Minnesota's 6th congressional district

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Minnesota's 6th congressional district
Minnesota's 6th congressional district (since 2023).svg
Minnesota's 6th congressional district
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative
  Tom Emmer
RDelano
Area3,081 [1]  sq mi (7,980 km2)
Distribution
  • 69.55% urban [2]
  • 30.45% rural
Population (2022)731,533 [3]
Median household
income
$95,930 [4]
Ethnicity
Cook PVI R+12 [5]
External image
Searchtool.svg This govtrack.us map, is a useful representation of the 6th CD's borders, based on Google Maps.

Minnesota's 6th congressional district includes most or all of Benton, Carver, Sherburne, Stearns, Wright, and Anoka counties. Many of the Twin Cities' outer northern and western suburbs are included within the boundaries of this district, such as Blaine (the district's largest city), Andover, Chaska, Ramsey, St. Michael-Albertville, Elk River, Chanhassen, Otsego, Lino Lakes, Buffalo, Ham Lake, Monticello, Waconia, Big Lake, East Bethel, and Victoria. The St. Cloud Area is the other major center of population for the district, including the cities of St. Cloud (the district's second-largest city), Sartell, Sauk Rapids and Waite Park.

Contents

It is currently represented by Republican House Majority Whip Tom Emmer.

Recent statewide election results

Election results from Presidential races
YearOfficeResults
2020 President Trump 58 - 38%
2016 President Trump 59 - 33%
2012 President Romney 57 - 42%
2008 President McCain 53 - 45%
2004 President Bush 57 - 42%
2000 President Bush 52 - 42%

List of members representing the district

MemberPartyTermCong
ress
Electoral history
District created March 4, 1893
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Melvin Baldwin
(Duluth)
Democratic March 4, 1893 –
March 3, 1895
53rd Elected in 1892.
Lost re-election.
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Charles A. Towne
(Duluth)
Republican March 4, 1895 –
March 3, 1897
54th Elected in 1894.
Lost re-election as an independent.
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Page Morris
(Duluth)
Republican March 4, 1897 –
March 3, 1903
55th
56th
57th
Elected in 1896.
Re-elected in 1898.
Re-elected in 1900.
Retired.
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Clarence Buckman
(Little Falls)
Republican March 4, 1903 –
March 3, 1907
58th
59th
Elected in 1902.
Re-elected in 1904.
Lost renomination.
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Charles August Lindbergh
(Little Falls)
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.
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Harold Knutson
(St. Cloud)
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 inactiveMarch 4, 1933 –
January 3, 1935
73rd All members elected at-large.
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Harold Knutson
(Manhattan Beach)
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.
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Fred Marshall
(Grove City)
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.
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Alec G. Olson
(Montevideo)
Democratic (DFL) January 3, 1963 –
January 3, 1967
88th
89th
Elected in 1962.
Re-elected in 1964.
Lost re-election.
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John M. Zwach
(Walnut Grove)
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.
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Rick Nolan
(Waite Park)
Democratic (DFL) January 3, 1975 –
January 3, 1981
94th
95th
96th
Elected in 1974.
Re-elected in 1976.
Re-elected in 1978.
Retired.
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Vin Weber
(St. Cloud)
Republican January 3, 1981 –
January 3, 1983
97th Elected in 1980.
Redistricted to the 2nd district .
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Gerry Sikorski
(Stillwater)
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.
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Rod Grams
(Ramsey)
Republican January 3, 1993 –
January 3, 1995
103rd Elected in 1992.
Retired to run for U.S. senator.
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Bill Luther
(Stillwater)
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.
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Mark Kennedy
(Watertown)
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.
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Michele Bachmann
(Stillwater)
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.
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Tom Emmer
(Delano)
Republican January 3, 2015 –
present
114th
115th
116th
117th
118th
Elected in 2014.
Re-elected in 2016.
Re-elected in 2018.
Re-elected in 2020.
Re-elected in 2022.

