| Wisconsin's 6th congressional district | |
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| Area | 5,641.16 mi2 (14,610.5 km2) |
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| Population (2024) | 743,039 |
| Median household income | $76,182[1] |
| Ethnicity |
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| Cook PVI | R+8[2] |
Wisconsin's 6th congressional district is acongressional district of theUnited States House of Representatives in easternWisconsin. It is based in the rural, suburban and exurban communities between Madison, Milwaukee, and Green Bay. It also includes the village ofRiver Hills in far northernMilwaukee County. The district is currently represented byGlenn Grothman (R-Glenbeaulah) who took office in January 2015.
The 6th district has a long history of farming livestock in rural areas,[3] and is a major producer of both milk and grains.[4]
The 6th district has been aRepublican stronghold for most of its history; since the 1930s, only one Democrat,John A. Race, represented the district between 1965 and 1967. The 6th district's Republican lean extends to presidential races; since 1952, only three Democrats have carried it:Lyndon B. Johnson in1964,Bill Clinton in1996, andBarack Obama in2008, all three of whom swept the state of Wisconsin in landslides. In the 2020 Presidential Election, the district voted 57% forDonald Trump and 42% forJoe Biden.
For the118th and successive Congresses (based on redistricting following the2020 census), the district contains all or portions of the following counties, towns, and municipalities:[5]
Calumet County (4)
Columbia County (35)
Dodge County (17)
Fond du Lac County (34)
Green Lake County (16)
Manitowoc County (30)
Marquette County (19)
Ozaukee County (16)
Sheboygan County (25)
Waushara County (26)
Winnebago County (22)
Wisconsin's 6th congressional district came into existence in 1863 following the federalcensus of 1860. The first elected representative from the district wasWalter D. McIndoe ofWausau. The district originally comprised the counties of the northern and western parts of the state. Following subsequentcongressional reapportionment after each decennialcensus, the district's boundaries shifted eastward.
The reapportionment of Congressional districts following the federal census of 1860 gave Wisconsin three additional members in theHouse of Representatives. Members elected from the newly created 4th, 5th and 6th districts were chosen in the midterm elections of 1862 and took their seats in the lower house as part of the38th United States Congress.
The 6th District originally included the counties of Adams,Ashland, Bad Ax (Vernon),Buffalo,Burnett, Dallas (Barron),Chippewa,Clark, Douglas,Dunn,Eau Claire,Jackson,Juneau,La Crosse,La Pointe,Marathon,Monroe,Pepin,Pierce,Polk,Portage,St. Croix,Trempealeau, andWood.
Areas of east central Wisconsin, which make up much of the 6th district today, were originally part of the newly created5th district.
Following the1870 census Wisconsin gained two seats in the House of Representatives. The new 6th District was shifted eastward and included many counties in northeast Wisconsin. It included the counties ofBrown,Calumet,Door, Green Lake,Kewaunee,Outagamie,Waupaca, Waushara and Winnebago. RepresentativePhiletus Sawyer of Oshkosh had been elected to Congress fromWisconsin's 5th District since 1865, was then elected from the newly configured 6th District. He later served the state as a member of theU.S. Senate.
Thefederal census of 1880 showed further population growth inWisconsin and the state gained a 9th Congressional seat. Reapportionment of the state moved the 6th District to a more central location within the state, though the representatives elected from the district came from the communities along the shores ofLake Winnebago throughout the decade. The 6th District now included the counties of Adams, Green Lake, Marquette, Outagamie, Waushara and Winnebago.
Following thecensus of 1890 Wisconsin gained a 10th Congressional seat. The 6th District shifted eastward to a configuration that closely resembled that of today's linear east to west shape with a population of 187,001. The state population was enumerated at 1,686,880. The 6th District then included the counties of Calumet, Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Marquette, Marquette, Waushara and Winnebago.
The state's population reached 2,069,042 according to the1900 federal census and Wisconsin gained an additional seat in the House of Representatives. This was the peak of Wisconsin's Congressional representation and the state maintained 11 members of the House of Representatives until the opening of the73rd United States Congress in 1933. The 6th District shifted southward and included the counties of Dodge, Fond du Lac, Ozaukee, Sheboygan andWashington. The counties in the vicinity ofLake Winnebago became part of the8th District. The population of the counties making up the 6th District totaled 184,517.
