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Wisconsin's 2nd Senate district

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image caption	2024 map defined in [2023 Wisc. Act 94](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/related/acts/94)
2022 map defined in [ Johnson v. Wisconsin Elections Commission](https://www.wicourts.gov/sc/opinion/DisplayDocument.pdf?content=pdf&seqNo=512188)
2011 map was defined in [2011 Wisc. Act 43](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2011/related/acts/43)
composed of Assembly districts 4, 5, and 6
state	Wisconsin
district	2
chamber	Senate
representative	Eric Wimberger
incumbentsince	January 6, 2025 ()
party	Republican
residence	Oconto
population	178,360
population_year	2020
voting_age	137,053
percent_white	87.74
percent_black	0.86
percent_hispanic	2.27
percent_asian	1.24
percent_native_american	7.52
percent_pacific_islander	0.07
website	[Official website](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/districts/senate/2)
notes	Northeast Wisconsin

| | From 2024 to 2031 | | From 2022 to 2023 | | From 2012 to 2021 2022 map defined in Johnson v. Wisconsin Elections Commission 2011 map was defined in 2011 Wisc. Act 43 composed of Assembly districts 4, 5, and 6

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:

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. File:Oconto_County_Courthouse.jpg|Oconto County courthouse in Oconto File:OcontoRiverWIS22OcontoFalls.jpg|Oconto River in Oconto Falls File:Saint_John_Catholic_Church_and_Island_Park,_Little_Chute,Wisconsin(May_8_2009).jpg|St. John Catholic Church and Island Park in Little Chute File:SeymourWisconsin2.jpg|Seymour, Wisconsin File:KeshenaWisconsinDowntown2009.jpg|Keshena, in the Menominee Indian Reservation File:ClintonvilleWisconsinDowntown2011.jpg|Downtown Clintonville File:ShawanoLakeWisconsin.jpeg|Shawano Lake

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:

