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The 71st Assembly District of Wisconsin is one of 99 districts in the Wisconsin State Assembly.^[1] Located in central Wisconsin, the district comprises most of Portage County and part of northeast Adams County. It includes the city of Stevens Point and the villages of Amherst, Amherst Junction, Nelsonville, Plover, and Whiting. The district also contains the University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point campus.^[2] The district is represented by Democrat Katrina Shankland, since January 2013.^[3]

The 71st Assembly district is located within Wisconsin's 24th Senate district, along with the 70th and 72nd Assembly districts.^[4]

List of past representatives

List of representatives to the Wisconsin State Assembly from the 71st district
Member	Party	Residence	Counties represented	Term start	Term end	Ref.
District created
Leonard A. Groshek	Dem.	Stevens Point	Portage	January 1, 1973	January 1, 1979
David Helbach	Dem.	Stevens Point	Portage	January 1, 1979	January 3, 1983
Donald K. Stitt	Rep.	Port Washington	Ozaukee, Sheboygan	January 3, 1983	January 7, 1985
Stan Gruszynski	Dem.	Stevens Point	Portage, Waupaca	January 7, 1985	January 2, 1995
Stan Gruszynski	Dem.	Stevens Point	Portage, Waushara	January 7, 1985	January 2, 1995
William Murat	Dem.	Stevens Point		January 2, 1995	January 4, 1999
Julie Lassa	Dem.	Plover		January 4, 1999	May 9, 2003	^[5]
--Vacant--				May 9, 2003	August 11, 2003
Louis Molepske	Dem.	Stevens Point		August 11, 2003	January 7, 2013
Katrina Shankland	Dem.	Stevens Point	Portage	January 7, 2013	Current	^[3]