Virginia's 5th congressional district

Virginia's 5th congressional district
	Virginia's 5th congressional district since January 3, 2013
	Denver Riggleman; R–Nellysford
Distribution	64.7% rural[1]; 35.3% urban;
Population (2016)	735,178[2]
Median income	$54,726[2]
Ethnicity	74.53% white; 19.76% black; 3.38% Hispanic; 1.98% Asian; 0.31% Native American;
Cook PVI	R+6[3]

Virginia’s fifth congressional district is a United States congressional district in the commonwealth of Virginia. It is Virginia's largest district with an area of 10,181.03 square miles (26,368.7 km²) and is larger in area than six US states (Vermont, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Delaware, and New Hampshire). The 5th District contains counties located in the Piedmont and Blue Ridge Region stretching vertically across the state from the Virginia-North Carolina Border going 250 miles up to Fauquier County in Northern Virginia, West of Washington DC.

The district’s first representative in Congress was James Madison, who defeated James Monroe in the district's first congressional election. Madison and Monroe would go on to serve as the 4th and 5th Presidents of the United States. The current Congressman is Republican Denver Riggleman. Historically, the 5th was one of the first districts of Virginia to turn Republican in Presidential elections – though unlike the 6th where the decisive factor was ticket-splitting by Byrd Organization Democrats, here the decisive factor was the growth of middle-class Republicanism in the Charlottesville metropolitan area. In the decade preceding the Voting Rights Act, these were joined by a significant proportion of Virginia’s limited and almost entirely white electorate who preferred conservative positions on black civil rights. The district was to be one of two in Virginia giving a plurality to segregationist George Wallace in 1968, and has never supported a Democrat for President since Harry S. Truman.

However, the district was continuously represented in Congress by fairly conservative Democrats until Virgil H. Goode, Jr. switched parties, first to independent and then to Republican. In 2008, Democrat Tom Perriello defeated Goode with significant Democratic down-ballot coattails from the Obama campaign. Republican Robert Hurt defeated Periello in 2010, going on to serve three terms. Republican Tom Garrett was elected in 2016 and served one term. Currently, the district is represented by Republican Denver Riggleman, elected 2018.

Area covered

It covers all or part of the following political subdivisions:

Counties

The entirety of:

Portions of:

Cities

Charlottesville (main site of the University of Virginia)
Danville

Recent election results

2008

Virginia's 5th congressional district election, November 2008[4]

Candidate	Party	Votes	Percentage
Tom Perriello	Democratic	158,810	50.1%
Virgil Goode	Republican	158,083	49.9%
All Others		183	0.1%
Total Votes Cast		317,076

2010

Virginia's 5th congressional district election, November 2010[5]

Candidate	Party	Votes	Percentage
Robert Hurt	Republican	119.560	50.8%
Tom Perriello	Democratic	110,562	47.0%
Jeffrey Clark	Independent	4,992	2.1%
All Others		185	0.1%
Total Votes Cast		235,299

2012

Virginia's 5th congressional district election, November 2012[5]

Candidate	Party	Votes	Percentage
Robert Hurt	Republican	193,009	55.4%
John Douglass	Democratic	149,214	42.9%
Kenneth Hildebrandt	Independent Green	5,500	1.6%
All Others		499	0.1%
Total Votes Cast		348,222

2014

Virginia's 5th congressional district election, November 2014[5]

Candidate	Party	Votes	Percentage
Robert Hurt	Republican	124,735	60.9%
Walter Lawrence Gaughan	Democratic	73,482	35.9%
Paul Jones	Libertarian	4,298	2.1%
Kenneth Hildebrandt	Independent Green	2,209	1.1%
All Others		224	0.1%
Total Votes Cast		204,948

2016

Virginia's 5th Congressional District House Election, November 2016[5]

Candidate	Party	Votes	Percentage
Tom Garrett	Republican	207,758	58.2%
Jane Dittmar	Democratic	148,339	41.6%
All others		668	0.2%
Total votes cast		356,765

2018

Virginia's 5th Congressional District House Election, November 2018[6]

Took place on Tuesday, November 6, 2018, with Republican Denver Riggleman winning the election. The incumbent, Tom Garrett, did not run for re-election.[7]

Candidate	Party	Votes	Percentage
Denver Riggleman	Republican	165,339	53.18
Leslie Cockburn	Democratic	145,040	46.65
All others	Write In	547	0.18
Total votes cast		310,926	100

