Colorado's 5th congressional district
Colorado's 5th congressional district | |||
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Representative |
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Distribution |
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Population (2022) | 732,858[2] | ||
Median household income | $82,432[2] | ||
Ethnicity |
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Cook PVI | R+9[3] |
Colorado's 5th congressional district is a
The district is currently represented by Republican Doug Lamborn. With a Cook Partisan Voting Index rating of R+9, it is one of the most Republican districts in Colorado.[3]
Characteristics
Politics
The Republican Party has held control of the seat since the district's creation. Colorado Springs, the main population center within the district, is home to many conservative Christian organizations. Among these groups are Focus on the Family, its founder Dr. James Dobson (who is considered by some to be the most influential evangelical leader in the country[4]), New Life Church, Compassion International, HCJB, and many others. There is some Democratic strength in this district in urban Colorado Springs and some of its suburbs near Pikes Peak, but it is no match for the overwhelming Republican tilt of the district; however, unlike the nearby 4th that is trending more Republican by the year, the 5th is becoming slightly less Republican due to demographic changes, but not enough for the area to be competitive for the near future.
Colorado Springs also boasts a large population of both active-duty and retired military personnel and is home to many companies in the defense industry, all of which are demographics that tend to vote for Republicans. Throughout the district's history, Republicans have won by comfortable margins. From 1996 through 2004, Republican Joel Hefley usually won reelections with about 70% of the vote. George W. Bush received 66% of the vote in this district in 2004.
Economy
Because of the strong military presence, Colorado Springs's economy is usually very stable and frequently sees growth. The western portions of the district are mostly small mountain towns whose economy depends on ranching, farming, mining, and tourism.
Tourism
Millions of tourists visit the Colorado Springs region every year, primarily to visit
Military
Colorado Springs, located within the district, is home to multiple military installations.
History
1990s
Following the 1990 U.S. census and associated realignment of Colorado congressional districts, the 5th congressional district consisted of El Paso and Teller counties, as well as portions of Arapahoe, Douglas, and Fremont counties.[6]
2000s
Following the
2010s
Following the
2020s
Following the
Voting
Election results from presidential races[7]
Election results | ||
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Year | Office | Results |
2000 | President | Bush 63–31% |
2004 | President | Bush 66–33% |
2008 | President | McCain 59–40% |
2012 | President | Romney 59–38% |
2016 | President | Trump 57–33% |
Senate | Glenn 58.4–35.6% | |
2018 | Governor | Stapleton 56.6–39% |
2020 | President | Trump 55–42% |
Senate | Gardner 57.1–39.6% | |
2022 | Governor | Ganahl 50%–47% |
Senate | O'Dea 52%–44% |
List of members representing the district
Member | Party | Term duration | Cong ress |
Electoral history | District location |
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District created January 3, 1973 | |||||
William L. Armstrong (Aurora) |
Republican | January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1979 |
93rd 94th 95th |
Re-elected in 1976. .
Retired to run for U.S. senator | |
Ken Kramer (Colorado Springs) |
Republican | January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1987 |
96th 97th 98th 99th |
Re-elected in 1984. .
