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Iowa's 6th State Senate district
Senator	Jason Schultz R

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.

Current elected officials

Jason Schultz is the senator currently representing the 6th District.

The area of the 6th District contains two Iowa House of Representatives districts:

• The 11th District (represented by Brian Best)
• The 12th District (represented by Steven Holt)

The district is also located in Iowa's 4th congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative Randy Feenstra.

List of Representatives

Source:

Historical district boundaries

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.
	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.
	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) Excluding Mason Township Owen Township Portland Township Mason City Franklin County (partial) Excluding Ackley Dows Hancock County Winnebago County Worth County	2003-2012
	Audubon County Buena Vista Carroll County Crawford County (partial) East Boyer Hayes Township Iowa Township Jackson Township Milford Township Nishnabotny Township Stockholm Township West Side Township Aspinwall Deloit Manilla Vail Westside	2013-2022
	Audubon County Carroll County Crawford County Ida County Pottawattamie County (partial) Knox Township Pleasant Township Avoca Shelby Shelby County	2023-Present

See also

• Iowa General Assembly
• Iowa Senate

References

1. "2023-2042 Senate District 6 map" (PDF).
2. https://www.legis.iowa.gov/DOCS/Resources/Redist/2011/2011-03-31/HouseStatewide8x11_color.pdf
3. https://www.legis.iowa.gov/DOCS/Resources/Redist/2011/2011-03-31/CongressStatewide8x11_color.pdf
4. "Historic Legislator List".
5. "Legislator Fact Sheet Kirketeg".
6. "1846 Iowa Constitution" (PDF).
7. "Reapportionment in Iowa".
8. "Iowa Senate District 6" (PDF).

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