The 22nd Senate District of

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is one of 33 districts in the Wisconsin State Senate. Located in southeast Wisconsin, the district comprises parts of eastern Kenosha and

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counties, including most of the cities of

and Kenosha, and parts of the villages of Mount Pleasant and Somers, east of

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Current elected officials

Robert Wirch Robert W. Wirch (born November 16, 1943) is an American politician serving as a Democratic Party of Wisconsin, Democratic member of the Wisconsin State Senate, representing the Wisconsin Senate, District 22, 22nd district since 1997. He previousl ...

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

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from 1993 to 1997. Each Wisconsin State Senate district is composed of three

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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– Somers) * Assembly District 65:

Tod Ohnstad Tod Ohnstad (born May 21, 1952) is an American politician, retired machinist, and former union representative. A Democrat, he is a current member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing the Kenosha-based 65th assembly district since 201 ...

(D– Kenosha) * Assembly District 66:

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(D–

) 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

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References

External links

District WebsiteSenator Wirch's Website
Wisconsin Senate districts Racine County, Wisconsin Kenosha County, Wisconsin 1852 establishments in Wisconsin {{Wisconsin-stub