Minnesota's 6th congressional district

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Minnesota's 6th congressional district
Minnesota's 6th congressional district
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Representative
	Tom Emmer; R–Delano
Area	3,081 sq mi (7,980 km2)
Distribution	69.55% urban; 30.45% rural;
Population (2019)	729,029
Median household; income	$84,159
Ethnicity	90.2% White; 2.6% Black; 2.5% Hispanic; 2.3% Asian; 1.9% Two or more races; 0.5% other;
Cook PVI	R+12

Minnesota's 6th congressional district includes most or all of Benton, Carver, Sherburne, Stearns, Wright, Anoka, and Washington counties. Many of the Twin Cities' northern and northwestern suburbs are included within the boundaries of this district, such as Blaine (the district's second-largest city), Andover, Ramsey, St. Michael-Albertville, Elk River, Lino Lakes, Forest Lake, Otsego, Buffalo, Anoka, Ham Lake, Hugo, Monticello, Waconia, East Bethel, and Big Lake. The St. Cloud Area is the other major center of population for the district, including the cities of St. Cloud (the district's largest city), Sartell, and Sauk Rapids. The district is Republican-leaning with a Cook Partisan Voting Index (CPVI) of R+12. It is currently represented by Republican Tom Emmer.

List of members representing the district[]

Member	Party	Term	Cong ress	Electoral history
District created March 4, 1893
Melvin Baldwin	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895	53rd	Elected in 1892. Lost re-election.
Charles A. Towne	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897	54th	Elected in 1894. Lost re-election as an independent.
Page Morris	Republican	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1903	55th 56th 57th	Elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Retired.
Clarence Buckman	Republican	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1907	58th 59th	Elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Lost renomination.
Charles August Lindbergh	Republican	March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1917	60th 61st 62nd 63rd 64th	Elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Re-elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. Retired to run for U.S. senator.
Harold Knutson	Republican	March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1933	65th 66th 67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd	Elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Redistricted to the At-large district.
District inactive		March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935	73rd	All members elected at-large.
Harold Knutson	Republican	January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1949	74th 75th 76th 77th 78th 79th 80th	Redistricted from the at-large district and re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Lost re-election.
Fred Marshall	Democratic (DFL)	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1963	81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th	Elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Retired.
Alec G. Olson	Democratic (DFL)	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1967	88th 89th	Elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Lost re-election.
John M. Zwach	Republican	January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1975	90th 91st 92nd 93rd	Elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Retired.
Rick Nolan	Democratic (DFL)	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1981	94th 95th 96th	Elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Retired.
Vin Weber	Republican	January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1983	97th	Elected in 1980. Redistricted to the 2nd district.
Gerry Sikorski	Democratic (DFL)	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993	98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd	Elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Lost re-election.
Rod Grams	Republican	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995	103rd	Elected in 1992. Retired to run for U.S. senator.
Bill Luther	Democratic (DFL)	January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2003	104th 105th 106th 107th	Elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Redistricted to the 2nd district and lost re-election.
Mark Kennedy	Republican	January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2007	108th 109th	Redistricted from the 2nd district and re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Retired to run for U.S. senator.
Michele Bachmann	Republican	January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2015	110th 111th 112th 113th	Elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Retired.
Tom Emmer	Republican	January 3, 2015 – present	114th 115th 116th 117th	Elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020.

Recent elections[]

1972[]

Rick Nolan ran unsuccessfully for Minnesota's 6th congressional district seat in the United States House of Representatives in the election of November 7, 1972.

1972 Sixth Congressional District of Minnesota Elections^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Democratic (DFL)	Rick Nolan	109,955
	Republican	John M. Zwach {incumbent}	114,537
		Write-ins	not recorded
Turnout
	Republican gain from Democratic (DFL)

1974[]

Rick Nolan was elected in his second run on November 5, 1974, to the 94th Congress.

1974 Sixth Congressional District of Minnesota Elections^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic (DFL)	Rick Nolan	96,465	55.4%
	Republican	Jon Grunseth	77,797
		Write-ins	not recorded
Turnout
	Democratic (DFL) gain from Republican

1976[]

Rick Nolan was reelected in 1976 to the 95th Congress.