The1910 census tabulated a population of 2,333,860 citizens for Wisconsin and the1920 census saw the state's population grow to 2,632,670. As a result of this growth, the state retained its 11 seats in the House of Representatives throughout the 1910s and 1920s. Prior to congressionalelections in 1912, the 6th District was reconfigured in manner closer to that of the 1893 apportionment. The district included the counties of Calument, Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Manitowoc, Marquette, and Winnebago. All 11 districts continued in the same configurations until theelections of 1932. The 6th district grew from 201,637 to 214,206 between the two enumerations.
Wisconsin lost a congressional seat following the census of 1930. The 6th District now included Calumet, Fond du Lac, Ozaukee, Sheboygan, Washington, and Winnebago counties. According to the1950 census, the population of the district was 315,666. This southeastern shift of the district remained in effect for 30 years, ending with the1962 elections.
The state held on to all 10 of its Congressional seats following the1960 census. As a result of changing population patterns, the districts were reapportioned.Green Lake County was added to the existing counties of the 6th District, which were Calumet, Fond du Lac, Ozaukee, Sheboygan, Washington and Winnebago. This slight western shift gave the district a population of 391,743.
It was also during this era, that the Republican Party's domination of the district was broken.DemocratJohn Abner Race, represented the district from 1965 to 1967. Other than this brief interruption, a Republican has been sent toWashington, D.C. in every election since1938.
The state of Wisconsin gained 465,318 residents for a total of 4,418,683 according to the1970 census. Because this was a lower increase than other areas of the country, the state lost a seat in the House of Representatives, requiring the state's districts to be reapportioned.
The 6th District now extended farther west than at any time other since its original configuration in 1860. It now included all or portions of Adams, Calumet, Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Juneau, Manitowoc, Marquette, Monroe, Sheboygan, Waushara, and Winnebago counties.
This was the first time, other than inMilwaukee County, that districts did not follow county borders throughout the state. TheTown of Waupun inFond du Lac County was included in the2nd District. Only the five easternmost towns inMonroe County were included in the 6th District.
Following the1980 census the 6th District again expanded in size. All ofMonroe County now became part of the district, which was a further westward expansion. All of Waupaca County and the southwest corner of Wood County expanded the district to the north. Southern towns in Adams, Juneau, Fond du Lac and Sheboygan counties, as well as the city ofSheboygan, were removed from the district and included in the2nd District and9th District. In addition, the counties of Calumet, Green Lake, Manitowoc, Marquette, Waushara and Winnebago were included in their entirety. The population of the 6th District according to the 1980 census was 522,546.
The1990 census saw Wisconsin retain its nine seats in the House of Representatives and created only minor changes to the 6th District. All or portions of Adams, Brown, Calumet, Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Juneau, Manitowoc, Marquette, Monroe, Outagamie, Sheboygan, Waupaca, Waushara, and Winnebago counties were part of the Sixth.
Following the2000 census, Wisconsin's population rose to 5,363,675. Because this growth was not as large as in other parts of the nation, Wisconsin lost a congressional seat. Now with only eight seats, a major redistricting took place in the state for the first time since the state's loss of its 10th seat following the census of 1970. The new 6th District included the counties of Adams, Calumet, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Marquette, Manitowoc, Waushara and Winnebago, in addition to small sections of Outagamie and Jefferson counties.
Wisconsin held on to its eight seats in the House of Representatives following the census of 2010, although the district boundaries were changed by the state legislature to includeColumbia andOzaukee County, while no longer including Adams, Calumet, and most of Dodge County. This isn't the first time the 6th congressional district included Ozaukee County. However this is the first time it include a portion of Milwaukee County. It included the northern suburb River Hills.
