Minnesota's 5th congressional district

"MN-5" redirects here. MN-5 may also refer to Minnesota State Highway 5.

Minnesota's 5th congressional district
Current Representative		Keith Ellison (DFL–Minneapolis)
Area	124 mi² (321 km²)
Distribution	100% urban, 0% rural
Population (2000)	614,935
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+22

External images

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. It was created in 1883 and was named the "Bloody Fifth" on account of the first election. The district is strongly Democratic with a CPVI of D + 23. 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.

The district from 2003 to 2013

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

2012

Main article: U.S. House elections, 2012

Minnesota 5th congressional district election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Keith Ellison	262,101	74.5	+6.8
	Republican	Chris Fields	88,753	25.2	+1.1

2010

Main article: U.S. House elections, 2010

Minnesota 5th congressional district election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Keith Ellison	154,833	67.7	-3.2
	Republican	Joel Demos	55,222	24.1	-
	Independent	Lynne Torgerson	8,548	3.7	-
	Independence	Tom Schrunk	7,446	3.3	-
	Independent Progressive	Michael James Cavlan	2,468	1.1	-

2008

Main article: U.S. House elections, 2008

Minnesota 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, 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, 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 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, 2004

2004 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, 2002

2002 Fifth Congressional District of Minnesota Elections
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Martin Sabo	171,566	67	-
	Republican	Daniel Mathias	66,269	26	-
	Green	Tim Davis	17,825	7	-