Minnesota's 1st congressional district

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Minnesota's 1st congressional district
Minnesota's 1st congressional district
	Minnesota's 1st congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Representative	Tim Walz; D–Mankato
Area	13,322 sq mi (34,500 km2)
Distribution	37.47% rural;
Population (2016)	672,415
Median household; income	$60,424
Ethnicity	90.25% White; 6.36% Hispanic; 3.04% Black; 2.66% Asian; 0.33% Native American;
Cook PVI	R+5

Minnesota's 1st congressional district extends across southern Minnesota from the border with South Dakota to the border with Wisconsin. The First District is primarily a rural district built on a strong history of agriculture, although this is changing rapidly due to strong population growth in Rochester and surrounding communities. The First District is also home to several of Minnesota's major mid-sized cities, including Rochester, Mankato, Winona, Austin, Owatonna, Albert Lea, New Ulm, and Worthington. This district is currently represented by Tim Walz (Mankato) from the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party.

From early statehood until the latest redistricting after the 2000 census, the first district covered only southeast Minnesota. During the 20th century it was generally considered solidly Republican, though in recent years this is changing. In 2004, John Kerry received 48% of the vote in this Congressional district. Two years later, in 2006, Republican Representative Gil Gutknecht was defeated by Democrat Tim Walz. The district leans Republican with a CPVI of R + 5^[4].

List of representatives

Congress	Representative	Party	Years	Electoral history
District created		March 4, 1861
37th	Cyrus Aldrich	Republican	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863	Redistricted from the at-large district. Retired to run for U.S. Senate.
38th 39th 40th	William Windom	Republican	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1869	Redistricted from the 2nd district. Retired.
41st	Morton S. Wilkinson	Republican	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871	Lost renomination.
42nd 43rd 44th 45th 46th 47th	Mark H. Dunnell	Republican	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1883	Retired to run for U.S. Senate.
48th 49th	Milo White	Republican	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887	[data missing]
50th	Thomas Wilson	Democratic	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889	Lost re-election.
51st	Mark H. Dunnell	Republican	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891	Lost re-election.
52nd	William H. Harries	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893	Lost re-election.
53rd 54th 55th 56th 57th 58th 59th 60th	James Albertus Tawney	Republican	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1911	Lost renomination.
61st 62nd 63rd 64th 65th 66th 67th 68th	Sydney Anderson	Republican	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1925	Retired.
69th 70th	Allen J. Furlow	Republican	March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1929	Lost renomination.
71st 72nd	Victor Christgau	Republican	March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1933	Lost renomination.
73rd	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935	District inactive, all representatives elected At-large on a general ticket
74th 75th 76th 77th 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th	August H. Andresen	Republican	January 3, 1935 – January 14, 1958	Died.
Vacant			January 14, 1958 – February 18, 1958
85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th	Al Quie	Republican	February 18, 1958 – January 3, 1979	Retired to run for Minnesota Governor.
96th 97th	Arlen Erdahl	Republican	January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1983	Lost renomination.
98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd	Tim Penny	Democratic–Farmer–Labor	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1995	Retired.
104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th	Gil Gutknecht	Republican	January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2007	Lost re-election.
110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th	Tim Walz	Democratic–Farmer–Labor	January 3, 2007 – Present	First elected in 2006.

Recent elections

2002

2002 First Congressional District of Minnesota Elections
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Republican	Gil Gutknecht (Incumbent)	163,532	61	−
Democratic (DFL)	Steve Andreasen	92,149	35	−
Green	Gregory Mikkelson	9,954	4	−

2004

2004 First Congressional District of Minnesota Elections
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Republican	Gil Gutknecht (Incumbent)	193,132	60	−1
Democratic (DFL)	Leigh Pomeroy	115,088	35	−
Independence	Gregory Mikkelson	15,569	5	−

2006

2006 First Congressional District of Minnesota Elections
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic (DFL)	Tim Walz	141,622	53	−
	Republican	Gil Gutknecht (Incumbent)	126,487	47	−13

2008

2008 First Congressional District of Minnesota Elections
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Democratic (DFL)	Tim Walz (Incumbent)	207,748	62.5	+9.5
Republican	Brian J. Davis	109,446	32.9	−
Independence	Gregory Mikkelson	14,903	4.5	−

2010

2010 First Congressional District of Minnesota Elections
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Democratic (DFL)	Tim Walz (Incumbent)	122,390	49.4	−13.1
Republican	Randy Demmer	109,261	44.1	+11.2
Independence	Steven Wilson	13,243	5.3	+0.8

2012

2012 First Congressional District of Minnesota Elections
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic (DFL)	Tim Walz (Incumbent)	193,211	57.5	+8.1
	Republican	Allen Quist	142,164	42.3	−1.8

2014

2014 First Congressional District of Minnesota Elections
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic (DFL)	Tim Walz (Incumbent)	122,851	54.2	−3.3
	Republican	Jim Hagedorn	103,536	45.7	+3.4

2016

2016 First Congressional District of Minnesota Elections
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic (DFL)	Tim Walz (Incumbent)	169,076	50.4	−3.8
	Republican	Jim Hagedorn	166,527	49.6	+3.9

Election results from presidential races

Year	Office	Results
2000	President	George W. Bush 49 - Al Gore 45%
2004	President	George W. Bush 51 - John Kerry 47%
2008	President	Barack Obama 51 - John McCain 47%
2012	President	Barack Obama 50 - Mitt Romney 48%
2016	President	Donald Trump 53 - Hillary Clinton 38%

Historical district boundaries

References

^ "Minnesota congressional districts by urban and rural population and land area" (PDF). US Census Bureau. 2000. Retrieved 2007-04-02.
^ Geography, US Census Bureau. "Congressional Districts Relationship Files (state-based)". www.census.gov. This article incorporates public domain material from this U.S government document.
^ Bureau, Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ ^a ^b "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.

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[1] "Minnesota congressional districts by urban and rural population and land area" (PDF). US Census Bureau. 2000. Retrieved 2007-04-02.

[2] Geography, US Census Bureau. "Congressional Districts Relationship Files (state-based)". www.census.gov. This article incorporates public domain material from this U.S government document.

[3] Bureau, Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[Cook-4] "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.

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