# Iowa's 6th Senate district

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:
| Representative | Party | Dates | Residence | Notes |
| Milton Browning | Whig | 1846-1849 | Burlington | |
| Samuel Fullenwider | Whig | 1846-1847 | Des Moines County | |
| Alfred Fear | Democrat | 1848-1849 | Burlington | |
| George Hepner | Democrat | 1850-1851 | Des Moines County | |
| Enos Lowe | Democrat | 1850-1851 | Des Moines County | |
| John Hedrick | Whig | 1852-1853 | Wapello County | |
| James Ramsey | Democrat | 1854-1855 | Wapello County | |
| William Reed | Republican | 1856-1859 | Jefferson County | |
| James Hagans | Republican | 1860-1863 | Ringgold County | |
| Columbus Bridges | Republican | 1864-1867 | Decatur County | |
| Edward Bill | Republican | 1868-1869 | Albia, Iowa | |
| James Wright | Republican | 1870-1871 | Chariton, Iowa | |
| Robert Dague | Republican | 1872-1875 | Osceola, Iowa | |
| Samuel Bestow | Republican | 1876-1877 | Chariton, Iowa | |
| Frederick Joseph Teale | Republican | 1878-1879 | Decatur City, Iowa | |
| Isaac Keller | Republican | 1880-1883 | Mount Ayr, Iowa | |
| Anson Stephens | Republican | 1884-1887 | Creston, Iowa | |
| George Finn | Republican | 1888-1895 | Bedford, Iowa | |
| William Mitchell | Republican | 1896-1899 | Chariton, Iowa | |
| Franklin Arthaud | Republican | 1900-1903 | Taylor County | |
| Daniel Turner | Republican | 1904-1908 | Corning, Iowa | |
| Theophilus Bennett | Republican | 1909-1912 | Lenox, Iowa | |
| Albert Nye | Republican | 1913-1916 | Athelstan, Iowa | |
| Benjamin Gibson | Republican | 1917-1918 | Corning, Iowa | Resigned while in office to serve in the US Army during World War I. |
| Francis Shane | Republican | 1919-1920 | Villisca, Iowa | |
| John Tuck | Republican | 1921-1924 | Corning, Iowa | |
| Samuel Fackler | Republican | 1925-1928 | Prescott, Iowa | |
| Arthur Leonard | Republican | 1929-1932 | Adams County | |
| Claude Stanley | Republican | 1933-1936 | Corning, Iowa | |
| Ole Kirketeg | Republican | 1937-1940 | Bedford, Iowa | |
| William Turner | Republican | 1941-1944 | Lenox, Iowa | |
| Ole Kirketeg | Republican | 1945 | Bedford, Iowa | Senator Kirketeg died while in office in 1945. |
| Kathlyn Kirketeg | Republican | 1945-1948 | Bedford, Iowa | Wife of Ole Kirketeg, Senator Kirketeg took her husband's 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. |
| Ernest Humbert | Republican | 1949-1952 | Corning, Iowa | Senator Humbert died while in office in 1952. |
| Thomas Larson | Republican | 1953-1956 | Conway, Iowa | |
| Francis Turner | Republican | 1957-1960 | Corning, Iowa | |
| Orval Walter | Democrat | 1961-1964 | Lenox, Iowa | |
| Charles Vernon Lisle | Republican | 1963-1969 | Clarinda, Iowa | |
| Earl Bass | Republican | 1969-1970 | Malvern, Iowa | Elected in a special election. |
| George Shawer | Republican | 1971-1972 | Fredericksburg, Iowa | |
| Kenneth Scott | Democrat | 1973-1976 | Cerro Gordo County | |
| Alvin Miller | Democrat | 1977-1982 | Clear Lake, Iowa | |
| Lee Holt | Republican | 1983-1988 | Ottosen, Iowa | |
| John Kibbie | Democrat | 1989-1992 | Palo Alto County | |
| Wayne Bennett | Republican | 1993-1996 | Ida Grove, Iowa | |
| Steve King | Republican | 1997-2002 | Odebolt, Iowa | King was elected to the US House of Representatives in 2002. |
| E. Thurman Gaskill | Republican | 2003-2008 | Hancock County | |
| Merlin Bartz | Republican | 2009-2012 | Grafton, Iowa | |
| Mark Segebart | Republican | 2013-2020 | Crawford County | |
| Craig Williams | Republican | 2021-2022 | Manning, Iowa | |
| Jason Schultz | Republican | 2023-present | Crawford County | |

## Historical district boundaries

| 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 |