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:District Map 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.Congressional District Map

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 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 Edward McGarry Dem. 7th 1854 8th 1855 Edward O'Neill Dem. 9th 1856 10th 1857 Patrick Walsh Dem. 11th 1858 12th 1859 Michael J. Egan Dem. 13th 1860 14th 1861 Edward Keogh Dem. 15th 1862 16th 1863 Hugh Reynolds Dem. 17th 1864 18th 1865 Charles H. Larkin Dem. 19th 1866 20th 1867 21st 1868 22nd 1869 Peter V. Deuster Dem. 23rd 1870 24th 1871 John L. Mitchell Dem. 25th 1872 26th 1873 John Black Dem. 27th 1874 28th 1875 John L. Mitchell Dem. 29th 1876 30th 1877 George H. Paul Dem. 31st 1878 32nd 1879 33rd 1880 34th 1881 Enoch Chase Dem. 35th 1882 36th 1883–1884 Julius Wechselberg Rep. 37th 1885–1886 38th 1887–1888 Herman Kroeger 39th 1889–1890 40th 1891–1892 Oscar Altpeter Dem. 41st 1893–1894 42nd 1895–1896 William Devos Rep. Resigned in 1902. 43rd 1897–1898 44th 1899–1900 45th 1901–1902 Rip Reukema Rep. Won 1902 special election. 46th 1903–1904 Jacob Rummel 47th 1905–1906 48th 1907–1908 Winfield R. Gaylord 49th 1909–1910 50th 1911–1912 George Weissleder Dem. 51st 1913–1914 52nd 1915–1916 W. C. Zumach 53rd 1917–1918 54th 1919–1920 Joseph J. Hirsch 55th 1921–1922 56th 1923–1924 Joseph A. Padway Resigned in 1926. 57th 1925–1926 Alex C. Ruffing Won 1926 special election. 58th 1927–1928 Thomas M. Duncan 59th 1929–1930 60th 1931–1932 Charles H. Phillips 61st 1933–1934 62nd 1935–1936 George Hampel 63rd 1937–1938 64th 1939–1940 65th 1941–1942 66th 1943–1944 Edward Reuther Dem. 67th 1945–1946 68th 1947–1948 William A. Schmidt Dem. 69th 1949–1950 70th 1951–1952 71st 1953–1954 72nd 1955–1956 William R. Moser Dem. Resigned Feb. 1962. 73rd 1957–1958 74th 1959–1960 75th 1961–1962 --Vacant-- Martin J. Schreiber Dem. Won 1962 special election.Resigned after elected Governor in 1970. 76th 1963–1964 77th 1965–1966 78th 1967–1968 79th 1969–1970 --Vacant-- 80th 1971–1972 Dem. Monroe Swan Dem. Removed from office Oct. 1980. 81st 1973–1974 82nd 1975–1976 83rd 1977–1978 84th 1979–1980 Gary R. George Dem. Defeated in 2003 recall primary. 85th 1981–1982 86th 1983–1984 87th 1985–1986 88th 1987–1988 89th 1989–1990 90th 1991–1992 91st 1993–1994 92nd 1995–1996 93rd 1997–1998 94th 1999–2000 95th 2001–2002 96th 2003–2004 Spencer Coggs Dem. Won 2003 recall election. 97th 2005–2006 98th 2007–2008 99th 2009–2010 100th 2011–2012 Nikiya Harris Dodd Dem. 101st 2013–2014 102nd 2015–2016 La Tonya Johnson Dem. 103rd 2017–2018 104th 2019–2020 105th 2021–2022 106th 2023–2024 Central Milwaukee County 107th 2025–2026

See also Political subdivisions of Wisconsin

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External links District 6 Constituency Site