| Year | Date | Elected | Defeated | Total | Plurality | ||||||
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| 2002[6] | Nov. 5 | Tom Petri (inc) | Republican | 169,834 | 99.22% | --unopposed-- | 171,161 | 168,507 | |||
| 2004[7] | Nov. 2 | Tom Petri (inc) | Republican | 238,620 | 67.03% | Jef Hall | Dem. | 107,209 | 30.12% | 355,995 | 131,411 |
| Carol Ann Rittenhouse | Grn. | 10,018 | 2.81% | ||||||||
| 2006[8] | Nov. 7 | Tom Petri (inc) | Republican | 201,367 | 98.92% | --unopposed-- | 203,557 | 199,177 | |||
| 2008[9] | Nov. 4 | Tom Petri (inc) | Republican | 221,875 | 63.71% | Roger A. Kittelson | Dem. | 126,090 | 36.21% | 348,264 | 95,785 |
| 2010[10] | Nov. 2 | Tom Petri (inc) | Republican | 183,271 | 70.66% | Joseph C. Kallas | Dem. | 90,634 | 27.36% | 259,367 | 107,345 |
| Year | Date | Elected | Defeated | Total | Plurality | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012[11] | Nov. 6 | Tom Petri (inc) | Republican | 223,460 | 62.12% | Dave Heaster | Dem. | 135,921 | 37.78% | 359,745 | 87,539 |
| 2014[12] | Nov. 4 | Glenn Grothman | Republican | 169,767 | 56.77% | Chris Rockwood | Dem. | 122,212 | 40.87% | 299,033 | 47,555 |
| Gus Fahrendorf | Ind. | 6,865 | 2.30% | ||||||||
| 2016[13] | Nov. 8 | Glenn Grothman (inc) | Republican | 204,147 | 57.15% | Sarah Lloyd | Dem. | 133,072 | 37.26% | 357,183 | 71,075 |
| Jeff Dahlke | Lib. | 19,716 | 5.52% | ||||||||
| 2018[14] | Nov. 6 | Glenn Grothman (inc) | Republican | 180,311 | 55.47% | Dan Kohl | Dem. | 144,536 | 44.46% | 325,065 | 35,775 |
| 2020[15] | Nov. 3 | Glenn Grothman (inc) | Republican | 238,874 | 59.23% | Jessica King | Dem. | 164,239 | 40.72% | 403,333 | 74,635 |
| Year | Date | Elected | Defeated | Total | Plurality | ||||||
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| 2022[16] | Nov. 8 | Glenn Grothman (inc) | Republican | 239,231 | 94.93% | Tom Powell (write-in) | Ind. | 340 | 0.13% | 251,999 | 238,891 |
| 2024[17] | Nov. 5 | Glenn Grothman (inc) | Republican | 251,889 | 61.2% | John Zarbano | Dem. | 159,042 | 38.7 | 411,349 | |
| Year | Office | Results[18][19][20][21][22][23][24] |
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| 2008 | President | Obama 49.21% - 49.16% |
| 2010 | Senate | Johnson 61% - 38% |
| Governor | Walker 61% - 38% | |
| Secretary of State | King 56% - 44% | |
| Attorney General | Van Hollen 67% - 33% | |
| Treasurer | Schuller 61% - 39% | |
| 2012 | President | Romney 54% - 46% |
| Senate | Thompson 53% - 44% | |
| Governor (Recall) | Walker 62% - 38% | |
| 2014 | Governor | Walker 61% - 38% |
| Secretary of State | Bradley 54% - 42% | |
| Attorney General | Schimel 59% - 38% | |
| Treasurer | Adamczyk 56% - 37% | |
| 2016 | President | Trump 55% - 38% |
| Senate | Johnson 59% - 38% | |
| 2018 | Senate | Vukmir 53% - 47% |
| Governor | Walker 57% - 41% | |
| Secretary of State | Schroeder 55% - 44% | |
| Attorney General | Schimel 57% - 41% | |
| Treasurer | Hartwig 55% - 42% | |
| 2020 | President | Trump 57% - 41% |
| 2022 | Senate | Johnson 59% - 41% |
| Governor | Michels 57% - 42% | |
| Secretary of State | Loudenbeck 56% - 40% | |
| Attorney General | Toney 58% - 42% | |
| Treasurer | Leiber 58% - 39% | |
| 2024 | President | Trump 57% - 41% |
| Senate | Hovde 56% - 41% |
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