The 2nd Assembly district of Wisconsin is one of 99 districts in the Wisconsin State Assembly.[1] 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.[2] The district is represented by Republican Shae Sortwell, since January 2019.[3]
| Wisconsin's 2nd State Assembly district | |||||
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 2024 map defined in 2023 Wisc. Act 94 2022 map defined in Johnson v. Wisconsin Elections Commission 2011 map was defined in 2011 Wisc. Act 43 2002 map was defined in Baumgart v. Wendelberger | |||||
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| Demographics | 93.14% White 0.9% Black 2.53% Hispanic 1.28% Asian 1.62% Native American 0.04% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander | ||||
| Population (2020) • Voting age | 59,983 45,212 | ||||
| Website | Official website | ||||
| Notes | Northeast Wisconsin | ||||
The 2nd Assembly district is located within Wisconsin's 1st Senate district, along with the 1st and 3rd Assembly districts.[4]
History
editThe 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.[5] 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.[6]
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.[7]
List of past representatives
edit| Member | Party | Residence | Term start | Term end | Counties represented | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District created | ||||||
| Francis J. Lallensack | Dem. | Manitowoc | Manitowoc | January 1, 1973 | January 3, 1981 | [8][9]: 154 |
| Vernon W. Holschbach | Dem. | Manitowoc | January 3, 1981 | January 3, 1983 | [10][9]: 147 | |
| John Plewa | Dem. | Milwaukee | Milwaukee | January 3, 1983 | November 12, 1984 | [11][9]: 168 |
| --Vacancy-- | November 12, 1984 | January 7, 1985 | ||||
| Dale Bolle | Dem. | Whitelaw | Brown, Manitowoc | January 7, 1985 | January 3, 1995 | [12][9]: 124 |
| Frank Lasee | Rep. | De Pere | January 3, 1995 | January 5, 2009 | [13][9]: 154 | |
| Brown, Kewaunee, Manitowoc | ||||||
| Ted Zigmunt | Dem. | Francis Creek | January 5, 2009 | January 3, 2011 | [14] | |
| André Jacque | Rep. | De Pere | January 3, 2011 | January 7, 2019 | [15] | |
| Brown, Manitowoc | ||||||
| Shae Sortwell | Rep. | Two Rivers | January 7, 2019 | Current | [3] | |
Electoral history
edit| Year | Date | Elected | Defeated | Total | Plurality | Other primary candidates | ||||||
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| 1972[16] | Nov. 7 | Francis J. Lallensack | Democratic | 9,914 | 51.86% | Donald K. Helgeson | Rep. | 8,848 | 46.28% | 19,118 | 1,066 |
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| Stanley C. Henschel | Amer. | 356 | 1.86% | |||||||||
| 1974[17] | Nov. 5 | Francis J. Lallensack (inc.) | Democratic | 6,636 | 48.10% | Orabelle Fischer | Rep. | 5,710 | 41.39% | 13,796 | 926 | |
| John L. Krey | Amer. | 1,450 | 10.51% | |||||||||
| 1976[18] | Nov. 2 | Francis J. Lallensack (inc.) | Democratic | 11,028 | 56.56% | Orabelle Fischer | Rep. | 8,035 | 41.21% | 19,498 | 2,993 | |
| Charles L. Stecker | Amer. | 435 | 2.23% | |||||||||
| 1978[19] | Nov. 7 | Francis J. Lallensack (inc.) | Democratic | 9,485 | 64.43% | Norbert Rusch | Rep. | 5,236 | 35.57% | 14,721 | 4,249 | |
