Michigan's 6th Senate district is one of 38 districts in the Michigan Senate. It has been represented by Democrat Mary Cavanagh since 2023, succeeding fellow Democrat Erika Geiss.

Geography District 6 encompasses parts of Oakland and Wayne counties.

2011 Apportionment Plan District 6, as dictated by the 2011 Apportionment Plan, covered much of Downriver to the southwest of Detroit in Wayne County, including the suburban communities of Westland, Taylor, Romulus, Rockwood, Flat Rock, Huron, Sumpter, Van Buren, Belleville, and most of Brownstown.

The district was split between Michigan's 12th and 13th congressional districts, and with the 11th, 12th, 16th, 17th, 21st, and 23rd districts of the Michigan House of Representatives.

List of senators Senator Party Dates Residence Notes James Wright Gordon Whig 1839 Marshall Sands McCamly Democratic 1839–1840 Battle Creek Henry P. Bridge Democratic 1840–1841 Kent David E. Deming Whig 1841 Kalamazoo Stephen V. R. Trowbridge Whig 1842 Birmingham Daniel B. Wakefield Democratic 1842–1843 Grand Blanc Isaac Wixom Democratic 1842–1843 Farmington Sanford M. Green Democratic 1843–1844 Pontiac Moved from Owosso to Pontiac in 1843. Johnson Niles Democratic 1844–1845 Troy Alvin N. Hart Democratic 1844–1845 Lapeer Gardner D. Williams Democratic 1845–1846 Saginaw Sanford M. Green Democratic 1846–1847 Pontiac William M. Fenton Democratic 1846–1847 Flint Resided in Fentonville in 1846. Elijah B. Witherbee Whig 1847 Flint Died in office. Andrew Parsons Democratic 1847–1848 Corunna Alvin N. Hart Democratic 1847–1850 Lapeer Initially elected to fill the vacancy left by Elijah B. Witherbee's death. James McCabe Democratic 1848–1849 Pontiac Edward H. Thomson Democratic 1848–1849 Flint Johnathan P. King Democratic 1849–1850 Mackinac County Thorton F. Brodhead Democratic 1850 Pontiac Noah Beach Democratic 1850–1852 Bridegeport Elijah J. Roberts Democratic 1851 Eagle River Died in office. Samuel Axford Democratic 1851–1852 Oxford John P. LeRoy Whig 1851–1852 Pontiac The 1850 Michigan Constitution takes effect, changing the district from a multi-member district to a single-member district. Henry Hall Democratic 1853–1854 Dexter Charles Tripp Republican 1855–1856 Ann Arbor Willard B. Arms Republican 1857–1858 White Lake James M. Hoyt Democratic 1859–1860 Walled Lake John G. Owen Republican 1861–1862 Clarkston Peter Dow Republican 1863–1864 Pontiac John G. Crawford Republican 1865–1866 Holly James Webster Childs Republican 1867–1868 Ypsilanti Lyman D. Norris Democratic 1869–1870 Ypsilanti Emanuel Mann Republican 1871–1872 Ann Arbor Charles E. Mickley Republican 1873–1874 Fairfield Township John K. Boies Republican 1875–1876 Hudson Roland B. C. Newcomb Republican 1877–1878 Blissfield Richard B. Robbins Republican 1879–1880 Adrian Brackley Shaw Republican 1881–1884 Clayton Manson Carpenter Republican 1885–1886 Lenawee County John C. Sharp Republican 1887–1888 Jackson Adelbert R. Chapman Republican 1889–1890 Reading William H. Withington Republican 1891–1892 Jackson Marden Sabin Republican 1893–1894 Centreville Oscar A. Janes Republican 1895–1896 Hillsdale Edward E. Bostwick Democratic 1897–1898 Union City Elected on a Democratic, Populist, and Silverite fusion ticket. Frank A. Lyon Republican 1899–1900 Hillsdale William H. Lockerby Republican 1901–1904 Quincy Edward B. Linsley Republican 1905–1908 Three Rivers Walter R. Taylor Republican 1909–1912 Kalamazoo William C. Grace Democratic 1913–1914 Kalamazoo Walter R. Taylor Republican 1915–1916 Kalamazoo Frank L. Willison Democratic 1917–1918 Climax J. Mark Harvey Republican 1919–1920 Constantine Donald C. Osborn Republican 1921–1924 Kalamazoo Frank S. Cummings Republican 1925–1928 Centreville James T. Upjohn Republican 1929–1934 Kalamazoo Miller Dunckel Republican 1935–1938 Three Rivers Carl F. DeLano Republican 1939–1945 Kalamazoo Resigned. John W. Fletcher Republican 1945–1948 Centreville Carlton H. Morris Republican 1949–1962 Kalamazoo Garry E. Brown Republican 1963–1964 Schoolcraft Basil W. Brown Democratic 1965–1974 Detroit Michael J. O'Brien Jr. Democratic 1975–1982 Detroit R. Robert Geake Republican 1983–1994 Northville George Z. Hart Democratic 1995–2002 Dearborn Laura M. Toy Republican 2003–2006 Livonia Glenn S. Anderson Democratic 2007–2014 Westland Hoon-Yung Hopgood Democratic 2015–2018 Taylor Erika Geiss Democratic 2019–2022 Taylor Mary Cavanagh Democratic 2023–present Redford Township

Recent election results 2022

2018

2014

Federal and statewide results Year Office Results 2020 President Biden 55.2 – 43.3% 2018 Senate Stabenow 59.7 – 38.1% Governor Whitmer 60.9 – 36.0% 2016 President Clinton 53.2 – 42.2% 2014 Senate Peters 64.6 – 30.4% Governor Schauer 57.3 – 40.3% 2012 President Obama 64.3 – 34.8% Senate Stabenow 69.6 – 26.7%

Historical district boundaries

Map Description Apportionment Plan Notes Wayne County (part) Detroit (part) Highland Park 1964 Apportionment Plan Wayne County (part) Detroit (part) 1972 Apportionment Plan Wayne County (part) Canton Township Livonia Northville Northville Township Plymouth Plymouth Township Redford Township 1982 Apportionment Plan Wayne County (part) Allen Park Dearborn Dearborn Heights Garden City Inkster 1992 Apportionment Plan Wayne County (part) Garden City Livonia Redford Township Westland 2001 Apportionment Plan Wayne County (part) Belleville Brownstown Township (part) Flat Rock Huron Township Rockwood Romulus Sumpter Township Taylor Buren Township Westland 2011 Apportionment Plan

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