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]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican John M. Zwach {incumbent} 114,537
Democratic (DFL) Rick Nolan109,955
Write-ins not recorded
Turnout {{{votes}}}
Republican hold

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]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic (DFL) Rick Nolan 96,465 55.4%
Republican Jon Grunseth 77,797
Write-ins not recorded
Turnout {{{votes}}}
Democratic (DFL) gain from Republican

1976

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

1976 Sixth Congressional District of Minnesota Elections [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic (DFL) Rick Nolan (incumbent) 147,507 59.6%
Republican James (Jim) Anderson (IR)99,201
Write-ins not recorded
Turnout {{{votes}}}
Democratic (DFL) hold

1978

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

1978 Sixth Congressional District of Minnesota Elections [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic (DFL) Rick Nolan (incumbent) 115,880 55.3%
Republican Russ Bjorhus (IR)93,74244.7%
Write-ins not recorded
Turnout {{{votes}}}
Democratic (DFL) hold

1980

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

1980 Sixth Congressional District of Minnesota Elections [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Vin Weber (IR) 140,402 52.7%
Democratic (DFL) Archie Baumann (DFL)126,17347.3%
Write-ins not recorded
Turnout {{{votes}}}
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]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic (DFL) Gerry Sikorski (DFL) 109,246 50.82%
Republican Arlen Erdahl (IR) (incumbent)105,73449.18%
Write-ins not recorded
Turnout {{{votes}}}
Democratic (DFL) hold

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]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic (DFL) Gerry Sikorski (DFL) (incumbent) 154,603 60.5%
Republican Patrick Trueman (IR)101,05839.5%
Write-ins not recorded
Turnout {{{votes}}}
Democratic (DFL) hold

1986 to 2006

The elected representatives were:

2002

2002 Sixth Congressional District of Minnesota Elections
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Mark Kennedy (incumbent) 164,742 57% +8.97
Democratic (DFL) Janet Robert 100,73235%-14.56
Independence Becker21,4838%+8.0
Republican gain from Democratic (DFL)

2004

2004 Sixth Congressional District of Minnesota Elections
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Mark Kennedy (incumbent) 205,586 54% -3.0
Democratic (DFL) Patty Wetterling 174,82846%+11.0
Republican hold

2006

2006 Sixth Congressional District of Minnesota Elections
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Michele Bachmann 152,317 50% -4.0
Democratic (DFL) Patty Wetterling 128,34242%-4.0
Independence John Binkowski 23,7068%+8.0
Republican hold

2008

2008 Sixth Congressional District of Minnesota Elections
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Michele Bachmann (incumbent) 187,805 46.4% -3.6
Democratic (DFL) Elwyn Tinklenberg 175,78443.4%+1.4
Independence Bob Anderson40,64210%+2.0
Republican hold

2010

2010 Sixth Congressional District of Minnesota Elections
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Michele Bachmann (incumbent) 159,476 52.5% +6.1
Democratic (DFL) Tarryl Clark 120,84639.8%-3.6
Independence Bob Anderson17,6985.8%-4.2
Republican hold

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]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Michele Bachmann (incumbent) 179,241 50.5% -2.0
Democratic (DFL) Jim Graves 174,94449.3%+9.5
Republican hold

2014

Minnesota's 6th congressional district general election, 2014 [15] [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Tom Emmer 133,332 56.3% +5.8
Democratic (DFL) Joe Perske90,92638.4%-10.9
Independence John Denney12,4595.3%+5.3
Republican hold

2016

Minnesota's 6th congressional district general election, 2016 [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Tom Emmer (incumbent) 235,385 65.6% +9.3
Democratic (DFL) David Snyder123,01034.3%-4.1
Republican hold

2018

Minnesota's 6th congressional district general election, 2018 [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Tom Emmer (incumbent) 192,931 61.11% -4.5
Democratic (DFL) Ian Todd122,33238.75%+4.5
Republican hold

2020

Minnesota's 6th congressional district general election, 2020 [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Tom Emmer (incumbent) 270,901 65.7% +4.3
Democratic (DFL) Tawnja Zahradka140,85334.2%-4.3
Write-in 5530.1%
Republican hold

2022

Minnesota's 6th congressional district general election, 2022 [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Tom Emmer (incumbent) 198,145 61.97%
Democratic (DFL) Jeanne Hendricks120,85237.79%
Write-in 7700.24%
Republican hold

Historical district boundaries

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2003–2013
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2013–2023
2023-2033 Minnesota's 6th congressional district (since 2023).svg
2023-2033

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