Minnesota's 6th congressional district

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Minnesota's 6th congressional district
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative	Tom Emmer R–Delano
Area	3,081 [1]  sq mi (7,980 km2)
Distribution	69.55% urban [2] 30.45% rural
Population (2024)	755,084 [3]
Median household income	$105,084 [4]
Ethnicity	84.1% White 4.6% Black 4.0% Two or more races 3.7% Hispanic 3.0% Asian 0.7% other
Cook PVI	R+10 [5]

External image
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.

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

Recent election results from statewide races

Year	Office	Results [6] [7] [8]
2003–2013 Boundaries
2008	President	McCain 55% - 43%
	Senate	Coleman 50% - 32%
2010	Governor	Emmer 55% - 33%
	Secretary of State	Severson 57% - 38%
	Auditor	Anderson 57% - 39%
	Attorney General	Barden 51% - 43%
2013–2023 Boundaries
2012	President	Romney 56% - 41%
	Senate	Klobuchar 58% - 38%
2014	Senate	McFadden 54% - 42%
	Governor	Johnson 56% - 39%
	Secretary of State	Severson 58% - 35%
	Auditor	Gilbert 50% - 42%
	Attorney General	Newman 49% - 44%
2016	President	Trump 57% - 34%
2018	Senate (Reg.)	Klobuchar 49% - 48%
	Senate (Spec.)	Housley 55% - 41%
	Governor	Johnson 55% - 41%
	Secretary of State	Howe 56% - 39%
	Auditor	Myhra 55% - 37%
	Attorney General	Wardlow 57% - 36%
2020	President	Trump 58% - 40%
	Senate	Lewis 55% - 37%
2023–2033 Boundaries
2022	Governor	Jensen 57% - 40%
	Secretary of State	Crockett 57% - 42%
	Auditor	Wilson 59% - 35%
	Attorney General	Schultz 62% - 38%
2024	President	Trump 59% - 39%
	Senate	White 52% - 45%

Composition

For the 118th and successive Congresses (based on redistricting following the 2020 census), the district contains all or portions of the following counties, townships, and municipalities: ^[9]

AnokaCounty (15)

Andover, Blaine, Bethel, Centerville, Circle Pines, Columbus, East Bethel, Ham Lake, Lexington, Lino Lakes, Linwood Township, Nowthen, Oak Grove, Ramsey (part; also 3rd), St. Francis (part; also 8th; shared with Isanti County)

BentonCounty (19)

All 19 townships and municipalities

CarverCounty (21)

All 21 townships and municipalities

HennepinCounty (2)

Hanover (shared with Wright County), Rockford (shared with Wright County)

SherburneCounty (17)

All 17 townships and municipalities

StearnsCounty (12)

Collegeville Township, Fair Haven Township, Le Sauk Township, Lynden Township, Rockville, Sartell, St. Augusta, St. Cloud, St. Joseph, St. Joseph Township, St. Wendell Township (part; also 7th), Waite Park

WrightCounty (35)

