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Wisconsin's 1st congressional district

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Current Representative
  
Paul Ryan (R–Janesville)

Cook PVI
  
R+3

Population (2000)
  
670,458

Median income
  
$50,372 (USD)

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Occupation
  
27.4% Blue-collar 57.7% White-collar 14.9% Gray-collar

Ethnicity
  
91.1% White; 4.7% Black; 1.0% Asian; 5.0% Hispanic; 0.3% Native American; 0.3% other

Distribution
  
84.13% urban; 15.87% rural

Area
  
1,679.95 sq mi (4,351.1 km2)

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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, Waukesha County and Milwaukee County. The district's current Representative is Republican Paul Ryan, the current Speaker of the House of Representatives, who was the Republican candidate for Vice President of the United States in the United States presidential election of 2012.

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A swing 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 Ryan's running mate Mitt Romney over Barack Obama in 2012, 52.12%-47.88%.

Election results from presidential races

The first district is a swing district that leans Republican.

Living former Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Wisconsin's 1st congressional district

As of February 2017, two former members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Wisconsin's 1st congressional district are alive.

References

Wisconsin's 1st congressional district Wikipedia