| District: | 6 |
| Chamber: | Senate |
| Population: | 936,301[1] |
| Population Year: | 2010 |
| Voting Age: | 692,040 |
| Citizen Voting Age: | 599,719 |
| Percent White: | 38.66 |
| Percent Black: | 13.12 |
| Percent Latino: | 24.78 |
| Percent Asian: | 19.08 |
| Percent Native American: | 1.07 |
| Percent Pacific Islander: | 1.30 |
| Percent Other Race: | 0.31 |
| Percent Remainder Of Multiracial: | 1.68 |
| Registered: | 599,719[2] |
| Democratic: | 35.56 |
| Republican: | 36.10 |
| Npp: | 19.89 |
California's 6th senatorial district is one of 40 California State Senate districts. It is currently represented by Republican Roger Niello of Fair Oaks.
The district encompasses the northern and eastern suburbs of the Sacramento metropolitan area, including the Sacramento County cities of Rancho Cordova, Carmichael, Fair Oaks, Gold River, Arden-Arcade, Folsom, Orangevale, Citrus Heights, and Antelope; and the western Placer County exurbs of Granite Bay, Roseville, Rocklin, Loomis, Whitney, and Lincoln.
| Year | Office | Results |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | President | Biden 68.9 – 28.6% |
| 2018 | Governor | Newsom 66.9 – 33.1% |
| Senator | Feinstein 56.1 – 43.9% | |
| 2016 | President | Clinton 67.3 – 26.3% |
| Senator | Harris 67.2 – 32.8% | |
| 2014 | Governor | Brown 69.9 – 30.1% |
| 2012 | President | Obama 66.1 – 31.4% |
| Senator | Feinstein 68.5 – 31.5% |
| Election results from statewide races | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Office | Results |
| 2002 | Governor | Davis 46.0 - 40.2% |
| 2000 | President | Gore 50.6 - 43.9% |
| Senator | Feinstein 55.4 - 37.3% | |
| 1998 | Governor | Davis 58.6 - 38.5% |
| Senator | Boxer 51.9 - 44.4% | |
| 1996 | President | Clinton 51.2 - 39.3% |
| 1994 | Governor | Wilson 53.1 - 42.8% |
| Senator | Feinstein 49.1 - 42.6% | |
| 1992 | President | Clinton 45.0 - 34.0% |
| Senator | Boxer 50.5 - 39.5% | |
| Senator | Feinstein 55.0 - 38.7% | |
Due to redistricting, the 6th district has been moved around different parts of the state. The current iteration resulted from the 2011 redistricting by the California Citizens Redistricting Commission.
| Senators | Party | Years served | Counties represented | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benjamin Knight | Democratic | January 8, 1883 - January 3, 1887 | Monterey, San Benito, Santa Cruz | ||
| Archibald Yell | January 3, 1887 - January 5, 1891 | Lake, Mendocino | |||
| John Henry Seawell | January 5, 1891 - January 7, 1895 | ||||
| Colusa, Glenn, Mendocino | |||||
| Eugene W. Aram | Republican | January 7, 1895 - January 2, 1899 | Sutter, Yolo, Yuba | ||
| William M. Cutter | January 2, 1899 - January 5, 1903 | ||||
| Marshall Diggs | Democratic | January 5, 1903 - January 7, 1907 | Butte, Sutter, Yolo, Yuba | ||
| Albert Eugene Boynton | Republican | January 7, 1907 - January 4, 1915 | |||
| William Erskine Duncan, Jr. | Democratic | January 4, 1915 - January 8, 1923 | |||
| William F. Gates | Republican | January 8, 1923 - January 3, 1927 | |||
| Raymond Henry Jones | January 3, 1927 - January 5, 1931 | ||||
| Charles H. Deuel | Democratic | January 5, 1931 - July 22, 1947 | Butte | Died in office.[3] | |
| Harry E. Drobish | Nonpartisan | November 17, 1947 - January 8, 1951 | Sworn in after winning special election.[4] | ||
| Paul L. Byrne | Republican | January 8, 1951 - August 28, 1962 | Died in office. Died from acute heart attack.[5] | ||
| Stan Pittman | January 7, 1963 - January 2, 1967 | ||||
| Alan Short | Democratic | January 2, 1967 - December 2, 1974 | San Joaquin, Sacramento | ||
| George Moscone | December 2, 1974 - January 8, 1976 | San Francisco, San Mateo | Resigned from the Senate.[6] | ||
| John Francis Foran | July 1, 1976 - November 30, 1982 | Sworn in after winning special election.[7] | |||
| Leroy F. Greene | December 6, 1982 - November 30, 1998 | Sacramento | |||
| Deborah Ortiz | December 7, 1998 - November 30, 2006 | ||||
| Darrell Steinberg | December 4, 2006 - November 30, 2014 | ||||
| Richard Pan | December 1, 2014 - December 5, 2022 | Sacramento, Yolo | |||
| Roger Niello | Republican | December 5, 2022 – present | Placer, Sacramento | ||