Wisconsin's 22nd Senate district
American legislative district in southeast Wisconsin
The 22nd Senate district of Wisconsin is one of 33 districts in the Wisconsin Senate .[ 1] Located in southeast Wisconsin, the district comprises parts of eastern Kenosha County and southeast Racine County , including most of the city of Kenosha and the south side of the city of Racine , along with the villages of Somers and Sturtevant , most of the village of Mount Pleasant , and the northern half of the village of Pleasant Prairie . The district also contains Kenosha Regional Airport , Johnson Wax Headquarters , the Foxconn in Wisconsin industrial park, Regency Mall , Carthage College , and the University of Wisconsin–Parkside campus.[ 2]
Current elected officials
Robert Wirch is the senator representing the 22nd district. He was first elected to the Senate in the 1996 general election. Before becoming senator, he was a member of the State Assembly from 1993 to 1997.[ 3]
Each Wisconsin State Senate district is composed of three Wisconsin State Assembly districts. The 22nd Senate district comprises the 64th, 65th, and 66th Assembly districts. The current representatives of those districts are:
The district is also located entirely within Wisconsin's 1st congressional district , which is represented by U.S. Representative Bryan Steil .[ 7]
Past senators
A partial list of all previous senators from this district:[ 8]
Note: the boundaries of districts have changed repeatedly over history. Previous politicians of a specific numbered district have represented a completely different geographic area, due to redistricting .
Senator
Party
Notes
Session
Years
District Definition
District created by 1852 Wisc. Act 499.
1852
1852–1856 1856–1860 Dodge County
Judson Prentice
Whig
6th
1853
Ezra A. Bowen
Dem.
7th
1854
8th
1855
S. L. Rose
Dem.
9th
1856
10th
1857
William E. Smith
Rep.
11th
1858
12th
1859
Benjamin Ferguson
Dem.
13th
1860
14th
1861
Thomas R. Hudd
Dem.
15th
1862
Outagamie , Shawano , Oconto , and Door Counties
16th
1863
Joseph Harris
Natl. Union
17th
1864
18th
1865
Augustus L. Smith
Dem.
19th
1866
20th
1867
Outagamie , Calumet , Oconto , and Shawano Counties
William Young
Dem.
21st
1868
22nd
1869
George Baldwin
Dem.
23rd
1870
24th
1871
George Kreiss
Dem.
25th
1872
Calumet County and
26th
1873
Reinhard Schlichting
Ref.
27th
1874
28th
1875
James Ryan
Dem.
29th
1876
30th
1877
1876–1881 1882–1887 Calumet and Outagamie Counties
George N. Richmond
Dem.
31st
1878
32nd
1879
Benjamin F. Carter
Dem.
33rd
1880
34th
1881
John L. Pingel
Dem.
35th
1882
36th
1883–1884
William Kennedy
Dem.
37th
1885–1886
38th
1887–1888
39th
1889–1890
Outagamie County and
40th
1891–1892
41st
1893–1894
Outagamie County and
42nd
1895–1896
John Meek Whitehead
Rep.
43rd
1897-1898
Jefferson County
Rock County
44th
1899–1900
45th
1901–1902
46th
1903–1904
Rock County
47th
1905–1906
48th
1907–1908
49th
1909–1910
50th
1911–1912
Lawrence E. Cunningham
Rep.
51st
1913-1914
Rock and Walworth Counties
52nd
1915–1916
53rd
1917–1918
54th
1919–1920
Eldo T. Ridgway
Rep.
55th
1921-1922
56th
1923–1924
Kenosha and Walworth Counties
George W. Hull
Rep.
57th
1925-1926
58th
1927–1928
Conrad Shearer
Rep.
59th
1929-1930
60th
1931–1932
61st
1933–1934
62nd
1935–1936
63rd
1937–1938
64th
1939–1940
65th
1941–1942
66th
1943–1944
67th
1945–1946
68th
1947–1948
William Trinke
Rep.
69th
1949-1950
70th
1951–1952
71st
1953–1954
72nd
1955–1956
73rd
1957–1958
74th
1959–1960
Earl D. Morton
Rep.
75th
1961–1962
76th
1963–1964
Joseph Lourigan
Dem.
77th
1965–1966
Kenosha County
78th
1967–1968
79th
1969–1970
80th
1971–1972
Doug La Follette
Dem.
Won 1972 election. Resigned 1974 after elected Wisconsin Secretary of State.
81st
1973–1974
Kenosha County and and
--Vacant--
82nd
1975–1976
John J. Maurer
Dem.
Won 1975 special election. Re-elected 1976, 1980. Appointed Wisconsin Secretary of Veterans Affairs 1985.
83rd
1977–1978
84th
1979–1980
85th
1981–1982
86th
1983–1984
Kenosha County , and
Joseph F. Andrea
Dem.
Won 1984 election. Re-elected 1988, 1992. Did not seek re-election 1996.
87th
1985–1986
88th
1987–1988
89th
1989–1990
90th
1991–1992
91st
1993–1994
Kenosha County ,
Wards 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 in the town of Burlington , and wards 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13 in the city of Burlington
and
92nd
1995–1996
Robert Wirch
Dem.
Won 1996 election. Re-elected 2000, 2004, 2008. Survived 2011 recall election. Re-elected 2012, 2016, 2020.
93rd
1997–1998
94th
1999–2000
95th
2001–2002
96th
2003–2004
The towns of Brighton , Bristol , Paris , Salem , Somers , and Randall , the villages of Paddock Lake , Pleasant Prairie , Silver Lake , and Twin Lakes , and the city of Kenosha
and
97th
2005–2006
98th
2007–2008
99th
2009–2010
100th
2011–2012
101st
2013–2014
and
102nd
2015–2016
103rd
2017–2018
104th
2019–2020
105th
2021–2022
106th
2023–2024
Northeast Kenosha County, southeast Racine County
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