The 22nd Senate district of Wisconsin is one of 33 districts in the Wisconsin Senate. 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.

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.

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.

Past senators

A partial list of all previous senators from this district:

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 by18521852–1856 1856–1860 Dodge County
Judson PrenticeWhig6th1853
Ezra A. BowenDem.7th1854
8th1855
S. L. RoseDem.9th1856
10th1857
William E. SmithRep.11th1858
12th1859
Benjamin FergusonDem.13th1860
14th1861
Thomas R. HuddDem.15th1862Outagamie, Shawano, Oconto, and Door Counties
16th1863
Joseph HarrisNatl. Union17th1864
18th1865
Augustus L. SmithDem.19th1866
20th1867Outagamie, Calumet, Oconto, and Shawano Counties
William YoungDem.21st1868
22nd1869
George BaldwinDem.23rd1870
24th1871
George KreissDem.25th1872Calumet County and parts of Outagamie County The towns of Buchanan, Dale, Center, Freedom, Grand Chute, Greenville, and Kaukauna, and the city of Appleton
26th1873
Reinhard SchlichtingRef.27th1874
28th1875
James RyanDem.29th1876
30th18771876–1881 1882–1887 Calumet and Outagamie Counties
George N. RichmondDem.31st1878
32nd1879
Benjamin F. CarterDem.33rd1880
34th1881
John L. PingelDem.35th1882
36th1883–1884
William KennedyDem.37th1885–1886
38th1887–1888
39th1889–1890Outagamie County and parts of Winnebago County The town of Menasha and the city of Menasha
40th1891–1892
41st1893–1894Outagamie 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
42nd1895–1896
John Meek WhiteheadRep.43rd1897-1898Western Jefferson County and northern Rock County Jefferson County Town of Aztalan Town of Jefferson Town of Koshkonong Town of Lake Mills Town of Milford Town of Oakland Town of Sumner Town of Waterloo City of Fort Atkinson City of Jefferson Rock County Town of Bradford Town of Center Town of Fulton Town of Harmony Town of Janesville Town of Johnstown Town of Lima Town of La Prairie Town of Magnolia Town of Milton Town of Porter Town of Rock Town of Union Village of Evansville (later city) City of Edgerton City of Janesville
44th1899–1900
45th1901–1902
46th1903–1904Rock County
47th1905–1906
48th1907–1908
49th1909–1910
50th1911–1912
Lawrence E. CunninghamRep.51st1913-1914Rock and Walworth Counties
52nd1915–1916
53rd1917–1918
54th1919–1920
Eldo T. RidgwayRep.55th1921-1922
56th1923–1924Kenosha and Walworth Counties
George W. HullRep.57th1925-1926
58th1927–1928
Conrad ShearerRep.59th1929-1930
60th1931–1932
61st1933–1934
62nd1935–1936
63rd1937–1938
64th1939–1940
65th1941–1942
66th1943–1944
67th1945–1946
68th1947–1948
William TrinkeRep.69th1949-1950
70th1951–1952
71st1953–1954
72nd1955–1956
73rd1957–1958
74th1959–1960
Earl D. MortonRep.75th1961–1962
76th1963–1964
Joseph LouriganDem.77th1965–1966Kenosha County
78th1967–1968
79th1969–1970
80th1971–1972
Doug La FolletteDem.Won 1972 election. Resigned 1974 after elected Wisconsin Secretary of State.81st1973–1974Kenosha 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
--Vacant--82nd1975–1976
John J. MaurerDem.Won 1975 special election. Re-elected 1976, 1980. Appointed Wisconsin Secretary of Veterans Affairs 1985.
83rd1977–1978
84th1979–1980
85th1981–1982
86th1983–1984Kenosha 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
Joseph F. AndreaDem.Won 1984 election. Re-elected 1988, 1992. Did not seek re-election 1996.87th1985–1986
88th1987–1988
89th1989–1990
90th1991–1992
91st1993–1994Kenosha 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
92nd1995–1996
Robert WirchDem.Won 1996 election. Re-elected 2000, 2004, 2008. Survived 2011 recall election. Re-elected 2012, 2016, 2020, 2024.93rd1997–1998
94th1999–2000
95th2001–2002
96th2003–2004most 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
97th2005–2006
98th2007–2008
99th2009–2010
100th2011–2012
101st2013–2014parts of Eastern Kenosha County The village of Somers and the city of Kenosha and part of Eastern Racine County the city of Racine
102nd2015–2016
103rd2017–2018
104th2019–2020
105th2021–2022
106th2023–2024Northeast Kenosha County, southeast Racine County
107th2025–2026Eastern Kenosha County southeast Racine County

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