Louisiana's 5th congressional district

Louisiana's 5th congressional district
	Louisiana's 5th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
	Ralph Abraham; R–Mangham
Distribution	51.65% rural[1]; 48.35% urban;
Population (2016)	748,306[2]
Median income	$37,415[3]
Ethnicity	62.26% white; 34.59% black; 2.36% Hispanic; 0.72% Asian; 0.32% Native American;
Cook PVI	R+15[4]

Louisiana's 5th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The district covers most of the northeastern and central portions of the state and much of the northern portions of the Florida parishes. It contains the cities of Monroe and Alexandria.

Previous election cycles

"On November 16, 2013, Republican newcomer Vance McAllister, a businessman from Swartz, handily defeated fellow Republican State Senator Neil Riser of Columbia in Caldwell Parish to claim the seat in a special election. McAllister led Riser, 54,449 (59.7) to 36,837 (40.3 percent), with all 981 precincts reporting. McAllister won fourteen of the twenty-four parishes in the district, including large margins in Ouachita and Rapides.[5] McAllister had criticized Governor Bobby Jindal for not extending Medicaid to qualified poor Louisianians, and Riser had endorsed the governor's refusal.

Analysts considered McAllister's victory as a rejection of Jindal's efforts to have the seat vacated and to replace Alexander with his hand-picked candidate in a low-turnout special election.[6] The runoff turnout was less than 19%, three percent less than in the primary.[7]

Previously the seat was held by Rodney Alexander, who in 2004 had switched from the Democratic Party to the GOP. Alexander resigned on September 26, 2013 to become secretary of the Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs under Governor Jindal.

Originally 14 candidates ran to succeed Alexander, including Clyde C. Holloway, a former representative from Louisiana's 8th congressional district, since disbanded. Riser and McAllister emerged from the primary to meet in the runoff.

Recent presidential elections

Election results from presidential races
Year	Office	Results
2000	President	Bush 57 - 40%
2004	President	Bush 62 - 37%
2008	President	McCain 62 - 37%
2012	President	Romney 61 - 38%
2016	President	Trump 64 - 34%

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history
Civil War and Reconstruction
W. Jasper Blackburn	Republican	July 18, 1868 – March 3, 1869	40th	[data unknown/missing] Retired to run for Lieutenant Governor.
Frank Morey	Republican	March 4, 1869 – June 8, 1876	41st 42nd 43rd 44th	Lost contested election.
William B. Spencer	Democratic	June 8, 1876 – January 8, 1877	44th	Won contested election. Resigned to become associate justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court.
Vacant		January 8, 1877 – March 3, 1877	44th
John E. Leonard	Republican	March 4, 1877 – March 15, 1878	45th	[data unknown/missing] Died.
Vacant		March 15, 1878 – November 5, 1878	45th
J. Smith Young	Democratic	November 5, 1878 – March 3, 1879	45th	Elected to finish Leonard's term. Retired.[8]
J. Floyd King	Democratic	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1887	46th 47th 48th 49th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.[9]
Cherubusco Newton	Democratic	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889	50th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.[9]
Charles J. Boatner	Democratic	March 4, 1889 – March 20, 1896	51st 52nd 53rd 54th	Elected in 1888. House declared seat vacant after election was contested by Alexis Benoit.
Vacant		March 20, 1896 – June 10, 1896	54th
Charles J. Boatner	Democratic	June 10, 1896 – March 3, 1897	54th	Elected to finish Boatner's term. [data unknown/missing]
Samuel T. Baird	Democratic	March 4, 1897 – April 22, 1899	55th 56th	[data unknown/missing] Died[10]
Vacant		April 22, 1899 – August 29, 1899	56th
Joseph E. Ransdell	Democratic	August 29, 1899 – March 3, 1913	56th 57th 58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd	Elected to finish Baird's term. [data unknown/missing]
James Walter Elder	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915	63rd	[data unknown/missing] Lost renomination.[11]
Riley J. Wilson	Democratic	March 4, 1915 – January 3, 1937	64th 65th 66th 67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd 73rd 74th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.[12]
Newt V. Mills	Democratic	January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1943	75th 76th 77th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
Charles E. McKenzie	Democratic	January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1947	78th 79th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
Otto Passman	Democratic	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1977	80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
Jerry Huckaby	Democratic	January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1993	95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election in a redistricting contest.
Jim McCrery	Republican	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1997	103rd 104th	Redistricted from the 4th district and re-elected in 1992. Redistricted to the 4th district.
John Cooksey	Republican	January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2003	105th 106th 107th	[data unknown/missing] Retired to run for U.S. Senator.
Rodney Alexander	Democratic	January 3, 2003 – August 9, 2004	108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th	[data unknown/missing] Resigned to become Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs.
Rodney Alexander	Republican	August 9, 2004 – September 26, 2013	108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th
Vacant		September 26, 2013 – November 16, 2013	113th
Vance McAllister	Republican	November 16, 2013 – January 3, 2015	113th	Elected to finish Alexander's term. Lost re-election.
Ralph Abraham	Republican	January 3, 2015 – present	114th 115th 116th	Not running for re-election in 2020.[13]

Recent election results

2002

Louisiana's 5th Congressional District Runoff Election (2002)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rodney Alexander*	86,718	50.28
	Republican	Lee Fletcher	85,744	49.72
Total votes			172,462	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

2004

Louisiana's 5th Congressional District Election (2004)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rodney Alexander*	141,495	59.44
	Democratic	Zelma "Tisa" Blakes	58,591	24.61
	Republican	John W. "Jock" Scott	37,971	15.95
Total votes			238,057	100.00
Turnout
	Republican gain from Democratic

NOTE: Rodney Alexander switched from the Democratic to the Republican Party.

