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
St. Louis Park is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 50,010 at the 2020 census. It is a first-ring suburb immediately west of Minneapolis. Other adjacent cities include Edina, Golden Valley, Minnetonka, Ply ...
,
Richfield,
Crystal,
Robbinsdale,
Golden Valley,
New Hope,
Fridley, and a small portion of
Edina
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It was created in 1883, and was nicknamed the "Bloody Fifth" Knute Nelson#The battle for the "Bloody Fifth", on account of its first election. 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, Minnesota, 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.
The district is strongly Democratic Party (United States), Democratic, with a Cook Partisan Voting Index (CPVI) of D+26 — by far the most Democratic district in the state.
[ The 5th is also the most Democratic district in the Upper Midwest. The Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, 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 is the first Somali Americans, Somali–American to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives, and the first woman of color to represent Minnesota in that chamber. Omar, also an Islam in the United States, American Muslim, succeeded Keith Ellison, the first American Muslim to serve in Congress, after he was elected Attorney General of Minnesota, Minnesota Attorney General.]
List of members representing the district
Recent elections
2002
2004
2006
Congressman Martin Sabo, Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, DFL, retired after 26 years in the House. Keith Ellison (politician), 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 (United States), Green Party, Tammy Lee of the Independence Party (Minnesota), Independence Party, and Alan Fine of the Republican Party (United States), 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
*Minnesota's congressional districts
*List of United States congressional districts
References
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Congressional districts of Minnesota, 05
Anoka County, Minnesota
Hennepin County, Minnesota
Ramsey County, Minnesota