconsin |residence_link = Columbus, Wisconsin }}
The '''38th Assembly district of Wisconsin''' is one of 99 districts in the Wisconsin State Assembly.<ref>{{Cite web |url= https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/districts/assembly/38 |title=Assembly District 38|website= Wisconsin Legislature |access-date= February 1, 2021 }}</ref> Located in south-central Wisconsin, the district comprises parts of southern Dodge County and northern Jefferson County. It includes the cities of Watertown, Jefferson, Juneau, and Horicon, and the villages of Clyman, Hustisford, Iron Ridge, Johnson Creek, Lowell, and Reeseville.<ref>{{Cite web |url= https://maps.legis.wisconsin.gov/?asm=38&single=y |title= Wisconsin Legislative Districts - Assembly District 38 Boundaries |website= Wisconsin Legislature |access-date= February 1, 2021 }}</ref> The district is represented by Republican William Penterman, since January 2025; Penterman previously represented the 37th district from July 2021 to January 2025.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Representative William Penterman |url=https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/legislators/assembly/2856 |access-date=January 6, 2025 |website=Wisconsin Legislature}}</ref>
The 38th Assembly district is located within Wisconsin's 13th Senate district, along with the 37th and 39th Assembly districts.<ref>{{cite act |url = https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/related/acts/94| type= Act |index= 94 |year= 2023 |legislature= Wisconsin Legislature |title =An Act ... relating to: legislative redistricting |accessdate= February 26, 2024 }}</ref>
<gallery> File:Watertown River Walk 02.jpg|Watertown River Walk File:JuneauWisconsinDowntownWIS26.jpg|Downtown Juneau File:Horicon Wisconsin Downtown Looking West WIS28.jpg|Downtown Horicon File:JeffersonWisconsinDowntown.jpg|Downtown Jefferson </gallery>
== List of past representatives == {| class="wikitable" |+List of representatives to the Wisconsin State Assembly from the 38th district !Member !Party !Residence !Counties represented !Term start !Term end !Ref. |- | colspan="7" |''District created'' |- | Harland E. Everson | {{party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. | Edgerton | Dane, Jefferson | January 1, 1973 | January 3, 1983 | |- | {{nowrap|Joseph E. Tregoning}} | {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Shullsburg | Iowa, Lafayette, Sauk | January 3, 1983 | January 7, 1985 | |- | Margaret S. Lewis | {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Jefferson | rowspan="2" | Jefferson, Rock, Walworth | January 7, 1985 | January 7, 1991 | |- | Stephen Nass | {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Whitewater | January 7, 1991 | January 4, 1993 | |- | Steven Foti | {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | rowspan="3" | Oconomowoc | rowspan="2" | Dodge, Jefferson, Waukesha | January 4, 1993 | {{nowrap|January 3, 2005}} | |- | Joel Kleefisch | {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | {{nowrap|January 3, 2005}} | January 7, 2019 | <ref>{{cite web|url= https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2017/legislators/assembly/1573 |title= Representative Joel Kleefisch |website= Wisconsin Legislature |accessdate= February 1, 2021 }}</ref> |- | Barbara Dittrich | {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Dane, Jefferson, Waukesha | January 7, 2019 | January 6, 2025 | <ref name="ditt">{{Cite web |title=Representative Barbara Dittrich |url=https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2021/legislators/assembly/2132 |access-date=February 1, 2021 |website=Wisconsin Legislature}}</ref> |- |William Penterman | {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep. |Columbus |Dodge, Jefferson |January 6, 2025 |''Current'' |<ref name=":0" /> |}
== References == {{Reflist}} {{Wisconsin state legislature districts}}
Category:Wisconsin State Assembly districts Category:Jefferson County, Wisconsin Category:Dodge County, Wisconsin
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