The 2nd Senate District of
Wisconsin
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is one of 33 districts in the
Wisconsin State Senate
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. Located in northeast Wisconsin, the district comprises most of
Shawano and
Outagamie counties, as well as parts of eastern
Waupaca County and western
Brown County. It includes the villages of
Allouez and
Ashwaubenon, in the
Green Bay metro area, and the city of
Kaukauna
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, near
Appleton.
Current elected officials
Robert Cowles
Robert L. Cowles III (born July 31, 1950) is a Republican member of the Wisconsin Senate, representing the 2nd District since 1987. In August 2011, Cowles faced a recall election, but defeated the Democratic challenger, Nancy Nusbaum, 60 perce ...
is the senator representing the 2nd district. He was first elected in a 1987
special election
A by-election, also known as a special election in the United States and the Philippines, a bye-election in Ireland, a bypoll in India, or a Zimni election (Urdu: ضمنی انتخاب, supplementary election) in Pakistan, is an election used to f ...
, and is now serving his 9th term. Before his election as senator, he was a member of the
Wisconsin State Assembly
The Wisconsin State Assembly is the lower house of the Wisconsin Legislature. Together with the smaller Wisconsin Senate, the two constitute the legislative branch of the U.S. state of Wisconsin.
Representatives are elected for two-year terms, ...
from 1983 to 1987.
Each Wisconsin State Senate district is composed of three
Wisconsin State Assembly
The Wisconsin State Assembly is the lower house of the Wisconsin Legislature. Together with the smaller Wisconsin Senate, the two constitute the legislative branch of the U.S. state of Wisconsin.
Representatives are elected for two-year terms, ...
districts. The 2nd Senate district comprises the 4th, 5th, and 6th Assembly districts. The current representatives of those districts are:
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Assembly District 4:
David Steffen
David Steffen is an American politician and businessman. He represents Wisconsin's 4th Assembly district, which includes parts of Green Bay, Howard, Allouez and Ashwaubenon.
Education
A native of Green Bay, Wisconsin, David Steffen gradu ...
(R–
Howard
Howard is an English-language given name originating from Old French Huard (or Houard) from a Germanic source similar to Old High German ''*Hugihard'' "heart-brave", or ''*Hoh-ward'', literally "high defender; chief guardian". It is also probabl ...
)
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Assembly District 5:
Joy Goeben (R–
Hobart)
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Assembly District 6:
Peter Schmidt (R–
Bonduel)
The district is located within
Wisconsin's 8th congressional district
Wisconsin's 8th congressional district is a congressional district of the United States House of Representatives in northeastern Wisconsin. It is currently represented by Mike Gallagher, a Republican. Gallagher won the open seat vacated by Re ...
, which is represented by U.S. Representative
Mike Gallagher.
Past senators
Note: the boundaries of districts have changed over history. Previous politicians of a specific numbered district have represented a completely different geographic area, due to
redistricting.
The district has previously been represented by:
[Wisconsin Blue Book, 1991-92 edition, ''Statistics: History'', pages 657-666.]
See also
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Political subdivisions of Wisconsin
The administrative divisions of Wisconsin include counties, cities, villages and towns. In Wisconsin, all of these are units of general-purpose local government. There are also a number of special-purpose districts formed to handle regional concer ...
References
External links
2nd Senate District, Senator Cowlesin the
Wisconsin Blue Book
The ''Wisconsin Blue Book'' is a biennial publication of the Wisconsin's Legislative Reference Bureau. The ''Blue Book'' is an almanac containing information on the government, economics, demographics, geography and history of the state of Wisc ...
(2005–2006)
{{United States legislatures
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Shawano County, Wisconsin
Outagamie County, Wisconsin
Brown County, Wisconsin
1848 establishments in Wisconsin