The Sixth District comprises 16 municipalities in northern Camden County, with Cherry Hill by far the largest municipality in population at 69,965 in the 2000 Census, more than double the population of Winslow Township, the second highest at 34,611. The district has the lowest concentration of Hispanics in the state, but an above average proportion of elderly and college graduates. Property values are low but tax rates are among the highest in the state at the country and municipal level. See New Jersey Legislative District Data Book, Center for Government Services, Rutgers University.

Winslow and Waterford Townships have been the fastest growing municipalities in the district--each gaining about 15 percent in population from the 1990 to 2000 Census--but their future growth may be restricted by development controls of the Pinelands Protection Act and other regulatory programs. Development issues also have been a forum for public debate in Gibbsboro, which has sought to encourage commercial development discouraging new housing that would generate additional pressure to expand school capacities, sewers and other infrastructure. The district also includes the unusual municipality of Pine Valley, with only 20 residents as reported in the 2000 US Census; the municipality is the site of the famed Pine Valley Golf Course and Club, consistently ranked as one of the world's best and most exclusive golf courses, with playing privileges restricted to its approximately 1,000 members and their guests.

Democrats hold approximately a two-to-one margin over Republicans in the percentage of registered voters, and Democrats hold all three seats in the Legislature. In the November 2008 general election, six-term State Senator John H. Adler, was elected to the House of Representatives, succeeding the retiring Republican James Saxton. James Beach, formerly the Camden County Clerk and a past freeholder director, was selected in January 2009 by the District Democratic committee to fill the vacancy created by Senator Adler's resignation. Senator Beach won a special election for the remainder of the unexpired term in November 2009 against Republican Joseph Adolf, a former Mayor of Magnolia who previously ran and lost to Senator Adler. Assemblyman Louis Greenwald, an attorney employed by a consulting engineering firm, was re-elected to his eight Assembly term in 2009. He is a resident of Cherry Hill and son of the late Maria Greenwald, a former mayor. He serves as Chairman of the Budget Committee and as a member of the Appropriations Committee. Assemblywoman Pamela Lampitt, a former councilwoman in Cherry Hill who is employed at the University of Pennsylvania as a manager of conference services, was elected to her third term in 2009. She is vice chair of the Assembly Higher Education Committee and a member of the Commerce and Economic Development Committee.

In the 2009 election, the Assembly Democrats defeated challenges from Republican candidates Brian Greenberg of Cherry Hill, a certified public accountant, and Scot DeCristofaro of Haddon Township, a sales management consultant.