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This district stretches up the Pacific coast north of San Francisco Bay. It covers Marin and Sonoma counties, and the cities of Santa Rosa, Rohnert Park, Petaluma, Novato, San Rafael, and Mill Valley. San Francisco Bay, San Pablo Bay, and the Golden Gate The San Francisco Bay is a shallow, productive estuary through which water draining of approximately forty percent of California, flowing in Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers from the Sierra Nevada mountains, enters the Pacific Ocean. ... Official website: http://www. ... Sonoma County is a county located on the Pacific coast of the U.S. state of California, north of the San Francisco Bay Area. ... The Charles M. Schulz Museum and Research Center Luther Burbank Gardens, part of California Historical Landmark No. ... Rohnert Park is a city located in Sonoma County, California. ... Petaluma is a city with a well preserved historic city center [1] in Sonoma County, California, in the United States. ... Novato is a city located in northern Marin County, California. ... Saint Raphael Church, one of the citys most recognizable landmarks San Rafael (pronounced san ruh-FELL in English; original Spanish pronunciation is sahn rah-fai-EL) is the county seat of Marin County, California, United States. ... Mill Valley is a city located in Marin County, California. ...


This district is currently represented by Lynn C. Woolsey. Before her, it was represented by Barbara Boxer, who resigned from the seat when she was elected to the U.S. Senate. Lynn C. Woolsey (born November 3, 1937), American politician, has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1993, representing the 6th District of California. ... Barbara Levy Boxer (born November 11, 1940) is an American politician and the current junior U.S. Senator from the State of California. ... The United States Senate is the upper house of the U.S. Congress, smaller than the United States House of Representatives. ...


Election results

2004

United States House election, 2004: California District 6
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Lynn C. Woolsey 226,423 72.7 +6.3
Republican Paul L. Erickson 85,244 27.3 -2.5
Majority 141,179 45.4
Turnout 311,667
Democratic hold Swing +4.4
California's congressional districts
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See also: Current California delegation - Past & present California delegations - California government category
United States congressional districts - Congressional apportionment - Redistricting - Gerrymandering


 

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