Iowa's 6th Senate district
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The 6th district of the Iowa Senate is located in Western Iowa. It is currently composed of Audubon, Carroll, Crawford, Ida, and Shelby counties and part of Pottawattamie County.[1]
Current elected officials
[edit]Jason Schultz is the senator currently representing the 6th District.
The area of the 6th District contains two Iowa House of Representatives districts:[2]
- The 11th District (represented by Brian Best)
- The 12th District (represented by Steven Holt)
The district is also located in Iowa's 4th congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative Randy Feenstra.[3]
List of Representatives
[edit]Source:[4]
Historical district boundaries
[edit]| Map | Description | Years Effective | Notes |
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| Des Moines County | 1846-1851 | From 1846 to 1857, District numbering was not utilized by the Iowa State Legislature. This convention was added with the passing of the 1857 Iowa Constitution. Numbering of districts pre-1857 is done as a matter of historic convenience.[6] | |
| Wapello County | 1852-1855 | ||
| Jefferson County | 1856-1859 | ||
| Adams County |
1860-1861 | ||
| Adams County Montgomery County |
1862-1863 | ||
| Decatur County | 1864-1865 | ||
| Decatur County |
1866-1867 | ||
| Monroe County | 1868-1869 | ||
| Clarke County |
1870-1873 | ||
| Clarke County |
1874-1877 | ||
| Decatur County |
1878-1883 | ||
| Ringgold County |
1884-1887 | ||
| Adams County |
1888-1962 | ||
| Fremont County |
1963-1970 | ||
| Bremer County Chickasaw County |
1971-1972 | In 1970, the Iowa Legislature passed an amendment to the Iowa Constitution setting forth the rules for legislative redistricting in order to abide by the rules established by the Reynolds v. Sims Supreme Court Case. The first reapportionment map created by the Republican controlled legislature was deemed Unconstitutional, but was still used for the 1970 Election.[7] | |
| Cerro Gordo County (partial) |
1973-1982 | ||
| Clay County (partial) Dickinson County |
1983-1992 | ||
| Crawford County Ida County |
1993-2002 | ||
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Cerro Gordo (partial)
Franklin County (partial) |
2003-2012 | [8] |
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Audubon County Buena Vista |
2013-2022 | |
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Audubon County Carroll County |
2023-Present |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "2023-2042 Senate District 6 map" (PDF).
- ^ https://www.legis.iowa.gov/DOCS/Resources/Redist/2011/2011-03-31/HouseStatewide8x11_color.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ https://www.legis.iowa.gov/DOCS/Resources/Redist/2011/2011-03-31/CongressStatewide8x11_color.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "Historic Legislator List".
- ^ "Legislator Fact Sheet Kirketeg".
- ^ "1846 Iowa Constitution" (PDF).
- ^ "Reapportionment in Iowa".
- ^ "Iowa Senate District 6" (PDF).