Retired to run for U.S. senator | |
Joel Hefley (Colorado Springs) |
Republican | January 3, 1987 – January 3, 2007 |
100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th |
. Retired. | |
2003–2013 | |||||
Doug Lamborn (Colorado Springs) |
Republican | January 3, 2007 – present |
110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th 116th 117th 118th |
Elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. Retiring at end of term. | |
2013–2023 | |||||
2023–present |
Election results
1972 • 1974 • 1976 • 1978 • 1980 • 1982 • 1984 • 1986 • 1988 • 1990 • 1992 • 1994 • 1996 • 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2004 • 2006 • 2008 • 2010 • 2012 • 2014 • 2016 • 2018 • 2020 • 2022 |
1972
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Republican | Bill Armstrong | 104,214 | 62.33 | ||
Democratic | Byron L. Johnson | 60,948 | 36.45 | ||
Libertarian | Pipp M. Boyls | 2,028 | 1.22 | ||
Total votes | 167,190 | 100.0 | |||
Republican win (new seat) |
1974
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bill Armstrong (incumbent) | 85,326 | 57.73 | |
Democratic | Ben Galloway | 56,888 | 38.49 | |
Independent
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Stan Johnson | 5,580 | 3.78 | |
Total votes | 147,794 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
1976
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bill Armstrong (incumbent) | 126,784 | 66.43 | |
Democratic | Dorothy Hores | 64,067 | 33.57 | |
Total votes | 190,851 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
1978
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Ken Kramer | 91,933 | 59.78 | |
Democratic | Gerry Frank | 52,914 | 34.41 | |
Independent
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L.W. Dan Bridges | 8,933 | 5.81 | |
Total votes | 153,780 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
1980
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Ken Kramer (incumbent) | 177,319 | 72.41 | |
Democratic | Ed Schreiber | 62,003 | 25.32 | |
Libertarian | John A. Lanning | 5,578 | 2.27 | |
Total votes | 244,900 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
1982
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Ken Kramer (incumbent) | 84,479 | 59.55 | |
Democratic | Thomas Cronin | 57,392 | 40.45 | |
Total votes | 141,871 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
1984
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Ken Kramer (incumbent) | 163,654 | 78.59 | |
Democratic | William Geffen | 44,588 | 21.41 | |
Total votes | 206,242 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
1986
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Joel Hefley | 121,153 | 69.77 | |
Democratic | Bill Story | 52,488 | 30.23 | |
Total votes | 173,641 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
1988
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Joel Hefley (incumbent) | 181,612 | 75.13 | |
Democratic | John J. Mitchell | 60,116 | 24.87 | |
Total votes | 241,728 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
1990
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Joel Hefley (incumbent) | 127,740 | 66.44 | |
Democratic | Cal Johnston | 57,776 | 30.05 | |
Libertarian | Keith L. Hamburger | 6,761 | 3.51 | |
Total votes | 192,277 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
1992
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Joel Hefley (incumbent) | 173,096 | 71.11 | |
Democratic | Charles A. Oriez | 62,550 | 25.70 | |
Libertarian | Keith L. Hamburger | 7,769 | 3.19 | |
Total votes | 243,415 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
1994
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Joel Hefley (incumbent) | 138,674 | 100.00 | |
Total votes | 138,674 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
1996
Republican primary
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Joel Hefley | 36,994 | 76.70 | |
Republican | Bill Hughes | 11,236 | 23.30 |
General
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Joel Hefley (incumbent) | 188,805 | 71.94 | |
Democratic | Mike Robinson | 73,660 | 28.06 | |
Total votes | 262,465 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
1998
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Joel Hefley (incumbent) | 155,790 | 72.71 | |
Democratic | Ken Alford | 55,609 | 25.95 | |
Natural Law | Mark A. Mellot | 2,871 | 1.34 | |
Total votes | 214,270 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
2000
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Joel Hefley (incumbent) | 253,330 | 82.70 | |
Libertarian | Kerry Kantor | 37,719 | 12.31 | |
Natural Law | Randy Mackenzie | 15,260 | 4.99 | |
Total votes | 306,309 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
2002
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Joel Hefley (incumbent) | 128,118 | 69.37 | |
Democratic | Curtis Imrie | 45,587 | 24.69 | |
Libertarian | Biff Baker | 10,972 | 5.94 | |
Total votes | 184,677 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
2004
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Joel Hefley (incumbent) | 193,333 | 70.55 | |
Democratic | Fred Hardee | 74,098 | 27.04 | |
Libertarian | Arthur "Rob" Roberts | 6,627 | 2.41 | |
Total votes | 274,058 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
2006
