The district's current Representative is Republican Bryan Steil.

Among the district's previous representatives are U.S. Secretary of Defense Les Aspin and Speaker of the House and 2012 Vice Presidential-nominee Paul Ryan.

A slightly Republican-leaning 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 Mitt Romney over Barack Obama in 2012, 52.12%–47.88%.

[5] It stayed Republican in 2016, with a plurality of voters polling for Donald Trump.

[6] Kenosha County Milwaukee County Racine County Rock Walworth Currently, it is a swing district that leans Republican, although it was redrawn to be more Democratic-leaning in 2022.