The 2nd Senate district of Wisconsin is one of 33 districts in the Wisconsin Senate. Located in northeast Wisconsin, the district comprises all of Menominee County along with the southern half of Oconto County, the eastern half of Shawano County, and much of eastern Outagamie County and northwest Brown County. It includes the cities of Oconto, Oconto Falls, Clintonville, and Shawano, and the villages of Bonduel, Howard, Little Chute, Seymour, and Suamico, along with parts of the cities of Green Bay, Appleton, and Kaukauna. The district also contains the entirety of the Oneida and Menominee Indian reservations.

Current elected officials Eric Wimberger is the senator representing the 2nd district. He was first elected in 2020 in the 30th Senate district, but ran for election in the 2nd district after the 2024 redistricting.

Each Wisconsin State Senate district is composed of three Wisconsin State Assembly districts. The 2nd Senate district comprises the 4th, 5th, and 6th Assembly districts. The current representatives of those districts are:District Map Assembly District 4: David Steffen (R–Howard) Assembly District 5: Joy Goeben (R–Hobart) Assembly District 6: Elijah Behnke (R–Chase)

The district is located within Wisconsin's 8th congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative Tony Wied.Congressional District Map

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.

Senator Party Notes Session Years District Definition District created1848 Columbia, Marquette, Portage, and Sauk counties Henry Merrill Whig 1st 2nd 1849 Whig 3rd 1850 4th 1851 James S. Alban Whig 5th 1852 6th 1853 Brown, Door, Outagamie, Oconto, Waupaca, Marathon, and Portage counties Joseph F. Loy Dem. 7th 1854 8th 1855 Perry H. Smith Dem. 9th 1856 10th 1857 Brown, Door, Kewaunee, Oconto, Outagamie, and Shawano counties Morgan Lewis Martin Dem. 11th 1858 12th 1859 Edward Decker Dem. 13th 1860 14th 1861 Edward Hicks Dem. 15th 1862 Brown and Kewaunee counties 16th 1863 Frederick S. Ellis Dem. 17th 1864 18th 1865 Matthew J. Meade Dem. 19th 1866 20th 1867 Brown, Door, and Kewaunee countiesWilliam J. Abrams Dem. 21st 1868 22nd 1869 Lyman Walker Dem. 23rd 1870 24th 1871 Myron P. Lindsley Dem. 25th 1872 26th 1873John Milton Read Dem. 27th 1874 28th 1875 Thomas R. Hudd Dem. 29th 1876 30th 1877 Brown County 31st 1878 32nd 1879 David M. Kelly Rep. 33rd 1880 34th 1881 Thomas R. Hudd Dem. Resigned after election to U.S. House in 1886 special election. 35th 1882 36th 1883–1884 37th1885–1886--Vacant-- Charles W. Day Rep. 38th 1887–1888 Enos Warren Persons Dem. 39th 1889–1890 Brown and Calumet counties 40th 1891–1892 Robert J. McGeehan Dem. 41st 1893–1894 Brown and Oconto counties 42nd 1895–1896 Andrew Caldwell Mailer Rep. 43rd 1897–1898 44th 1899–1900 Henry F. Hagemeister Rep. 45th 1901–1902 46th 1903–1904 47th 1905–1906 48th 1907–1908 Timothy Burke Rep. 49th 1909–1910 50th 1911–1912 51st 1913–1914 52nd 1915–1916 53rd 1917–1918 54th 1919–1920 55th 1921–1922 56th 1923–1924 John B. Chase Rep. 57th 1925–1926 58th 1927–1928 Elmer Hall Rep.Previously elected Wisconsin Secretary of State. 59th 1929–1930 60th 1931–1932 E. F. Brunette Dem. 61st 1933–1934 62nd 1935–1936 Prog. 63rd 1937–1938 64th 1939–1940 John W. Byrnes Rep.Elected to U.S. House in 1944. 65th 1941–1942 66th 1943–1944 Harold A. Lytie Dem. 67th 1945–1946 68th 1947–1948 Fred F. Kaftan Rep. 69th 1949–1950 70th 1951–1952 Leo P. O'Brien Rep. 71st 1953–1954 72nd 1955–1956 Brown County 73rd 1957–1958 74th 1959–1960 75th 1961–1962 76th 1963–1964 Robert W. Warren Rep. 77th 1965–1966 Calumet County, 78th 1967–1968 Myron P. Lotto Rep. 79th 1969–1970 80th 1971–1972 Tom Petri Rep. Resigned after election to U.S. House in 1979 special election. 81st 1973–1974 Calumet County, 82nd 1975–1976 83rd 1977–1978 84th1979–1980 Don Hanaway Rep.Won 1979 special election.Re-elected 1980, 1984.Elected Attorney General in 1986. 85th 1981–1982 86th 1983–1984 Part of Brown, Calumet, Oconto, Outagamie, Shawano 87th 1985–1986 Part of Brown, Oconto, Outagamie, Shawano --Vacant-- 88th 1987–1988 Robert Cowles Rep.Won 1987 special election.Re-elected 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008.Survived 2011 recall election.Re-elected 2012, 2016, 2020. 89th 1989–1990 90th 1991–1992 91st 1993–1994 Part of Brown, Oconto, Outagamie, Shawano 92nd 1995–1996 93rd 1997–1998 94th 1999–2000 95th 2001–2002 96th 2003–2004 Part of Brown, Oconto, Outagamie, Shawano 97th 2005–2006 98th 2007–2008 99th 2009–2010 100th 2011–2012 101st 2013–2014 Part of Brown, Outagamie, Shawano, Waupaca 102nd 2015–2016 103rd 2017–2018 104th 2019–2020 105th 2021–2022 106th 2023–2024 Northwest Brown CountyMost of Outagamie CountyMost of Shawano CountyPart of Wauapaca County Eric Wimberger Rep. Elected 2024. 107th 2025–2026

See also Political subdivisions of Wisconsin

References

External links 2nd Senate District, Senator Cowles in the Wisconsin Blue Book (2005–2006)