Wisconsin Senate, District 22

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Wisconsin's 22nd
State Senate District
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Wisconsin Senate District 22, defined in 2011 Wisc. Act 43
Senator
  Robert Wirch
D Kenosha
since January 6, 1997 (24 years)
Demographics62.4%  White
15.2%  Black
20.3%  Hispanic
1.1%  Asian
0.4%  Native American
0.6% Other
Population (2010)
  Voting age
172,270 [1] [2]
125,777
NotesCities of Racine and Kenosha

The 22nd Senate District of Wisconsin is one of 33 districts in the Wisconsin State Senate. [3] Located in southeast Wisconsin, the district comprises parts of eastern Kenosha and Racine counties, including most of the cities of Racine and Kenosha, and parts of the villages of Mount Pleasant and Somers, east of Wisconsin Highway 31. [4]

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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. [5]

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. [9]

Past senators

A partial list of all previous senators from this district: [10]

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.

SenatorPartyNotesSessionYearsDistrict Definition
District created by 1852 Wisc. Act 499. 1852
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WI Senate District 22, 1853-1862

Dodge County
Judson Prentice Whig 6th 1853
Ezra A. Bowen Dem. 7th 1854
8th 1855
Solomon 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
18th1865
Augustus L. Smith Dem. 19th1866
20th1867 Outagamie, Calumet, Oconto, and Shawano Counties
William Young Dem. 21st1868
22nd1869
George Baldwin Dem. 23rd1870
24th1871
George Kreiss Dem. 25th1872 Calumet County and
26th1873
Reinhard Schlichting Rep. 27th1874
28th1875
James Ryan Dem. 29th1876
30th1877 Calumet and Outagamie Counties
George N. Richmond Dem. 31st1878
32nd1879
Benjamin F. Carter Dem. 33rd1880
34th1881
John L. Pingel Dem. 35th1882
36th1883–1884
William Kennedy Dem.
37th1885–1886
38th1887–1888
39th1889–1890 Outagamie County and
40th1891–1892
41st1893–1894 Outagamie County and
42nd1895–1896
John Meek Whitehead Rep. 43rd1897-1898
parts of Rock County
and
44th1899–1900 and
45th1901–1902
46th1903–1904 Rock County
47th1905–1906
48th1907–1908
49th1909–1910
50th1911–1912
Lawrence E. Cunningham Rep. 51st1913-1914 Rock and Walworth Counties
52nd1915–1916
53rd1917–1918
54th1919–1920
Eldo T. Ridgway Rep. 55th1921-1922
56th1923–1924 Kenosha and Walworth Counties
George W. Hull Rep. 57th1925-1926
58th1927–1928
Conrad Shearer Rep. 59th1929-1930
60th1931–1932
61st1933–1934
62nd1935–1936
63rd1937–1938
64th1939–1940
65th1941–1942
66th1943–1944
67th1945–1946
68th1947–1948
William Trinke Rep. 69th1949-1950
70th1951–1952
71st1953–1954
72nd1955–1956
73rd1957–1958
74th1959–1960
Earl D. Morton Rep. 75th1961–1962
76th1963–1964
Joseph Lourigan Dem. 77th1965–1966 Kenosha County
78th1967–1968
79th1969–1970
80th1971–1972
Doug La Follette Dem. Won 1972 election.
Resigned 1974 after elected Wisconsin Secretary of State.
81st1973–1974 Kenosha County and
and
--Vacant--82nd1975–1976
John J. Maurer Dem. Won 1975 special election.
Re-elected 1976, 1980.
Appointed Wisconsin Secretary of Veterans Affairs 1985.
83rd1977–1978
84th1979–1980
85th1981–1982
86th1983–1984 Kenosha County,
and
Joseph F. Andrea Dem. Won 1984 election.
Re-elected 1988, 1992.
Did not seek re-election 1996.
87th1985–1986
88th1987–1988
89th1989–1990
90th1991–1992
91st1993–1994 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
92nd1995–1996
Robert Wirch Dem. Won 1996 election.
Re-elected 2000, 2004, 2008.
Survived 2011 recall election.
Re-elected 2012, 2016.
93rd1997–1998
94th1999–2000
95th 2001–2002
96th 2003–2004
and
97th 2005–2006
98th 2007–2008
99th 2009–2010
100th 2011–2012
101st2013–2014
and
102nd2015–2016
103rd2017–2018
104th2019–2020
105th2021–2022

Notes

  1. 2011 Wisconsin Act 43 and 44 with Baldus et al vs. Brennan et al by Municipal Ward (PDF) (Report). Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau. October 18, 2012. pp. 148–152. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
  2. Wisconsin Legislative District Health Profile - Senate District 22 (PDF) (Report). University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. 2018. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
  3. "Senate District 22". Wisconsin Legislature . Retrieved March 16, 2021.
  4. "Wisconsin Legislative Districts - Senate District 22 Boundaries". Wisconsin Legislature . Retrieved March 16, 2021.
  5. "Senator Robert W. Wirch". Wisconsin Legislature . Retrieved March 16, 2021.
  6. "Representative Tip McGuire". Wisconsin Legislature . Retrieved March 16, 2021.
  7. "Representative Tod Ohnstad". Wisconsin Legislature . Retrieved March 16, 2021.
  8. "Representative Greta Neubauer". Wisconsin Legislature . Retrieved March 16, 2021.
  9. "State of Wisconsin Congressional Districts" (PDF). Wisconsin Legislature . Retrieved March 10, 2021.
  10. Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau (comp.). State of Wisconsin 1991-1992 Blue Book . Madison: Wisconsin Department of Administration, 1991, pp. 657-666.


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