Wisconsin's 2nd Assembly district

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
Assemblymember
  Shae Sortwell
R–Two Rivers
since January 7, 2019 (5 years)
Demographics93.14% 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
WebsiteOfficial website
NotesNortheast Wisconsin

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]

The 2nd Assembly district is located within Wisconsin's 1st Senate district, along with the 1st and 3rd Assembly districts.[4]

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.[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

List of representatives to the Wisconsin State Assembly from the 2nd district
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

Year Date Elected Defeated Total Plurality Other primary candidates
1972[16] Nov. 7 Francis J. Lallensack Democratic 9,914 51.86% Donald K. Helgeson Rep. 8,848 46.28% 19,118 1,066
  • Eugene S. Kaufman (Dem.)
  • Joseph G. Laux (Dem.)
  • Robin E. Butler (Dem.)
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
  • Michael P. Dewane (Dem.)
  • Claude R. Barta (Rep.)
  • Robert F. Ziegelbauer (Dem.)
  • Paul A. Mullins (Dem.)
  • Richard J. Rabideau (Dem.)
  • Peter C. Jones (Dem.)
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
  • Lester Koeppel (Rep.)
  • JoAnn B. Vogel (Rep.)
  • Don Hazaert (Dem.)
  • Mark Heller (Dem.)
  • Gregory J. Erickson (Dem.)
  • Daniel Katers (Dem.)
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
  • Lee Brocher (Dem.)
  • Kevin R. Garthwaite (Dem.)
2010[35] Nov. 2 André Jacque Republican 13,958 62.23% Ted Zigmunt (inc) Dem. 8,456 37.70% 22,429 5,502
  • Jeff Van Straten (Rep.)
  • Terry Ostrander (Rep.)
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
2024[42] Nov. 5 Shae Sortwell (inc) Republican 23,198 63.22% Alicia Saunders Dem. 13,474 36.72% 36,693 9,724

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