The 6th Senate district of Wisconsin is one of 33 districts in the

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. Located in southeast

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, the district is entirely contained within central

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. It includes parts of north, west, and downtown

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, and part of eastern

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. It contains landmarks such as the

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campus,

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(home of the

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), the

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, historic Holy Cross Cemetery, and the

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. 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,

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, 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: * Assembly District 16: Kalan Haywood (D–

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

) * Assembly District 18: Margaret Arney (D–

) The district is located entirely within

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, which is represented by U.S. Representative

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.Congressional District Map
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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.

Notes

External links

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

Current elected officials

Past senators

See also

Notes

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