2006

Louisiana's 5th Congressional District Election (2006)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rodney Alexander	78,211	68.26
	Democratic	Gloria Williams Hearn	33,233	29.00
	Libertarian	Brent Sanders	1,876	1.64
	Independent	John Watts	1,262	1.10
Total votes			114,582	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

2008

Louisiana's 5th Congressional District Election (2008)
Party		Candidate	%
	Republican	Rodney Alexander	100.00
Total votes			100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

2010

Louisiana's 5th Congressional District Election (2010)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rodney Alexander	122,033	78.57
	Independent	Tom Gibbs, Jr.	33,279	21.43
Total votes			155,312	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

2012

Louisiana's 5th Congressional District Election (2012)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rodney Alexander (Incumbent)	202,536	77.83
	No Party	"Ron" Ceasar	37,486	14.41
	Libertarian	Clay Steven Grant	20,194	7.76
Total votes			260,216	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

2013 (special)

Louisiana's 5th Congressional District Special Election (2013)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Vance McAllister	54,449	59.65%
	Republican	Neil Riser	36,837	40.35%
Total votes			91,286	18.9%
Turnout
	Republican hold

2014

Louisiana's 5th Congressional District Election (2014)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	"Jamie" Mayo	67,611	28%
	Republican	Ralph Abraham	54,449	23%
	Republican	"Zach" Dasher	53,628	22%
	Republican	Vance M. McAllister	26,606	11%
	Republican	Clyde C. Holloway	17,877	7%
	Republican	Harris Brown	9,890	4%
	Republican	"Ed" Tarpley	4,594	2%
	Libertarian	Charles Saucier	2,201	1%
	Green	Eliot S. Barron	1,655	1%
Total votes			239,551	100%
Turnout				52.6

Louisiana's 5th Congressional District Election (2014 Runoff)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ralph Abraham	134,616	64%
	Democratic	"Jamie" Mayo	75,006	36%
Total votes			209,622	100%
Turnout				45.2
	Republican hold

2016

Louisiana's 5th Congressional District Election (2016 Primary)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ralph Abraham	208,545	82%
	Republican	Billy Burkette	47,117	18%
Total votes			255,662	100%
Turnout				66.8
	Republican hold

2018

Louisiana's 5th Congressional District Election (2018 Primary)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ralph Abraham	149,018	66.5
	Democratic	Jessee Carlton Fleenor	67,118	30.0
	Independent	Billy Burkette	4,799	2.1
	Libertarian	Kyle Randol	3,011	1.3
Total votes			223,946	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

Historical district boundaries

2003 - 2013

References

Geography, US Census Bureau. "Congressional Districts Relationship Files (state-based)". www.census.gov.
Bureau, Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
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"Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
"5th congressional district special election returns, November 16, 2013". staticresults.sos.la.gov. Retrieved November 16, 2013.
'Riser, Alexander and Jindal' Archived 2013-08-26 at the Wayback Machine, The Advocate, James Gill, 3 November 2013. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
Lauren McGaughy, "Political newcomer Vance McAllister wins 5th District special election", Times-Picayune, 16 November 2013. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
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[1] Geography, US Census Bureau. "Congressional Districts Relationship Files (state-based)". www.census.gov.

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

[3] "My Congressional District".

[Cook-4] "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.

[5] "5th congressional district special election returns, November 16, 2013". staticresults.sos.la.gov. Retrieved November 16, 2013.

[6] 'Riser, Alexander and Jindal' Archived 2013-08-26 at the Wayback Machine, The Advocate, James Gill, 3 November 2013. Retrieved 17 November 2013.

[7] Lauren McGaughy, "Political newcomer Vance McAllister wins 5th District special election", Times-Picayune, 16 November 2013. Retrieved 17 November 2013.

[8] "YOUNG, John Smith - Biographical Information". bioguide.congress.gov. Retrieved 2016-11-02.

[auto-9] "KING, John Floyd - Biographical Information". bioguide.congress.gov. Retrieved 2016-11-02.

[10] "Samuel T Baird Dies - on Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2016-11-02.

[11] "Wilson defeats Elder - on Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2016-11-02.

[12] "WILSON, Riley Joseph - Biographical Information". bioguide.congress.gov. Retrieved 2016-11-02.

[13] Crisp, Elizabeth (February 26, 2020). "Ex-governor candidate U.S. Rep. Ralph Abraham won't seek another term in Congress". The Advocate. Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Retrieved February 26, 2020.