Minnesota's 6th congressional district

Minnesota's 6th congressional district
	Minnesota's 6th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Current Representative	Tom Emmer (R–Delano)
Area	3,081[1] sq mi (7,980 km2)
Distribution	69.55[2]% urban; 30.45% rural;
Population (2016)	696,720[3]
Median income	$77,049
Ethnicity	90.78% White; 2.91% Black; 2.74% Asian; 2.67% Hispanic; 0.42% Native American;
Cook PVI	R+12[4]

Minnesota's 6th congressional district includes most or all of Benton, Carver, Sherburne, Stearns, Wright, Anoka, and Washington counties. The district is Republican-leaning with a CPVI of R+12. It is currently represented by Republican Tom Emmer.

List of representatives

Congress	Representative	Party	Years	Notes
District created		March 4, 1893
53rd	Melvin Riley Baldwin	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895	Lost reelection
54th	Charles Arnette Towne	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897	Lost reelection (as an independent)
55th 56th 57th	Robert Page Waller Morris	Republican	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1903	Appointed to United States District Court for the District of Minnesota
58th 59th	Clarence Bennett Buckman	Republican	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1907	Lost renomination
60th 61st 62nd 63rd 64th	Charles August Lindbergh	Republican	March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1917	Ran for U.S. Senate (unsuccessful)
65th 66th 67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd	Harold Knutson	Republican	March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1933	Redistricted to the At-large district
73rd	District inactive, all representatives elected at-large on a general ticket.			March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935
74th 75th 76th 77th 78th 79th 80th	Harold Knutson	Republican	January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1949	Redistricted from the At-large district
81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th	Fred Marshall	DFL	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1963	Retired
88th 89th	Alec Gehard Olson	DFL	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1967	Lost reelection
90th 91st 92nd 93rd	John Matthew Zwach, Sr.	Republican	January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1975	Retired
94th 96th	Richard Michael Nolan	DFL	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1981	Retired
97th	John Vincent Weber	Republican	January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1983	Redistricted to the 2nd district
98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd	Gerald Edward Sikorski	DFL	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993	Lost reelection
103rd	Rodney Dwight Grams	Republican	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995	Ran for U.S. Senate (successful)
104th 105th 106th 107th	William Paul Luther	DFL	January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2003	Lost reelection in the 2nd District
108th 109th	Mark Raymond Kennedy	Republican	January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2007	Ran for U.S. Senate (unsuccessful)
110th 111th 112th 113th	Michele Marie Amble Bachmann	Republican	January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2015	Retired
114th 115th	Thomas Earl Emmer, Jr.	Republican	January 3, 2015 – present	Incumbent

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^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	DFL	Rick Nolan	109,955
	Republican	John M. Zwach {incumbent}	114,537
		Write-ins	not recorded
Turnout
	Republican gain from DFL

1974

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

1974 Sixth Congressional District of Minnesota Elections^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	DFL	Rick Nolan	96,465	55.4%
	Republican	Jon Grunseth	77,797
		Write-ins	not recorded
Turnout
	DFL gain from Republican

1976

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

1976 Sixth Congressional District of Minnesota Elections^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	DFL	Rick Nolan	147,507	59.6%
	Republican	James (Jim) Anderson (IR)	99,201
		Write-ins	not recorded
Turnout
	DFL gain from Republican

1978

Rick Nolan was Re-Elected in 1978 to the 96th Congress on November 7, 1978.

1978 Sixth Congressional District of Minnesota Elections^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	DFL	Rick Nolan	115,880	55.3%
	Republican	Russ Bjorhus (IR)	93,742	44.7%
		Write-ins	not recorded
Turnout
	DFL gain from Republican

1980

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

1980 Sixth Congressional District of Minnesota Elections^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Vin Weber (IR)	140,402	52.7%
	DFL	Archie Baumann (DFL)	126,173	47.3%
		Write-ins	not recorded
Turnout
	Republican gain from DFL

1982

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

1982 Sixth Congressional District of Minnesota Elections^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	DFL	Gerry Sikorski (DFL)	109,246	50.82%
	Republican	Arlen Erdahl (IR)	105,734	49.18%
		Write-ins	not recorded
Turnout
	DFL gain from Republican

1984

Gerry Sikorski was Re-Elected in 1984 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^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	DFL	Gerry Sikorski (DFL)	154,603
	Republican	Patrick Trueman (IR)	101,058
		Write-ins	not recorded
Turnout
	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	164,742	57%	-
Democratic	Janet Robert	100,732	35%	-
Independence	Becker	21,483	8%	-

2004

2004 Sixth Congressional District of Minnesota Elections
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Mark Kennedy	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%	-
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	187,805	46.4%	-3.6
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	159,476	52.5%	+6.1
DFL	Tarryl Clark	120,846	39.8%	-
Independence	Bob Anderson	17,698	5.8%	-

2012

Although Bachmann's home was not located within the new boundaries of the 6th district, she legally ran for re-election and won.^[12]

Minnesota's 6th congressional district general election, 2012^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Michele Bachmann	179,241	50.5%	-2.0
	DFL	Jim Graves	174,944	49.3%	+9.5

2014

Minnesota's 6th congressional district general election, 2014^[14]^[15]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±
Republican	Tom Emmer	133,332	56.3%	+5.8
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^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Tom Emmer	235,385	65.6%	+9.3
	DFL	David Snyder	123,010	34.3%	-4.1

Presidential election voting

Election results from presidential races			Political parties that won the district
Year	Office	Results
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. Retrieved 2007-04-02.
↑ Geography, US Census Bureau. "Congressional Districts Relationship Files (state-based)". www.census.gov. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
↑ Bureau, Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
↑ "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%5Bpermanent+dead+link%5D
↑ "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.

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[1] "Minnesota congressional districts by urban and rural population and land area" (PDF). US Census Bureau. 2000. Retrieved 2007-04-02.

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

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

[Cook-4] "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[twincities_20120212-12] 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.

[13] "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.

[14] ttp://electionresults.sos.state.mn.us/20141104/ElecRslts.asp?M=CG&CD=06%5Bpermanent+dead+link%5D

[clerk-15] "Office of the House Clerk – Electoral Statistics". Clerk of the United States House of Representatives. Archived from the original on July 30, 2008.

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