California's 6th congressional district explained

State:	California
District Number:	6
Image Caption:	Interactive map of district boundaries since 2023 (Used in the 2022 elections)
Representative:	Ami Bera
Party:	Democratic
Residence:	Elk Grove
Population:	749,993
Population Year:	2022
Median Income:	$80,409^[1]
Percent White:	47.2
Percent Hispanic:	23.0
Percent Black:	8.9
Percent Asian:	12.0
Percent More Than One Race:	6.9
Percent Other Race:	2.0
Cpvi:	D+7^[2]

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.^[3]

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.

Election results from statewide races

Year	U.S. President	U.S. Senator (Class 1)	U.S. Senator (Class 3)	Governor
1992		Clinton 55.8 - 23.5%^[4]		Feinstein 66.8 - 27.0%^[5]		Boxer 60.0 - 30.8%	—
1994	—	—	Feinstein 63.7 - 29.5%^[6]			Brown 51.8 - 44.2^[7]
1996		Clinton 56.9% - 28.6%^[8]	—	—	—
1998	—	—		Boxer 63.5 - 32.7%^[9]		Davis 66.7 - 27.8%^[10]
2000		Gore 61.9 - 30.1%^[11]		Feinstein 63.0 - 27.7%^[12]	—	—
2002	—	—	—		Davis 53.1 - 28.6%^[13]
2003	—	—	—	Recall No 64.0 - 36.0%^[14] ^[15]
					Bustamante 44.3 - 33.1%
2004		Kerry 70.3 - 28.1%^[16]	—		Boxer 68.3 - 27.5%^[17]	—
2006	—		Feinstein 73.2 - 20.0%^[18]	—		Schwarzenegger 46.4 - 45.9%^[19]
2008		Obama 76.0 - 22.0%^[20]	—	—	—
2010	—	—		Boxer 66.9 - 28.1%^[21]		Brown 67.7 - 28.3%^[22]
2012		Obama 69.1 - 28.3%^[23]		Feinstein 71.3 - 28.7%^[24]	—	—
2014	—	—	—		Brown 72.7 - 27.3%^[25]
2016		Clinton 69.1 - 24.4%^[26]	—		Harris 67.2 - 32.8%^[27]	—
2018	—		Feinstein 56.6 - 43.4%^[28]	—		Newsom 69.4 - 30.6%^[29]
2020		Biden 70.3 - 27.2%^[30]	—	—	—
2021	—	—	—	Recall No 69.8 - 30.2%^[31]
2022	—	—		Padilla 57.0 - 43.0%		Newsom 54.4 - 45.6%^[32]

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, Fair Oaks, Foothill Farms, North Highlands, La Riviera, Rosemont, and Rio Linda.

Cities & CDP with 10,000 or more people

• Sacramento - 524,943
• Arden-Arcade - 94,659
• Citrus Heights - 87,583
• Carmichael - 79,793
• Rancho Cordova - 75,087
• North Highlands - 42,694
• Foothill Farms - 33,121
• Fair Oaks - 32,514
• Rosemont - 23,606
• Rio Linda - 16,115

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Dates	Cong ress(es)	Electoral history	Counties
District created March 4, 1885
align=left	Henry Markham		Republican	nowrap	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887		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
align=left	William Vandever		Republican	nowrap	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1891		Elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1888. Retired.
align=left	William W. Bowers		Republican	nowrap	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893		Elected in 1890. Redistricted to the .
align=left	Marion Cannon		Populist	nowrap	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895		Elected in 1892. Retired.	1893–1903 Los Angeles, Monterey, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz, Ventura
align=left	James McLachlan		Republican	nowrap	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897		Elected in 1894. Lost re-election.
align=left	Charles A. Barlow		Populist	nowrap	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1899		Elected in 1896. Lost re-election.
align=left	Russell J. Waters		Republican	nowrap	March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1901		Elected in 1898. Retired.
align=left	James McLachlan		Republican	nowrap	March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1903		Elected in 1900. Redistricted to the .
align=left	James C. Needham		Republican	nowrap	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1913		Redistricted from the 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
align=left	Joseph R. Knowland		Republican	nowrap	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915		Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1912. Retired to run for U.S. Senate.	1903–1943 Alameda
John A. Elston		Progressive	nowrap	March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1917		Elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Died.
		Republican	nowrap	March 4, 1917 – December 15, 1921
Vacant		nowrap	December 15, 1921 – November 7, 1922
align=left	James H. MacLafferty		Republican	nowrap	November 7, 1922 – March 3, 1925		Elected to finish Knowland's term. Re-elected in 1922. Lost renomination.
Albert E. Carter	Republican	March 4, 1925 – January 3, 1945		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
align=left		George P. Miller		Democratic	nowrap	January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1953		Elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Redistricted to the .
align=left	Robert Condon		Democratic	nowrap	January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1955		Elected in 1952. Lost re-election.	1953–1963 Solano, Contra Costa
align=left	John F. Baldwin Jr.		Republican	nowrap	January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1963		Elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Redistricted to the .
William S. Mailliard	Republican	January 3, 1963 – March 5, 1974		Redistricted from the 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.	1963–1967 San Francisco
	1967–1973 Southeast Marin, western San Francisco
	1973–1983 Marin, western San Francisco
Vacant^[33]		nowrap	March 5, 1974 – June 4, 1974
align=left	John Burton		Democratic		nowrap	June 4, 1974 – January 3, 1975	Elected to finish Mailliard's term. Redistricted to the .
align=left	Phillip Burton		Democratic	nowrap	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1983		Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Redistricted to the .	Most of San Francisco
align=left	Barbara Boxer		Democratic	nowrap	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993		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	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2013		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
align=left	Doris Matsui		Democratic	nowrap	January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2023		Redistricted from the and re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Redistricted to the .	2013–2023 Portions of Sacramento and Yolo Counties, including the city of Sacramento
align=left	Ami Bera		Democratic	nowrap	January 3, 2023 – present		Redistricted from the and re-elected in 2022.	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

