The 22nd Senate district of

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is one of 33 districts in the

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. Located in southeast Wisconsin, the district comprises parts of eastern

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and southeast Racine County, including most of the city of

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and the south side of the city of

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, 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,

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, the Foxconn in Wisconsin industrial park, Regency Mall,

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, and the

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campus.

Current elected officials

Robert Wirch Robert W. Wirch (born November 16, 1943) is an American Democratic politician from Kenosha County, Wisconsin. He is a member of the Wisconsin Senate, representing Wisconsin's 22nd Senate district since 1997. He previously served two terms in t ...

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–

) * Assembly District 65:

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(D–

) * Assembly District 66: Greta Neubauer (D–

) The district is also located entirely within

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, which is represented by U.S. Representative

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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

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Senator Robert W. Wirch (2025)
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Senator Robert W. Wirch (2023)
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Senator Robert W. Wirch (2021)
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Senator Robert W. Wirch (2019)
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Senator Robert W. Wirch (2017)
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