| Image Caption: | 2024 map defined in 2022 map defined in Johnson v. Wisconsin Elections Commission 2011 map was defined in composed of Assembly districts 16, 17, and 18 |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| District: | 6 |
| Chamber: | Senate |
| Party: | Democratic |
| Residence: | Milwaukee |
| Incumbentsince: | January 3, 2017 (years) |
| Population: | 178,495 |
| Population Year: | 2020 |
| Voting Age: | 150,001 |
| Percent White: | 32.4 |
| Percent Black: | 56.13 |
| Percent Hispanic: | 5.97 |
| Percent Asian: | 4.99 |
| Percent Native American: | 1.66 |
| Percent Pacific Islander: | 0.15 |
| 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.
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]
The district is located entirely within Wisconsin's 4th congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative Gwen Moore.[4]
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 | ||||||
| align=left | Joel C. Squires | Dem. | Redistricted to 16th district. | 5th | 1852 | ||
| align=left | Duncan Reed | Dem. | Redistricted from 18th district. | 6th | 1853 | ||
| Dem. | 7th | 1854 | |||||
| 8th | 1855 | ||||||
| Edward O'Neill | Dem. | 9th | 1856 | ||||
| 10th | 1857 | ||||||
| Patrick Walsh | Dem. | 11th | 1858 | ||||
| 12th | 1859 | ||||||
| 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 | ||||||
| align=left | 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 | ||||||
| Dem. | 51st | 1913 - 1914 | |||||
| 52nd | 1915 - 1916 | ||||||
| 53rd | 1917 - 1918 | ||||||
| 54th | 1919 - 1920 | ||||||
| 55th | 1921 - 1922 | ||||||
| 56th | 1923 - 1924 | ||||||
| align=left | Resigned in 1926. | 57th | 1925 - 1926 | ||||
| align=left | 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 | ||||||
| Dem. | 67th | 1945 - 1946 | |||||
| 68th | 1947 - 1948 | ||||||
| Dem. | 69th | 1949 - 1950 | |||||
| 70th | 1951 - 1952 | ||||||
| 71st | 1953 - 1954 | ||||||
| 72nd | 1955 - 1956 | ||||||
| Dem. | Resigned Feb. 1962. | 73rd | 1957 - 1958 | ||||
| 74th | 1959 - 1960 | ||||||
| 75th | 1961 - 1962 | ||||||
| --Vacant-- | |||||||
| 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 | |||||
| align=left | Dem. | ||||||
| Dem. | Removed from office Oct. 1980. | 81st | 1973 - 1974 | ||||
| 82nd | 1975 - 1976 | ||||||
| 83rd | 1977 - 1978 | ||||||
| 84th | 1979 - 1980 | ||||||
| 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 | |||||