1976 Sixth Congressional District of Minnesota Elections^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic (DFL)	Rick Nolan (incumbent)	147,507	59.6%
	Republican	James (Jim) Anderson (IR)	99,201
		Write-ins	not recorded
Turnout
	Democratic (DFL) gain from Republican

1978[]

Nolan was reelected to the 96th Congress on November 7, 1978.

1978 Sixth Congressional District of Minnesota Elections^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic (DFL)	Rick Nolan (incumbent)	115,880	55.3%
	Republican	Russ Bjorhus (IR)	93,742	44.7%
		Write-ins	not recorded
Turnout
	Democratic (DFL) gain from Republican

1980[]

Vin Weber was elected to serve in the 97th Congress.

1980 Sixth Congressional District of Minnesota Elections^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Vin Weber (IR)	140,402	52.7%
	Democratic (DFL)	Archie Baumann (DFL)	126,173	47.3%
		Write-ins	not recorded
Turnout
	Republican gain from Democratic (DFL)

1982[]

Gerry Sikorski, (DFL) was elected to the 98th Congress on November 2, 1982.

1982 Sixth Congressional District of Minnesota Elections^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic (DFL)	Gerry Sikorski (DFL)	109,246	50.82%
	Republican	Arlen Erdahl (IR) (incumbent)	105,734	49.18%
		Write-ins	not recorded
Turnout
	Democratic (DFL) gain from Republican

1984[]

Gerry Sikorski was reelected to the 99th Congress on November 6, 1984.
He continued to serve through the 100th Congress, 101st Congress and 102nd Congress.

1984 Sixth Congressional District of Minnesota Elections^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Democratic (DFL)	Gerry Sikorski (DFL) (incumbent)	154,603
	Republican	Patrick Trueman (IR)	101,058
		Write-ins	not recorded
Turnout
	Democratic (DFL) gain from Republican

1986 to 2006[]

The elected representatives were:

Bill Luther 104th Congress, 105th Congress, 106th Congress and 107th Congress
Rod Grams 103rd Congress and
Gerry Sikorski (also served in the) 100th Congress, 101st Congress and 102nd Congress.

2002[]

2002 Sixth Congressional District of Minnesota Elections
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Republican	Mark Kennedy (incumbent)	164,742	57%	-
Democratic		100,732	35%	-
Independence	Becker	21,483	8%	-

2004[]

2004 Sixth Congressional District of Minnesota Elections
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Mark Kennedy (incumbent)	205,586	54%	-3
	Democratic	Patty Wetterling	174,828	46%	-

2006[]

2006 Sixth Congressional District of Minnesota Elections
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Republican	Michele Bachmann	152,317	50%	-
Democratic (DFL)	Patty Wetterling	128,342	42%	-4
Independence	John Binkowski	23,706	8%	-

2008[]

2008 Sixth Congressional District of Minnesota Elections
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Republican	Michele Bachmann (incumbent)	187,805	46.4%	-3.6
Democratic (DFL)	Elwyn Tinklenberg	175,784	43.4%	-
Independence	Bob Anderson	40,642	10%	-

2010[]

2010 Sixth Congressional District of Minnesota Elections
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Republican	Michele Bachmann (incumbent)	159,476	52.5%	+6.1
Democratic (DFL)	Tarryl Clark	120,846	39.8%	-
Independence	Bob Anderson	17,698	5.8%	-

2012[]

Although Bachmann's home was not within the new boundaries of the 6th district, she legally ran for reelection and won.^[13]

Minnesota's 6th congressional district general election, 2012^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Michele Bachmann (incumbent)	179,241	50.5%	-2.0
	Democratic (DFL)	Jim Graves	174,944	49.3%	+9.5

2014[]

Minnesota's 6th congressional district general election, 2014^[15]^[16]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Republican	Tom Emmer	133,332	56.3%	+5.8
Democratic (DFL)	Joe Perske	90,926	38.4%	-10.9
Independence	John Denney	12,459	5.3%	+5.3

