{{Short description|American legislative district in eastern 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 53rd Assembly district (2024–2031).map|frame-height=300|frame-width=400|frame-coord={{coord|44.19|-88.42}}|frame-longitude=-77.2|zoom=11|overlay-horizontal-alignment=right|overlay-vertical-alignment=bottom|overlay=100px }} | From 2024 to 2031 | {{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|from=Wisconsin's 53rd Assembly district (2022–2023).map|frame-height=300|frame-width=400|frame-coord={{coord|43.87|-88.42}}|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 53rd Assembly district (2012–2021).map|frame-height=300|frame-width=400|frame-coord={{coord|43.87|-88.42}}|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 = 53 |representative = Dean Kaufert |residence = Neenah |party = Republican |incumbentsince = January 6, 2025 ({{ayd|2025|1|6}}) |Democratic = |Republican = |population = 59,326 |population_year = 2020 |voting_age = 45,714 |percent_white = 86.02 |percent_black = 2.44 |percent_hispanic = 5.78 |percent_asian = 3.2 |percent_native_american = 2.11 |percent_pacific_islander = 0.11 |percent_multiracial = |percent_other_race = |website = [https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/districts/assembly/53 Official website] |notes = East-central Wisconsin }} The '''53rd 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/53 |title=Assembly District 53 |website= Wisconsin Legislature |access-date= February 2, 2021 }}</ref> Located in eastern Wisconsin, the district comprises pars of northeast Winnebago County and southern Outagamie County. It includes the city of Neenah, the portion of the city of Menasha in Winnebago County, and the portion of the village of Fox Crossing east of the Fox River, along with part of southern Appleton. The district contains the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh, Fox Cities Campus and the Kimberly Point Lighthouse.<ref>{{Cite web |url= https://maps.legis.wisconsin.gov/?asm=53&single=y |title= Wisconsin Legislative Districts - Assembly District 53 Boundaries |website= Wisconsin Legislature |access-date= February 2, 2021 }}</ref> The district is represented by Republican Dean Kaufert, since January 2025; Kaufert previously represented the 55th district from 1991 to 2015.<ref name="kauf"/>
The 53rd Assembly district is located within Wisconsin's 18th Senate district, along with the 52nd and 54th 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 23, 2024 }}</ref>
<gallery> File:Downtown Menasha.jpg|Downtown Menasha File:NeenahLighthouse2009FoxRiver.jpg|Kimberly Point Lighthouse on Neenah Point File:NeenahWisconsinCityHall.jpg|Neenah City Hall File:DotyIslandFoxRiverNeenahWisconsin.jpg|Doty Island viewed from Neenah </gallery>
== List of past representatives == {| class="wikitable" |+List of representatives to the Wisconsin State Assembly from the 53rd district !Member !Party !Residence !Counties represented !Term start !Term end !Ref. |- | colspan="7" |''District created'' |- | James R. Lewis | {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | West Bend | rowspan="3" | Dodge, Fond du Lac, Washington | January 1, 1973 | {{nowrap|November 21, 1979}} | |- | colspan="3" | ''--Vacant--'' | {{nowrap|November 21, 1979}} | February 6, 1980 | |- | Mary Panzer | {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | West Bend | February 6, 1980 | January 3, 1983 | |- | {{nowrap|Cletus J. Vanderperren}} | {{party shading/Democratic}} | Dem. | Pittsfield | Brown | January 3, 1983 | January 7, 1985 | |- | Mary Panzer | {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | West Bend | Fond du Lac, Ozaukee, Sheboygan, Washington | January 7, 1985 | January 4, 1993 | |- | Carol Owens | {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Oshkosh | rowspan="3" | Dodge, Fond du Lac, Winnebago | January 4, 1993 | January 5, 2009 | |- | Richard Spanbauer | {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Algoma | January 5, 2009 | January 7, 2013 | |- | Michael Schraa | {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Oshkosh | January 7, 2013 | January 6, 2025 | <ref name="schra">{{cite web|url= https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2021/legislators/assembly/2187 |title= Representative Michael Schraa |website= Wisconsin Legislature |access-date= February 2, 2021 }}</ref> |- | Dean Kaufert | {{party shading/Republican}} | Rep. | Neenah | Outagamie, Winnebago | January 6, 2025 | ''Current'' | <ref name="kauf">{{cite web|url= https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/legislators/assembly/2852 |title= Representative Dean Kaufert |year= 2025 |website= Wisconsin Legislature |access-date= January 19, 2025 }}</ref> |}
== References == {{Reflist}} {{Wisconsin state legislature districts}}
Category:Wisconsin State Assembly districts Category:Outagamie County, Wisconsin Category:Winnebago County, Wisconsin
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