Minnesota's 5th congressional district

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Minnesota's 5th congressional district
The 5th congressional district of Minnesota since 2002
Area	124^[1] mi² (321 km²)
Distribution	100% urban, 0% rural
Population (2000)	614,935^[2]
Median income	$23,798
Ethnic composition	73.5% White, 12.9% Black, 5.2% Asian, 6.0% Hispanic, 1.6% Native American
Cook Partisan Voting Index	D + 21

Minnesota's Fifth Congressional District is a geographically small urban and suburban congressional district in eastern 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 + 21.^[4]

Major cities in the district include Minneapolis, St. Louis Park, Richfield, Crystal, Robbinsdale, Golden Valley, and Fridley.

1 Historical Representation
2 Elections
3 References

[edit] Historical Representation

Congress	Representative	Party
48th – 50th (1883 – 1889)	Knute Nelson	Republican
51st (1889 – 1891)	Solomon Comstock	Republican
52nd (1891 – 1893)	Kittel Halvorson	Populist
53rd – 57th (1893 – 1903)	Loren Fletcher	Republican
58th (1903 – 1905)	John Lind	Democratic
59th (1905 – 1907)	Loren Fletcher	Republican
60th – 62nd (1907 – 1913)	Frank Nye	Republican
63rd – 64th (1913 – 1917)	George Ross Smith	Republican
65th (1917 – 1919)	Ernest Lundeen	Republican
66th – 70th (1919 – 1929)	Walter Newton	Republican
71st – 72nd (1929 – 1933)	William I. Nolan	Republican
73rd (1933 – 1935)	Magnus Johnson	Farmer-Labor
74th (1935–1937)	Theodore Christianson	Republican
75th (1937 – 1939)	Dewey Johnson	Farmer-Labor
76th – 77th (1939 – 1943)	Oscar Youngdahl	Republican
78th – 87th (1943 – 1963)	Walter Judd	Republican
88th – 95th (1963 – 1979)	Donald M. Fraser	DFL
95th-109th (1979–2007)	Martin Sabo	DFL
110th- (2007 –)	Keith Ellison	DFL

[edit] Elections

[edit] 2006

Main article: Minnesota 5th congressional district election, 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, three non-endorsed candidates ran strong campaigns against him in the DFL primary: Mike Erlandson, Ember Reichgott Junge, and Paul Ostrow. 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.

2006 Fifth Congressional District of Minnesota Elections
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	-

[edit] 2004

2004 Fifth Congressional District of Minnesota Elections
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Martin Sabo	218,411	70	-
	Republican	Daniel Mathias	76,598	24	-
	Green	Jay Pond	17,983	6	-

[edit] 2002

2002 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	-

[edit] References

^ Minnesota congressional districts by urban and rural population and land area. US Census Bureau (2000). Retrieved on April 2, 2007.
^ Fast Facts. US Census Bureau (2000). Retrieved on April 1, 2007.
^ Martin, Lawrence (2003-07-15). Thursday Night Hikes: Capitol Hill/Cathedral Hill Hike Architecture Notes, Part 2. Retrieved on February 27, 2007.
^ Will Gerrymandered Districts Stem the Wave of Voter Unrest?. The Campaign Legal Center. Retrieved on March 30, 2007.

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