It also contains the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay, Sheboygan Campus and Kohler-Andrae State Park.

[2] The district is represented by Democrat Joe Sheehan, since January 2025.

Act 304) which first established the numbered district system, replacing the previous system which allocated districts to specific counties.

Following the 1982 court-ordered redistricting, which scrambled all State Assembly districts, the 1983 redistricting moved the 26th district to Sheboygan County, based in the city of Sheboygan.

Act 43) split the city of Sheboygan between the 26th and 27th districts, keeping just the southern half in the 26th district and adding number of rural towns, in order to create two safe Republican districts from what had previously been the competitive 26th and safe Republican 27th.