Michigan Michigan () is a state in the Great Lakes region of the upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the 10th-largest state by population, the 11th-largest by area, and the ...

's 6th Senate district is one of 38 districts in the

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. It has been represented by

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Mary Cavanagh Mary Cavanagh (born 1991) is an American politician serving as a Democratic Party member of the Michigan House of Representatives from the 10th district. Elected in 2020 while attending college at Wayne State University, she assumed office on Jan ...

since 2023, succeeding fellow Democrat

Erika Geiss Erika Geiss is a Democratic politician from Michigan currently representing the 6th Senate district. She previously served in the House of Representatives for the 12th district – which comprises Romulus, Taylor and part of Van Buren Townsh ...

Geography

District 6 encompasses parts of

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and Wayne counties.

2011 Apportionment Plan

District 6, as dictated by the 2011 Apportionment Plan, covered much of Downriver to the southwest of

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in Wayne County, including the suburban communities of Westland,

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, Rockwood, Flat Rock,

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, Sumpter,

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, Belleville, and most of Brownstown. The district was split between Michigan's

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and 13th congressional districts, and with the

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, 17th, 21st, and 23rd districts of the

Michigan House of Representatives The Michigan House of Representatives is the lower house of the Michigan Legislature. There are 110 members, each of whom is elected from constituencies having approximately 77,000 to 91,000 residents, based on population figures from the 2010 ...

Geography

2011 Apportionment Plan

Recent election results

2018

2014

Federal and statewide results in District 6

Historical district boundaries

References