2020

Virginia's 5th Congressional District House Election, November 2020

Election will take place on Tuesday, November 3, 2020. Republican candidate Bob Good defeated current Congressman Denver Riggleman in the June 2020 Republican primary and will face Democratic candidate Dr. Cameron Webb in the November general election.[8]

Candidate	Party	Votes	Percentage
Bob Good	Republican	-	-
Cameron Webb	Democratic	-	-
All others	Write In	-	-
Total votes cast		-	-

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Term	Cong ress	Electoral history
District created March 4, 1789
James Madison	Anti-Administration	March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1793	1st 2nd	Elected in 1789. Re-elected in 1790. Redistricted to the 15th district.
George Hancock	Pro-Administration	March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795	3rd 4th	Elected in 1793. Re-elected in 1795. Retired.
George Hancock	Federalist	March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1797	3rd 4th	Elected in 1793. Re-elected in 1795. Retired.
John J. Trigg	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1797 – March 3, 1803	5th 6th 7th	Elected in 1797. Re-elected in 1799. Re-elected in 1801. Redistricted to the 13th district.
Thomas Lewis Jr.	Federalist	March 4, 1803 – March 5, 1804	8th	Elected in 1803. Election invalidated.
Andrew Moore	Democratic-Republican	March 5, 1804 – August 11, 1804	8th	[data unknown/missing] Resigned when appointed U.S. senator.
Vacant		August 12, 1804 – December 3, 1804	8th
Alexander Wilson	Democratic-Republican	December 4, 1804 – March 3, 1809	8th 9th 10th	Elected to finish Moore's term. Re-elected in 1805. Re-elected in 1807. Lost re-election.
James Breckinridge	Federalist	March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1817	11th 12th 13th 14th	Elected in 1809. Re-elected in 1811. Re-elected in 1813. Re-elected in 1815. Retired.
John Floyd	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1823	15th 16th 17th	Elected in 1817. Re-elected in 1819. Re-elected in 1821. Redistricted to the 20th district.
John Randolph	Crawford Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	18th 19th	Redistricted from the 16th district and re-elected in 1823. Re-elected in 1825. Resigned when appointed U.S. senator.
John Randolph	Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – December 26, 1825	19th
Vacant		December 27, 1825 – January 20, 1826
George W. Crump	Jacksonian	January 21, 1826 – March 3, 1827		Elected to finish Randolph's term. Retired.
John Randolph	Jacksonian	March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1829	20th	Elected in 1827. Retired.
Thomas Bouldin	Jacksonian	March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1833	21st 22nd	Elected in 1829. [data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
John Randolph	Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – May 24, 1833	23rd	[data unknown/missing] Died.
Vacant		May 25, 1833 – August 25, 1833
Thomas Bouldin	Jacksonian	August 26, 1833 – February 11, 1834		Elected to finish Randolph's term. Died.
Vacant		February 12, 1834 – March 14, 1834
James Bouldin	Jacksonian	March 15, 1834 – March 3, 1837	23rd 24th 25th	Elected to finish his brother's term. Retired.
James Bouldin	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839	23rd 24th 25th	Elected to finish his brother's term. Retired.
John Hill	Whig	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841	26th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
Edmund W. Hubard	Democratic	March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843	27th	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 4th district.
Thomas W. Gilmer	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – February 18, 1844	28th	[data unknown/missing] Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of the Navy
Vacant		February 19, 1844 – May 9, 1844
William L. Goggin	Whig	May 10, 1844 – March 3, 1845		Elected to finish Gilmer's term. Lost re-election.
Shelton Leake	Democratic	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847	29th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
William L. Goggin	Whig	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849	30th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
Paulus Powell	Democratic	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853	31st 32nd	Elected late on April 26, 1849. Re-elected late on October 23, 1851. Redistricted to the 6th district.
Thomas S. Bocock	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1861	33rd 34th 35th 36th	Redistricted from the 4th district and re-elected late on May 26, 1853. Re-elected late on May 24, 1855. Re-elected late on May 28, 1857. Re-elected late on May 26, 1859. Resigned.
Vacant		March 4, 1861 – January 26, 1870	36th 37th 38th 39th 40th 41st	Civil War
Robert Ridgway	Conservative	January 27, 1870 – October 16, 1870	41st	[data unknown/missing] Died.
Vacant		October 17, 1870 – November 7, 1870	41st
Richard T. W. Duke Sr.	Conservative	November 8, 1870 – March 3, 1871	41st 42nd	Elected to finish Ridgway's term. Lost re-election.
