Wisconsin's 6th Senate district

Wisconsin's 6th
State Senate district
Wisconsin's 6th; State 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)
Demographics	32.4% 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
Notes	North 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.

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]

Assembly District 16: Kalan Haywood (D–Milwaukee)
Assembly District 17: Supreme Moore Omokunde (D–Milwaukee)
Assembly District 18: Evan Goyke (D–Milwaukee)

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.

Senator	Party	Notes	Session	Years	District Definition
District created				1848	Grant County
George W. Lakin	Whig		1st	1848
George W. Lakin	Whig		2nd	1849
John H. Rountree	Whig		3rd	1850
John H. Rountree	Whig		4th	1851
Joel C. Squires	Dem.	Redistricted to 16th district.	5th	1852
Duncan Reed	Dem.	Redistricted from 18th district.	6th	1853	Southern Milwaukee County Town of Franklin Town of Greenfield Town of Lake Town of Oak Creek Wards 3, 4, 5, city of Milwaukee
Edward McGarry	Dem.		7th	1854
Edward McGarry	Dem.		8th	1855
Edward O'Neill	Dem.		9th	1856
Edward O'Neill	Dem.		10th	1857	Southern Milwaukee County Town of Franklin Town of Greenfield Town of Lake Town of Oak Creek Town of Wauwatosa Wards 3, 4, 5, city of Milwaukee
Patrick Walsh	Dem.		11th	1858
Patrick Walsh	Dem.		12th	1859
Michael J. Egan	Dem.		13th	1860
Michael J. Egan	Dem.		14th	1861
Edward Keogh	Dem.		15th	1862	Southern Milwaukee County Town of Franklin Town of Greenfield Town of Lake Town of Oak Creek Town of Wauwatosa Wards 3, 4, 5, 8, city of Milwaukee
Edward Keogh	Dem.		16th	1863
Hugh Reynolds	Dem.		17th	1864
Hugh Reynolds	Dem.		18th	1865
Charles H. Larkin	Dem.		19th	1866
			20th	1867	Southern Milwaukee County Town of Franklin Town of Greenfield Town of Lake Town of Oak Creek Wards 3, 4, 5, 8, city of Milwaukee
			21st	1868
			22nd	1869
Peter V. Deuster	Dem.		23rd	1870
Peter V. Deuster	Dem.		24th	1871
John L. Mitchell	Dem.		25th	1872	Southern Milwaukee County Town of Franklin Town of Greenfield Town of Lake Town of Oak Creek Wards 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, city of Milwaukee
John L. Mitchell	Dem.		26th	1873
John Black	Dem.		27th	1874
John Black	Dem.		28th	1875
John L. Mitchell	Dem.		29th	1876
John L. Mitchell	Dem.		30th	1877	Southern Milwaukee County Town of Franklin Town of Greenfield Town of Lake Town of Oak Creek Wards 5, 8, 11, 12, city of Milwaukee
George H. Paul	Dem.		31st	1878
			32nd	1879
			33rd	1880
			34th	1881
Enoch Chase	Dem.		35th	1882
Enoch Chase	Dem.		36th	1883–1884
Julius Wechselberg	Rep.		37th	1885–1886
Julius Wechselberg	Rep.		38th	1887–1888
Herman Kroeger	Union Labor		39th	1889–1890	Central Milwaukee County Wards 3, 5, 8, 11, 12, 14, city of Milwaukee
Herman Kroeger	Dem.		40th	1891–1892
Oscar Altpeter	Dem.		41st	1893–1894	Central Milwaukee County Wards 2, 4, 6, 9, city of Milwaukee
Oscar Altpeter	Dem.		42nd	1895–1896
William Devos	Rep.	Resigned in 1902.	43rd	1897–1898	Central Milwaukee County Wards 9, 10, 19, 20, city of Milwaukee
			44th	1899–1900
			45th	1901–1902
Rip Reukema	Rep.	Won 1902 special election.	46th	1903–1904	Central Milwaukee County Wards 9, 10, 19, 20, 22, city of Milwaukee
Jacob Rummel	Soc. Dem.		47th	1905–1906
Jacob Rummel	Soc. Dem.		48th	1907–1908
Winfield R. Gaylord	Soc. Dem.		49th	1909–1910
Winfield R. Gaylord	Soc. Dem.		50th	1911–1912
George Weissleder	Dem.		51st	1913–1914	Central Milwaukee County Wards 6, 7, 9, 10, city of Milwaukee
George Weissleder	Dem.		52nd	1915–1916
W. C. Zumach	Soc.		53rd	1917–1918
W. C. Zumach	Soc.		54th	1919–1920
Joseph J. Hirsch	Soc.		55th	1921–1922
Joseph J. Hirsch	Soc.		56th	1923–1924
Joseph A. Padway	Soc.	Resigned in 1926.	57th	1925–1926
Alex C. Ruffing	Soc.	Won 1926 special election.	58th	1927–1928
Thomas M. Duncan	Soc.		59th	1929–1930
Thomas M. Duncan	Soc.		60th	1931–1932
Charles H. Phillips	Dem.		61st	1933–1934	Central Milwaukee County Wards 2, 7, 10, 20, 25, city of Milwaukee
Charles H. Phillips	Dem.		62nd	1935–1936
George Hampel	Prog.		63rd	1937–1938
			64th	1939–1940
			65th	1941–1942
			66th	1943–1944
Edward Reuther	Dem.		67th	1945–1946
Edward Reuther	Dem.		68th	1947–1948
William A. Schmidt	Dem.		69th	1949–1950
			70th	1951–1952
			71st	1953–1954
			72nd	1955–1956	Central Milwaukee County Wards 7, 10, 13, city of Milwaukee
William R. Moser	Dem.	Resigned Feb. 1962.	73rd	1957–1958
			74th	1959–1960
			75th	1961–1962
--Vacant--			75th	1961–1962
Martin J. Schreiber	Dem.	Won 1962 special election. Resigned after elected Governor in 1970.	76th	1963–1964
			77th	1965–1966	North-central Milwaukee County Ward 6, city of Glendale Wards 1, 5, 7, city of Milwaukee
			78th	1967–1968
			79th	1969–1970
--Vacant--			80th	1971–1972
Mark Lipscomb Jr.	Dem.		80th	1971–1972
Monroe Swan	Dem.	Removed from office Oct. 1980.	81st	1973–1974	North-central Milwaukee County Assembly Dist. 16, 17, 18
			82nd	1975–1976
			83rd	1977–1978
			84th	1979–1980
Gary R. George	Dem.	Defeated in 2003 recall primary.	85th	1981–1982
			86th	1983–1984	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	1985–1986
			88th	1987–1988
			89th	1989–1990
			90th	1991–1992
			91st	1993–1994	Central Milwaukee County 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	1995–1996
			93rd	1997–1998
			94th	1999–2000
			95th	2001–2002
			96th	2003–2004	Central Milwaukee County 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.	96th	2003–2004
			97th	2005–2006
			98th	2007–2008
			99th	2009–2010
			100th	2011–2012
Nikiya Harris Dodd	Dem.		101st	2013–2014	Central Milwaukee County Part of the city of Milwaukee Part of the city of Wauwatosa
Nikiya Harris Dodd	Dem.		102nd	2015–2016
La Tonya Johnson	Dem.		103rd	2017–2018
			104th	2019–2020
			105th	2021–2022
			106th	2023–2024	Central Milwaukee County