| State: | Iowa |
| District: | 6 |
| Chamber: | Senate |
| Representative: | Jason Schultz |
| Party: | Republican |
The 6th district of the Iowa Senate is located in Western Iowa. It is currently composed of Audubon, Carroll, Crawford, Ida, and Shelby counties and part of Pottawattamie County.[1]
Jason Schultz is the senator currently representing the 6th District.
The area of the 6th District contains two Iowa House of Representatives districts:[2]
The district is also located in Iowa's 4th congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative Randy Feenstra.[3]
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| Representative | Party | Dates | Residence | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor= | Whig | 1846-1849 | Burlington | ||||
| bgcolor= | Whig | 1846-1847 | Des Moines County | ||||
| bgcolor= | Democrat | 1848-1849 | Burlington | ||||
| bgcolor= | Democrat | 1850-1851 | Des Moines County | ||||
| bgcolor= | Democrat | 1850-1851 | Des Moines County | ||||
| bgcolor= | Whig | 1852-1853 | Wapello County | ||||
| bgcolor= | Democrat | 1854-1855 | Wapello County | ||||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1856-1859 | Jefferson County | ||||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1860-1863 | Ringgold County | ||||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1864-1867 | Decatur County | ||||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1868-1869 | Albia, Iowa | ||||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1870-1871 | Chariton, Iowa | ||||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1872-1875 | Osceola, Iowa | ||||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1876-1877 | Chariton, Iowa | ||||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1878-1879 | Decatur City, Iowa | ||||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1880-1883 | Mount Ayr, Iowa | ||||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1884-1887 | Creston, Iowa | ||||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1888-1895 | Bedford, Iowa | ||||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1896-1899 | Chariton, Iowa | ||||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1900-1903 | Taylor County | ||||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1904-1908 | Corning, Iowa | ||||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1909-1912 | Lenox, Iowa | ||||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1913-1916 | Athelstan, Iowa | ||||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1917-1918 | Corning, Iowa | Resigned while in office to serve in the US Army during World War I. | |||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1919-1920 | Villisca, Iowa | ||||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1921-1924 | Corning, Iowa | ||||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1925-1928 | Prescott, Iowa | ||||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1929-1932 | Adams County | ||||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1933-1936 | Corning, Iowa | ||||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1937-1940 | Bedford, Iowa | ||||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1941-1944 | Lenox, Iowa | ||||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1945 | Bedford, Iowa | Senator Kirketeg died while in office in 1945. | |||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1945-1948 | Bedford, Iowa | Wife of Ole Kirketeg, Senator Kirketeg took her husbands position after his death in 1945 and was subsequently elected to complete his term, making her the first woman senator in the state of Iowa.[5] | |||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1949-1952 | Corning, Iowa | Senator Humbert died while in office in 1952. | |||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1953-1956 | Conway, Iowa | ||||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1957-1960 | Corning, Iowa | ||||
| bgcolor= | Democrat | 1961-1964 | Lenox, Iowa | ||||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1963-1969 | Clarinda, Iowa | ||||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1969-1970 | Malvern, Iowa | Elected in a special election. | |||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1971-1972 | Fredericksburg, Iowa | ||||
| bgcolor= | Democrat | 1973-1976 | Cerro Gordo County | ||||
| bgcolor= | Democrat | 1977-1982 | Clear Lake, Iowa | ||||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1983-1988 | Ottosen, Iowa | ||||
| bgcolor= | Democrat | 1989-1992 | Palo Alto County | ||||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1993-1996 | Ida Grove, Iowa | ||||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 1997-2002 | Odebolt, Iowa | King was elected to the US House of Representatives in 2002. | |||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 2003-2008 | Hancock County | ||||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 2009-2012 | Grafton, Iowa | ||||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 2013-2020 | Crawford County | ||||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 2021-2022 | Manning, Iowa | ||||
| bgcolor= | Republican | 2023-Present | Crawford County | ||||
| Map | Description | Years Effective | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Des Moines County | 1846-1851 | From 1846 to 1857, District numbering was not utilized by the Iowa State Legislature. This convention was added with the passing of the 1857 Iowa Constitution. Numbering of districts pre-1857 is done as a matter of historic convenience.[6] | |
| Wapello County | 1852-1855 | ||
| Jefferson County | 1856-1859 | ||
| Adams County Ringgold County Taylor County Union County | 1860-1861 | ||
| Adams County Montgomery County Page County Ringgold County Taylor County Union County | 1862-1863 | ||
| Decatur County | 1864-1865 | ||
| Decatur County Ringgold County | 1866-1867 | ||
| Monroe County | 1868-1869 | ||
| Clarke County Lucas County Union County | 1870-1873 | ||
| Clarke County Lucas County | 1874-1877 | ||
| Decatur County Ringgold County Taylor County | 1878-1883 | ||
| Ringgold County Taylor County Union County | 1884-1887 | ||
| Adams County Taylor County | 1888-1962 | ||
| Fremont County Mills County Page County | 1963-1970 | ||
| Bremer County Chickasaw County Howard County Winneshiek County (partial) | 1971-1972 | In 1970, the Iowa Legislature passed an amendment to the Iowa Constitution setting forth the rules for legislative redistricting in order to abide by the rules established by the Reynolds v. Sims Supreme Court Case. The first reapportionment map created by the Republican controlled legislature was deemed Unconstitutional, but was still used for the 1970 Election.[7] | |
| Cerro Gordo County (partial) Worth County | 1973-1982 | ||
| Clay County (partial) Dickinson County Emmet County Palo Alto County (partial) | 1983-1992 | ||
| Crawford County Ida County Monona County Sac County Woodbury County (partial) | 1993-2002 | ||
| Cerro Gordo (partial)
Franklin County (partial) | 2003-2012 | ||
| Audubon County Buena Vista Carroll County Crawford County (partial) | 2013-2022 | ||
| Audubon County Carroll County Crawford County Ida County Pottawattamie County (partial) | 2023-Present |