| 1980[20] | Nov. 4 | Vernon W. Holschbach | Democratic | 10,980 | 57.13% | Charles W. Kraemer | Rep. | 8,239 | 42.87% | 19,219 | 2,741 |
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| 1982[21] | Nov. 2 | John Plewa | Democratic | 14,012 | 100.0% | 14,012 | 14,012 | |||||
| 1984[22] | Nov. 6 | Dale Bolle | Democratic | 12,065 | 60.14% | Roger R. Olm | Rep. | 7,845 | 39.11% | 20,061 | 4,220 | |
| Eugene T. Welch | Con. | 151 | 0.75% | |||||||||
| 1986[23] | Nov. 4 | Dale Bolle (inc.) | Democratic | 10,925 | 100.0% | 10,925 | 10,925 | |||||
| 1988[24] | Nov. 8 | Dale Bolle (inc.) | Democratic | 13,686 | 70.55% | James A. Hoffman | Rep. | 5,713 | 29.45% | 19,399 | 7,973 | Clement R. Kafta (Rep.) |
| 1990[25] | Nov. 6 | Dale Bolle (inc.) | Democratic | 10,259 | 100.0% | 10,259 | 10,259 | |||||
| 1992[26] | Nov. 3 | Dale Bolle (inc.) | Democratic | 13,506 | 56.90% | Lester Koeppel | Rep. | 10,229 | 43.10% | 23,735 | 3,277 | |
| 1994[27] | Nov. 8 | Frank Lasee | Republican | 9,872 | 57.94% | Tom Tomaszewski | Dem. | 7,166 | 42.06% | 17,038 | 2,706 |
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| 1996[28] | Nov. 5 | Frank Lasee (inc.) | Republican | 13,345 | 57.73% | Steve Johnson | Dem. | 9,773 | 42.27% | 23,118 | 3,572 | Mark Heller (Dem.) |
| 1998[29] | Nov. 3 | Frank Lasee (inc.) | Republican | 13,348 | 66.48% | Mark Heller | Dem. | 6,729 | 33.52% | 20,077 | 6,619 | |
| 2000[30] | Nov. 7 | Frank Lasee (inc.) | Republican | 20,575 | 99.53% | 20,673 | 20,477 | |||||
| 2002[31] | Nov. 5 | Frank Lasee (inc.) | Republican | 10,920 | 62.53% | Dan Katers | Dem. | 6,524 | 37.36% | 17,463 | 4,396 | |
| 2004[32] | Nov. 2 | Frank Lasee (inc.) | Republican | 21,848 | 61.48% | 21,989 | 21,707 | |||||
| 2006[33] | Nov. 7 | Frank Lasee (inc.) | Republican | 15,347 | 89.30% | 17,186 | 13,508 | |||||
| 2008[34] | Nov. 4 | Ted Zigmunt | Democratic | 16,008 | 52.12% | Frank Lasee (inc.) | Rep. | 14,687 | 47.82% | 30,714 | 1,321 |
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| 2010[35] | Nov. 2 | André Jacque | Republican | 13,958 | 62.23% | Ted Zigmunt (inc.) | Dem. | 8,456 | 37.70% | 22,429 | 5,502 |
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| 2012[36] | Nov. 6 | André Jacque (inc.) | Republican | 17,082 | 58.62% | Larry Pruess | Dem. | 12,033 | 41.29% | 29,141 | 5,049 | |
| 2014[37] | Nov. 4 | André Jacque (inc.) | Republican | 18,994 | 98.64% | 19,256 | 18,732 | |||||
| 2016[38] | Nov. 8 | André Jacque (inc.) | Republican | 20,039 | 69.29% | Mark Grams | Ind. | 8,837 | 30.56% | 28,920 | 11,202 | |
| 2018[39] | Nov. 6 | Shae Sortwell | Republican | 15,014 | 54.82% | Mark Grams | Dem. | 10,118 | 36.94% | 27,389 | 4,896 | Dean Raasch (Rep.) |
| Jeff Dahlke | Ind. | 1,494 | 5.45% | |||||||||
| Kevin A. Bauer | Lib. | 745 | 2.72% | |||||||||
| 2020[40] | Nov. 3 | Shae Sortwell (inc.) | Republican | 22,244 | 63.11% | Mark Kiley | Dem. | 12,970 | 36.80% | 35,248 | 9,274 | |
| 2022[41] | Nov. 8 | Shae Sortwell (inc.) | Republican | 16,112 | 59.18% | Renee Gasch | Dem. | 11,093 | 40.74% | 27,226 | 5,019 | |
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