Senator	Party	Notes	Session	Years	District Definition
District created	1848	[[File:1848 WI Sen 02.svg	frameless	center	150px]] Columbia, Marquette, Portage, and Sauk counties
Henry Merrill	Whig		[1st](1st-wisconsin-legislature)
[2nd](2nd-wisconsin-legislature)	1849
George DeGraw Moore	Whig		[3rd](3rd-wisconsin-legislature)	1850
[4th](4th-wisconsin-legislature)	1851
James S. Alban	Whig		[5th](5th-wisconsin-legislature)	1852
[6th](6th-wisconsin-legislature)	1853	[[File:1852 WI Sen 02.svg	frameless	center	150px]] Brown, Door, Outagamie, Oconto, Waupaca, Marathon, and Portage counties
Joseph F. Loy	Dem.		[7th](7th-wisconsin-legislature)	1854
[8th](8th-wisconsin-legislature)	1855
Perry H. Smith	Dem.		[9th](9th-wisconsin-legislature)	1856
[10th](10th-wisconsin-legislature)	1857	[[File:1856 WI Sen 02.svg	frameless	center	150px]] Brown, Door, Kewaunee, Oconto, Outagamie, and Shawano counties
Morgan Lewis Martin	Dem.		[11th](11th-wisconsin-legislature)	1858
[12th](12th-wisconsin-legislature)	1859
Edward Decker	Dem.		[13th](13th-wisconsin-legislature)	1860
[14th](14th-wisconsin-legislature)	1861
Edward Hicks	Dem.		[15th](15th-wisconsin-legislature)	1862	[[File:1861 WI Sen 02.svg	frameless	center	150px]] Brown and Kewaunee counties
[16th](16th-wisconsin-legislature)	1863
Frederick S. Ellis	Dem.		[17th](17th-wisconsin-legislature)	1864
[18th](18th-wisconsin-legislature)	1865
Matthew J. Meade	Dem.		[19th](19th-wisconsin-legislature)	1866
[20th](20th-wisconsin-legislature)	1867	[[File:1866 WI Sen 02.svg	frameless	center	150px]] 1866–1871
[[File:1871 WI Sen 02.svg	frameless	center	150px]] 1871–1875
Brown, Door, and Kewaunee counties
William J. Abrams	Dem.		[21st](21st-wisconsin-legislature)	1868
[22nd](22nd-wisconsin-legislature)	1869
Lyman Walker	Dem.		[23rd](23rd-wisconsin-legislature)	1870
[24th](24th-wisconsin-legislature)	1871
Myron P. Lindsley	Dem.		[25th](25th-wisconsin-legislature)	1872
[26th](26th-wisconsin-legislature)	1873
John Milton Read	Dem.		[27th](27th-wisconsin-legislature)	1874
[28th](28th-wisconsin-legislature)	1875
Thomas R. Hudd	Dem.		[29th](29th-wisconsin-legislature)	1876
[30th](30th-wisconsin-legislature)	1877	[[File:1876 WI Sen 02.svg	frameless	center	150px]] 1876–1881
[[File:1882 WI Sen 02.svg	frameless	center	150px]] 1882–1887
Brown County
[31st](31st-wisconsin-legislature)	1878
[32nd](32nd-wisconsin-legislature)	1879
David M. Kelly	Rep.		[33rd](33rd-wisconsin-legislature)	1880
[34th](34th-wisconsin-legislature)	1881
Thomas R. Hudd	Dem.	Resigned after election to U.S. House in 1886 special election.	[35th](35th-wisconsin-legislature)	1882
[36th](36th-wisconsin-legislature)	1883–1884
[37th](37th-wisconsin-legislature)	1885–1886
--Vacant--
Charles W. Day		Rep.		[38th](38th-wisconsin-legislature)	1887–1888
Enos Warren Persons	Dem.		[39th](39th-wisconsin-legislature)	1889–1890	[[File:1888 WI Sen 02.svg	frameless	center	150px]] Brown and Calumet counties
[40th](40th-wisconsin-legislature)	1891–1892
Robert J. McGeehan	Dem.		[41st](41st-wisconsin-legislature)	1893–1894	[[File:1892 WI Sen 02.svg	frameless	center	150px]] 1892–1895
[[File:1896 WI Sen 02.svg	frameless	center	150px]] 1896–1901
[[File:1902 WI Sen 02.svg	frameless	center	150px]] 1902–1911
[[File:1912 WI Sen 02.svg	frameless	center	150px]] 1912–1921
[[File:1922 WI Sen 02.svg	frameless	center	150px]] 1922–1953
Brown and Oconto counties
[42nd](42nd-wisconsin-legislature)	1895–1896
Andrew Caldwell Mailer	Rep.		[43rd](43rd-wisconsin-legislature)	1897–1898
[44th](44th-wisconsin-legislature)	1899–1900
Henry F. Hagemeister	Rep.		[45th](45th-wisconsin-legislature)	1901–1902
[46th](46th-wisconsin-legislature)	1903–1904
[47th](47th-wisconsin-legislature)	1905–1906
[48th](48th-wisconsin-legislature)	1907–1908
Timothy Burke	Rep.		[49th](49th-wisconsin-legislature)	1909–1910
[50th](50th-wisconsin-legislature)	1911–1912
[51st](51st-wisconsin-legislature)	1913–1914
[52nd](52nd-wisconsin-legislature)	1915–1916
[53rd](53rd-wisconsin-legislature)	1917–1918
[54th](54th-wisconsin-legislature)	1919–1920
[55th](55th-wisconsin-legislature)	1921–1922
[56th](56th-wisconsin-legislature)	1923–1924
