Minnesota's 5th Congressional District

Minnesota's 5th Congressional District

Incumbent

Ilhan Omar

Assumed office: January 3, 2019

Minnesota's 5th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives is represented by Ilhan Omar (D).

As of the 2020 Census, Minnesota representatives represented an average of 713,719 residents. After the 2010 Census, each member represented 664,360 residents.

Elections

2024

See also: Minnesota's 5th Congressional District election, 2024

Minnesota's 5th Congressional District election, 2024 (August 13 Democratic primary)

Minnesota's 5th Congressional District election, 2024 (August 13 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Minnesota District 5

Incumbent Ilhan Omar defeated Dalia al-Aqidi in the general election for U.S. House Minnesota District 5 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ilhan Omar (D)	74.4	261,066
		Dalia al-Aqidi (R)	24.6	86,213
		Other/Write-in votes	1.1	3,768

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 351,047
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Shujaa Tongrit-Green (Independent)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 5

Incumbent Ilhan Omar defeated Don Samuels, Nate Schluter, and Abena McKenzie in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 5 on August 13, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ilhan Omar	56.2	67,926
		Don Samuels	42.9	51,839
		Nate Schluter	0.5	575
	Submit photo	Abena McKenzie	0.4	461

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 120,801
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Tim Peterson (D)
• Sarah Gad (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 5

Dalia al-Aqidi advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 5 on August 13, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Dalia al-Aqidi	100.0	3,380

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,380
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2022

See also: Minnesota's 5th Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Minnesota District 5

Incumbent Ilhan Omar defeated Cicely Davis in the general election for U.S. House Minnesota District 5 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ilhan Omar (D)	74.3	214,224
		Cicely Davis (R)	24.5	70,702
		Other/Write-in votes	1.1	3,280

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 288,206
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Mickey Moore (Legal Marijuana Now Party)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 5

Incumbent Ilhan Omar defeated Don Samuels, Nate Schluter, A.J. Kern, and Albert T. Ross in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 5 on August 9, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ilhan Omar	50.3	57,683
		Don Samuels	48.2	55,217
		Nate Schluter	0.6	671
		A.J. Kern	0.5	519
		Albert T. Ross	0.4	477

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 114,567
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Khanh Tran (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 5

Cicely Davis defeated Royce White and Guy Gaskin in the Republican primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 5 on August 9, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Cicely Davis	48.0	4,765
		Royce White	37.2	3,689
	Submit photo	Guy Gaskin	14.9	1,476

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 9,930
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Shukri Abdullahi Abdirahman (R)

2020

See also: Minnesota's 5th Congressional District election, 2020

General election

General election for U.S. House Minnesota District 5

Incumbent Ilhan Omar defeated Lacy Johnson, Mickey Moore, Toya Woodland, and Ervan Katari Miller in the general election for U.S. House Minnesota District 5 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ilhan Omar (D)	64.3	255,924
		Lacy Johnson (R)	25.8	102,878
		Mickey Moore (Legal Marijuana Now Party)	9.5	37,979
		Toya Woodland (G) (Write-in)	0.0	34
	Submit photo	Ervan Katari Miller (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	0
		Other/Write-in votes	0.4	1,448

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 398,263
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Chris Kelley (Independence Party)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 5

Incumbent Ilhan Omar defeated Antone Melton-Meaux, John Mason, Daniel Patrick McCarthy, and Les Lester in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 5 on August 11, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ilhan Omar	58.2	103,535
		Antone Melton-Meaux	38.5	68,524
		John Mason	1.5	2,721
	Submit photo	Daniel Patrick McCarthy	1.1	1,901
		Les Lester	0.7	1,267

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 177,948
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Ervan Katari Miller (D)
• Leila Shukri Adan (D)
• Haji Yussuf (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 5

Lacy Johnson defeated Danielle Stella and Dalia al-Aqidi in the Republican primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 5 on August 11, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lacy Johnson	76.6	9,188
		Danielle Stella	18.6	2,236
		Dalia al-Aqidi	4.7	568

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 11,992
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Laverne Turner (R)
• Brent Whaley (R)
• Lucia Vogel (R)
• Alley Waterbury (R)

Legal Marijuana Now Party primary election

Legal Marijuana Now Party primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 5

Mickey Moore advanced from the Legal Marijuana Now Party primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 5 on August 11, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mickey Moore	100.0	940

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 940
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2018

