Wisconsin's 2nd Assembly district

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
From 2024 to 2031 From 2022 to 2023 From 2012 to 2021 From 2002 to 2011 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 (6 years, 269 days)
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

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]

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  Mishicot, Wisconsin
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  Denmark, Wisconsin
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  Fox River from Sunset Park in Kimberly

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.			January 3, 1981	January 3, 1983	[10][9]: 147
John Plewa	Dem.	Milwaukee	Milwaukee	January 3, 1983	November 12, 1984	[11][9]: 168
--Vacant--				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]
			Brown, Manitowoc, Outagamie

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%	--unopposed--				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%	--unopposed--				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%	--unopposed--				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%	--unopposed--				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%	--unopposed--				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%	--unopposed--				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