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.
Minnesota's 6th congressional district | |||
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Representative |
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Area | 3,081[1] sq mi (7,980 km2) | ||
Distribution |
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Population (2022) | 731,533[3] | ||
Median household income | $95,930[4] | ||
Ethnicity |
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Cook PVI | R+12[5] |
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This govtrack.us map, is a useful representation of the 6th CD's borders, based on Google Maps. |
It is currently represented by Republican House Majority Whip Tom Emmer.
Election results from Presidential races | ||
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Year | Office | Results |
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% |
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.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John M. Zwach {incumbent} | 114,537 | ||
Democratic (DFL) | Rick Nolan | 109,955 | ||
Write-ins | not recorded | |||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
Rick Nolan was elected in his second run on November 5, 1974, to the 94th Congress.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic (DFL) | Rick Nolan | 96,465 | 55.4% | |
Republican | Jon Grunseth | 77,797 | ||
Write-ins | not recorded | |||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic (DFL) gain from Republican |
Rick Nolan was reelected in 1976 to the 95th Congress.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic (DFL) | Rick Nolan (incumbent) | 147,507 | 59.6% | |
Republican | James (Jim) Anderson (IR) | 99,201 | ||
Write-ins | not recorded | |||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic (DFL) hold |
Nolan was reelected to the 96th Congress on November 7, 1978.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic (DFL) | Rick Nolan (incumbent) | 115,880 | 55.3% | |
Republican | Russ Bjorhus (IR) | 93,742 | 44.7% | |
Write-ins | not recorded | |||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic (DFL) hold |
Vin Weber was elected to serve in the 97th Congress.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Republican | Vin Weber (IR) | 140,402 | 52.7% | ||
Democratic (DFL) | Archie Baumann (DFL) | 126,173 | 47.3% | ||
Write-ins | not recorded | ||||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | ||||
Republican gain from Democratic (DFL) |
Gerry Sikorski, (DFL) was elected to the 98th Congress on November 2, 1982.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic (DFL) | Gerry Sikorski (DFL) | 109,246 | 50.82% | |
Republican | Arlen Erdahl (IR) (incumbent) | 105,734 | 49.18% | |
Write-ins | not recorded | |||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic (DFL) hold |
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.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic (DFL) | Gerry Sikorski (DFL) (incumbent) | 154,603 | 60.5% | |
Republican | Patrick Trueman (IR) | 101,058 | 39.5% | |
Write-ins | not recorded | |||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Democratic (DFL) hold |
The elected representatives were:
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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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) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Mark Kennedy (incumbent) | 205,586 | 54% | -3.0 | |
Democratic (DFL) | Patty Wetterling | 174,828 | 46% | +11.0 | |
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Although Bachmann's home was not within the new boundaries of the 6th district, she legally ran for reelection and won.[13]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Michele Bachmann (incumbent) | 179,241 | 50.5% | -2.0 | |
Democratic (DFL) | Jim Graves | 174,944 | 49.3% | +9.5 | |
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Tom Emmer (incumbent) | 235,385 | 65.6% | +9.3 | |
Democratic (DFL) | David Snyder | 123,010 | 34.3% | -4.1 | |
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Tom Emmer (incumbent) | 192,931 | 61.11% | -4.5 | |
Democratic (DFL) | Ian Todd | 122,332 | 38.75% | +4.5 | |
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Tom Emmer (incumbent) | 198,145 | 61.97% | |
Democratic (DFL) | Jeanne Hendricks | 120,852 | 37.79% | |
Write-in | 770 | 0.24% | ||
Republican hold |
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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