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Minnesota's 6th Congressional District
Minnesota's 6th congressional district includes most or all of Benton, Carver, Sherburne, Stearns, Wright, and Anoka counties. Many of the Twin Cities' outer northern and western suburbs are included within the boundaries of this district, such as Blaine (the district's largest city), Andover, Chaska, Ramsey, St. Michael- Albertville, Elk River, Chanhassen, Otsego, Lino Lakes, Buffalo, Ham Lake, Monticello, Waconia, Big Lake, East Bethel, and Victoria. The St. Cloud Area is the other major center of population for the district, including the cities of St. Cloud (the district's second-largest city), Sartell, Sauk Rapids and Waite Park. It is currently represented by Republican House Majority Whip Tom Emmer. Recent statewide election results Composition Cities and townships of 10,000 or more people * Blaine – 71,739 * St. Cloud – 69,568 * Andover – 32,928 * Ramsey – 28,333 * Chaska – 28,262 * Elk River – 26,750 * Chanhassen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minnesota's 6th Congressional District (since 2023)
Minnesota's 6th congressional district includes most or all of Benton County, Minnesota, Benton, Carver County, Minnesota, Carver, Sherburne County, Minnesota, Sherburne, Stearns County, Minnesota, Stearns, Wright County, Minnesota, Wright, and Anoka County, Minnesota, Anoka counties. Many of the Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Twin Cities' outer northern and western suburbs are included within the boundaries of this district, such as Blaine, Minnesota, Blaine (the district's largest city), Andover, Minnesota, Andover, Chaska, Minnesota, Chaska, Ramsey, Minnesota, Ramsey, St. Michael, Minnesota, St. Michael-Albertville, Minnesota, Albertville, Elk River, Minnesota, Elk River, Chanhassen, Minnesota, Chanhassen, Otsego, Minnesota, Otsego, Lino Lakes, Minnesota, Lino Lakes, Buffalo, Minnesota, Buffalo, Ham Lake, Minnesota, Ham Lake, Monticello, Minnesota, Monticello, Waconia, Minnesota, Waconia, Big Lake, Minnesota, Big Lake, East Bethel, Minnesota, East Bethel, and Victoria, Minnesota, V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minnesota State Highway 6
Minnesota State Highway 6 (MN 6) is a highway in east-central and north-central Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with State Highway 18 in Bay Lake Township near Garrison and continues north to its northern terminus at its intersection with U.S. Highway 71 and County Road 30 in Big Falls. Route description State Highway 6 serves as a north–south route between Bay Lake Township, Deerwood, Crosby, Remer, Deer River, and Big Falls in east-central and north-central Minnesota. The route passes through the Chippewa National Forest in Cass and Itasca counties. Highway 6 passes through the following state forests: * Crow Wing State Forest (briefly) in Crow Wing County * Land O'Lakes State Forest in Cass County * Remer State Forest in Cass County * Big Fork State Forest in Itasca County * Koochiching State Forest in Koochiching County Schoolcraft State Park is located on Highway 6 in Cass County on the banks of the Mississippi River. The park is located so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 United States Presidential Election
The 2020 United States presidential election was the 59th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020. The Democratic ticket of former vice president Joe Biden and the junior U.S. senator from California Kamala Harris defeated the incumbent Republican president Donald Trump and incumbent vice president Mike Pence. The election took place against the backdrop of the global COVID-19 pandemic and related recession. It was the first election since 1992 in which the incumbent president failed to win a second term. The election saw the highest voter turnout by percentage since 1900, with each of the two main tickets receiving more than 74 million votes, surpassing Barack Obama's record of 69.5 million votes from 2008. Biden received more than 81 million votes, the most votes ever cast for a candidate in a U.S. presidential election. In a competitive primary that featured the most candidates for any political party in the modern era of American pol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Republican Party (U
Republican Party is a name used by many political parties around the world, though the term most commonly refers to the United States' Republican Party. Republican Party may also refer to: Africa *Republican Party (Liberia) *Republican Party (Malawi) *Republican Party (Namibia) *Republican Party (Tunisia) Americas Brazil *Republicanos *Party of the Republic, in Brazil * Republican Party (Brazil), active 1945–1965 *Republican Party of São Paulo, active in Brazil 1873–1937 *Republican Party of the Social Order, in Brazil Chile *Republican Party (Chile, 2019) *Republican Party (Chile, 1982), active in Chile 1982-1987 United States * Republican Party (United States), the current major party; active since 1854 *American Republican Party (1843), active circa 1840s *Democratic-Republican Party, active circa 1790s–1820s *Liberal Republican Party (United States), active 1872 * National Republican Party, active circa 1820s *Puerto Rico Republican Party Other Republican Parties ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waite Park, Minnesota
Waite Park is a city in Stearns County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 8,341 at the 2020 census. It is part of the St. Cloud Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Waite Park was incorporated in 1893. The city was named for Henry Chester Waite, a state legislator. A post office was established at Waite Park in 1897, and remained in operation until 1972. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of ; is land and is water. Minnesota State Highway 23 and County 75 are two of Waite Park's main routes. Minnesota Highway 15 skirts Waite Park's southeastern border. Interstate Highway 94 is immediately southwest of Waite Park. Waite Park is immediately west of the city of St. Cloud. Demographics 2020 census ''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.'' 2010 census As ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sauk Rapids, Minnesota