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

General election

General election for U.S. House Minnesota District 5

Ilhan Omar defeated Jennifer Zielinski in the general election for U.S. House Minnesota District 5 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ilhan Omar (D)	78.0	267,703
		Jennifer Zielinski (R)	21.7	74,440
		Other/Write-in votes	0.4	1,215

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 343,358 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 5

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 5 on August 14, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ilhan Omar	48.2	65,237
		Margaret Kelliher	30.4	41,156
		Patricia Torres Ray	13.0	17,629
		Jamal Abdulahi	3.7	4,984
		Bobby Joe Champion	2.8	3,831
		Frank Nelson Drake	1.8	2,480

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 135,317
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Julie Sabo (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 5

Jennifer Zielinski defeated Christopher Chamberlin and Bob Carney Jr. in the Republican primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 5 on August 14, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jennifer Zielinski	56.5	8,680
		Christopher Chamberlin	32.5	4,999
		Bob Carney Jr.	11.0	1,688

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 15,367
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2016

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

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Democratic. Incumbent Keith Ellison (D) defeated Frank Nelson Drake (R) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Ellison defeated Lee Bauer and Gregg Iverson in the Democratic primary on August 9, 2016.

U.S. House, Minnesota District 5 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Keith Ellison Incumbent	69.1%	249,964
	Republican	Frank Drake	22.3%	80,660
	Legal Marijuana Now	Dennis Schuller	8.5%	30,759
	N/A	Write-in	0.1%	499
Total Votes				361,882
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State

U.S. House, Minnesota District 5 Democratic Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Keith Ellison Incumbent	91.7%	40,380
Gregg Iverson	4.3%	1,887
Lee Bauer	4%	1,757
Total Votes		44,024
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State

2014

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

The 5th Congressional District of Minnesota held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Keith Ellison (D) defeated challengers Doug Daggett (R) and Lee Bauer (IND) in the general election.

U.S. House, Minnesota District 5 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Keith Ellison Incumbent	70.8%	167,079
	Republican	Doug Daggett	24%	56,577
	Independence	Lee Bauer	5.1%	12,001
	N/A	Write-in	0.1%	353
Total Votes				236,010
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State

General election candidates

• Keith Ellison - Incumbent a
• Doug Daggett
• Lee Bauer

August 12, 2014, primary results

Democratic Primary

• Keith Ellison - Incumbenta

Republican Primary

• Doug Daggetta

Independence Party Primary

• Lee Bauera

Failed to file

• William Brownell

2012

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

Incumbent Keith Ellison won re-election to the 5th Congressional District of Minnesota U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012.

U.S. House, Minnesota District 5 General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Keith Ellison Incumbent	74.5%	262,102
	Republican	Chris Fields	25.2%	88,753
	NA	Write-in	0.3%	1,114
Total Votes				351,969
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State, "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election" (dead link)

2010
On November 2, 2010, Keith Ellison (D) won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Joel Demos (R), Lynne Torgerson (I), Tom Schrunk (I) and Michael James Cavlan (I) in the general election.

U.S. House, Minnesota District 5 General Election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Keith Ellison incumbent	67.7%	154,833
	Republican	Joel Demos	24.1%	55,222
	Independent	Lynne Torgerson	3.7%	8,548
	Independence	Tom Schrunk	3.3%	7,446
	Independent Progressive	Michael James Cavlan	1.1%	2,468
	N/A	Write-in	0.1%	229
Total Votes				228,746

2008
On November 4, 2008, Keith Ellison (D) won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Barb Davis White (R) and Bill McGaughey (I) in the general election.

U.S. House, Minnesota District 5 General Election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Keith Ellison incumbent	70.9%	228,776
	Republican	Barb Davis White	22%	71,020
	Independence	Bill McGaughey	6.9%	22,318
	N/A	Write-in	0.2%	633
Total Votes				322,747

2006
On November 7, 2006, Keith Ellison (D) won election to the United States House. He defeated Alan Fine (R), Tammy Lee (I) and Jay Pond (G) in the general election.

U.S. House, Minnesota District 5 General Election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Keith Ellison	55.6%	136,060
	Republican	Alan Fine	21.3%	52,263
	Independence	Tammy Lee	21%	51,456
	Green	Jay Pond	2%	4,792
	N/A	Write-in	0.1%	334
Total Votes				244,905

2004
On November 2, 2004, Martin Olav Sabo (D) won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Daniel Mathias (R) and Jay Pond (G) in the general election.