All 35 township and municipalities

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	District location
District created March 4, 1893
Melvin Baldwin (Duluth)	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895	53rd	Elected in 1892. Lost re-election.
Charles A. Towne (Duluth)	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897	54th	Elected in 1894. Lost re-election as an independent.
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.
Clarence Buckman (Little Falls)	Republican	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1907	58th 59th	Elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Lost renomination.
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.
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 inactive		March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935	73rd	All members elected at-large.
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.	1935–1943
					1943–1953
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.
					1953–1963 Aitkin County, Benton County, Cass County, Crow Wing County, Hubbard County, Meeker County, Mille Lacs County, Morrison County, Pine County, Redwood County, Renville County, Sherburne County, Stearns County, Todd County, Wadena County and Wright County
Alec G. Olson (Montevideo)	Democratic (DFL)	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1967	88th 89th	Elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Lost re-election.	1963–1973 Benton County, Big Stone County, Chippewa County, Crow Wing County, Kandiyohi County, Lac qui Parle County, Lincoln County, Lyon County, Meeker County, Mille Lacs County, Redwood County, Renville County, Sherburne County, Stearns County, Stevens County, Swift County, Wright County and Yellow Medicine County
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.
					1973–1983 Benton County, Big Stone County, Chippewa County, Cottonwood County, Jackson County, Kandiyohi County, Lac qui Parle County, Lincoln County, Lyon County, Meeker County, Mille Lacs County, Murray County, Nobles County, Pipestone County, Redwood County, Renville County, Rock, Sherburne County, Stearns County, Wright County, Yellow Medicine County and Hennepin County (Part)
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.
Vin Weber (St. Cloud)	Republican	January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1983	97th	Elected in 1980. Redistricted to the 2nd district .
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.	1983–1993 Anoka County, Washington County (Majority), Benton County (Part), Hennepin County (Part), Ramsey County (Part) and Wright County (Part)
Rod Grams (Ramsey)	Republican	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995	103rd	Elected in 1992. Retired to run for U.S. senator.	1993–2003 Anoka County, Washington County and Dakota County (Part)
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.
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.	2003–2013 Benton County, Sherburne County, Wright County, Anoka County (Part), Hennepin County (Part), Stearns County (Part) and Washington County (Part)
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.
					2013–2023 Benton County, Sherburne County, Wright County, Anoka County (Part), Carver County (Part), Hennepin County (Part), Stearns County (Part) and Washington County (Part)
Tom Emmer (Delano)	Republican	January 3, 2015 – present	114th 115th 116th 117th 118th 119th	Elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. Re-elected in 2024.
					2023–present Benton County, Carver County, Sherburne County, Wright County, Anoka County (Part), Hennepin County (Part) and Stearns County (Part)

Recent elections

1972–1982

1972

Main article: 1972 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota § District 6

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 ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John M. Zwach {incumbent}	114,537	51.0
	Democratic (DFL)	Rick Nolan	109,955	49.0
	Write-in		not recorded
Turnout			224,492
Registered electors
	Republican win (new boundaries)

1974

Main article: 1974 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota § District 6

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

1974 Sixth Congressional District of Minnesota Elections ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic (DFL)	Rick Nolan	96,465	55.4	+6.4
	Republican	Jon Grunseth	77,797	44.6	–6.4
	Write-in		not recorded
Turnout			174,262
Registered electors
	Democratic (DFL) gain from Republican		Swing	+6.4

1976

Main article: 1976 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota § District 6

Rick Nolan was re-elected in 1976 to the 95th Congress.

1976 Sixth Congressional District of Minnesota Elections ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic (DFL)	Rick Nolan (incumbent)	147,507	59.8	+4.4
	Republican	James Anderson (IR)	99,201	40.2
	Write-in		not recorded
Turnout			246,708
Registered electors
	Democratic (DFL) hold		Swing	+4.4

1978

Main article: 1978 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota § District 6

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

1978 Sixth Congressional District of Minnesota Elections ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic (DFL)	Rick Nolan (incumbent)	115,880	55.3	–4.5
	Republican	Russ Bjorhus (IR)	93,742	44.7	+4.5
	Write-in		not recorded
Turnout			209,622
Registered electors
	Democratic (DFL) hold		Swing	–4.5

1980

Main article: 1980 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota § District 6

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

1980 Sixth Congressional District of Minnesota Elections ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Vin Weber (IR)	140,402	52.7	+7.9
	Democratic (DFL)	Archie Baumann (DFL)	126,173	47.3	–7.9
	Write-in		not recorded
Turnout			266,575
Registered electors
	Republican gain from Democratic (DFL)		Swing	+7.9

1982–1992

1982

Main article: 1982 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota § District 6

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

1982 Sixth Congressional District of Minnesota Elections ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic (DFL)	Gerry Sikorski (DFL)	109,246	50.8
	Republican	Arlen Erdahl (IR) (incumbent)	105,734	49.2
Turnout			214,980
Registered electors
	Democratic (DFL) win (new boundaries)

1984

Main article: 1984 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota § District 6

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 ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic (DFL)	Gerry Sikorski (DFL) (incumbent)	154,603	60.5	+9.7
	Republican	Patrick Trueman (IR)	101,058	39.5	–9.7
Turnout			255,661
Registered electors
	Democratic (DFL) hold		Swing	+9.7

1986 to 2006

The elected representatives were:

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

2002–2012

2002

Main article: 2002 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota § District 6

Minnesota's 6th Congressional district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mark Kennedy (incumbent)	164,747	57.3
	Democratic (DFL)	Janet Robert	100,738	35.1
	Independence	Dan Becker	21,484	7.5
	Write-in		343	0.1
Total votes			287,312	100.0
	Republican win (new boundaries)

2004

Main article: 2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota

Minnesota's 6th Congressional district election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Mark Kennedy (incumbent)	203,669	54.0	–3.3
	Democratic (DFL)	Patty Wetterling	173,309	45.9	+10.9
	Write-in		246	0.1	–0.1
Total votes			377,224	100.0
	Republican hold		Swing	–7.1

2006

Main article: 2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota § District 6

Minnesota's 6th Congressional district election, 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Michele Bachmann	151,248	50.1	–3.9
	Democratic (DFL)	Patty Wetterling	127,144	42.1	–3.9
	Independence	John Binkowski	23,557	7.8	N/a
	Write-in		239	0.1	+0.0
Total votes			302,188	100.0
	Republican hold		Swing	–0.0

2008

Main article: 2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota § District 6

Minnesota's 6th congressional district election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Michele Bachmann (incumbent)	187,817	46.4	–3.6
	Democratic (DFL)	Elwyn Tinklenberg	175,786	43.4	+1.4
	Independence	Bob Anderson	40,643	10.0	+2.2
	Write-in		479	0.1	+0.0
Total votes			404,725	100.0
	Republican hold		Swing	–2.5

2010

Main article: 2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota § District 6

Minnesota's 6th Congressional district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Michele Bachmann (incumbent)	159,476	52.5	+6.1
	Democratic (DFL)	Tarryl Clark	120,846	39.8	–3.6
	Independence	Bob Anderson	17,698	5.8	–4.2
	Independent	Aubrey Immelsman	5,490	1.8	N/a
	Write-in		181	0.1	–0.1
Total votes			303,691	100.0
	Republican hold		Swing	+4.9

2012–2022

2012

Main article: 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota § District 6

Although Bachmann's home was not within the new boundaries of the 6th district, she legally ran for reelection and won. ^[17]

Minnesota's 6th congressional district general election, 2012 ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Michele Bachmann (incumbent)	179,241	50.5
	Democratic (DFL)	Jim Graves	174,944	49.3
	Write-in		969	0.3
Total votes			355,154	100.0
	Republican win (new boundaries)

2014

Main article: 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota § District 6

Minnesota's 6th congressional district general election, 2014 ^{[19] [20]}

Party		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	N/a
	Write-in
	Republican hold		Swing

2016

Main article: 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota § District 6

Minnesota's 6th congressional district general election, 2016 ^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Tom Emmer (incumbent)	235,385	65.6	+9.3
	Democratic (DFL)	David Snyder	123,010	34.3	–4.1
	Write-in
	Republican hold		Swing

2018

Main article: 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota § District 6

Minnesota's 6th congressional district general election, 2018 ^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Tom Emmer (incumbent)	192,931	61.11	–4.5
	Democratic (DFL)	Ian Todd	122,332	38.75	+4.5
	Write-in
	Republican hold		Swing

2020

Main article: 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota § District 6

Minnesota's 6th congressional district general election, 2020 ^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Tom Emmer (incumbent)	270,901	65.7	+4.3
	Democratic (DFL)	Tawnja Zahradka	140,853	34.2	−4.3
	Write-in		553	0.1
	Republican hold		Swing

2012–2022

2022

Main article: 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota § District 6

Minnesota's 6th congressional district general election, 2022 ^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom Emmer (incumbent)	198,145	61.97
	Democratic (DFL)	Jeanne Hendricks	120,852	37.79
	Write-in		770	0.24
	Republican win (new boundaries)

2024

Main article: 2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota § District 6

Minnesota's 6th congressional district general election, 2024 ^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Tom Emmer (incumbent)	257,527	62.68
	Democratic (DFL)	Jeanne Hendricks	152,700	37.16
	Write-in		653	0.16
	Republican hold		Swing

See also

• United States portal

• Minnesota's congressional districts
• List of United States congressional districts

References

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17. 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.
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