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Minnesota's 5th congressional district The 5th congressional district of Minnesota since 2002
Current Representative Keith Ellison (DFL–Minneapolis) Area 124[1] mi² (321 km²) Distribution 100% urban, 0% rural Population (2000) 614,935[2] Median income $41,569 Ethnicity 73.5% White, 12.9% Black, 5.2% Asian, 6.0% Hispanic, 1.6% Native American, 3.2% other Cook PVI D+23 
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THIS govtrack.us MAP, is a more detailed, and useful representation of the 5th CD's borders, based on Google Maps. Minnesota's 5th congressional district is a geographically small urban and suburban congressional district in Minnesota. It covers eastern Hennepin County, including the entire city of Minneapolis, along with parts of Anoka and Ramsey counties. It was created in 1883 and was named the "Bloody Fifth" on account of the first election.[3] The district is strongly Democratic with a CPVI of D + 23.[4] The district is represented by Keith Ellison, the first Muslim to ever serve in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Major cities in the district include Minneapolis, St. Louis Park, Richfield, Crystal, Robbinsdale, Golden Valley, and Fridley.
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List of representatives
Congress Representative Party Years Notes District created March 4, 1883 48th – 50th Knute Nelson Republican March 4, 1883 - March 3, 1889 51st Solomon Comstock Republican March 4, 1889 - March 3, 1891 52nd Kittel Halvorson Populist March 4, 1891 - March 3, 1893 53rd – 57th Loren Fletcher Republican March 4, 1893 - March 3, 1903 58th John Lind Democratic March 4, 1903 - March 3, 1905 59th Loren Fletcher Republican March 4, 1905 - March 3, 1907 60th – 62nd Frank Nye Republican March 4, 1907 - March 3, 1913 63rd – 64th George Ross Smith Republican March 4, 1913 - March 3, 1917 65th Ernest Lundeen Republican March 4, 1917 - March 3, 1919 66th – 70th Walter Newton Republican March 4, 1919 - June 30, 1929 Resigned after being appointed secretary to President Herbert Hoover Vacant June 30, 1929 - July 17, 1929 71st – 72nd William I. Nolan Republican July 17, 1929 - March 3, 1933 73rd March 4, 1933 - January 3, 1935 District inactive, all representatives elected At-large on a general ticket 74th Theodore Christianson Republican January 3, 1935 - January 3, 1937 Redistricted from the At-large district 75th Dewey Johnson Farmer-Labor January 3, 1937 - January 3, 1939 76th – 77th Oscar Youngdahl Republican January 3, 1939 - January 3, 1943 78th – 87th Walter Judd Republican January 3, 1943 - January 3, 1963 88th – 95th Donald M. Fraser DFL January 3, 1963 - January 3, 1979 95th-109th Martin Olav Sabo DFL January 3, 1979 - January 3, 2007 110th- Keith Ellison DFL January 3, 2007 - Present Incumbent Elections
Main article: U.S. House elections, 2010Minnesota 5th congressional district election, 2010 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Democratic Keith Ellison - Democratic Barb White - Democratic Gregg A. Iverson - Independence Lynne Torgerson - Independence Michael James Cavlan - Independence Tom Schrunk - Republican Joel Demos - 2008
Main article: U.S. House elections, 2008Minnesota 5th congressional district election, 2008 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Democratic Keith Ellison 228,753 70.9 +14.9 Republican Barb Davis White 71,013 22 - Independence Bill McGaughey 22,315 6.9 - 2006
Main article: U.S. House elections, 2006Main article: Minnesota 5th congressional district election, 2006Congressman Martin Sabo, DFL retired after 26 years in the House. Keith Ellison, also a DFLer, replaced him. Although Ellison was endorsed by the DFL convention, four non-endorsed candidates ran strong campaigns against him in the DFL primary: Gail Dorfman, Mike Erlandson, Ember Reichgott Junge, and Jack Nelson Pall-Meyer. Ellison won the primary with 41% of the vote. In the general election, he won with 56% of the vote against Jay Pond of the Green Party, Tammy Lee of the Independence Party and Alan Fine of the Republican Party. Ellison is the first Muslim member of the U.S. Congress.
Minnesota 5th congressional district election, 2006 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Democratic Keith Ellison 136,061 56 - Republican Alan Fine 52,263 21 - Independence Tammy Lee 51,456 21 - Green Jay Pond 4,792 2 - 2004
Main article: U.S. House elections, 20042004 Fifth Congressional District of Minnesota Elections Party Candidate Votes % ±% Democratic Martin Sabo 218,411 70 +3 Republican Daniel Mathias 76,598 24 -2 Green Jay Pond 17,983 6 - 2002
Main article: U.S. House elections, 20022002 Fifth Congressional District of Minnesota Elections Party Candidate Votes % ±% Democratic Martin Sabo 171,566 67 - Republican Daniel Mathias 66,269 26 - Green Davis 17,825 7 - References
- ^ "Minnesota congressional districts by urban and rural population and land area". US Census Bureau. 2000. http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cd109th/MN/ur_c9_27.pdf. Retrieved 2007-04-02.
- ^ "Fast Facts". US Census Bureau. 2000. http://fastfacts.census.gov/servlet/CWSFacts?_event=ChangeGeoContext&geo_id=50000US2705&_geoContext=01000US%7C04000US27%7C50000US2704&_street=&_county=&_cd=50000US2705&_cityTown=&_state=04000US27&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&ActiveGeoDiv=&_useEV=&pctxt=fph&pgsl=500&_content=&_keyword=&_industry=. Retrieved 2007-04-01.
- ^ Martin, Lawrence (2003-07-15). "Thursday Night Hikes: Capitol Hill/Cathedral Hill Hike Architecture Notes, Part 2". http://www.angelfire.com/mn/thursdaynighthikes/cap2cathhill.html. Retrieved 2007-02-27.
- ^ "Will Gerrymandered Districts Stem the Wave of Voter Unrest?". The Campaign Legal Center. http://www.clcblog.org/blog_item-85.html. Retrieved 2007-03-30.
Minnesota's congressional districts All districts: Territory At-large 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
The At-large, 9th and 10th districts are obsolete.
See also: Minnesota's past & present Representatives, Senators, and Delegations, 2010 elections, 2012 elections
All U.S. districts – Apportionment – Redistricting – Gerrymandering – MapsCategories:- Congressional districts of Minnesota
- Anoka County, Minnesota
- Hennepin County, Minnesota
- Ramsey County, Minnesota
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