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California's 6th congressional district
Interactive map of district boundaries since 2023 (Used in the 2022 elections)
Representative	Ami Bera D–Elk Grove
Population (2023)	747,786
Median household income	$85,648
Ethnicity	47.2% White 23.0% Hispanic 12.0% Asian 8.9% Black 6.9% Two or more races 2.0% other
Cook PVI	D+7

California's 6th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of California. It is represented by Democrat Ami Bera.

Currently, the 6th district is entirely in Sacramento County and includes the north side of the city of Sacramento and its suburbs of Rancho Cordova, Citrus Heights, Rio Linda, Elverta, Arden-Arcade, Antelope, Foothill Farms, North Highlands, and most of Fair Oaks.

Prior to redistricting by the California Citizens Redistricting Commission of 2021, the district included the entire city of Sacramento and some of its suburbs. The district was represented by Democrat Doris Matsui.

Recent election results from statewide races

Composition

Sacramento County is split between this district and both the 3rd district and 7th district. The 6th and 3rd districts are partitioned by Latrobe Rd, Scott Rd, Deer Creek, Carson Creek, Nimbus Rd, E3 Highway, Illinois Ave, Madison Ave, Kenneth Ave, Wachtel Way, and Old Auburn Rd. The 6th and 7th districts are partitioned by the Sacramento River, American River, Fair Oaks Blvd, Watt Ave, Kiefer Blvd, Highway 16, Bradshaw Rd, Highway E2, and Stonehouse Dr. The 6th district takes in the north side of the city of Sacramento, the cities of Citrus Heights and Rancho Cordova, and the census-designated places Antelope, Arden-Arcade, Carmichael, Elverta, Fair Oaks, Foothill Farms, Gold River, Mather, McClellan Park, North Highlands, La Riviera, Rosemont, and Rio Linda.

Cities and CDPs with 10,000 or more people

• Sacramento – 524,943
• Arden-Arcade – 94,659
• Citrus Heights – 87,583
• Carmichael – 79,793
• Rancho Cordova – 79,332
• North Highlands – 49,327
• Antelope – 48,733
• Foothill Farms – 33,121
• Fair Oaks – 32,514
• Rosemont – 23,510
• Rio Linda – 15,944
• La Riviera – 11,252

2,500 – 10,000 people

• Gold River – 7,912
• Elverta – 5,492
• Mather – 4,698

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Dates	Cong ress(es)	Electoral history	Counties
District created March 4, 1885
Henry Markham (Pasadena)	Republican	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887	49th	Elected in 1884. Retired.	1885–1893 Alpine, Fresno, Inyo, Kern, Los Angeles, Mono, Monterey, San Benito, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Tulare, Ventura
William Vandever (San Buenaventura)	Republican	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1891	50th 51st	Elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1888. Retired.
William W. Bowers (San Diego)	Republican	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893	52nd	Elected in 1890. Redistricted to the 7th district.
Marion Cannon (Ventura)	Populist	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895	53rd	Elected in 1892. Retired.	1893–1903 Los Angeles, Monterey, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz, Ventura
James McLachlan (Pasadena)	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897	54th	Elected in 1894. Lost re-election.
Charles A. Barlow (San Luis Obispo)	Populist	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1899	55th	Elected in 1896. Lost re-election.
Russell J. Waters (Los Angeles)	Republican	March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1901	56th	Elected in 1898. Retired.
James McLachlan (Pasadena)	Republican	March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1903	57th	Elected in 1900. Redistricted to the 7th district.
James C. Needham (Modesto)	Republican	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1913	58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd	Redistricted from the 7th district and re-elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Lost re-election.	1903–1913 Fresno, Kings, Madera, Merced, Monterey, San Benito, San Joaquin, Santa Cruz, Stanislaus
Joseph R. Knowland (Alameda)	Republican	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915	63rd	Redistricted from the 3rd district and re-elected in 1912. Retired to run for U.S. Senate.	1903–1943 Alameda
John A. Elston (Berkeley)	Progressive	March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1917	64th 65th 66th 67th	Elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Died.
	Republican	March 4, 1917 – December 15, 1921
Vacant		December 15, 1921 – November 7, 1922	67th
James H. MacLafferty (Oakland)	Republican	November 7, 1922 – March 3, 1925	67th 68th	Elected to finish Knowland's term. Re-elected in 1922. Lost renomination.
Albert E. Carter (Oakland)	Republican	March 4, 1925 – January 3, 1945	69th 70th 71st 72nd 73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th 78th	Elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Re-elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Lost re-election.
					1943–1953 Alameda, Contra Costa
George P. Miller (Alameda)	Democratic	January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1953	79th 80th 81st 82nd	Elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Redistricted to the 8th district.
Robert Condon (Walnut Creek)	Democratic	January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1955	83rd	Elected in 1952. Lost re-election.	1953–1963 Solano, Contra Costa
John F. Baldwin Jr. (Martinez)	Republican	January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1963	84th 85th 86th 87th	Elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Redistricted to the 14th district.
William S. Mailliard (San Francisco)	Republican	January 3, 1963 – March 5, 1974	88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd	Redistricted from the 4th district and re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Resigned to become U.S. Representative to the Organization of American States.	1963–1969 San Francisco
					1969–1973 Southeast Marin, western San Francisco
					1973–1983 Marin, western San Francisco
Vacant		March 5, 1974 – June 4, 1974	93rd
John Burton (San Francisco)	Democratic	June 4, 1974 – January 3, 1975		Elected to finish Mailliard's term. Redistricted to the 5th district.
Phillip Burton (San Francisco)	Democratic	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1983	94th 95th 96th 97th	Redistricted from the 5th district and re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Redistricted to the 5th district.	Most of San Francisco
Barbara Boxer (Greenbrae)	Democratic	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. Retired to run for U.S. senator.	1983–1993 Marin, eastern San Francisco, San Mateo (Daly City), far southwestern Solano, southern Sonoma
Lynn Woolsey (Petaluma)	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2013	103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th	Elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004 Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Retired.	1993–2003 Marin and southern Sonoma
					2003–2013 Marin and southern Sonoma
Doris Matsui (Sacramento)	Democratic	January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2023	113th 114th 115th 116th 117th	Redistricted from the 5th district and re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Redistricted to the 7th district.	2013–2023 Portions of Sacramento and Yolo Counties, including the city of Sacramento
Ami Bera (Elk Grove)	Democratic	January 3, 2023 – present	118th 119th	Redistricted from the 7th district and re-elected in 2022. Re-elected in 2024.	2023–present: southern Sacramento County, part of Yolo County, and a tiny portion of Solano County, all of Sacramento south of the American River, including Downtown Sacramento, West Sacramento, Elk Grove, and Galt

