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 Brooklyn Center, St. Louis Park, Richfield, Crystal, Robbinsdale, Golden Valley, New Hope, Fridley, and a small portion of Edina.
Minnesota's 5th congressional district | |||
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Area | 124[1] sq mi (320 km2) | ||
Distribution |
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Population (2022) | 706,667[3] | ||
Median household income | $77,372[4] | ||
Ethnicity |
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Cook PVI | D+30[5] |
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This govtrack.us map is a useful representation of the 5th CD's borders, based on Google Maps. |
It was created in 1883, and was nicknamed the "Bloody Fifth" on account of its first election.[6] 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.[7][8]
The district is strongly Democratic, with a Cook Partisan Voting Index (CPVI) of D+30 — by far the most Democratic district in the state.[5] 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 5th district is one of the most diverse in Minnesota; 16% of the district's residents are immigrants, the highest of any district in Minnesota, with the largest countries of origin being Somalia, Ethiopia, Mexico, India, Laos, Ecuador, and Liberia.[9] The district also has the largest population of Somali Americans in the country, with Somalis making up 3% of the district's population.[10]
The district is represented by Ilhan Omar, who is the first 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 American Muslim, succeeded Keith Ellison, the first American Muslim to serve in Congress, after he was elected Minnesota Attorney General.[11][12]
Year | Office | Winner and results |
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2000 | President | Al Gore (Democratic) 63–29% |
2004 | President | John Kerry (Democratic) 71–28% |
2008 | President | Barack Obama (Democratic) 74–24% |
2012 | President | Barack Obama (Democratic) 74–24% |
2016 | President | Hillary Clinton (Democratic) 74–19% |
2018 | Senator | Amy Klobuchar (Democratic) 81–15% |
2020 | President | Joe Biden (Democratic) 80–17% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic (DFL) | Martin Sabo (Incumbent) | 171,572 | 67 | |
Republican | Daniel Mathias | 66,271 | 25.9 | |
Green | Tim Davis | 17,825 | 7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic (DFL) | Martin Sabo (Incumbent) | 218,434 | 69.7 | +2.7% | |
Republican | Daniel Mathias | 76,600 | 24.4 | −1.5% | |
Green | Jay Pond | 17,984 | 5.7 | −1.3% |
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.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic (DFL) | Keith Ellison | 136,060 | 55.6% | −14.1% | |
Republican | Alan Fine | 52,263 | 21.3% | −3.1% | |
Independence | Tammy Lee | 51,456 | 21.0% | − | |
Green | Jay Pond | 4,792 | 2% | −3.7% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic (DFL) | Keith Ellison (Incumbent) | 228,776 | 70.9 | +15.3% | |
Republican | Barb Davis White | 71,020 | 22 | +0.7% | |
Independence | Bill McGaughey | 22,318 | 6.9 | −14.9% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic (DFL) | Keith Ellison (Incumbent) | 154,833 | 67.7 | −3.2 | |
Republican | Joel Demos | 55,222 | 24.1 | +2.1% | |
Independent | Lynne Torgerson | 8,548 | 3.7 | − | |
Independence | Tom Schrunk | 7,446 | 3.3 | −3.6% | |
Independent Progressive | Michael James Cavlan | 2,468 | 1.1 | − |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic (DFL) | Keith Ellison (Incumbent) | 262,102 | 74.5 | +6.8% | |
Republican | Chris Fields | 88,753 | 25.2 | +1.1% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic (DFL) | Keith Ellison (Incumbent) | 167,079 | 70.8 | −3.7% | |
Republican | Doug Daggett | 56,577 | 24.0 | −1.2% | |
Independence | Lee Bauer | 12,001 | 5.1 | — |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic (DFL) | Keith Ellison (Incumbent) | 249,964 | 69.1 | −1.6% | |
Republican | Frank Drake | 80,660 | 22.3 | −1.7% | |
Legal Marijuana Now | Dennis Schuller | 30,759 | 8.5 | — |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic (DFL) | Ilhan Omar | 267,703 | 78.0 | +8.8% | |
Republican | Jennifer Zielinski | 74,440 | 21.7 | −0.6% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic (DFL) | Ilhan Omar (Incumbent) | 255,924 | 64.3 | |
Republican | Lacy Johnson | 102,878 | 25.8 | |
Legal Marijuana Now | Michael Moore | 37,979 | 9.5 | |
Write-in | 1,448 | 0.4 | ||
Turnout | 398,229 | |||
Democratic (DFL) hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic (DFL) | Ilhan Omar (Incumbent) | 214,224 | 74.33 | |
Republican | Cicely Davis | 70,702 | 24.53 | |
Write-in | 3,280 | 1.14 | ||
Democratic (DFL) hold |
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