Wisconsin Senate, District 22

Wisconsin's 22nd; State Senate District
Current senator	Robert Wirch (D–Kenosha)
Notes	Composed of the cities of Racine and Kenosha.

The 22nd District of the Wisconsin Senate is located in far south-eastern Wisconsin, and primarily covers the cities of Racine and Kenosha.[1]

Current elected officials

Robert Wirch is the senator serving the 22nd district. He was first elected to the Senate in 1996. Before serving as a senator, he held an office in the State Assembly from 1993 to 1997.[2][3]

The area of the 22nd Senate District contains three State Assembly Districts:[4]

The 64th (represented by Tip McGuire)
The 65th (represented by Tod Ohnstad)
The 66th (represented by Greta Neubauer).

The district is also located within Wisconsin's 1st congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative Bryan Steil.[5]

Past senators

A partial list of all previous senators from this district:[6]

Legislative Session	Senator	Party	Years	Notes	District Definition
District created			1852		WI Senate District 22, 1853-1862 Dodge County
6th	Judson Prentice	Whig	1853
7th	Ezra A. Bowen	Democratic	1854
8th	Ezra A. Bowen	Democratic	1855
9th	Solomon L. Rose	Democratic	1856
10th	Solomon L. Rose	Democratic	1857
11th	William E. Smith	Republican	1858
12th	William E. Smith	Republican	1859
13th	Benjamin Ferguson	Democratic	1860
14th	Benjamin Ferguson	Democratic	1861
15th	Thomas R. Hudd	Democratic	1862		Outagamie, Shawano, Oconto, and Door Counties
16th	Thomas R. Hudd	Democratic	1863
17th	Joseph Harris	National Union	1864
18th	Joseph Harris	National Union	1865
19th	Augustus L. Smith	Democratic	1866
20th	Augustus L. Smith	Democratic	1867		Outagamie, Calumet, Oconto, and Shawano Counties
21st	William Young	Democratic	1868
22nd	William Young	Democratic	1869
23rd	George Baldwin	Democratic	1870
24th	George Baldwin	Democratic	1871
25th	George Kreiss	Democratic	1872		Calumet County and parts of Outagamie County The towns of Buchanan, Dale, Center, Freedom, Grand Chute, Greenville, and Kaukauna, and the city of Appleton
26th	George Kreiss	Democratic	1873
27th	Reinhard Schlichting	Republican	1874
28th	Reinhard Schlichting	Republican	1875
29th	James Ryan	Democratic	1876
30th	James Ryan	Democratic	1877		Calumet and Outagamie Counties
31st	George N. Richmond	Democratic	1878
32nd	George N. Richmond	Democratic	1879
33rd	Benjamin F. Carter	Democratic	1880
34th	Benjamin F. Carter	Democratic	1881
35th	John L. Pingel	Democratic	1882
36th	John L. Pingel	Democratic	1883–1884
36th	William Kennedy	Democratic	1883–1884
37th			1885–1886
38th			1887–1888
39th			1889–1890		Outagamie County and parts of Winnebago County The town of Menasha and the city of Menasha
40th			1891–1892
41st			1893–1894		Outagamie County and parts of Waupaca County The towns of Union, Bear Creek, Lebanon, Royalton, Mukwa, Caledonia, Larrabee, Matteson, and Little Wolf, and the city of New London
42nd			1895–1896
43rd	John Meek Whitehead	Republican	1897-1898		parts of Rock County The towns of Bradford, Center, Fulton, Harmony, Janesville, Johnstown, Lima, La Prairie, Magnolia, Milton, Porter, Rock, and Union, the village of Evansville, and the cities of Edgerton and Janesville and parts of Jefferson County The towns of Aztalan, Jefferson, Koshkonong, Lake Mills, Milford, Oakland, Sumner, and Waterloo, and the cities of Fort Atkinson and Jefferson
44th			1899–1900		parts of Rock County The towns of Bradford, Center, Fulton, Harmony, Janesville, Johnstown, Lima, La Prairie, Magnolia, Milton, Porter, Rock, and Union, and the cities of Edgerton, Evansville, and Janesville and parts of Jefferson County The towns of Aztalan, Jefferson, Koshkonong, Lake Mills, Milford, Oakland, Sumner, and Waterloo, and the cities of Fort Atkinson and Jefferson
