The 6th Senate District of

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is one of 33 districts in the

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. Located in southeast

, the district is contained in north-central

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. It includes parts of north, west, and downtown

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, as well as eastern

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. It contains landmarks such as the

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campus,

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, the

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, historic Holy Cross Cemetery, and the

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Current elected officials

La Tonya Johnson La Tonya Johnson (born June 22, 1972) is an American activist and politician from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She serves in the Wisconsin State Senate, representing the seat formerly held by Nikiya Harris Dodd, having easily defeated her opponents in ...

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

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districts. The 6th Senate district comprises the 16th, 17th, and 18th Assembly districts. The current representatives of those districts are: * Assembly District 16:

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(D–

) * Assembly District 17: Supreme Moore Omokunde (D–

) * Assembly District 18:

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(D–

) The district is also located mostly within

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, which is represented by U.S. Representative

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Past senators

At Wisconsin statehood the Senate had only nineteen districts, whose boundaries were defined in Article XIV of the

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. The 6th district was defined as

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, 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.

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External links

District 6 Constituency Site
{{United States legislatures Wisconsin State Senate districts Milwaukee County, Wisconsin 1848 establishments in Wisconsin

Current elected officials

Past senators

See also

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