Wisconsin's 6th Senate district

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Wisconsin's 6th
State Senate district
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Wisconsin's 6th Senate district
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Wisconsin's 6th Senate district
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Wisconsin's 6th Senate district
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
composed of Assembly districts 16, 17, and 18
Senator
  La Tonya Johnson
D Milwaukee
since January 3, 2017 (7 years)
Demographics32.4%  White
56.13%  Black
5.97%  Hispanic
4.99%  Asian
1.66%  Native American
0.15%  Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
Population (2020)
  Voting age
178,495
150,001
Website Official website
NotesNorth side of Milwaukee

The 6th Senate district of Wisconsin is one of 33 districts in the Wisconsin Senate. [1] 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. [2] The 6th Senate district is one of two majority-black Senate districts in Wisconsin.

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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: [3]

The district is located entirely within Wisconsin's 4th congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative Gwen Moore. [4]

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.

SenatorPartyNotesSessionYearsDistrict Definition
District created1848
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Grant County
George W. Lakin Whig 1st
2nd 1849
John H. Rountree Whig 3rd 1850
4th 1851
Joel C. Squires Dem. Redistricted to 16th district. 5th 1852
Duncan Reed Dem. Redistricted from 18th district. 6th 1853
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Edward McGarry Dem. 7th 1854
8th 1855
Edward O'Neill Dem. 9th 1856
10th 1857
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Patrick Walsh Dem. 11th 1858
12th 1859
Michael J. Egan Dem. 13th 1860
14th 1861
Edward Keogh Dem. 15th 1862
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16th 1863
Hugh Reynolds Dem. 17th 1864
18th 1865
Charles H. Larkin Dem. 19th 1866
20th 1867
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21st 1868
22nd 1869
Peter V. Deuster Dem. 23rd 1870
24th 1871
John L. Mitchell Dem. 25th 1872
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26th 1873
John Black Dem. 27th 1874
28th 1875
John L. Mitchell Dem. 29th 1876
30th 1877
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George H. Paul Dem. 31st 1878
32nd 1879
33rd 1880
34th 1881
Enoch Chase Dem. 35th 1882
36th 18831884
Julius Wechselberg Rep. 37th 18851886
38th 18871888
Herman Kroeger Union Labor 39th 18891890
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    • Wards 3, 5, 8, 11, 12, 14, city of Milwaukee
Dem. 40th 18911892
Oscar Altpeter Dem. 41st 18931894
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42nd 18951896
William Devos Rep. Resigned in 1902. 43rd 18971898
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44th 18991900
45th 19011902
Rip Reukema Rep. Won 1902 special election. 46th 19031904
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Jacob Rummel Soc. Dem. 47th 19051906
48th 19071908
Winfield R. Gaylord Soc. Dem. 49th 19091910
50th 19111912
George Weissleder Dem. 51st 19131914
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52nd 19151916
W. C. Zumach Soc. 53rd 19171918
54th 19191920
Joseph J. Hirsch Soc. 55th 19211922
56th 19231924
Joseph A. Padway Soc. Resigned in 1926. 57th 19251926
Alex C. Ruffing Soc. Won 1926 special election. 58th 19271928
Thomas M. Duncan Soc. 59th 19291930
60th 19311932
Charles H. Phillips Dem. 61st 19331934
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62nd 19351936
George Hampel Prog. 63rd 19371938
64th 19391940
65th 19411942
66th 19431944
Edward Reuther Dem. 67th 19451946
68th 19471948
William A. Schmidt Dem. 69th 19491950
70th 19511952
71st 19531954
72nd 19551956
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William R. Moser Dem. Resigned Feb. 1962. 73rd 19571958
74th 19591960
75th 19611962
--Vacant--
Martin J. Schreiber Dem. Won 1962 special election.
Resigned after elected Governor in 1970.
76th 19631964
77th 19651966
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North-central Milwaukee County
78th 19671968
79th 19691970
--Vacant-- 80th 19711972
Mark Lipscomb Jr. Dem.
Monroe Swan Dem. Removed from office Oct. 1980. 81st 19731974
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North-central Milwaukee County
    • Assembly Dist. 16, 17, 18
82nd 19751976
83rd 19771978
84th 19791980
Gary R. George Dem. Defeated in 2003 recall primary. 85th 19811982
86th 19831984
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North-central Milwaukee County
    • Wards 1-3, 4-18, 22-24, 29, 30, 67, 68, 105-122, 128, 131, 136, 183-199, 303, city of Milwaukee
87th 19851986
88th 19871988
89th 19891990
90th 19911992
91st 19931994
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    • Wards 6, 7, 15, 16, 27, 32, 35, 63, 65-77, 111, 112, 114, 116-118, 120-130, 134-136, 175, 177-180, 184-190, 293, 294, 313, 314-322, 324-327, city of Milwaukee
92nd 19951996
93rd 19971998
94th 19992000
95th 20012002
96th 20032004
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    • Wards 29-36, 60-62, 65-73, 81, 82, 84, 105-114, 116-131, 167-175, 179-181, 275-281, 290, 297-314, city of Milwaukee
Spencer Coggs Dem. Won 2003 recall election.
97th 20052006
98th 20072008
99th 20092010
100th 20112012
Nikiya Harris Dodd Dem. 101st 20132014
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102nd 20152016
La Tonya Johnson Dem. 103rd 20172018
104th 20192020
105th 20212022
106th 2023–2024
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Central Milwaukee County

See also

Notes

  1. "Senate District 6". Wisconsin Legislature . Retrieved March 5, 2021.
  2. "Wisconsin Legislative Districts - Senate District 6 Boundaries". Wisconsin Legislature . Retrieved March 5, 2021.
  3. District Map
  4. Congressional District Map

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