45th			1901–1902
46th			1903–1904		Rock County
47th			1905–1906
48th			1907–1908
49th			1909–1910
50th			1911–1912
51st	Lawrence E. Cunningham	Republican	1913-1914		Rock and Walworth Counties
52nd			1915–1916
53rd			1917–1918
54th			1919–1920
55th	Eldo T. Ridgway	Republican	1921-1922
56th	Eldo T. Ridgway	Republican	1923–1924		Kenosha and Walworth Counties
57th	George W. Hull	Republican	1925-1926
58th	George W. Hull	Republican	1927–1928
59th	Conrad Shearer	Republican	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
69th	William Trinke	Republican	1949-1950
70th			1951–1952
71st			1953–1954
72nd			1955–1956
73rd			1957–1958
74th			1959–1960
75th	Earl D. Morton	Republican	1961–1962
76th	Earl D. Morton	Republican	1963–1964
77th	Joseph Lourigan	Democratic	1965–1966		Kenosha County
78th			1967–1968
79th			1969–1970
80th			1971–1972
81st	Doug La Follette	Democratic	1973–1974	Elected in 1972 election. Elected Wisconsin Secretary of State in 1974.	Kenosha County and parts of Central Racine County The towns of Dover, Raymond, and Yorkville, and the village of Union Grove and parts of Southeast Walworth County The town of Bloomfield and the village of Genoa City
82nd	John J. Maurer	Democratic	1975–1976	Elected in 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, part of Southwest Racine County The town of Burlington, and the city of Burlington and parts of Southeast Walworth County The town of Bloomfield and the village of Genoa City
87th	Joseph F. Andrea	Democratic	1985–1986	Elected in 1984 election. Re-elected 1988, 1992. Did not seek re-election 1996.
88th			1987–1988
89th			1989–1990
90th			1991–1992
91st			1993–1994		Kenosha County, parts of Southwest Racine 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 parts of Southeast Walworth County The town of Bloomfield, ward 7 of the town of Geneva, the village of Genoa City, and the city of Lake Geneva
92nd			1995–1996
93rd	Robert Wirch	Democratic	1997–1998	Elected in 1996 election. Re-elected 2000, 2004, 2008. Survived 2011 recall election. Re-elected 2012, 2016.
94th			1999–2000
95th			2001–2002
96th			2003–2004		most of Kenosha County 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 part of Southwest Racine County The town of Burlington, and the city of Burlington
97th			2005–2006
98th			2007–2008
99th			2009–2010
100th			2011–2012
101st			2013–2014		parts of Eastern Kenosha County The village of Somers and the city of Kenosha and part of Eastern Racine County the city of Racine
102nd			2015–2016
103rd			2017–2018
104th			2019–2020

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.

Notes

Wisconsin Blue Book, 2011-12 edition, page 62. ISBN 978-0-9752820-1-4.
Wisconsin Blue Book, 2011-12 edition, page 62. ISBN 978-0-9752820-1-4.
"District website".
Wisconsin Blue Book, 2012-13 edition, page 63. ISBN 978-0-9752820-1-4.
Wisconsin Blue Book, 2011-12 edition, page 17. ISBN 978-0-9752820-1-4.
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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[1] Wisconsin Blue Book, 2011-12 edition, page 62. ISBN 978-0-9752820-1-4.

[2] Wisconsin Blue Book, 2011-12 edition, page 62. ISBN 978-0-9752820-1-4.

[3] "District website".

[4] Wisconsin Blue Book, 2012-13 edition, page 63. ISBN 978-0-9752820-1-4.

[5] Wisconsin Blue Book, 2011-12 edition, page 17. ISBN 978-0-9752820-1-4.

[6] 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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