Minnesota's 5th congressional district
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Minnesota's Fifth Congressional District is, by Minnesota standards, 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.[citation needed]
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[edit] Historical Representation
Congress | Representative | Party |
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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 Fraser | DFL |
95th-109th (1979–2007) | Martin Sabo | DFL |
110th- (2007–) | Keith Ellison | DFL |
[edit] Elections
[edit] 2006
Incumbent Martin Sabo DFL is retiring after 26 years in the House. Keith Ellison, DFL, will replace 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.
2006 Fifth Congressional District of Minnesota Elections | |||||
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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 | |||||
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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 | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Democratic | Martin Sabo | 171,566 | 67 | - | |
Republican | Daniel Mathias | 66,269 | 26 | - | |
Green | Davis | 17,825 | 7 | - |
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