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Wisconsin's 6th Senate district
American legislative district for Milwaukee, Wisconsin
American legislative district for Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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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 16, 17, and 18 | |||||||||||||
| state | Wisconsin | ||||||||||||
| district | 6 | ||||||||||||
| chamber | Senate | ||||||||||||
| representative | La Tonya Johnson | ||||||||||||
| party | Democratic | ||||||||||||
| residence | Milwaukee | ||||||||||||
| incumbentsince | January 3, 2017 () | ||||||||||||
| population | 178,495 | ||||||||||||
| population_year | 2020 | ||||||||||||
| voting_age | 150,001 | ||||||||||||
| percent_white | 32.4 | ||||||||||||
| percent_black | 56.13 | ||||||||||||
| percent_hispanic | 5.97 | ||||||||||||
| percent_asian | 4.99 | ||||||||||||
| percent_native_american | 1.66 | ||||||||||||
| percent_pacific_islander | 0.15 | ||||||||||||
| website | [Official website](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/districts/senate/6) | ||||||||||||
| notes | North side of Milwaukee |
| | 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 16, 17, and 18
The 6th Senate district of Wisconsin is one of 33 districts in the Wisconsin Senate. Located in southeast Wisconsin, the district is entirely contained within central Milwaukee County. It includes parts of north, west, and downtown Milwaukee, and part of eastern Wauwatosa. It contains landmarks such as the Marquette University campus, Fiserv Forum (home of the Milwaukee Bucks), the Milwaukee Public Museum, historic Holy Cross Cemetery, and the Miller Brewing Company. The 6th Senate district is one of two majority-black Senate districts in Wisconsin.
Current elected officials
La Tonya Johnson is the senator representing the 6th district. Now in her second term, she was first elected in the 2016 general election, after the previous senator, Nikiya Harris Dodd, declined to seek re-election.
Each Wisconsin State Senate district is composed of three State Assembly districts. The 6th Senate district comprises the 16th, 17th, and 18th Assembly districts. The current representatives of those districts are:
- Assembly District 16: Kalan Haywood (D–Milwaukee)
- Assembly District 17: Supreme Moore Omokunde (D–Milwaukee)
- Assembly District 18: Margaret Arney (D–Wauwatosa)
The district is located entirely within Wisconsin's 4th congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative Gwen Moore.
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Past senators
At Wisconsin statehood the Senate had only nineteen districts, whose boundaries were defined in Article XIV of the Constitution of Wisconsin. The 6th district was defined as Grant County, in the southwest corner of the state.
After the fifth session (1852) of the state legislature, the Senate was expanded to 25 members and a reapportionment occurred. The 6th district was moved to the north side of Milwaukee County. Through the subsequent 160 years of redistricting, the 6th district has remained in this location, though the boundaries have shifted.
| Senator | Party | Notes | Session | Years | District Definition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District created | 1848 | [[File:1848 WI Sen 06.svg | frameless | center | 150px]] Grant County | |||||||
| George W. Lakin | Whig | [1st](1st-wisconsin-legislature) | ||||||||||
| [2nd](2nd-wisconsin-legislature) | 1849 | |||||||||||
| John H. Rountree | Whig | [3rd](3rd-wisconsin-legislature) | 1850 | |||||||||
| [4th](4th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1851 | |||||||||||
| Joel C. Squires | Dem. | *Redistricted to 16th district.* | [5th](5th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1852 | ||||||||
| Duncan Reed | Dem. | *Redistricted from 18th district.* | [6th](6th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1853 | [[File:1852 WI Sen 06.png | frameless | center | 300px]] {{Collapsible list | title=Southern Milwaukee County | titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%; | ||
| Edward McGarry | Dem. | [7th](7th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1854 | |||||||||
| [8th](8th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1855 | |||||||||||
| Edward O'Neill | Dem. | [9th](9th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1856 | |||||||||
| [10th](10th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1857 | [[File:1856 WI Sen 06.png | frameless | center | 300px]] {{Collapsible list | title=Southern Milwaukee County | titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%; | |||||
| Patrick Walsh | Dem. | [11th](11th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1858 | |||||||||
| [12th](12th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1859 | |||||||||||
| Michael J. Egan | Dem. | [13th](13th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1860 | |||||||||
| [14th](14th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1861 | |||||||||||
| Edward Keogh | Dem. | [15th](15th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1862 | [[File:1856 WI Sen 06.png | frameless | center | 300px]] {{Collapsible list | title=Southern Milwaukee County | titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%; | |||
| [16th](16th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1863 | |||||||||||
