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Keshena, in the Menominee Indian Reservation
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Downtown Clintonville
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The 6th Assembly District of Wisconsin is one of 99 districts in the Wisconsin State Assembly.[1] Located in northeast Wisconsin, the district comprises all of Menominee County, most of Shawano County, and parts of western Oconto County, northeast Waupaca County, and northwest Brown County, including the cities of Shawano, Clintonville, and Gillett, and the villages of Bonduel, Bowler, Cecil, Embarrass, and Pulaski. It also contains the Menominee Indian Reservation and the Stockbridge–Munsee Community.[2] The district is represented by Republican Peter Schmidt, since January 2023.[3]
Wisconsin's 6th State Assembly district | |||||
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Assemblymember |
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Demographics | 87.07% White 1.04% Black 2.65% Hispanic 1.92% Asian 7.2% Native American 0.09% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander | ||||
Population (2020) • Voting age | 59,076 44,923 | ||||
Website | Official website | ||||
Notes | Northeast Wisconsin |
The 6th Assembly district is located within Wisconsin's 2nd Senate district, along with the 4th and 5th Assembly districts.[4]
Member | Party | Residence | Counties represented | Term start | Term end | Ref. |
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District created | ||||||
Gervase Hephner | Dem. | Chilton | Calumet, Fond du Lac, Sheboygan, Washington | January 1, 1973 | January 3, 1983 | [5] |
Gus Menos | Dem. | Brown Deer | Milwaukee | January 3, 1983 | January 7, 1985 | [6] |
Robert Cowles | Rep. | Green Bay | Brown | January 7, 1985 | April 21, 1987 | [7] |
--Vacant-- | April 21, 1987 | June 16, 1987 | ||||
James R. Charneski | Rep. | Allouez | June 16, 1987 | January 3, 1989 | [8] | |
Rosemary Hinkfuss | Dem. | Green Bay | January 3, 1989 | January 4, 1993 | [9] | |
John Ainsworth | Rep. | Waukechon | Oconto, Outagamie, Shawano | January 4, 1993 | January 1, 2007 | [10] |
Oconto, Outagamie, Shawano, Waupaca | ||||||
Gary Tauchen | Rep. | Bonduel | January 1, 2007 | January 2, 2023 | [11] | |
Brown, Outagamie, Shawano, Waupaca | ||||||
Peter Schmidt | Rep. | Bonduel | January 3, 2023 | Current | [3] |