California's 6th congressional district

California's 6th congressional district
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.

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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.^[1]

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.

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Year	Office	Results^[4]^[5]^[6]
2008	President	Obama 57% - 43%
2010	Governor	Brown 54% - 41%
	Lt. Governor	Newsom 46% - 44%
	Secretary of State	Bowen 51% - 40%
	Attorney General	Cooley 49% - 42%
	Treasurer	Lockyer 55% - 38%
	Controller	Chiang 60% - 34%
2012	President	Obama 57% - 43%
2014	Governor	Brown 59% - 41%
2016	President	Clinton 55% - 38%
2018	Governor	Newsom 55% - 45%
2018	Attorney General	Becerra 57% - 43%
2020	President	Biden 58% - 39%
2022	Senate (Reg.)	Padilla 57% - 43%
	Governor	Newsom 54% - 46%
	Lt. Governor	Kounalakis 56% - 44%
	Secretary of State	Weber 56% - 44%
	Attorney General	Bonta 55% - 45%
	Treasurer	Ma 55% - 45%
	Controller	Cohen 52% - 48%
2024	President	Harris 55% - 41%
2024	Senate (Reg.)	Schiff 56% - 44%

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.
John A. Elston (Berkeley)	Republican	March 4, 1917 – December 15, 1921	64th 65th 66th 67th
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.
Albert E. Carter (Oakland)	Republican	March 4, 1925 – January 3, 1945	69th 70th 71st 72nd 73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th 78th		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.	1943–1953 Alameda, Contra Costa
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.	1953–1963 Solano, Contra Costa
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^[7]		March 5, 1974 – June 4, 1974	93rd
John Burton (San Francisco)	Democratic	June 4, 1974 – January 3, 1975	93rd	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
Lynn Woolsey (Petaluma)	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2013	103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th		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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Henry Markham	17,397	49.1
	Democratic	R. A. Del Valle	16,990	47.9
	Prohibition	Will D. Gould	821	2.3
	Populist	Isaac Kinley	237	0.7
Total votes			35,445	100.0
	Republican win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William Vandever	18,259	47.3
	Democratic	Joseph D. Lynch	18,204	47.1
	Prohibition	W. A. Harris	2,159	5.6
Total votes			38,622	100.0
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William Vandever (Incumbent)	35,406	52.5
	Democratic	Reel B. Terry	29,453	43.7
	Prohibition	J. G. Miller	2,375	3.5
	Know Nothing	Alfred Daggett	150	0.2
Total votes			67,384	100.0
	Republican hold

1896 United States House of Representatives elections
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Populist	Charles A. Barlow	24,157	48.9
	Republican	James McLachlan (Incumbent)	23,494	47.6
	Prohibition	Henry Clay Needham	1,196	2.4
	Socialist Labor	Job Harriman	542	1.1
Total votes			49,389	100.0
	Populist gain from Republican

1898 United States House of Representatives elections
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Russell J. Waters	24,050	52.6
	Populist	Charles A. Barlow (Incumbent)	20,499	44.9
	Socialist Labor	James T. Van Ransselaer	1,132	2.5
Total votes			45,681	100.0
	Republican gain from Populist

1900 United States House of Representatives elections
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James McLachlan	27,081	51.8
	Democratic	William Graves	19,793	37.9
	Socialist	H. G. Wilshire	3,674	7.0
	Prohibition	James Campbell	1,693	3.2
Total votes			52,241	100.0
	Republican hold

1902 United States House of Representatives elections
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James C. Needham (Incumbent)	17,268	53.5
	Democratic	Gaston M. Ashe	13,732	42.5
	Socialist	J. L. Cobb	815	2.5
	Prohibition	Joel H. Smith	466	1.4
Total votes			32,281	100.0
	Republican hold

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