| Hugh Reynolds | Dem. | [17th](17th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1864 | |||||||||
| [18th](18th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1865 | |||||||||||
| Charles H. Larkin | Dem. | [19th](19th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1866 | |||||||||
| [20th](20th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1867 | [[File:1866 WI Sen 06.png | frameless | center | 300px]] {{Collapsible list | title=Southern Milwaukee County | titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%; | |||||
| [21st](21st-wisconsin-legislature) | 1868 | |||||||||||
| [22nd](22nd-wisconsin-legislature) | 1869 | |||||||||||
| Peter V. Deuster | Dem. | [23rd](23rd-wisconsin-legislature) | 1870 | |||||||||
| [24th](24th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1871 | |||||||||||
| John L. Mitchell | Dem. | [25th](25th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1872 | [[File:1871 WI Sen 06.png | frameless | center | 300px]] {{Collapsible list | title=Southern Milwaukee County | titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%; | |||
| [26th](26th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1873 | |||||||||||
| John Black | Dem. | [27th](27th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1874 | |||||||||
| [28th](28th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1875 | |||||||||||
| John L. Mitchell | Dem. | [29th](29th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1876 | |||||||||
| [30th](30th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1877 | [[File:1876 WI Sen 06.png | frameless | center | 300px]] {{Collapsible list | title=Southern Milwaukee County | titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%; | |||||
| George H. Paul | Dem. | [31st](31st-wisconsin-legislature) | 1878 | |||||||||
| [32nd](32nd-wisconsin-legislature) | 1879 | |||||||||||
| [33rd](33rd-wisconsin-legislature) | 1880 | |||||||||||
| [34th](34th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1881 | |||||||||||
| Enoch Chase | Dem. | [35th](35th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1882 | |||||||||
| [36th](36th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1883–1884 | |||||||||||
| Julius Wechselberg | Rep. | [37th](37th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1885–1886 | |||||||||
| [38th](38th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1887–1888 | |||||||||||
| Herman Kroeger | Union Labor | [39th](39th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1889–1890 | [[File:1888 WI Sen 06.png | frameless | center | 300px]] {{Collapsible list | title=Central Milwaukee County | titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%; | |||
| Dem. | [40th](40th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1891–1892 | ||||||||||
| Oscar Altpeter | Dem. | [41st](41st-wisconsin-legislature) | 1893–1894 | [[File:1892 WI Sen 06.png | frameless | center | 300px]] {{Collapsible list | title=Central Milwaukee County | titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%; | |||
| [42nd](42nd-wisconsin-legislature) | 1895–1896 | |||||||||||
| William Devos | Rep. | *Resigned in 1902.* | [43rd](43rd-wisconsin-legislature) | 1897–1898 | [[File:1896 WI Sen 06.png | frameless | center | 300px]] {{Collapsible list | title=Central Milwaukee County | titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%; | ||
| [44th](44th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1899–1900 | |||||||||||
| [45th](45th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1901–1902 | |||||||||||
| Rip Reukema | Rep. | *Won 1902 special election.* | [46th](46th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1903–1904 | [[File:1902 WI Sen 06.png | frameless | center | 300px]] {{Collapsible list | title=Central Milwaukee County | titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%; | ||
| Jacob Rummel | Soc. Dem. | [47th](47th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1905–1906 | |||||||||
| [48th](48th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1907–1908 | |||||||||||
| Winfield R. Gaylord | Soc. Dem. | [49th](49th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1909–1910 | |||||||||
| [50th](50th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1911–1912 | |||||||||||
| George Weissleder | Dem. | [51st](51st-wisconsin-legislature) | 1913–1914 | [[File:1912 WI Sen 06.png | frameless | center | 300px]] {{Collapsible list | title=Central Milwaukee County | titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%; | |||
| [52nd](52nd-wisconsin-legislature) | 1915–1916 | |||||||||||
| W. C. Zumach | Soc. | [53rd](53rd-wisconsin-legislature) | 1917–1918 | |||||||||
| [54th](54th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1919–1920 | |||||||||||
| Joseph J. Hirsch | Soc. | [55th](55th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1921–1922 | |||||||||
| [56th](56th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1923–1924 | |||||||||||
| Joseph A. Padway | Soc. | *Resigned in 1926.* | [57th](57th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1925–1926 | ||||||||
| Alex C. Ruffing | Soc. | *Won 1926 special election.* | [58th](58th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1927–1928 | ||||||||
| Thomas M. Duncan | Soc. | [59th](59th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1929–1930 | |||||||||
