Minnesota's 5th congressional district Minnesota's 5th congressional district since January 3, 2013
Representative Area 124[1] sq mi (320 km2 ) Distribution Population (2019) 724,373[3] Median household income $68,709[4] Ethnicity Cook PVI D+26[6]
External image This govtrack.us map is a 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. Besides Minneapolis, major cities in the district include St. Louis Park , Richfield , Crystal , Robbinsdale , Golden Valley , New Hope , and Fridley , and northeast Edina .
It was created in 1883 and was named the "Bloody Fifth" on account of the first election .[7] The contest between Knute Nelson and Charles F. Kindred involved graft, intimidation, and election fraud at every turn. The Republican convention on July 12 in Detroit Lakes was compared to the historic Battle of the Boyne in Ireland . One hundred and fifty delegates fought over eighty seats. After a scuffle in the main conference center, the Kindred and Nelson campaigns nominated each of their candidates.[8] [9]
The district is strongly Democratic with a Cook Partisan Voting Index (CPVI) of D+26—by far the most Democratic district in the state.[6] The 5th is also the most Democratic district in the Upper Midwest. The Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) has held the seat without interruption since 1963, and the Republicans have not tallied more than 40 percent of the vote in almost half a century.
The district is represented by Ilhan Omar who was born in Somalia , a country in Africa . She is the first Somali American to ever serve in the U.S. House of Representatives , and the first black woman to represent Minnesota in that chamber. Omar, also an American Muslim, succeeded future Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison , the first American Muslim to serve in Congress.[10] [11]
List of members representing the district
Member
Party
Years
Cong ress
Electoral history
District location
District created March 4, 1883
Knute Nelson
Republican
March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1889
48th 49th 50th
[data unknown/missing ] Retired.
1883–1893 [data unknown/missing ]
Solomon Comstock
Republican
March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891
51st
[data unknown/missing ] Lost re-election.
Kittel Halvorson
Populist
March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893
52nd
[data unknown/missing ] Lost re-election.
Loren Fletcher
Republican
March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1903
53rd 54th 55th 56th 57th
[data unknown/missing ] Lost re-election.
1893–1903 [data unknown/missing ]
John Lind
Democratic
March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905
58th
[data unknown/missing ] Retired.
1903–1913 [data unknown/missing ]
Loren Fletcher
Republican
March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1907
59th
[data unknown/missing ] Retired.
Frank Nye
Republican
March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1913
60th 61st 62nd
[data unknown/missing ] Retired.
George Ross Smith
Republican
March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1917
63rd 64th
[data unknown/missing ] Lost re-election.
1913–1933 [data unknown/missing ]
Ernest Lundeen
Republican
March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1919
65th
[data unknown/missing ] Lost renomination.
Walter Newton
Republican
March 4, 1919 – June 30, 1929
66th 67th 68th 69th 70th 71st
[data unknown/missing ] Resigned when appointed secretary to President Herbert Hoover
Vacant
June 30, 1929 – July 17, 1929
71st
William I. Nolan
Republican
July 17, 1929 – March 3, 1933
71st 72nd
Elected to finish Newton's term . Lost re-election.
District inactive
March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935
73rd
All representatives elected at-large on a general ticket .
Theodore Christianson
Republican
January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1937
74th
[data unknown/missing ] Retired to run for U.S. Senator .
1935–1943 [data unknown/missing ]
Dewey Johnson
Farmer–Labor
January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939
75th
[data unknown/missing ] Lost re-election.
Oscar Youngdahl
Republican
January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1943
76th 77th
[data unknown/missing ] Lost renomination.
Walter Judd
Republican
January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1963
78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th
[data unknown/missing ] Lost re-election.
1943–1953 [data unknown/missing ]
1953–1963 [data unknown/missing ]
Donald M. Fraser
Democratic (DFL)
January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1979
88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th
[data unknown/missing ] Retired to run for U.S. Senator .
1963–1973 [data unknown/missing ]
1973–1983 [data unknown/missing ]
Martin Olav Sabo
Democratic (DFL)
January 3, 1979 – January 3, 2007
95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th
[data unknown/missing ] Retired.
1983–1993 [data unknown/missing ]
1993–2003 [data unknown/missing ]
2003–2013
Keith Ellison
Democratic (DFL)
January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2019
110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th
[data unknown/missing ] Retired to run for Attorney General of Minnesota .
2013–present
Ilhan Omar
Democratic (DFL)
January 3, 2019 – present
116th 117th
Elected in 2018 .Re-elected in 2020 .
Recent elections
2002
2004
2006
Congressman 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 Pallmeyer. 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 was the first Muslim member of the U.S. Congress .
2008
2010
2012
2014
2016
2018
2020
Election results from recent statewide races
See also
References
^ "Minnesota congressional districts by urban and rural population and land area" (PDF) . US Census Bureau. 2010. Retrieved April 2, 2007 .
^ Geography, US Census Bureau. "Congressional Districts Relationship Files (state-based)" . www.census.gov . Retrieved April 9, 2018 .
^ Bureau, Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census. "My Congressional District" . www.census.gov . Retrieved April 9, 2018 .
^ Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District" . www.census.gov .
^ https://censusreporter.org/profiles/50000US2705-congressional-district-5-mn/
^ a b "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF) . The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017 .
^ Martin, Lawrence (July 15, 2003). "Thursday Night Hikes: Capitol Hill/Cathedral Hill Hike Architecture Notes, Part 2" . Retrieved February 27, 2007 .
^ Martin, Lawrence (July 15, 2003). "Thursday Night Hikes: Capitol Hill/Cathedral Hill Hike Architecture Notes, Part 2" . Retrieved February 27, 2007 .
^ Carl Zapffe (1946). Brainerd, Minnesota, 1871–1946: Seventy-fifth Anniversary . Published under the auspices of the Brainerd Civic Association.
^ Ellison, Keith [@keithellison] (June 5, 2018). "Today I am announcing my candidacy to be the People's Lawyer, and to protect and defend all Minnesotans as your next Attorney General" (Tweet). Retrieved June 5, 2018 – via Twitter .
^ Bierschbach, Briana; Bakst, Brian; Pugmire, Tim (June 5, 2018). "Filing deadline drama: Rep. Omar jumps into race for Congress" . Minnesota Public Radio . St. Paul, Minnesota: American Public Media Group . Retrieved August 19, 2018 .
^ "Results General November 2, 2010; Results from Congressional District 05" . Minnesota Secretary of State Election Reporting System. January 19, 2011. Archived from the original on April 3, 2012.
^ "2012 General Election Results – Minnesota Secretary of State" . November 6, 2012. Archived from the original on November 6, 2012. Retrieved November 9, 2012 .
^ "Ballotpedia:Minnesota's 5th Congressional District elections, 2014" . Retrieved October 12, 2014 .
^ "Minnesota U.S. House 5th District Results: Keith Ellison Wins" . The New York Times . November 13, 2016. Retrieved November 13, 2016 .
^ "Ballotpedia: Minnesota's 5th Congressional District election, 2018" . Retrieved February 11, 2019 .
^ "Results for All Congressional Districts" . Minnesota Secretary of State . Retrieved November 25, 2020 .
Coordinates : 44°58′52″N 93°17′39″W / 44.98111°N 93.29417°W / 44.98111; -93.29417