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: Assembly District 64: Tip McGuire (D–Kenosha) Assembly District 65: Ben DeSmidt (D–Kenosha) Assembly District 66: Greta Neubauer (D–Racine)
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:Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau (comp.). State of Wisconsin 1991-1992 Blue Book. Madison: Wisconsin Department of Administration, 1991, pp. 657-666.
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 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 1923–1924Kenosha 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, and 92nd 1995–1996 Robert Wirch Dem. Won 1996 election.Re-elected 2000, 2004, 2008.Survived 2011 recall election.Re-elected 2012, 2016, 2020, 2024. 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 107th 2025–2026 Eastern Kenosha Countysoutheast Racine County
References
External links Senate District 22 at Wisconsin Legislature Senator Robert W. Wirch (2025) Senator Robert W. Wirch (2023) Senator Robert W. Wirch (2021) Senator Robert W. Wirch (2019) Senator Robert W. Wirch (2017)