Richard T. W. Duke Sr.	Democratic	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873	41st 42nd	Elected to finish Ridgway's term. Lost re-election.
Alexander Davis	Democratic	March 4, 1873 – March 5, 1874	43rd	Election invalidated.
Christopher Y. Thomas	Republican	March 5, 1874 – March 3, 1875	43rd	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
George C. Cabell	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1887	44th 45th 46th 47th 48th 49th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
John R. Brown	Republican	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889	50th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
Posey G. Lester	Democratic	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1893	51st 52nd	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
Claude A. Swanson	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – January 30, 1906	53rd 54th 55th 56th 57th 58th 59th	Elected Governor of Virginia.
Vacant		January 31, 1906 – November 5, 1906	59th
Edward W. Saunders	Democratic	November 6, 1906 – February 29, 1920	59th 60th 61st 62nd 63rd 64th 65th 66th	[data unknown/missing] Resigned to become Virginia Supreme Court justice.
Vacant		March 1, 1920 – May 31, 1920	66th
Rorer A. James	Democratic	June 1, 1920 – August 6, 1921	66th 67th	Elected to finish Saunders's term. Died.
Vacant		August 7, 1921 – November 7, 1921	67th
J. Murray Hooker	Democratic	November 8, 1921 – March 3, 1925	67th 68th	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
Joseph Whitehead	Democratic	March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1931	69th 70th 71st	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
Thomas G. Burch	Democratic	March 4, 1931 – March 3, 1933	72nd	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the at-large seat.
District eliminated March 4, 1933
District recreated: January 3, 1935
Thomas G. Burch	Democratic	January 3, 1935 – May 31, 1946	74th 75th 76th 77th 78th 79th	[data unknown/missing] Resigned when appointed U.S. senator.
Vacant		May 31, 1946 – November 5, 1946	79th
Thomas B. Stanley	Democratic	November 5, 1946 – February 3, 1953	79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd	[data unknown/missing] Resigned to run for Governor of Virginia.
Vacant		February 3, 1953 – April 14, 1953	83rd
William M. Tuck	Democratic	April 14, 1953 – January 3, 1969	83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th	Elected to finish Stanley's term. Retired.
Dan Daniel	Democratic	January 3, 1969 – January 23, 1988	91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th	[data unknown/missing] Died.
Vacant		January 23, 1988 – June 14, 1988	100th
Lewis F. Payne Jr.	Democratic	June 14, 1988 – January 3, 1997	100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th	Elected to finish Daniel's term. Retired.
Virgil H. Goode Jr.	Democratic	January 3, 1997 – January 27, 2000	105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
	Independent	January 27, 2000 – August 1, 2002
	Republican	August 1, 2002 – January 3, 2009
Tom Perriello	Democratic	January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2011	111th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
Robert Hurt	Republican	January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2017	112th 113th 114th	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
Tom Garrett	Republican	January 3, 2017 – January 3, 2019	115th	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
Denver Riggleman	Republican	January 3, 2019 – Present	116th	Elected in 2018. Lost renomination.

Historical district boundaries

2003–2013

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References

https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/cd_state.html
Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
"Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
"Virginia Elections Database » Search Elections". Virginia Elections Database. Retrieved 2020-06-16.
"Virginia Elections Database » Search Elections". Virginia Elections Database. Retrieved 2019-03-19.
"2018 November General".
Virginia Department of Elections, Certified Candidates in Ballot Order for November 6, 2018. Retrieved October 10, 2018.
Anstaett, Colter (2020-06-24). "Race for Virginia's 5th Congressional District expected to be competitive in November". WSLS. Retrieved 2020-07-23.

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

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[1] ttps://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/cd_state.html

[census-2] Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.

[Cook-3] "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.

[4] "Virginia Elections Database » Search Elections". Virginia Elections Database. Retrieved 2020-06-16.

[:0-5] "Virginia Elections Database » Search Elections". Virginia Elections Database. Retrieved 2019-03-19.

[6] "2018 November General".

[7] Virginia Department of Elections, Certified Candidates in Ballot Order for November 6, 2018. Retrieved October 10, 2018.

[8] Anstaett, Colter (2020-06-24). "Race for Virginia's 5th Congressional District expected to be competitive in November". WSLS. Retrieved 2020-07-23.