Michigan's 5th congressional district

Michigan's 5th congressional district
Michigan's 5th congressional district
	Michigan's 5th congressional district since January 3, 2013
Representative
	Dan Kildee; D–Flushing
Distribution	77.49% urban; 22.51% rural;
Population (2019)	672,466
Median household; income	$47,655
Ethnicity	74.1% White; 17.4% Black; 4.6% Hispanic; 2.6% Two or more races; 0.9% Asian; 0.5% other;
Cook PVI	D+1

Michigan's 5th congressional district is a United States congressional district in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan. The district is currently represented by Democrat Dan Kildee. His uncle, Dale Kildee, previously represented the district.^[5] It is currently a mostly industrial area,^[6] with Arenac County, Iosco County, and Tuscola County being the main exceptions. From 2003 to 2013 it encompassed much of the area south of Saginaw Bay. It consisted of all of Tuscola and Genesee counties and the southeast portion of Bay and the eastern portion of Saginaw counties in the eastern-central portion of the state during that time. The district was extended into the upper mitt for the 2012 redistricting and most of Tuscola County was cut out.

Predecessors[]

From 1873 to 1993, the 5th was based in the Grand Rapids area of Western Michigan. Its most notable member was Gerald Ford, who in 1974 became the 38th President of the United States upon the resignation of Richard Nixon, at the height of the Watergate Scandal.

In 1993, this district essentially became the 3rd district, while the 5th was redrawn to take in Bay City, Saginaw and the Thumb, the core of the old 8th district. After the 2000 census, this district was extended to Flint, previously the core of the 9th district. However, it was geographically and demographically the successor of the 9th.

Recent election results in statewide races[]

Year	Office	Results
2000	President	Gore 61 - 37%
2004	President	Kerry 59 - 41%
2008	President	Obama 64 - 35%
2012	President	Obama 61 - 38%
2016	President	Clinton 50 - 46%
2018	Senate	Stabenow 55 - 43%
2018	Governor	Whitmer 57 - 40%
2020	President	Biden 51 - 47%

Jurisdictions in the district[]

List of members representing the district[]

The following is a list of all occupants of the congressional seat since the district was created at the start of the 38th Congress