U.S. House, Minnesota District 5 General Election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Martin Olav Sabo incumbent	69.7%	218,434
	Republican	Daniel Mathias	24.4%	76,600
	Green	Jay Pond	5.7%	17,984
	N/A	Write-in	0.2%	508
Total Votes				313,526

2002
On November 5, 2002, Martin Olav Sabo (D) won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Daniel Mathias (R) and Tim Davis (G) in the general election.

U.S. House, Minnesota District 5 General Election, 2002
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Martin Olav Sabo incumbent	67%	171,572
	Republican	Daniel Mathias	25.9%	66,271
	Green	Tim Davis	7%	17,825
	N/A	Write-in	0.1%	314
Total Votes				255,982

2000
On November 7, 2000, Martin Olav Sabo (D) won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Frank Taylor (R), Rob Tomich (Independence), Renee Lavoi (Constitution) and Chuck P. Charnstrom (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Minnesota District 5 General Election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Martin Olav Sabo incumbent	69.2%	176,629
	Republican	Frank Taylor	22.8%	58,191
	Independence	Rob Tomich	4.4%	11,323
	Constitution	Renee Lavoi	1.8%	4,522
	Libertarian	Chuck P. Charnstrom	1.8%	4,480
Total Votes				255,145

Redistricting

2020-2021

See also: Redistricting in Minnesota after the 2020 census

Minnesota enacted new congressional district boundaries on February 15, 2022, when a special judicial redistricting panel issued an order adopting final maps. In its unanimous order, the panel wrote, "To afford counties and municipalities time to complete local redistricting, the statutory deadline for completing congressional and legislative redistricting is '25 weeks before the state primary election in the year ending in two.' In this decennium, that date is February 15, 2022. That date has arrived, and the legislature has not yet enacted a congressional redistricting plan. To avoid delaying the electoral process, the panel must now act."

After the panel issued their order, Dave Orrick of the Twin Cities Pioneer Press wrote, "The impacts of the new maps weren’t immediately clear...Since Minnesota averted losing a congressional seat, the state’s eight districts for U.S. House members don’t appear jarringly different from current maps." Briana Bierschbach and Hunter Woodall wrote in the Star Tribune, “Under the new maps, the eighth Congressional district grew larger geographically to accommodate population declines in many rural counties.”Kyle Brown of Saint Paul television station KSTP wrote, “The state’s current balance of four Republican and four Democratic representatives in the U.S. House could be thrown for a loop with a radical shift in geography for the 2nd Congressional District, which by far had the most competitive race in 2020.”

How does redistricting in Minnesota work? In Minnesota, congressional and state legislative district boundaries are drawn by the Minnesota State Legislature. These lines are subject to veto by the governor.

The Minnesota Constitution requires "that state Senate districts be contiguous, and that Representative districts be nested within Senate districts." State statutes apply contiguity requirements to all congressional and state legislative districts. Furthermore, state statutes stipulate that political subdivisions should not be divided "more than necessary."

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2010-2011

This is the 5th Congressional District of Minnesota after the 2001 redistricting process.

See also: Redistricting in Minnesota after the 2010 census

In 2011, the Minnesota 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

2024

Heading into the 2024 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+30. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 30 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Minnesota's 5th the 20th most Democratic district nationally.

Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have defeated Donald Trump (R) 80.6%-17.4%.

2022

Heading into the 2022 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+30. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 30 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Minnesota's 5th the 20th most Democratic district nationally.

Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have received 80.6% of the vote in this district and Donald Trump (R) would have received 17.4%.

2018

Heading into the 2018 elections, based on results from the 2016 and 2012 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+26. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 26 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Minnesota's 5th Congressional District the 39th most Democratic nationally.

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 0.91. This means that for every 1 point the national political mood moved toward a party, the district was expected to move 0.91 points toward that party.

See also

• Redistricting in Minnesota
• Minnesota's 5th Congressional District election, 2024
• Minnesota's 5th Congressional District election, 2022
• Minnesota's 5th Congressional District election, 2020
• Minnesota's 5th Congressional District election, 2018

External links

• GovTrack District 5

Footnotes

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Minnesota's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Amy Klobuchar (D)

Tina Smith (D)

Representatives

District 1

Brad Finstad (R)

District 2

Angie Craig (D)

District 3

Kelly Morrison (D)

District 4

Betty McCollum (D)

District 5

Ilhan Omar (D)

District 6

Tom Emmer (R)

District 7

Michelle Fischbach (R)

District 8

Pete Stauber (R)

Democratic Party (6)

Republican Party (4)