Wisconsin's 6th Senate district
| File:Senatedistrict06.pdf | |
| Type | District of the Upper House |
|---|---|
| Location |
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Region served | Milwaukee area |
Senator | Nikiya Harris (D) |
Parent organization | Wisconsin Legislature |
| Website | Official Site |
The 6th District of the Wisconsin Senate is located in Southern Wisconsin, and is composed of parts of Milwaukee County.[1]
Current elected officials
Nikiya Harris is the senator serving the 6th district. Spencer Coggs had served since winning a primary during the 2003 recall election, thus unseating incumbent Gary George, and was re-elected in 2008 to another four-year term.[2] In 2012, he was elected Treasurer of the City of Milwaukee; Coggs announce he would serve out the rest of his term to maintain the 16-16 split between Democrats and Republicans, but would not run for re-election.[3]
There was a five-way race in the heavily-Democratic District. Candidates included Coggs' counsin Assemblywoman Elizabeth Coggs and Milwaukee County Supervisors Nikiya Harris and Michael Mayo. Harris won the August primary election (tantamount to election in this inner-city seat) with 47.9% of the vote.[4] She won the November 2012 election, without an opponent.
The area of the 3rd Senate District contains three State Assembly Districts:[5]
- The 16th (represented by Leon Young)
- The 17th (represented by La Tonya Johnson)
- The 18th (represented by Evan Goyke)
The district is also located mostly within Wisconsin's 4th congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative Gwen Moore.[6]
Past senators
At Wisconsin statehood the Senate had only nineteen districts, and the 6th District centered on Platteville and the surrounding region. The district was represented by:
- George Lakin - Whig, 1848-1849
- John Rountree - Whig, 1850-1851
- Joel Squires - Democrat 1852
After the fifth (1852) session of the state legislature, the Senate was expanded to 25 members. The Sixth District was now a Milwaukee County district, and would remain so well into the 21st century. It was represented by:
- Duncan Reed - D, 1853
- Edward McGarry - D, 1854-1855
- Edward O'Neill - D, 1856-1857
- Patrick Walsh - D, 1858-1859
- Michael Egan - D, 1860-1861
- Edward Keogh - D, 1862-1863
- Hugh Reynolds - D, 1864-1865
- Charles H. Larkin - D, 1866-1869
- Peter V. Deuster - D, 1870-1871
- John L. Mitchell - D, 1872-1873
- John Black - D, 1874-1875
- John L. Mitchell - D, 1876-1877
- George Paul - D, 1878-1881
- Enoch Chase - D, 1882-1883
- Julius Wechselberg, - Republican, 1885-1888
- Herman Kroeger - Union Labor, then D, 1889-1892
- Oscar Altpeter - D, 1893-1896
- William Devos - R, 1897-1902
- Rip Reukema - R, 1903-1904
- Winfield R. Gaylord - Soc., 1909-1912
- George Weissleder - D, 1913-1917
- Joseph Hirsch - Soc., 1921-1924
- Joseph Padway - Soc., 1925-1926
- Thomas N. Duncan - Soc., 1929-1932
- Charles H. Phillips - D, 1933-1936
- George Hampel - Prog., 1937-1944
- Edward Reuther - D, 1945-1948
- William A. Schmidt - D, 1949-1956
- William Moser - D, 1957-1962
- Martin J. Schreiber - D, 1963-1971
- Mark Lipscomb, Jr. - D, 1971-1972
- Monroe Swan - D, 1973-1980
- Gary George - D, 1981-2003
Note: the boundaries of districts have changed repeatedly over history. Previous politicians of a specific numbered district have represented a completely different geographic area, due to redistricting.
See also
Political subdivisions of Wisconsin
Notes
- ^ District Map
- ^ Taylor Biography
- ^ Marley, Patrick. "Elizabeth Coggs to seek Senate seat her cousin is vacating" All Politics Blog Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Online; April 17, 2012
- ^ Henzl, Ann-Elise. "Nikiya Harris wins Bid for Spencer Coggs' Senate Seat" WUWM August 14, 2012
- ^ District Map
- ^ Congressional District Map