| Image Caption: | 2024 map defined in 2022 map defined in Johnson v. Wisconsin Elections Commission 2011 map was defined in composed of Assembly districts 64, 65, and 66 |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| District: | 22 |
| Chamber: | Senate |
| Representative: | Robert Wirch |
| Party: | Democratic |
| Residence: | Kenosha |
| Incumbentsince: | January 6, 1997 (years) |
| Population: | 179,562 |
| Population Year: | 2020 |
| Voting Age: | 139,507 |
| Percent White: | 68.96 |
| Percent Black: | 12.33 |
| Percent Hispanic: | 14.49 |
| Percent Asian: | 2.52 |
| Percent Native American: | 2.12 |
| Percent Pacific Islander: | 0.13 |
| Website: | Official website |
| Notes: | 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]
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]
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 | Dodge County | |||||
| align=left | 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 | 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 | 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 | ||||
| 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 | ||||||
| align=left | 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, 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 | 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 | |||||