The 2nd Assembly district of Wisconsin is one of 99 districts in the Wisconsin State Assembly. Located in northeast Wisconsin, the district comprises most of northern Manitowoc County and southern Brown County, along with parts of southeast Outagamie County. It includes the villages of Combined Locks, Denmark, Francis Creek, Kimberly, Mishicot, and Reedsville, and most of the village of Wrightstown and the southern half of Kaukauna. The district is represented by Republican Shae Sortwell, since January 2019.
The 2nd Assembly district is located within Wisconsin's 1st Senate district, along with the 1st and 3rd Assembly districts.
History
The district was created in the 1972 redistricting act (1971 Wisc. Act 304) which first established the numbered district system, replacing the previous system which allocated districts to specific counties. The 2nd district was drawn to combine the previous Manitowoc County 1st district (the city of Manitowoc) with municipalities of southeastern Manitowoc County which had been part of the Manitowoc County 2nd district. Donald K. Helgeson, the last representative of the Manitowoc 1st district, was defeated in the 1972 election to represent the new 2nd Assembly district.
Other than the 1982 court-ordered redistricting plan which scrambled state legislative maps for one term, the location of the 2nd district has remained relatively consistent—based in northern Manitowoc County and southern Brown County.
List of past representatives + List of representatives to the Wisconsin State Assembly from the 2nd district MemberPartyResidenceTerm startTerm endCounties representedRef.District created Francis J. LallensackDem. ManitowocManitowoc January 1, 1973 January 3, 1981 Dem. January 3, 1981 January 3, 1983 John PlewaDem. Milwaukee Milwaukee January 3, 1983 --Vacant-- January 7, 1985 Dale BolleDem. WhitelawBrown, Manitowoc January 7, 1985 January 3, 1995 Frank LaseeRep. De Pere January 3, 1995 January 5, 2009 Brown, Kewaunee, Manitowoc Ted ZigmuntDem. January 5, 2009 January 3, 2011 André JacqueRep. De Pere January 3, 2011 January 7, 2019 Brown, Manitowoc Shae SortwellRep. Two Rivers January 7, 2019 Current Brown, Manitowoc, Outagamie
Electoral history
Year Date Elected Defeated Total Plurality Other primary candidates 1972 Democratic 9,914 51.86% Rep. 8,848 46.28% 19,118 1,066 Amer. 356 1.86% 1974 Democratic 6,636 48.10% Rep. 5,710 41.39% 13,796 926 Amer. 1,450 10.51% 1976 Democratic 11,028 56.56% Rep. 8,035 41.21% 19,498 2,993 Amer. 435 2.23% 1978 Democratic 9,485 64.43% Rep. 5,236 35.57% 14,721 4,249 1980 Democratic 10,980 57.13% Rep. 8,239 42.87% 19,219 2,741 1982 Democratic 14,012 100.0% --unopposed-- 14,012 14,012 1984 Democratic 12,065 60.14% Rep. 7,845 39.11% 20,061 4,220 Con. 151 0.75% 1986 Democratic 10,925 100.0% --unopposed-- 10,925 10,925 1988 Democratic 13,686 70.55% Rep. 5,713 29.45% 19,399 7,973 1990 Democratic 10,259 100.0% --unopposed-- 10,259 10,259 1992 Democratic 13,506 56.90% Rep. 10,229 43.10% 23,735 3,277 1994 Republican 9,872 57.94% Dem. 7,166 42.06% 17,038 2,706 1996 Republican 13,345 57.73% Dem. 9,773 42.27% 23,118 3,572 1998 Republican 13,348 66.48% Dem. 6,729 33.52% 20,077 6,619 2000 Republican 20,575 99.53%--unopposed-- 20,673 20,477 2002 Republican 10,920 62.53% Dem. 6,524 37.36% 17,463 4,396 2004 Republican 21,848 61.48% --unopposed-- 21,989 21,707 2006 Republican 15,347 89.30% 17,186 13,508 2008 Democratic 16,008 52.12% Rep. 14,687 47.82% 30,714 1,321 2010 Republican 13,958 62.23% Dem. 8,456 37.70% 22,429 5,502 2012 Republican 17,082 58.62% Dem. 12,033 41.29% 29,141 5,049 2014 Republican 18,994 98.64% --unopposed-- 19,256 18,732 2016 Republican 20,039 69.29% Ind. 8,837 30.56% 28,920 11,202 2018 Republican 15,014 54.82% Dem. 10,118 36.94% 27,389 4,896 Ind. 1,494 5.45% Lib. 745 2.72% 2020 Republican 22,244 63.11% Dem. 12,970 36.80% 35,248 9,274 2022 Republican 16,112 59.18% Dem. 11,093 40.74% 27,226 5,019 2024 Republican 23,198 63.22% Dem. 13,474 36.72% 36,693 9,724
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