Wisconsin's 6th Assembly district

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Wisconsin's 6th
State Assembly district
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Wisconsin's 6th Assembly district
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Wisconsin's 6th Assembly district
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Wisconsin's 6th Assembly 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
Assemblymember
  Elijah Behnke
R Chase
since January 6, 2025 (0 years)
Demographics87.07%  White
1.04%  Black
2.65%  Hispanic
1.92%  Asian
7.2%  Native American
0.09%  Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
Population (2020)
  Voting age
59,076
44,923
Website Official website
NotesNortheast Wisconsin

The 6th Assembly district of Wisconsin is one of 99 districts in the Wisconsin State Assembly. [1] Located in northeast Wisconsin, the district comprises all of Menominee County, most of Shawano County, and parts of western Oconto County, northeast Waupaca County, and northwest Brown County, including the cities of Shawano, Clintonville, and Gillett, and the villages of Bonduel, Bowler, Cecil, Embarrass, and Pulaski. It also contains the Menominee Indian Reservation and the Stockbridge–Munsee Community. [2] The district is represented by Republican Elijah Behnke, since January 2025; Behnke previously represented the 89th district from May 2021 to January 2025. [3]

The 6th Assembly district is located within Wisconsin's 2nd Senate district, along with the 4th and 5th Assembly districts. [4]

List of past representatives

List of representatives to the Wisconsin State Assembly from the 6th district
MemberPartyResidenceCounties representedTerm startTerm endRef.
District created
Gervase Hephner Dem. Chilton Calumet, Fond du Lac, Sheboygan, Washington January 1, 1973January 3, 1983 [5]
Gus Menos Dem. Brown Deer Milwaukee January 3, 1983January 7, 1985 [6]
Robert Cowles Rep. Green Bay Brown January 7, 1985April 21, 1987 [7]
--Vacant--April 21, 1987June 16, 1987
James R. Charneski Rep. Allouez June 16, 1987January 3, 1989 [8]
Rosemary Hinkfuss Dem. Green Bay January 3, 1989January 4, 1993 [9]
John Ainsworth Rep. Waukechon Oconto, Outagamie, Shawano January 4, 1993January 1, 2007 [10]
Oconto, Outagamie, Shawano, Waupaca
Gary Tauchen Rep. Bonduel January 1, 2007January 2, 2023 [11]
Brown, Outagamie, Shawano, Waupaca
Peter Schmidt Rep. January 3, 2023January 6, 2025 [12]
Elijah Behnke Rep. Chase Brown, Menominee, Oconto, Shawano, Waupaca January 6, 2025Current [3]

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