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Colorado's 5th Congressional District
Colorado's 5th.JPG
Incumbent
Doug Lamborn Republican Party
Cook Partisan Voter Index (2018): R+14
U.S. Census Bureau (2010 data)[1]
Population: 733,850
Gender: 50.7% Male, 49.3% Female
Race[2]: 82.7% White, 5.6% Black, 2.5% Asian
Ethnicity: 14.8% Hispanic
Unemployment: 11.0%
Median household income
$53,691
High school graduation rate
93.1%
College graduation rate
33.9%

As of the 2010 redistricting cycle, Colorado's 5th Congressional District was located in central Colorado and included Chaffee, El Paso, Fremont, and Teller counties. Portions of Park County were also located within the district.[3]

The current representative of the 5th Congressional District is Doug Lamborn (R).

Elections

2018

See also: Colorado's 5th Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election candidates


Write-in candidates

Democratic Party Lori Furstenberg
Grey.png John Croom

Primary candidates

See also: Colorado's 5th Congressional District election (June 26, 2018 Democratic primary)
See also: Colorado's 5th Congressional District election (June 26, 2018 Republican primary)

Democratic Party Democratic primary candidates


Did not make the ballot:


Republican Party Republican primary candidates


Write-in candidates

Grey.png Marcus Murphy


2016

See also: Colorado's 5th Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Republican. Incumbent Doug Lamborn (R) defeated Misty Plowright (D), Mike McRedmond (L), and Curtis Imrie (Write-in) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Lamborn defeated Calandra Vargas in the Republican primary, while Plowright defeated Donald Martinez to win the Democratic nomination. The primary elections took place on June 28, 2016.[4][5][6]

U.S. House, Colorado District 5 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngDoug Lamborn Incumbent 62.3% 225,445
     Democratic Misty Plowright 30.9% 111,676
     Libertarian Mike McRedmond 6.9% 24,872
Total Votes 361,993
Source: Colorado Secretary of State


U.S. House, Colorado, District 5 Republican Primary, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngDoug Lamborn Incumbent 68% 51,018
Calandra Vargas 32% 23,968
Total Votes 74,986
Source: Colorado Secretary of State


U.S. House, Colorado, District 5 Democratic Primary, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngMisty Plowright 58.1% 13,419
Donald Martinez 41.9% 9,658
Total Votes 23,077
Source: Colorado Secretary of State

2014

See also: Colorado's 5th Congressional District elections, 2014

The 5th Congressional District of Colorado held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Doug Lamborn (R) defeated Irv Halter (D) in the general election.

U.S. House, Colorado District 5 General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngDoug Lamborn Incumbent 59.8% 157,182
     Democratic Irv Halter 40.2% 105,673
Total Votes 262,855
Source: Colorado Secretary of State

2012

See also: Colorado's 5th Congressional District elections, 2012

The 5th Congressional District of Colorado held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012. Incumbent Doug Lamborn won re-election in the district.[7]

U.S. House, Colorado District 5 General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngDoug Lamborn Incumbent 65% 199,639
     Libertarian Jim Pirtle 7.4% 22,778
     Independent Dave Anderson 17.4% 53,318
     Green Misha Luzov 6% 18,284
     Constitution Kenneth R. Harvell 4.3% 13,212
Total Votes 307,231
Source: Colorado Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election"


2010
On November 2, 2010, Doug Lamborn won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Kevin Bradley (D), Brian Scott (American Constitution) and Jerell Klaver (L) in the general election.[8]

U.S. House, Colorado District 5 General Election, 2010
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngDoug Lamborn incumbent 65.8% 152,829
     Democratic Kevin Bradley 29.3% 68,039
     American Constitution Brian Scott 2.5% 5,886
     Libertarian Jerell Klaver 2.4% 5,680
Total Votes 232,434


2008
On November 4, 2008, Doug Lamborn won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Hal Bidlack (D), Brian Scott (American Constitution) and Rich Hand (Write-in) in the general election.[9]

U.S. House, Colorado District 5 General Election, 2008
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngDoug Lamborn incumbent 60% 183,178
     Democratic Hal Bidlack 37% 113,025
     American Constitution Brian Scott 2.9% 8,894
     Write-in Rich Hand 0% 45
Total Votes 305,142


2006
On November 7, 2006, Doug Lamborn won election to the United States House. He defeated Jay Fawcett (D) and Write-in candidates Richard Hand, Brian Scott and Gregory Hollister in the general election.[10]

U.S. House, Colorado District 5 General Election, 2006
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngDoug Lamborn 59.6% 123,264
     Democratic Jay Fawcett 40.4% 83,431
     Write-in Richard Hand 0% 41
     Write-in Brian Scott 0% 12
     Write-in Gregory Hollister 0% 8
Total Votes 206,756


2004
On November 2, 2004, Joel Hefley won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Fred Hardee (D) and Arthur Roberts (L) in the general election.[11]

U.S. House, Colorado District 5 General Election, 2004
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngJoel Hefley incumbent 70.5% 193,333
     Democratic Fred Hardee 27% 74,098
     Libertarian Arthur Roberts 2.4% 6,627
Total Votes 274,058