Sauk Rapids is a city in Benton County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 13,862 at the 2020 census and is 13,896 according to 2021 census estimates, about a third of Benton County's population. It is on a set of rapids on the Mississippi River near its confluence with the Sauk River. Sauk Rapids is part of the St. Cloud metropolitan area. History Sauk Rapids was originally little more than a forest of oak, maple and basswood trees along the Mississippi River until the first home was constructed there in 1851, a large mansion named Lynden Terrace erected by W.H. Wood. Soon other settlers followed and the town was named Sauk Rapids after the rapids just below the Sauk River's mouth on the Mississippi. The new settlement was along the Red River Trails. Soon a general store was built, then a hotel, and a large jail. The first settlers organized a church that was soon followed by a Methodist, an Episcopalian and a Lutheran church. The first paper outside of St. Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sartell, Minnesota
Sartell is a city in Benton and Stearns Counties in the U.S. state of Minnesota that straddles the Mississippi River. It is part of the St. Cloud Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 19,351 at the 2020 census, making it St. Cloud's most populous suburb and the fourth-largest city in central Minnesota, after St. Cloud, Elk River, and Willmar. History The first known Native American tribe in the area now known as Sartell were the Dakota. Greysolon du Luht ("Duluth") visited the large Mdewakantonwan village Izatys on Mille Lacs Lake in 1679. As the Anishinaabe people moved westward around Lake Superior and into the interior away from the Europeans in the 18th century, they pushed the neighboring Sioux/Dakota people to their west—in present-day Minnesota—farther south and west away from them. By 1820 the Chippewa/Anishinaabe controlled all of northern Minnesota, but raids between them and the Dakota to the south continued. The area later named Sartell w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria, Minnesota
Victoria is a city in Carver County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 7,345 at the 2010 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of , of which is land and is water. State Highways 5 and 7 are two of Victoria's main routes. Victoria has been nicknamed "The City of Lakes and Parks" because it has over of reserved land, 13 parks and nine lakes within its borders. Victoria is also home to the Carver Park Reserve. In the 1850s, Victoria's rich soil attracted many farmers from Germany, Switzerland, and the Netherlands. History Michael Diethelm is believed to be the first settler in Victoria after setting up a shelter for his wife and two children in 1851 near the present-day St. Victoria Church. The city itself is named after the church, built on of land just north of Lake Bavaria in 1857. A year later, steamboats from St. Paul began bringing in additional supplies for early settlers. The settlement continued to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Bethel, Minnesota
East Bethel is a city in Anoka County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 11,786 at the 2020 census. Minnesota State Highway 65 and Anoka County Road 22 are the main routes in the city. Highway 65 runs north–south, and County Road 22 (Viking Boulevard) runs east–west. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of , of which is land and is water. East Bethel is in the northern part of Anoka County. The city contains the primary site of the Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve Central Minneapolis is 26 miles (42 km) to the southeast, along the Mississippi River, with the nearest international airport at Minneapolis–Saint Paul, 34 miles (52 km) southeast. Adjacent cities * Columbus (southeast) * Ham Lake (south) * Andover (southwest) * Oak Grove (west) * St. Francis (northwest) * Bethel (northwest) The neighborhood of Coopers Corner is in northern East Bethel, and the neighborhood of Coon Lake Beach is in sou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Lake, Minnesota
Big Lake is a city in Sherburne County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 11,686 at the 2020 census. Facts In 2019 it was named the safest city to live in, and thsecond safest city in 2021with the lowest property crime rate in the state. It houses the tallest structure in Minnesota, the KPXM-TV Tower. U.S. Highway 10 and Minnesota State Highway 25 are two of the main routes in Big Lake. Big Lake is located 41 miles northwest of Minneapolis; and 27 miles southeast of St. Cloud. It was originally called Humboldt until 1867. The average median household income is $87,129 Has a population of 11,226, with 49.5% male and 50.5% female. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of ; is land and is water. A portion of the city lies along the Elk River. Located about forty-one miles northwest of the Twin Cities, Big Lake was once a popular location for escapes from the city, its lakes dotted with summer cabins. Now it is cons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waconia, Minnesota
Waconia ( ) is a city in Carver County, Minnesota, United States. Waconia attracts visitors to nearby Lake Waconia, a lake locally renowned for its fishing and recreation opportunities. The city's population was 13,033 at the 2020 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and is water. Minnesota State Highways 5 and 284; and Carver County Highway 10 are the main routes in Waconia. Demographics 2000 census As of the census of 2000, there were 6,814 people, 2,568 households, and 1,848 families living in the city. The population density was . There were 2,646 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 97.06% White, 0.34% African American, 0.12% Native American, 0.65% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 1.00% from other races, and 0.82% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.28% of the population. There were 2,568 households, out of which 40.7% had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monticello, Minnesota
Monticello ( ) is a city next to the Mississippi River in Wright County, Minnesota, Wright County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 14,455 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land. The city's latitude is 45.305 degrees North and its longitude is 93.793 degrees West. Its elevation is 922 feet. Monticello is in the Central time zone. Parks Monticello has an extensive parks and pathway system, including 28 city-owned parks and miles of winding trails. Lake Maria State Park, Montissippi Regional Park and the Harry Larsen Memorial Park are three of the largest. At Swan Park, each winter between December and March, as many as 2,700 trumpeter swans nest near Mississippi Drive in Monticello, as the Mississippi River is heated from warm water discharged by the Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant. The City of Monticello and Wright County partnered and acq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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