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	Location
District created March 4, 1863
Augustus C. Baldwin	Democratic	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865	38th	Elected in 1862. Lost re-election.	1863 – 1873 [data unknown/missing]
Rowland E. Trowbridge	Republican	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1869	39th 40th	Elected in 1864. Re-elected in 1866. Lost renomination.
Omar D. Conger	Republican	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1873	41st 42nd	Elected in 1868. Re-elected in 1870. Redistricted to the 7th district.
Wilder D. Foster	Republican	March 4, 1873 – September 20, 1873	43rd	Redistricted from the 4th district and re-elected in 1872. Died.	1873 – 1883 [data unknown/missing]
Vacant		September 20, 1873 – December 1, 1873	43rd
William B. Williams	Republican	December 1, 1873 – March 3, 1877	43rd 44th	Elected to finish Foster's term. Re-elected in 1874. Retired.
John W. Stone	Republican	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1881	45th 46th	Elected in 1876. Re-elected in 1878. Retired.
George W. Webber	Republican	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883	47th	Elected in 1880. Retired.
Julius Houseman	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885	48th	Elected in 1882. Retired.	1883 – 1893 [data unknown/missing]
Charles C. Comstock	Democratic	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887	49th	Elected in 1884. Retired.
Melbourne H. Ford	Democratic	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889	50th	Elected in 1886. Lost re-election.
Charles E. Belknap	Republican	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891	51st	Elected in 1888. Retired.
Melbourne H. Ford	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – April 20, 1891	52nd	Elected in 1890. Died.
Vacant		April 20, 1891 – November 3, 1891
Charles E. Belknap	Republican	November 3, 1891 – March 3, 1893		Elected to finish Ford's term. Lost re-election.
George F. Richardson	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895	53rd	Elected in 1892.^[a] Retired.	1893 – 1903 [data unknown/missing]
William Alden Smith	Republican	March 4, 1895 – February 9, 1907	54th 55th 56th 57th 58th 59th	Elected in 1894. Re-elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Re-elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Resigned when elected U.S. Senator.	1893 – 1903 [data unknown/missing]
William Alden Smith	Republican	March 4, 1895 – February 9, 1907	54th 55th 56th 57th 58th 59th		1903 – 1913 [data unknown/missing]
Vacant		February 9, 1907 – March 17, 1908	59th 60th
Gerrit J. Diekema	Republican	March 17, 1908 – March 3, 1911	60th 61st	Elected April 27, 1907 to finish Smith's term and seated March 17, 1908. Re-elected later in 1908. Lost re-election.
Edwin F. Sweet	Democratic	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913	62nd	Elected in 1910. Lost re-election.
Carl E. Mapes	Republican	March 4, 1913 – December 12, 1939	63rd 64th 65th 66th 67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd 73rd 74th 75th 76th	Elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Re-elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Died.	1913 – 1933 [data unknown/missing]
Carl E. Mapes	Republican	March 4, 1913 – December 12, 1939			1933 – 1943 [data unknown/missing]
Vacant		December 12, 1939 – February 19, 1940	76th
Bartel J. Jonkman	Republican	February 19, 1940 – January 3, 1949	76th 77th 78th 79th 80th	Elected to finish Mapes's term. Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Lost renomination.
Bartel J. Jonkman	Republican	February 19, 1940 – January 3, 1949	76th 77th 78th 79th 80th		1943 – 1953 [data unknown/missing]
Gerald Ford	Republican	January 3, 1949 – December 6, 1973	81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd	Elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Resigned to become U.S. Vice President.	1943 – 1953 [data unknown/missing]
					1953 – 1963 [data unknown/missing]
					1963 – 1973 [data unknown/missing]
					1973 – 1983 [data unknown/missing]
Vacant		December 6, 1973 – February 18, 1974	93rd
Richard Vander Veen	Democratic	February 18, 1974 – January 3, 1977	93rd 94th	Elected to finish Ford's term. Re-elected in 1974. Lost re-election.
Harold S. Sawyer	Republican	January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1985	95th 96th 97th 98th	Elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Retired.
Harold S. Sawyer	Republican	January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1985	95th 96th 97th 98th		1983 – 1993 [data unknown/missing]
Paul B. Henry	Republican	January 3, 1985 – January 3, 1993	99th 100th 101st 102nd	Elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Redistricted to the 3rd district.	1983 – 1993 [data unknown/missing]
James A. Barcia	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2003	103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th	Elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Retired to run for state senator.
Dale Kildee	Democratic	January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2013	108th 109th 110th 111th 112th	Redistricted from the 9th district and re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Retired.
Dan Kildee	Democratic	January 3, 2013 – present	113th 114th 115th 116th 117th	Elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020.

Recent election results[]

2012[]

Michigan's 5th congressional district, 2012^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dan Kildee	214,531	65.0
	Republican	Jim Slezak	103,931	31.5
	Independent	David Davenport	6,694	2.0
	Libertarian	Gregory Creswell	4,990	1.5
Total votes			330,146	100.0
	Democratic hold

2014[]

Michigan's 5th congressional district, 2014^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dan Kildee (incumbent)	148,182	66.7
	Republican	Allen Hardwick	69,222	31.2
	Libertarian	Harold Jones	4,734	2.1
Total votes			222,138	100.0
	Democratic hold

2016[]

Michigan's 5th congressional district, 2016 ^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dan Kildee (incumbent)	195,279	61.2
	Republican	Al Hardwick	112,102	35.1
	Libertarian	Steve Sluka	7,006	2.2
	Green	Harley Mikkelson	4,904	1.5
Total votes			319,291	100.0
	Democratic hold

2018[]

Michigan's 5th congressional district, 2018^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dan Kildee (incumbent)	164,502	59.5
	Republican	Travis Wines	99,265	35.9
	Working Class	Kathy Goodwin	12,646	4.6
Total votes			276,413	100.0
	Democratic hold

2020[]