2016[]

Minnesota's 6th congressional district general election, 2016^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Tom Emmer (incumbent)	235,385	65.6%	+9.3
	Democratic (DFL)	David Snyder	123,010	34.3%	-4.1

2018[]

Minnesota's 6th congressional district general election, 2018^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Tom Emmer (incumbent)	192,931	61.11%	-4.5
	Democratic (DFL)	Ian Todd	122,332	38.75%	+4.5

2020[]

Minnesota's 6th congressional district general election, 2020^[19]
	Candidate	Votes	%
Republican	Tom Emmer (incumbent)	270,901	65.7%
Democratic (DFL)	Tawnja Zahradka	140,853	34.2%
Write-in		553	0.1%

Presidential election voting[]

Election results from Presidential races			Political parties that won the district
Year	Office	Results
2020	President	Trump 58 - 38%	Republican Party (United States)
2016	President	Trump 59 - 33%	Republican Party (United States)
2012	President	Romney 57 - 42%	Republican Party (United States)
2008	President	McCain 53 - 45%	Republican Party (United States)
2004	President	Bush 57 - 42%	Republican Party (United States)
2000	President	Bush 52 - 42%	Republican Party (United States)

Historical district boundaries[]

2003 - 2013

References[]

^ "Minnesota congressional districts by urban and rural population and land area" (PDF). US Census Bureau. 2000. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 8, 2007. Retrieved April 2, 2007.
^ Geography, US Census Bureau. "Congressional Districts Relationship Files (state-based)". www.census.gov. Retrieved April 9, 2018.
^ Bureau, Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov. Retrieved April 9, 2018.
^ "My Congressional District".
^ "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
^ MN Legislative Manual, 1973-'74 (i.e.: "The Blue Book"), page 531, Dewey Decimal Classification number: "Ref 353.9776 M".
^ MN Legislative Manual, 1975-'76 (i.e.: "The Blue Book"), page 579 & 581, Dewey Decimal Classification number: "Ref 353.9776 M".
^ MN Legislative Manual, 1977-'78 (i.e.: "The Blue Book"), page 543, Dewey Decimal Classification no.: "Ref 353.9776 M".
^ MN Legislative Manual, 1979-'80 (i.e.: "The Blue Book"), page 493, Dewey Decimal Classification number: "Ref 353.9776 M".
^ MN Legislative Manual, 1981-'82 (i.e.: "The Blue Book"), page ?, Dewey Decimal Classification number: "Ref 353.9776 M".
^ MN Legislative Manual, 1983-'84 (i.e.: "The Blue Book"), page 336, Dewey Decimal Classification number: "Ref 353.9776 M".
^ MN Legislative Manual, 1985-'86 (i.e.: "The Blue Book"), page 339, Dewey Decimal Classification number: "Ref 353.9776 M".
^ Lien, Dennis (February 22, 2012). "Bachmann sidesteps McCollum to stay in new 6th District". Pioneer Press. MediaNews Group, Inc. Retrieved July 19, 2012. The redistricting, done every 10 years to reflect population shifts, had to cut more than 96,000 residents out of Bachmann's growing 6th District and add more than 48,000 to McCollum's shrinking 4th District. It did that in two ways. It lopped off the far ends of the 6th District — western Stearns County and a portion of Washington County directly east of St. Paul — and added a piece of Carver County in the western suburbs. And it dropped the southern portion of the 4th District, but pushed the eastern border all the way to Wisconsin. That put Bachmann's home in McCollum's district. McCollum is a six-term incumbent and Minnesota's only other female U.S. representative. But because members of Congress don't have to live in the district they represent, Bachmann had an alternative to facing McCollum, and she took it.
^ "2012 State & Federal Results in Congressional District 6". Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State. November 14, 2012. Archived from the original on November 10, 2012. Retrieved November 18, 2012.
^ http://electionresults.sos.state.mn.us/20141104/ElecRslts.asp?M=CG&CD=06^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Office of the House Clerk – Electoral Statistics". Clerk of the United States House of Representatives. Archived from the original on July 30, 2008.
^ "November 8, 2016 General Election Unofficial Results". Minnesota Secretary of State. November 8, 2016. Retrieved November 20, 2016.
^ "Results for U.S. Representative District 6". Minnesota Secretary of State. November 15, 2018. Retrieved April 5, 2019.
^ "Results for All Congressional Districts". Minnesota Secretary of State. Retrieved November 25, 2020.