Election results for members

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See also

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

References

1. ^ "CA 2022 Congressional". Dave's Redistricting. January 4, 2022. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
2. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
3. "2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI) District Map". Cook PVI. Retrieved January 8, 2023.
4. https://davesredistricting.org/maps#viewmap::fc9d2d06-7c7f-451c-92cb-122127a79c29
5. https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2022-general/ssov/ssov-complete.pdf
6. https://elections.saccounty.gov/ElectionInformation/Documents/2024-November-General/N2024%20-%20STATEMENT%20OF%20THE%20VOTE.pdf
7. There was a vacancy between the resignation of Mailliard and the appointment of Burton.
8. "1920 election results" (PDF). Retrieved June 30, 2023.
9. "JoinCalifornia - 11-07-1922 Election". www.joincalifornia.com.
10. "1922 election results" (PDF). Retrieved June 30, 2023.
11. "1924 election results" (PDF). Retrieved June 30, 2023.
12. "1926 election results" (PDF). Retrieved June 30, 2023.
13. "1928 election results" (PDF).
14. "1930 election results" (PDF). Retrieved June 30, 2023.
15. "1932 election results" (PDF). Retrieved June 30, 2023.
16. "1934 election results" (PDF). Retrieved June 30, 2023.
17. "1936 election results" (PDF). Retrieved June 30, 2023.
18. "1938 election results" (PDF). Retrieved June 30, 2023.
19. "1940 election results" (PDF).
20. "1942 election results" (PDF).
21. "1944 election results" (PDF).
22. "1946 election results" (PDF).
23. "1948 election results" (PDF).
24. "1950 election results" (PDF).
25. "1952 election results" (PDF).
26. "1954 election results" (PDF).
27. "1956 election results" (PDF).
28. 1958 election results
29. "1960 election results" (PDF).
30. "1962 election results" (PDF).
31. "1964 election results" (PDF).
32. "1966 election results" (PDF).
33. "1968 election results" (PDF).
34. "1970 election results" (PDF).
35. "1972 election results" (PDF).
36. "JoinCalifornia - 06-04-1974 Election". www.joincalifornia.com.
37. "1974 election results" (PDF).
38. "1976 election results" (PDF).
39. "1978 election results" (PDF).
40. 1980 election results
41. "1982 election results" (PDF).
42. 1984 election results
43. "1986 election results" (PDF).
44. 1988 election results
45. 1990 election results
46. 1992 election results
47. 1994 election results
48. 1996 election results
49. 1998 election results
50. 2000 election results
51. "2002 election results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on February 3, 2009.
52. "2004 election results" (PDF).
53. "2006 election results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on November 27, 2008.
54. "California Secretary of State. 2008 election results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 21, 2008.
55. "House Results Map". The New York Times.
56. https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2012-general/06-sov-summary.xls
57. https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2014-general/xls/06-summary.xls
58. https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2016-general/sov/csv-candidates.xls

External links

• GovTrack.us: California's 6th congressional district
• RAND California Election Returns: District Definitions (out of date)
• California Voter Foundation map - CD06 (out of date)

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• Congressional districts of California
• Government of Sacramento County, California
• Government of Yolo County, California
• Sacramento, California
• West Sacramento, California
• Constituencies established in 1885
• 1885 establishments in California