IOWA'S 5TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

The 5th Iowan Congressional District covers most of western Iowa, (map), which includes the small cities of Council Bluffs, and Sioux City. It is currently represented by Republican Steve King. The district is considered the most Republican district in Iowa and one of the most Republican in the nation.

Contents

2001 Iowa Redistricting Plan

Past Redistricting

Election History

References

2001 Iowa Redistricting Plan

June 22nd, 2001, Iowa Legislature passed a plan to redistrict the State of Iowa. The plan went into effect in 2002 for the 108th U.S. Congress. The prior districting plan was effective from 1992-2001. ^[1]

Past Redistricting

Iowa's 5th congressional district was redistricted in 1942. Representative Karl M. Lecompte became the representative of Iowa's 4th congressional district, and representative Paul Cunningham was the respresentative from Iowa's 6th congressional district.
Iowa's 5th congressional district was also redistricted in 1972. Representative Neal Smith was taken out of Iowa's 5th congressional district and put in the 4th congressional district. Representative William J. Scherle was taken out of Iowa's 7th congressional district (which was permanently removed) and put into the 5th congressional district where he ran against Tom Harkin

Election History

'Year [2]'	'Party Affiliation'	'Winner'	'Number of Votes'	'Party Affiliation'	'Loser'	'Number of Votes'	'Percentage of Votes'
1920	Republican	James W. Good	58,197	N/A	N/A	0	100% - 0%
1922	Republican	Cyrenus Cole	32,586	Democrat	G. A. Smith	24,532	57% - 43%
1924	Republican	Cyrenus Cole	52,237	Democrat	W. N. Townsend	22,175	70% - 30%
1926	Republican	Cyrenus Cole	31,253	Democrat	C. E. Walters	12,263	72% - 28%
1928	Republican	Cyrenus Cole	54,703	Democrat	Maurice Cahill	27,893	66% - 34%
1930	Republican	Cyrenus Cole	23,221	Democrat	H. M. Cooper	19,931	54% - 46%
1932	Republican	Lloyd Thurston	51,909	Democrat	Lloyd Ellis	51,732	50.1% - 49.9%
1934	Republican	Lloyd Thurston	54,699	Democrat	Ernest H. Fabritz	48,949	52% - 47%
1936	Republican	Lloyd Thurston	63,802	Democrat	Kenneth F. Baldridge	59,971	51% - 48%
1938	Republican	Karl M. LeCompte	50,860	Democrat	Ruth F. Hollingshead	43,452	54% - 46%
1940	Republican	Karl M. LeCompte	66,940	Democrat	Roy E. Stevens	58,718	54% - 46%
1942	Republican	Paul H. Cunningham	48,578	Democrat	E. Frank Fox	28,287	63% - 37%
1944	Republican	Paul H. Cunningham	66,260	Democrat	Ralph N. Lynch	56,138	54% - 46%
1946	Republican	Paul H. Cunningham	41,679	Democrat	Vince L. Browner	28,490	59% - 41%
1948	Republican	Paul H. Cunningham	60,103	Democrat	William F. Martin	57,370	51% - 48%
1950	Republican	Paul H. Cunningham	57,429	Democrat	Gibson C. Holliday	43,105	57% - 43%
1952	Republican	Paul H. Cunningham	95,057	Democrat	Alvin P. Meyer	66,303	59% - 41%
1954	Republican	Paul H. Cunningham	61,355	Democrat	James A. McLaughlin	49,063	56% - 44%
1956	Republican	Paul H. Cunningham	85,178	Democrat	William F. Denman	81,418	51% - 49%
1958	Democrat	Neal Smith	61,693	Republican	Paul H. Cunningham	56,320	52% - 48%
1960	Democrat	Neal Smith	91,808	Republican	Floyd M. Burgeson	81,474	53% - 47%
1962	Democrat	Neal Smith	73,963	Republican	Sonja C. Egenes	43,877	63% - 37%
1964	Democrat	Neal Smith	108,212	Republican	Benjamin J. Gibson, Jr.	46,160	70% - 30%
1966	Democrat	Neal Smith	72,875	Republican	Don Mahon	46,981	60% - 39%
1968	Democrat	Neal Smith	99,586	Republican	Don Mahon	60,710	62% - 38%
1970	Democrat	Neal Smith	73,820	Republican	Don Mahon	37,374	65% - 33%
1972	Republican	William J. Scherle	108,596	Democrat	Tom Harkin	87,937	55% - 45%
1974	Democrat	Tom Harkin	81,146	Republican	William J. Scherle	77,683	51% - 49%
1976	Democrat	Tom Harkin	135,600	Republican	Kenneth R. Fulk	71,377	65% - 34%
1978	Democrat	Tom Harkin	82,333	Republican	Julian B. Garrett	57,377	59% - 41%
1980	Democrat	Tom Harkin	127,895	Republican	Cal Hultman	84,472	60% - 40%
1982	Democrat	Tom Harkin	93,333	Republican	Arlyn E. Danker	65,200	59% - 41%
1984	Republican	Jim Ross Lightfoot	104,632	Democrat	Jerry Fitzgerald	101,435	51% - 49%
1986	Republican	Jim Ross Lightfoot	85,025	Democrat	Scott Hughes	58,552	59% - 40%
1988	Republican	Jim Ross Lightfoot	117,761	Democrat	Gene Freund	66,599	64% - 36%
1990	Republican	Jim Ross Lightfoot	99,978	Democrat	Mike D. Earll	47,022	68% - 32%
1992	Republican	Fred Grandy	196,942	N/A	N/A	1,424	99% - 1%
1994	Republican	Tom Latham	114,796	Democrat	Sheila McGuire	73,627	61% - 39%
1996	Republican	Tom Latham	147,576	Democrat	MacDonald Smith	75,785	65% - 34%
1998	Republican	Tom Latham	132,730	N/A	N/A	1,041	99% - 1%
2000	Republican	Tom Latham	159,367	Democrat	Mike Palecek	67,593	69% - 29%
2002	Republican	Steve King	113,257	Democrat	Paul Shomshor	68,853	62% - 38%
2004	Republican	Steve King	168,583	Democrat	E. Joyce Schulte	97,597	63% - 37%
2006	Republican	Steve King	105,245	Democrat	E. Joyce Schulte	64,004	59% - 36%

References

★ Washington Post page on the 5th District of Iowa
1. 2001 Iowa Redistricting Plan,
2. Election Statistics,