Coordinates: 45°20′13″N 93°51′07″W / 45.33694°N 93.85194°W / 45.33694; -93.85194

[1] "Minnesota congressional districts by urban and rural population and land area" (PDF). US Census Bureau. 2000. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 8, 2007. Retrieved April 2, 2007.

[2] Geography, US Census Bureau. "Congressional Districts Relationship Files (state-based)". www.census.gov. Retrieved April 9, 2018.

[3] Bureau, Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov. Retrieved April 9, 2018.

[4] "My Congressional District".

[Cook-5] "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.

[6] MN Legislative Manual, 1973-'74 (i.e.: "The Blue Book"), page 531, Dewey Decimal Classification number: "Ref 353.9776 M".

[7] MN Legislative Manual, 1975-'76 (i.e.: "The Blue Book"), page 579 & 581, Dewey Decimal Classification number: "Ref 353.9776 M".

[8] MN Legislative Manual, 1977-'78 (i.e.: "The Blue Book"), page 543, Dewey Decimal Classification no.: "Ref 353.9776 M".

[9] MN Legislative Manual, 1979-'80 (i.e.: "The Blue Book"), page 493, Dewey Decimal Classification number: "Ref 353.9776 M".

[10] MN Legislative Manual, 1981-'82 (i.e.: "The Blue Book"), page ?, Dewey Decimal Classification number: "Ref 353.9776 M".

[11] MN Legislative Manual, 1983-'84 (i.e.: "The Blue Book"), page 336, Dewey Decimal Classification number: "Ref 353.9776 M".

[12] MN Legislative Manual, 1985-'86 (i.e.: "The Blue Book"), page 339, Dewey Decimal Classification number: "Ref 353.9776 M".

[twincities_20120212-13] Lien, Dennis (February 22, 2012). "Bachmann sidesteps McCollum to stay in new 6th District". Pioneer Press. MediaNews Group, Inc. Retrieved July 19, 2012. The redistricting, done every 10 years to reflect population shifts, had to cut more than 96,000 residents out of Bachmann's growing 6th District and add more than 48,000 to McCollum's shrinking 4th District. It did that in two ways. It lopped off the far ends of the 6th District — western Stearns County and a portion of Washington County directly east of St. Paul — and added a piece of Carver County in the western suburbs. And it dropped the southern portion of the 4th District, but pushed the eastern border all the way to Wisconsin. That put Bachmann's home in McCollum's district. McCollum is a six-term incumbent and Minnesota's only other female U.S. representative. But because members of Congress don't have to live in the district they represent, Bachmann had an alternative to facing McCollum, and she took it.

[14] "2012 State & Federal Results in Congressional District 6". Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State. November 14, 2012. Archived from the original on November 10, 2012. Retrieved November 18, 2012.

[15] ttp://electionresults.sos.state.mn.us/20141104/ElecRslts.asp?M=CG&CD=06^{[permanent dead link]}

[clerk-16] "Office of the House Clerk – Electoral Statistics". Clerk of the United States House of Representatives. Archived from the original on July 30, 2008.

[17] "November 8, 2016 General Election Unofficial Results". Minnesota Secretary of State. November 8, 2016. Retrieved November 20, 2016.

[18] "Results for U.S. Representative District 6". Minnesota Secretary of State. November 15, 2018. Retrieved April 5, 2019.

[MNgenr-19] "Results for All Congressional Districts". Minnesota Secretary of State. Retrieved November 25, 2020.

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