Minnesota's 6th congressional district

"MN-6" redirects here. The term may also refer to Minnesota State Highway 6.

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
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative	Tom Emmer R–Delano
Area	3,081[1] sq mi (7,980 km2)
Distribution	69.55% urban[2] 30.45% rural
Population (2023)	747,036[3]
Median household income	$100,756[4]
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+10[5]

External image
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.

Recent election results from statewide races

Year	Office	Results[6][7][8]
2008	President	McCain 55% - 43%
	Senate	Coleman 50% - 32%
2010	Governor	Emmer 55% - 33%
	Secretary of State	Severson 57% - 38%
	Auditor	Anderson 57% - 39%
	Attorney General	Barden 51% - 43%
2012	President	Romney 56% - 41%
	Senate	Klobuchar 58% - 38%
2014	Senate	McFadden 54% - 42%
	Governor	Johnson 56% - 39%
	Secretary of State	Severson 58% - 35%
	Auditor	Gilbert 50% - 42%
	Attorney General	Newman 49% - 44%
2016	President	Trump 57% - 34%
2018	Senate (Reg.)	Klobuchar 49% - 48%
	Senate (Spec.)	Housley 55% - 41%
	Governor	Johnson 55% - 41%
	Secretary of State	Howe 56% - 39%
	Auditor	Myhra 55% - 37%
	Attorney General	Wardlow 57% - 36%
2020	President	Trump 58% - 40%
	Senate	Lewis 55% - 37%
2022	Governor	Jensen 57% - 40%
	Secretary of State	Crockett 57% - 42%
	Auditor	Wilson 59% - 35%
	Attorney General	Schultz 62% - 38%
2024	President	Trump 59% - 39%
	Senate	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:^[9]

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
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 119th	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

Main article: United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota, 1972 § District 6

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^[10]

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

1974

Main article: United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota, 1974 § District 6

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

1974 Sixth Congressional District of Minnesota Elections^[11]

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

Main article: United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota, 1976 § District 6

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

1976 Sixth Congressional District of Minnesota Elections^[12]

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

Main article: United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota, 1978 § District 6

Nolan was reelected to the 96th Congress on November 7, 1978.

1978 Sixth Congressional District of Minnesota Elections^[13]

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

Main article: United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota, 1980 § District 6

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

1980 Sixth Congressional District of Minnesota Elections^[14]

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

Main article: United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota, 1982 § District 6

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

1982 Sixth Congressional District of Minnesota Elections^[15]

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

Main article: United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota, 1984 § District 6

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^[16]

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:

• Gerry Sikorski (also served in the) 100th Congress, 101st Congress and 102nd Congress
• Rod Grams 103rd Congress
• Bill Luther 104th Congress, 105th Congress, 106th Congress and 107th Congress

2002

Main article: United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota, 2002 § Minnesota

2002 Sixth Congressional District of Minnesota Elections

Party		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

Main article: United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota, 2004

2004 Sixth Congressional District of Minnesota Elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Mark Kennedy (incumbent)	205,586	54%	−3.0
	Democratic (DFL)	Patty Wetterling	174,828	46%	+11.0
	Republican hold

2006

Main article: United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota, 2006 § District 6

2006 Sixth Congressional District of Minnesota Elections

Party		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

Main article: United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota, 2008 § District 6

2008 Sixth Congressional District of Minnesota Elections

Party		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

Main article: United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota, 2010 § District 6

2010 Sixth Congressional District of Minnesota Elections

Party		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

Main article: United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota, 2012 § District 6

Although Bachmann's home was not within the new boundaries of the 6th district, she legally ran for reelection and won.^[17]

Minnesota's 6th congressional district general election, 2012^[18]

Party		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

Main article: United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota, 2014 § District 6

Minnesota's 6th congressional district general election, 2014^[19][20]

Party		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

Main article: United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota, 2016 § District 6

Minnesota's 6th congressional district general election, 2016^[21]

Party		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

Main article: United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota, 2018 § District 6

Minnesota's 6th congressional district general election, 2018^[22]

Party		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

Main article: United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota, 2020 § District 6

Minnesota's 6th congressional district general election, 2020^[23]

Party		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

Main article: 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota § District 6

Minnesota's 6th congressional district general election, 2022^[24]

Party		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

Main article: 2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota § District 6

Minnesota's 6th congressional district general election, 2024^[25]

Party		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

2003–2013

2013–2023

2023-2033

See also

• United States portal

• Minnesota's congressional districts
• List of United States congressional districts