John B. Chase	Rep.		[57th](57th-wisconsin-legislature)	1925–1926
[58th](58th-wisconsin-legislature)	1927–1928
Elmer Hall	Rep.	Previously elected Wisconsin Secretary of State.	[59th](59th-wisconsin-legislature)	1929–1930
[60th](60th-wisconsin-legislature)	1931–1932
E. F. Brunette	Dem.		[61st](61st-wisconsin-legislature)	1933–1934
[62nd](62nd-wisconsin-legislature)	1935–1936
Michael F. Kresky Jr.	Prog.		[63rd](63rd-wisconsin-legislature)	1937–1938
[64th](64th-wisconsin-legislature)	1939–1940
John W. Byrnes	Rep.	Elected to U.S. House in 1944.	[65th](65th-wisconsin-legislature)	1941–1942
[66th](66th-wisconsin-legislature)	1943–1944
Harold A. Lytie	Dem.		[67th](67th-wisconsin-legislature)	1945–1946
[68th](68th-wisconsin-legislature)	1947–1948
Fred F. Kaftan	Rep.		[69th](69th-wisconsin-legislature)	1949–1950
[70th](70th-wisconsin-legislature)	1951–1952
Leo P. O'Brien	Rep.		[71st](71st-wisconsin-legislature)	1953–1954
[72nd](72nd-wisconsin-legislature)	1955–1956	[[File:1954 WI Sen 02.svg	frameless	center	150px]] Brown County
[73rd](73rd-wisconsin-legislature)	1957–1958
[74th](74th-wisconsin-legislature)	1959–1960
[75th](75th-wisconsin-legislature)	1961–1962
[76th](76th-wisconsin-legislature)	1963–1964
Robert W. Warren	Rep.		[77th](77th-wisconsin-legislature)	1965–1966	[[File:1964 WI Sen 02.svg	frameless	center	150px]] Calumet County, {{Collapsible list	title=parts of Brown County	titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%;
[78th](78th-wisconsin-legislature)	1967–1968
Myron P. Lotto	Rep.		[79th](79th-wisconsin-legislature)	1969–1970
[80th](80th-wisconsin-legislature)	1971–1972
Tom Petri	Rep.	Resigned after election to U.S. House in 1979 special election.	[81st](81st-wisconsin-legislature)	1973–1974	Calumet County, {{Collapsible list	title=parts of Brown County	titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%;
[82nd](82nd-wisconsin-legislature)	1975–1976
[83rd](83rd-wisconsin-legislature)	1977–1978
[84th](84th-wisconsin-legislature)	1979–1980
Don Hanaway	Rep.	Won 1979 special election.
Re-elected 1980, 1984.
Elected Attorney General in 1986.
[85th](85th-wisconsin-legislature)	1981–1982
[86th](86th-wisconsin-legislature)	1983–1984	Part of Brown, Calumet, Oconto, Outagamie, Shawano
[87th](87th-wisconsin-legislature)	1985–1986	Part of Brown, Oconto, Outagamie, Shawano
--Vacant--	[88th](88th-wisconsin-legislature)	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](89th-wisconsin-legislature)	1989–1990
[90th](90th-wisconsin-legislature)	1991–1992
[91st](91st-wisconsin-legislature)	1993–1994	Part of Brown, Oconto, Outagamie, Shawano
[92nd](92nd-wisconsin-legislature)	1995–1996
[93rd](93rd-wisconsin-legislature)	1997–1998
[94th](94th-wisconsin-legislature)	1999–2000
[95th](95th-wisconsin-legislature)	2001–2002
[96th](96th-wisconsin-legislature)	2003–2004	Part of Brown, Oconto, Outagamie, Shawano
[97th](97th-wisconsin-legislature)	2005–2006
[98th](98th-wisconsin-legislature)	2007–2008
[99th](99th-wisconsin-legislature)	2009–2010
[100th](100th-wisconsin-legislature)	2011–2012
[101st](101st-wisconsin-legislature)	2013–2014	[[File:2011 WI Sen 02.png	frameless	center	300px]] Part of Brown, Outagamie, Shawano, Waupaca
[102nd](102nd-wisconsin-legislature)	2015–2016
[103rd](103rd-wisconsin-legislature)	2017–2018
[104th](104th-wisconsin-legislature)	2019–2020
[105th](105th-wisconsin-legislature)	2021–2022
[106th](106th-wisconsin-legislature)	2023–2024	[[File:2022 WI Sen 02.png	frameless	center	300px]] Northwest Brown County
Most of Outagamie County
Most of Shawano County
Part of Wauapaca County
Eric Wimberger		Rep.	Elected 2024.	[107th](107th-wisconsin-legislature)	2025–2026	[[File:2024 WI Sen 02.svg	frameless	center	150px]]

References

"Senate District 2".
"Wisconsin Legislative Districts - Senate District 2 Boundaries".
(2025). "Senator Eric Wimberger".
[http://legis.wisconsin.gov//Senate/sen02/Sdist02.pdf District Map]
[http://legis.wisconsin.gov/ltsb/redistricting/Maps/cd8.pdf Congressional District Map]
Wisconsin Blue Book, 1991-92 edition, ''Statistics: History'', pages 657-666.

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