Michigan's 5th congressional district, 2020^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dan Kildee (incumbent)	196,599	54.4
	Republican	Tim Kelly	150,772	41.8
	Working Class	Kathy Goodwin	8,180	2.3
	Libertarian	James Harris	5,481	1.5
Total votes			361,032	100.0
	Democratic hold

Notes[]

^ With a plurality of 10 votes, Richardson received a certificate of election from the board of state canvassers. Incumbent Charles E. Belknap requested a recount in Ionia County, alleging irregularities. The Michigan Supreme Court ordered the recount on February 3, 1893, which counted a plurality of 19 votes for Belknap. The new board of state canvassers then issued a certificate of election to Belknap. The contest was brought to the U.S. House of Representatives on August 8, 1893. Following floor debate on the validity of the contestants’ credentials, the House seated Richardson, referring the matter to the Committee on Elections. Following further examination, the committee issued a report upholding Richardson’s claim to the seat.^{[citation needed]}

References[]

^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on August 17, 2017. Retrieved February 14, 2018.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ Bureau, Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov. Archived from the original on May 6, 2018. Retrieved May 6, 2018.
^ "My Congressional District".
^ "2021 Partisan Voter Index Scores by Congressional District". The Cook Political Report. April 15, 2021. Retrieved April 15, 2021.
^ Thorne, Blake (November 7, 2012). "Dan Kildee (D) wins in Michigan 5th Congressional District election 2012 results". Flint Journal. MLive Media Group. Archived from the original on October 10, 2017. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
^ Congressman Dale Kildee - 5th District of Michigan Archived January 5, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
^ https://www.politico.com/2012-election/results/house/michigan
^ https://mielections.us/election/results/14GEN/
^ "2016 Michigan Election Results - Official Results". Michigan Department of State. November 8, 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
^ Johnson, Cheryl L. (February 28, 2019). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 6, 2018". Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
^ "2020 Michigan Election Results Official". Michigan Secretary of State. Retrieved November 23, 2020.

Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

Bibliography[]

Govtrack.us for the 7th District - Lists current Senators and representative, and map showing district outline
The Political graveyard: U.S. Representatives from Michigan, 1807-2003
U.S. Representatives 1837-2003, Michigan Manual 2003-2004

Coordinates: 44°04′55″N 83°41′24″W / 44.08194°N 83.69000°W / 44.08194; -83.69000

[7] With a plurality of 10 votes, Richardson received a certificate of election from the board of state canvassers. Incumbent Charles E. Belknap requested a recount in Ionia County, alleging irregularities. The Michigan Supreme Court ordered the recount on February 3, 1893, which counted a plurality of 19 votes for Belknap. The new board of state canvassers then issued a certificate of election to Belknap. The contest was brought to the U.S. House of Representatives on August 8, 1893. Following floor debate on the validity of the contestants’ credentials, the House seated Richardson, referring the matter to the Committee on Elections. Following further examination, the committee issued a report upholding Richardson’s claim to the seat.^{[citation needed]}

[1] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on August 17, 2017. Retrieved February 14, 2018.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[2] Bureau, Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov. Archived from the original on May 6, 2018. Retrieved May 6, 2018.

[3] "My Congressional District".

[Cook-4] "2021 Partisan Voter Index Scores by Congressional District". The Cook Political Report. April 15, 2021. Retrieved April 15, 2021.

[5] Thorne, Blake (November 7, 2012). "Dan Kildee (D) wins in Michigan 5th Congressional District election 2012 results". Flint Journal. MLive Media Group. Archived from the original on October 10, 2017. Retrieved October 9, 2017.

[6] Congressman Dale Kildee - 5th District of Michigan Archived January 5, 2007, at the Wayback Machine

[8] ttps://www.politico.com/2012-election/results/house/michigan

[Generalelection-9] ttps://mielections.us/election/results/14GEN/

[GeneralElection-10] "2016 Michigan Election Results - Official Results". Michigan Department of State. November 8, 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2016.

[clerk2018-11] Johnson, Cheryl L. (February 28, 2019). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 6, 2018". Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. Retrieved April 27, 2019.

[MIgenr-12] "2020 Michigan Election Results Official". Michigan Secretary of State. Retrieved November 23, 2020.

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