| [60th](60th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1931–1932 | |||||||||||
| Charles H. Phillips | Dem. | [61st](61st-wisconsin-legislature) | 1933–1934 | [[File:1932 WI Sen 06.png | frameless | center | 300px]] {{Collapsible list | title=Central Milwaukee County | titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%; | |||
| [62nd](62nd-wisconsin-legislature) | 1935–1936 | |||||||||||
| George Hampel | Prog. | [63rd](63rd-wisconsin-legislature) | 1937–1938 | |||||||||
| [64th](64th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1939–1940 | |||||||||||
| [65th](65th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1941–1942 | |||||||||||
| [66th](66th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1943–1944 | |||||||||||
| Edward Reuther | Dem. | [67th](67th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1945–1946 | |||||||||
| [68th](68th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1947–1948 | |||||||||||
| William A. Schmidt | Dem. | [69th](69th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1949–1950 | |||||||||
| [70th](70th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1951–1952 | |||||||||||
| [71st](71st-wisconsin-legislature) | 1953–1954 | |||||||||||
| [72nd](72nd-wisconsin-legislature) | 1955–1956 | [[File:1954 WI Sen 06.png | frameless | center | 300px]] {{Collapsible list | title=Central Milwaukee County | titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%; | |||||
| William R. Moser | Dem. | *Resigned Feb. 1962.* | [73rd](73rd-wisconsin-legislature) | 1957–1958 | ||||||||
| [74th](74th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1959–1960 | |||||||||||
| [75th](75th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1961–1962 | |||||||||||
| *--Vacant--* | ||||||||||||
| Martin J. Schreiber | Dem. | *Won 1962 special election.* | ||||||||||
| *Resigned after elected Governor in 1970.* | [76th](76th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1963–1964 | ||||||||||
| [77th](77th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1965–1966 | [[File:1964 WI Sen 06.png | frameless | center | 300px]] {{Collapsible list | title=North-central Milwaukee County | titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%; | |||||
| [78th](78th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1967–1968 | |||||||||||
| [79th](79th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1969–1970 | |||||||||||
| *--Vacant--* | [80th](80th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1971–1972 | ||||||||||
| Mark Lipscomb Jr. | Dem. | |||||||||||
| Monroe Swan | Dem. | *Removed from office Oct. 1980.* | [81st](81st-wisconsin-legislature) | 1973–1974 | [[File:1972 WI Sen 06.png | frameless | center | 300px]] {{Collapsible list | title=North-central Milwaukee 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 | |||||||||||
| Gary R. George | Dem. | *Defeated in 2003 recall primary.* | [85th](85th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1981–1982 | ||||||||
| [86th](86th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1983–1984 | [[File:1982 WI Sen 06.png | frameless | center | 300px]] {{Collapsible list | title=North-central Milwaukee County | titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%; | |||||
| [87th](87th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1985–1986 | |||||||||||
| [88th](88th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1987–1988 | |||||||||||
| [89th](89th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1989–1990 | |||||||||||
| [90th](90th-wisconsin-legislature) | 1991–1992 | |||||||||||
| [91st](91st-wisconsin-legislature) | 1993–1994 | [[File:1992 WI Sen 06.png | frameless | center | 300px]] {{Collapsible list | title=Central Milwaukee County | titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%; | |||||
| [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 | [[File:2002 WI Sen 06.png | frameless | center | 300px]] {{Collapsible list | title=Central Milwaukee County | titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%; | |||||
| Spencer Coggs | Dem. | *Won 2003 recall election.* | ||||||||||
| [97th](97th-wisconsin-legislature) | 2005–2006 | |||||||||||
| [98th](98th-wisconsin-legislature) | 2007–2008 | |||||||||||
| [99th](99th-wisconsin-legislature) | 2009–2010 | |||||||||||
| [100th](100th-wisconsin-legislature) | 2011–2012 | |||||||||||
| Nikiya Harris Dodd | Dem. | [101st](101st-wisconsin-legislature) | 2013–2014 | [[File:2011 WI Sen 06.png | frameless | center | 300px]] {{Collapsible list | title=Central Milwaukee County | titlestyle=background:transparent;text-align:center;padding-center:1.0em;font-size:85%; | |||
| [102nd](102nd-wisconsin-legislature) | 2015–2016 | |||||||||||
| La Tonya Johnson | Dem. | [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 06.png | frameless | center | 300px]] Central Milwaukee County | |||||||
| [107th](107th-wisconsin-legislature) | 2025–2026 | [[File:2024 WI Sen 06.svg | frameless | center | 150px]] |
Notes
References
- "Senate District 6".
- "Wisconsin Legislative Districts - Senate District 6 Boundaries".
- [http://legis.wisconsin.gov//Senate/sen04/Sdist04.pdf District Map]
- [http://legis.wisconsin.gov/ltsb/redistricting/Maps/cd4.pdf Congressional District Map]
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