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Missouri's 6th congressional district 
Current Representative Sam Graves (R–Tarkio) Distribution 66.19% urban, 33.81% rural Population (2000) 621,690 Median income $41,225 Ethnicity 93.8% White, 2.8% Black, 0.8% Asian, 2.4% Hispanic, 0.4% Native American, 0.1% other Cook PVI R+7 Missouri's 6th congressional district takes in a large swath of land in rural northwest Missouri. Its largest voting population is centered in the Kansas City metropolitan area and the town of St. Joseph. The district includes all of Kansas City north of the Missouri River (including Kansas City International Airport). In addition to Kansas City's suburbs to the north, it also includes Kansas City's suburbs to the east in Jackson County, Missouri.
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Rep, Graves (left) with President George W. Bush in March 2007 at the Ford Kansas City Assembly Plant in Claycomo, Missouri
The district takes in all or parts of the following counties: Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll, Chariton, Clay, Clinton, Cooper, Daviess, De Kalb, Gentry, Grundy, Harrison, Holt, Howard, Jackson, Linn, Livingston, Mercer, Nodaway, Platte, Putnam, Ray, Schuyler, Sullivan, Worth.
Notable representatives from the district include governors John Smith Phelps and Austin A. King as well as Kansas City Mayor Robert T. Van Horn. In 1976, Jerry Litton was killed on election night as he flew to a victory party after winning the Democratic nomination for United States Senate. The visitors center at Smithville Lake is named in Litton's memory.
George W. Bush beat John Kerry in this district 57%-43% in 2004. The district is represented by Republican Sam Graves. Graves easily held on to his seat what was expected to be a tough 2008 election, defeating former Kansas City mayor Kay Waldo Barnes by 22 percentage points.
Redistricting following 2010 Census
After Missouri lost a Congressional seat following the 2010 Census (in part because of losses in population in several rural northern Missouri counties) proposed redistricting calls for the district to encompass most of Missouri north of the Missouri River stretching from border to border from Kansas to Illinois. The biggest geographic addition will be northeast Missouri (including Kirksville, Missouri and Hannibal, Missouri) that was formerly represented by Missouri's 9th congressional district.[1]
List of representatives
Representative Party Years District home Notes District created March 4, 1853 John S. Phelps Democratic March 4, 1853 - March 3, 1863 Redistricted from the 5th district Austin A.King Unionist March 4, 1863 - March 3, 1865 Robert T. Van Horn Republican March 4, 1865 - March 3, 1871 Abram Comingo Democratic March 4, 1871 - March 3, 1873 Redistricted to the 8th district Harrison E. Havens Republican March 4, 1873 - March 3, 1875 Redistricted from the 4th district Charles H. Morgan Democratic March 4, 1875 - March 3, 1879 James R. Waddill Democratic March 4, 1879 - March 3, 1881 Ira S. Hazeltine Greenback March 4, 1881 - March 3, 1883 John Cosgrove Democratic March 4, 1883 - March 3, 1885 John T. Heard Democratic March 4, 1885 - March 3, 1893 Redistricted to the 7th district David A. De Armond Democratic March 4, 1893 - November 23, 1909 Redistricted from the 12th district, Died Vacant November 23, 1909 - February 1, 1910 Clement C. Dickinson Democratic February 1, 1910 - March 3, 1921 William O. Atkeson Republican March 4, 1921 - March 3, 1923 Clement C. Dickinson Democratic March 4, 1923 - March 3, 1929 Thomas J. Halsey Republican March 4, 1929 - March 3, 1931 Clement C. Dickinson Democratic March 4, 1931 - March 3, 1933 Redistricted to the At-large district March 4, 1933 - January 3, 1935 District inactive, all representatives elected At-large on a general ticket Reuben T. Wood Democratic January 3, 1935 - January 3, 1941 Redistricted to the At-large district Philip A. Bennett Republican January 3, 1941 - December 7, 1942 Died Vacant December 7, 1942 - January 12, 1943 Marion T. Bennett Republican January 12, 1943 - January 3, 1949 George H. Christopher Democratic January 3, 1949 - January 3, 1951 Orland K. Armstrong Republican January 3, 1951 - January 3, 1953 William C. Cole Republican January 3, 1953 - January 3, 1955 William Raleigh Hull, Jr. Democratic January 3, 1955 - January 3, 1973 Jerry Litton Democratic January 3, 1973 - August 3, 1976 Died Vacant August 3, 1976 - November 2, 1976 Tom Coleman Republican November 2, 1976 - January 3, 1993 Pat Danner Democratic January 3, 1993 - January 3, 2001 Sam Graves Republican January 3, 2001–Present Incumbent Election results
1996
United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, 1996[2] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Democratic Pat Danner 169,006 68.6% Republican Jeff Bailey 72,064 29.3% Libertarian Karl H. Wetzel 5,212 2.1% Total votes 246,282 100%% Majority Turnout Democratic hold Swing 1998
United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, 1998[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Democratic Pat Danner (Incumbent) 136,774 70.9% Republican Jeff Bailey 51,679 26.8% Libertarian Karl H. Wetzel 4,324 2.2% Total votes 129,777 100%% Majority Turnout Democratic hold Swing 2000
United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, 2000[4] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Republican Samuel B. Graves, Jr. 138,925 50.9% Democratic Steve Danner 127,792 46.8% Libertarian Jimmy Dykes 3,696 1.4% Independent Marie Richey 2,788 1.0% Total votes 273,201 100%% Majority Turnout Republican gain from Democratic Swing 2002
United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, 2002[5] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Republican Samuel B. Graves, Jr. (Incumbent) 131,151 63.0% Democratic Cathy Rinehart 73,202 35.2% Libertarian Erik Buck 3,735 1.8% Total votes 208,088 100%% Majority Turnout Republican hold Swing 2004
United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, 2004[6] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Republican Samuel B. Graves, Jr. (Incumbent) 196,516 63.83% Democratic Charles S. Broomfield 106,987 34.75% Libertarian Erik Buck 4,352 1.41% Total votes 307,885 100%% Majority Turnout Republican hold Swing 2006
United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, 2006[7] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Republican Samuel B. Graves, Jr. (Incumbent) 150,882 61.64% Democratic Sara Jo Shettles 87,477 35.73% Libertarian Erik Buck 4,757 1.94% Progressive Shirley A. Yurkonis 1,679 0.69% Total votes 244,795 100%% Majority Turnout Republican hold Swing 2008
United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, 2008[8] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Republican Samuel B. Graves, Jr. (Incumbent) 196,526 59.4% Democratic Kay Barnes 121,894 36.9% Libertarian Dave Browning 12,279 3.7% Total votes 330,699 100%% Majority 62,353 18.8% Turnout Republican hold Swing References
- ^ http://ozarksfirst.com/fulltext?nxd_id=431886
- ^ 1996 Election Results
- ^ 1998 Election Results
- ^ 2000 Election Results
- ^ 2002 Election Results
- ^ Official Manual of the State of Missouri, 2005-2006, page 637
- ^ Official Manual of the State of Missouri, 2007-2008, page 649
- ^ 2008 Election Results
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
- Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
Missouri's congressional districts All districts: Territory At-large 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
The At-large and 10th-16th districts are obsolete
See also: Missouri's past & present Representatives, Senators, and Delegations, 2010 elections, 2012 elections
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