2002
On November 5, 2002, Joel Hefley won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Curtis Imrie (D) and Biff Baker (L) in the general election.[12]

U.S. House, Colorado District 5 General Election, 2002
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngJoel Hefley incumbent 69.4% 128,118
     Democratic Curtis Imrie 24.7% 45,587
     Libertarian Biff Baker 5.9% 10,972
Total Votes 184,677


2000
On November 7, 2000, Joel Hefley won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Kerry Kantor (L) and Randy MacKenzie (Natural Law) in the general election.[13]

U.S. House, Colorado District 5 General Election, 2000
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngJoel Hefley incumbent 82.7% 253,330
     Libertarian Kerry Kantor 12.3% 37,719
     Natural Law Randy MacKenzie 5% 15,260
Total Votes 306,309


1998
On November 3, 1998, Joel Hefley won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Ken Alford (D) and Mark Mellot (Natural Law) in the general election.[14]

U.S. House, Colorado District 5 General Election, 1998
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngJoel Hefley incumbent 72.7% 155,790
     Democratic Ken Alford 26% 55,609
     Natural Law Mark Mellot 1.3% 2,871
Total Votes 214,270


1996
On November 5, 1996, Joel Hefley won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Mike Robinson (D) in the general election.[15]

U.S. House, Colorado District 5 General Election, 1996
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngJoel Hefley incumbent 71.9% 188,805
     Democratic Mike Robinson 28.1% 73,660
Total Votes 262,465


1994
On November 8, 1994, Joel Hefley won re-election to the United States House. He ran unopposed in the general election.[16]

U.S. House, Colorado District 5 General Election, 1994
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngJoel Hefley incumbent 100% 138,674
Total Votes 138,674


1992
On November 3, 1992, Joel Hefley won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Charles Oriez (D) and Keith Hamburger (L) in the general election.[17]

U.S. House, Colorado District 5 General Election, 1992
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngJoel Hefley incumbent 71.1% 173,096
     Democratic Charles Oriez 25.7% 62,550
     Libertarian Keith Hamburger 3.2% 7,769
Total Votes 243,415


1990
On November 6, 1990, Joel Hefley won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Cal Johnston (D) and Keith Hamburger (L) in the general election.[18]

U.S. House, Colorado District 5 General Election, 1990
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngJoel Hefley incumbent 66.4% 127,740
     Democratic Cal Johnston 30% 57,776
     Colorado Libertarian Keith Hamburger 3.5% 6,761
Total Votes 192,277


Redistricting

2010-2011

This is the 5th Congressional District of Colorado after the 2001 redistricting process. The current district is displayed in the infobox at the top of the page.
See also: Redistricting in Colorado

In 2011, the Colorado State Legislature re-drew the congressional districts based on updated population information from the 2010 census.

District analysis

See also: The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index
See also: FiveThirtyEight's elasticity scores

The 2017 Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was R+14, meaning that in the previous two presidential elections, this district's results were 14 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Colorado's 5th Congressional District the 95th most Republican nationally.[19]

FiveThirtyEight's September 2018 elasticity score for states and congressional districts measured "how sensitive it is to changes in the national political environment." This district's elasticity score was 1.11. This means that for every 1 point the national political mood moved toward a party, the district was expected to move 1.11 points toward that party.[20]

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Demographic data were added to this page in 2013. Ballotpedia will update this page in 2021 after data from the 2020 Census become available.
  2. ↑ Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.
  3. ↑ United States Census Bureau, "Counties by Congressional Districts," accessed June 8, 2016
  4. ↑ Colorado Secretary of State, "2016 Primary Election Candidate List," accessed May 2, 2016
  5. ↑ Politico, "Colorado House Primaries Results," June 28, 2016
  6. ↑ Colorado Secretary of State, "2016 General Election Candidate List," accessed September 5, 2016
  7. ↑ Politico, "2012 Election Map, Colorado," November 6, 2012
  8. ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010," accessed March 28, 2013
  9. ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 2008," accessed March 28, 2013
  10. ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 2006," accessed March 28, 2013
  11. ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2004," accessed March 28, 2013
  12. ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 5, 2002," accessed March 28, 2013
  13. ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 2000," accessed March 28, 2013
  14. ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 3, 1998," accessed March 28, 2013
  15. ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 5, 1996," accessed March 28, 2013
  16. ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 8, 1994," accessed March 28, 2013
  17. ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 3, 1992," accessed March 28, 2013
  18. ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 6, 1990," accessed March 28, 2013
  19. ↑ Cook Political Report, "Introducing the 2017 Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index," April 7, 2017
  20. ↑ FiveThirtyEight, "Election Update: The Most (And Least) Elastic States And Districts," September 6, 2018


Colorado's current delegation to the United States Congress
Senators
Michael Bennet (D)
John Hickenlooper (D)
Representatives
District 1
District 2
District 3
Jeff Hurd (R)
District 4
District 5
District 6
District 7
District 8
Democratic Party (6)
Republican Party (4)

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