Michigan's 6th congressional district
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Michigan's 6th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
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| Current Representative | Fred Upton (R–St. Joseph) |
| Population (2010) | 705,974 |
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| Cook PVI | R+1 |
Michigan's 6th congressional district is a United States congressional district in southwest Michigan. It consists of all of Berrien, Cass, Kalamazoo, St. Joseph, and Van Buren, counties, and includes most of Allegan county.
2011 redistricting removed the portion of Calhoun county that had been in the district, and added northwestern Allegan county, leaving only parts of the city of Holland in the 2nd district.
Michigan's Sixth Congressional District was originally formed in 1862. At this time it had all the Upper Peninsula except Menominee, Delta and Mackinac counties.
The district was vaguely contiguous, in that it did not contain the Straits of Mackinac but did include Presque Isle County, which can be reached without going through another district's area. It included another 21 counties on the Lower Peninsula. The southern boundary of the district was formed by Clinton, Shiawassee, Genesee, Tuscola and Huron counties. The district had a population of 97,783.
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