Republican primary
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Doug Lamborn | 15,126 | 26.97 | |
Republican | Jeff Crank
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14,234 | 25.38 | |
Republican | Bentley Rayburn | 9,735 | 17.36 | |
Republican | Lionel Rivera | 7,213 | 12.86 | |
Republican | John Wesley Anderson | 6,474 | 11.54 | |
Republican | Duncan Bremer | 3,310 | 5.90 |
General
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Doug Lamborn | 123,264 | 59.62 | |
Democratic | Jay Fawcett | 83,431 | 40.35 | |
Republican | Richard D. Hand (as a write-in) | 41 | 0.02 | |
Democratic | Brian X. Scott (as a write-in) | 12 | 0.01 | |
Republican | Gregory S. Hollister | 8 | 0.00 | |
Total votes | 206,756 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
2008
Republican primary
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Doug Lamborn | 24,995 | 44% | |
Republican | Jeff Crank
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16,794 | 30% | |
Republican | Bentley Rayburn | 14,986 | 26% |
General
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Doug Lamborn (incumbent) | 183,179 | 60% | |
Democratic | Hal Bidlack | 113,027 | 37% | |
Constitution | Brian X. Scott | 8,894 | 3% | |
No party | Richard D. Hand | 45 | 0.03 | |
Total votes | 305,142 | 100% | ||
Republican hold |
2010
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Doug Lamborn (incumbent) | 152,829 | 66% | |
Democratic | Kevin Bradley | 68,039 | 29% | |
Constitution | Brian X. Scott | 5,886 | 3% | |
Libertarian | Jerrell Klaver | 5,680 | 2% | |
Total votes | 232,434 | 100% | ||
Republican hold |
2012
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Doug Lamborn (incumbent) | 199,639 | 65% | |
Independent
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Dave Anderson | 53,318 | 17% | |
Libertarian | Jim Pirtle | 22,778 | 7% | |
Green
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Misha Luzov | 18,284 | 6% | |
Constitution | Kenneth R. Harvell | 13,312 | 5% | |
Total votes | 307,231 | 100% | ||
Republican hold |
2014
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Doug Lamborn (incumbent) | 157,182 | 60% | |
Democratic | Irv Halter | 105,673 | 40% | |
Total votes | 262,855 | 100% | ||
Republican hold |
2016
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Doug Lamborn (Incumbent) | 225,445 | 62.28% | |
Democratic | Misty Plowright | 111,676 | 30.85% | |
Libertarian | Mike McRedmond | 24,872 | 6.87% | |
Total votes | 361,993 | 100% | ||
Republican hold |
2018
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Doug Lamborn (Incumbent) | 184,002 | 57.02% | |
Democratic | Stephany Rose Spaulding | 126,848 | 39.31% | |
Libertarian | Douglas Randall | 11,795 | 3.65% | |
Write-in | 71 | 0.02% | ||
Total votes | 322,716 | 100% | ||
Republican hold |
2020
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Doug Lamborn (Incumbent) | 249,013 | 57.6% | |
Democratic | Jillian Freeland | 161,600 | 37.4% | |
Libertarian | Ed Duffett | 14,777 | 3.4% | |
Independent
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Marcus Allen Murphy | 3,708 | 0.9% | |
Unity | Rebecca Keltie | 3,309 | 0.8% | |
Total votes | 432,407 | 100% | ||
Republican hold |
2022
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Doug Lamborn (incumbent) | 155,528 | 56.0% | |
Democratic | David Torres | 111,978 | 40.3% | |
Libertarian | Brian Flanagan | 7,079 | 2.5% | |
American Constitution | Christopher Mitchell | 3,370 | 1.2% | |
Independent
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Matthew Feigenbaum | 9 | 0.0% | |
Total votes | 277,964 | 100% | ||
Republican hold |
Historical district boundaries
See also
References
- U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the originalon April 2, 2013. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
- ^ a b "My Congressional District: Congressional District 5 (118th Congress), Colorado". United States Census Bureau.
- ^ a b "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
- ^ Olsen, Ted (February 21, 2005). "Who's Driving This Thing?". Christianity Today. Retrieved September 5, 2008.
- ^ "Veterans, Doctors Alike Stranded as Vet Choice Fails to Pay its Bills | Military.com". Archived from the original on March 14, 2018. Retrieved March 13, 2018.
- ^ Congressional District Map (Map). State of Colorado. Retrieved December 22, 2008.
- ^ Presidential Election Results, by district, swingstateproject.com
- ^ 1972 Election Results
- ^ 1974 Election Results
- ^ 1976 Election Results
- ^ 1978 Election Results
- ^ 1980 Election Results
- ^ 1982 Election Results
- ^ 1984 Election Results
- ^ 1986 Election Results
- ^ 1988 Election Results
- ^ 1990 Election Results
- ^ 1992 Election Results
- ^ 1994 Election Results
- ^ 1996 Primary Results[permanent dead link]
- ^ 1996 Election Results
- ^ 1998 Election Results
- ^ 2000 Election Results
- ^ 2002 Election Results
- ^ 2004 Election Results
- ^ 2006 Primary Results
- ^ 2006 Election Results
- ^ 2008 Primary Results
- ^ 2008 Election Results
- ^ 2010 Election Results
- ^ 2012 Election Results
- ^ "2014 Election Results". Archived from the original on August 22, 2017. Retrieved August 22, 2017.
- ^ "2016 Election Results". Archived from the original on August 22, 2017. Retrieved August 22, 2017.