Minnesota's 6th congressional district

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Minnesota's 6th congressional district
Minnesota's 6th congressional district
	Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative	Tom Emmer; R–Delano
Area	3,081 sq mi (7,980 km2)
Distribution	69.55% urban; 30.45% rural;
Population (2023)	747,036
Median household; income	$100,756
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+12

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 statewide election results

Election results from Presidential races
Year	Office	Results
2024	President	Trump 58 - 38%
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%

Composition

#	County	Seat	Population
3	Anoka	Anoka	372,441
9	Benton	Foley	41,600
19	Carver	Chaska	111,057
141	Sherburne	Elk River	102,206
145	Stearns	St. Cloud	160,977
171	Wright	Buffalo	151,150

Cities and townships of 10,000 or more people

Blaine – 71,739
St. Cloud – 69,568
Andover – 32,928
Ramsey – 28,333
Chaska – 28,262
Elk River – 26,750
Chanhassen – 26,224
Otsego – 23,241
Lino Lakes – 21,973
St. Michael – 21,034
Sartell – 19,696
Buffalo – 18,168
Ham Lake – 16,464
Monticello – 14,804
Sauk Rapids – 13,862
Waconia – 13,033
East Bethel – 11,786
Big Lake – 11,686
Victoria – 11,042
Dayton – 10,157

2,500 – 10,000 people

Oak Grove – 9,130
Waite Park – 8,360
St. Francis – 8,142
Albertville – 7,970
St. Joseph – 6,932
Big Lake Township – 6,785
Zimmerman – 6,511
Delano – 6,484
Carver – 5,829
Linwood Township – 5,334
Princeton – 5,311
Becker – 4,997
Circle Pines – 4,944
Watertown – 4,842
Baldwin Township – 4,672
Nowthen – 4,536
Rockford – 4,500
Columbus – 4,159
Monticello Township – 4,139
Centerville – 3,923
Livonia Township – 3,917
Norwood Young America – 3,863
Montrose – 3,775
Becker Township – 3,605
Hanover – 3,594
St. Augusta – 3,574
Rockford Township – 3,444
Collegeville Township – 3,344
Annandale – 3,330
Watab Township – 3,093
Lexington – 3,072
Cokato – 2,775
Franklin Township – 2,774
Orrock Township – 2,764
Foley – 2,682

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Term	Cong ress	Electoral history
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.
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.
Alec G. Olson (Montevideo)	Democratic (DFL)	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1967	88th 89th	Elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Lost re-election.
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.
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.
Rod Grams (Ramsey)	Republican	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995	103rd	Elected in 1992. Retired to run for U.S. senator.
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.
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.
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. Re-elected in 2024.

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
	Republican	John M. Zwach {incumbent}	114,537
	Democratic (DFL)	Rick Nolan	109,955
		Write-ins	not recorded
Turnout
	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]
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) hold

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) hold

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) 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]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic (DFL)	Gerry Sikorski (DFL) (incumbent)	154,603	60.5%
	Republican	Patrick Trueman (IR)	101,058	39.5%
		Write-ins	not recorded
Turnout
	Democratic (DFL) hold

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%	+8.97
Democratic (DFL)	Janet Robert	100,732	35%	−14.56
Independence	Becker	21,483	8%	+8.0
Republican gain from Democratic (DFL)

2004

2004 Sixth Congressional District of Minnesota Elections
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Republican	Mark Kennedy (incumbent)	205,586	54%	−3.0
Democratic (DFL)	Patty Wetterling	174,828	46%	+11.0
Republican hold

2006

2006 Sixth Congressional District of Minnesota Elections
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Republican	Michele Bachmann	152,317	50%	−4.0
Democratic (DFL)	Patty Wetterling	128,342	42%	−4.0
Independence	John Binkowski	23,706	8%	+8.0
Republican hold

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%	+1.4
Independence	Bob Anderson	40,642	10%	+2.0
Republican hold

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%	−3.6
Independence	Bob Anderson	17,698	5.8%	−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]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Republican	Michele Bachmann (incumbent)	179,241	50.5%	−2.0
Democratic (DFL)	Jim Graves	174,944	49.3%	+9.5
Republican hold

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
Republican hold

2016

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

2018

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

2020

Minnesota's 6th congressional district general election, 2020^[19]
	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

2022

Minnesota's 6th congressional district general election, 2022^[20]
	Candidate	Votes	%
Republican	Tom Emmer (incumbent)	198,145	61.97%
Democratic (DFL)	Jeanne Hendricks	120,852	37.79%
Write-in		770	0.24%
Republican hold

2024

Minnesota's 6th congressional district general election, 2024^[21]
	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

Historical district boundaries

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.
^ "Congressional Districts Relationship Files (state-based)". www.census.gov. US Census Bureau Geography. Retrieved April 9, 2018.
^ "My Congressional District". www.census.gov. Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
^ "My Congressional District".
^ "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
^ 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.
^ "Home - Election Results". electionresults.sos.state.mn.us. Archived from the original on December 22, 2021. Retrieved May 22, 2022.
^ "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 U.S. Representative District 6". Minnesota Secretary of State. November 15, 2018. Retrieved April 19, 2023.
^ "Results for All Congressional Districts". Minnesota Secretary of State. Retrieved April 19, 2023.
^ "Results for All Congressional Districts". Minnesota Secretary of State. Retrieved November 6, 2024.

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

[3] "My Congressional District". www.census.gov. Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. Retrieved September 22, 2024.

[4] "My Congressional District".

[Cook-5] "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 10, 2023.

[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] "Home - Election Results". electionresults.sos.state.mn.us. Archived from the original on December 22, 2021. Retrieved May 22, 2022.

[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.

[19] "Results for U.S. Representative District 6". Minnesota Secretary of State. November 15, 2018. Retrieved April 19, 2023.

[MNGenr-20] "Results for All Congressional Districts". Minnesota Secretary of State. Retrieved April 19, 2023.

[2024_MN_General_Election-21] "Results for All Congressional Districts". Minnesota Secretary of State. Retrieved November 6, 2024.

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