Minnesota's 6th congressional district

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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[1][2][3]
2008 President align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|McCain 55% - 43%
Senate align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Coleman 50% - 32%
2010 Governor align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Emmer 55% - 33%
Secretary of State align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Severson 57% - 38%
Auditor align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Anderson 57% - 39%
Attorney General align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Barden 51% - 43%
2012 President align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Romney 56% - 41%
Senate align="right" Template:Party shading/DFL|Klobuchar 58% - 38%
2014 Senate align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|McFadden 54% - 42%
Governor align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Johnson 56% - 39%
Secretary of State align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Severson 58% - 35%
Auditor align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Gilbert 50% - 42%
Attorney General align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Newman 49% - 44%
2016 President align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Trump 57% - 34%
2018 Senate (Reg.) align="right" Template:Party shading/DFL|Klobuchar 49% - 48%
Senate (Spec.) align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Housley 55% - 41%
Governor align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Johnson 55% - 41%
Secretary of State align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Howe 56% - 39%
Auditor align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Myhra 55% - 37%
Attorney General align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Wardlow 57% - 36%
2020 President align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Trump 58% - 40%
Senate align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Lewis 55% - 37%
2022 Governor align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Jensen 57% - 40%
Secretary of State align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Crockett 57% - 42%
Auditor align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Wilson 59% - 35%
Attorney General align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Schultz 62% - 38%
2024 President align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|Trump 59% - 39%
Senate align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|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:[4]

Anoka County (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)

Benton County (19)

All 19 townships and municipalities

Carver County (21)

All 21 townships and municipalities

Hennepin County (2)

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

Sherburne County (17)

All 17 townships and municipalities

Stearns County (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

Wright County (35)

All 35 township and municipalities

List of members representing the district

Member Party Term Cong
ress
Electoral history
District created March 4, 1893
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Melvin Baldwin
(Duluth)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic March 4, 1893 –
March 3, 1895
Template:USCongressOrdinal Elected in 1892.
Lost re-election.
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Charles A. Towne
(Duluth)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican March 4, 1895 –
March 3, 1897
Template:USCongressOrdinal Elected in 1894.
Lost re-election as an independent.
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Page Morris
(Duluth)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican March 4, 1897 –
March 3, 1903
Template:USCongressOrdinal Elected in 1896.
Re-elected in 1898.
Re-elected in 1900.
Retired.
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Clarence Buckman
(Little Falls)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican March 4, 1903 –
March 3, 1907
Template:USCongressOrdinal Elected in 1902.
Re-elected in 1904.
Lost renomination.
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Charles August Lindbergh
(Little Falls)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican March 4, 1907 –
March 3, 1917
Template:USCongressOrdinal 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)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican March 4, 1917 –
March 3, 1933
Template:USCongressOrdinal 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 Template:Ushr.
District inactive March 4, 1933 –
January 3, 1935
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Harold Knutson
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style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican January 3, 1935 –
January 3, 1949
Template:USCongressOrdinal Redistricted from the Template:Ushr 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
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Template:Party shading/DFL | [[Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party|Template:Party shortname]] January 3, 1949 –
January 3, 1963
Template:USCongressOrdinal 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)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Template:Party shading/DFL | [[Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party|Template:Party shortname]] January 3, 1963 –
January 3, 1967
Template:USCongressOrdinal Elected in 1962.
Re-elected in 1964.
Lost re-election.
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John M. Zwach
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style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican January 3, 1967 –
January 3, 1975
Template:USCongressOrdinal Elected in 1966.
Re-elected in 1968.
Re-elected in 1970.
Re-elected in 1972.
Retired.
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Rick Nolan
(Waite Park)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Template:Party shading/DFL | [[Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party|Template:Party shortname]] January 3, 1975 –
January 3, 1981
Template:USCongressOrdinal Elected in 1974.
Re-elected in 1976.
Re-elected in 1978.
Retired.
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Vin Weber
(St. Cloud)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican January 3, 1981 –
January 3, 1983
Template:USCongressOrdinal Elected in 1980.
Redistricted to the Template:Ushr.
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Gerry Sikorski
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Template:Party shading/DFL | [[Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party|Template:Party shortname]] January 3, 1983 –
January 3, 1993
Template:USCongressOrdinal 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
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style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican January 3, 1993 –
January 3, 1995
Template:USCongressOrdinal Elected in 1992.
Retired to run for U.S. senator.
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Bill Luther
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Template:Party shading/DFL | [[Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party|Template:Party shortname]] January 3, 1995 –
January 3, 2003
Template:USCongressOrdinal Elected in 1994.
Re-elected in 1996.
Re-elected in 1998.
Re-elected in 2000.
Redistricted to the Template:Ushr and lost re-election.
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Mark Kennedy
(Watertown)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican January 3, 2003 –
January 3, 2007
Template:USCongressOrdinal Redistricted from the Template:Ushr and re-elected in 2002.
Re-elected in 2004.
Retired to run for U.S. senator.
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Michele Bachmann
(Stillwater)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican January 3, 2007 –
January 3, 2015
Template:USCongressOrdinal Elected in 2006.
Re-elected in 2008.
Re-elected in 2010.
Re-elected in 2012.
Retired.
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Tom Emmer
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style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican January 3, 2015 –
present
Template:USCongressOrdinal 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

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1974

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1976

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1978

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1980

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1982

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1984

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He continued to serve through the 100th Congress, 101st Congress and 102nd Congress.
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1986 to 2006

The elected representatives were:

2002

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2002 Sixth Congressional District of Minnesota Elections
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Janet Robert 100,732 35% Script error: No such module "String".
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2004

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2004 Sixth Congressional District of Minnesota Elections
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Patty Wetterling 174,828 46% Script error: No such module "String".

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2006

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2006 Sixth Congressional District of Minnesota Elections
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Patty Wetterling 128,342 42% Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". John Binkowski 23,706 8% Script error: No such module "String".

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2008

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2008 Sixth Congressional District of Minnesota Elections
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Elwyn Tinklenberg 175,784 43.4% Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Bob Anderson 40,642 10% Script error: No such module "String".

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2010

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2010 Sixth Congressional District of Minnesota Elections
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Tarryl Clark 120,846 39.8% Script error: No such module "String".
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2012

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Minnesota's 6th congressional district general election, 2012[6]
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2014

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Minnesota's 6th congressional district general election, 2014[7][8]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Joe Perske 90,926 38.4% Script error: No such module "String".
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2016

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Minnesota's 6th congressional district general election, 2016[9]
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2018

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Minnesota's 6th congressional district general election, 2018[10]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Ian Todd 122,332 38.75% Script error: No such module "String".

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2020

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Minnesota's 6th congressional district general election, 2020[11]
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2022

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2024

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Historical district boundaries

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2003–2013
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2013–2023
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2023-2033
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See also

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References

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  1. https://davesredistricting.org/maps#viewmap::4b212b88-2b8b-48aa-b2d2-e2f9980ac884
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