2022

See also

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

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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Notes and References

1. Web site: My Congressional District . www.census.gov.
2. Web site: 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI) District Map . Cook PVI . 8 January 2023.
3. Web site: CA 2022 Congressional. Dave's Redistricting. 2022-01-04. 2022-11-11.
4. https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/1992-general/ssov/president.pdf Supplement to the statement of the vote
5. https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/1992-general/ssov/us-senator.pdf Supplement to the statement of the vote
6. https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/1994-general/ssov/us-senate-congress-district.pdf Supplement to the statement of vote
7. https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/1994-general/ssov/governor-congress-district.pdf Supplement to the statement of vote
8. https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/1996-general/ssov/president-congress-district.pdf Supplement to the statement of vote
9. Web site: September 29, 2011 . Archived copy . https://web.archive.org/web/20110929224732/http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/1998-general/ssov/sen-cd.pdf# . September 29, 2011 .
10. Web site: September 29, 2011 . Archived copy. https://web.archive.org/web/20110929224728/http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/1998-general/ssov/gov-cd.pdf# . September 29, 2011 .
11. Web site: Statement of Vote (2000 President) . https://web.archive.org/web/20070611220821/http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2000_general/ssov/cong_dis.pdf . June 11, 2007 . dead.
12. Web site: Statement of Vote (2000 Senator) . https://web.archive.org/web/20070611220543/http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2000_general/ssov/us_senate_cong_dis.pdf . June 11, 2007 . dead.
13. Web site: Statement of Vote (2002 Governor) . https://web.archive.org/web/20101111170552/http://sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2002_general/ssov/gov_cong.pdf . November 11, 2010 . dead.
14. Web site: Statement of Vote (2003 Recall Question) . https://web.archive.org/web/20110520020512/http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2003_special/ssov/recall_ques_cd.pdf . May 20, 2011 . dead.
15. Web site: Statement of Vote (2003 Governor) . https://web.archive.org/web/20110520020528/http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2003_special/ssov/gov_cd.pdf . May 20, 2011 . dead.
16. Web site: Statement of Vote (2004 President) . https://web.archive.org/web/20100801053554/http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2004_general/ssov/pres_general_ssov_congressional.pdf . August 1, 2010 . dead.
17. Web site: Statement of Vote (2004 Senator) . https://web.archive.org/web/20110810211138/http://sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2004_general/ssov/us_senate_ssov_congressional.pdf . August 10, 2011 . dead.
18. Web site: Statement of Vote (2006 Senator) . https://web.archive.org/web/20110810210917/http://sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2006_general/ssov/us_sen_by_cd.pdf . August 10, 2011 . dead.
19. Web site: Statement of Vote (2006 Governor) . https://web.archive.org/web/20110810210911/http://sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2006_general/ssov/gov_by_cd.pdf . August 10, 2011 . dead.
20. Web site: California Secretary of State. Supplement to the Statement of Vote. President. Counties by Congressional District. . https://web.archive.org/web/20100724011134/http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2008_general/ssov/6-pres-by-congress.pdf . July 24, 2010 . dead.
21. https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2010-general/ssov/us-senate-congressional-dists.pdf Supplement to the statement of vote
22. https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2010-general/ssov/governor-congressional.pdf Supplement to the statement of vote
23. https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2012-general/ssov/pres-by-congress.pdf Supplement to the statement of vote
24. https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2012-general/ssov/us-senate-by-congress.pdf Supplement to the statement of vote
25. https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2014-general/ssov/governor-congressional.pdf Supplement to the statement of vote
26. https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2016-general/ssov/pres-by-congress.pdf Supplement to the statement of vote
27. https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2016-general/ssov/us-senate-by-congress.pdf Supplement to the statement of vote
28. https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2018-general/ssov/us-senate-by-congress.pdf Supplement to the statement of vote
29. https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2018-general/ssov/governor-congressional.pdf Supplement to the statement of vote
30. Web site: Daily Kos Elections' presidential results by congressional district for 2020, 2016, and 2012 . Dailykos.com . 2020-11-19 . 2022-04-14.
31. Web site: September 14, 2021 . Counties by Congressional District for Recall Question . May 2, 2022 . sos.ca.gov.
32. https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2022-general/ssov/governor-congressional.pdf Supplement to the Statement of Vote
33. There was a vacancy between the resignation of Mailliard and the appointment of Burton.