Colorado's 5th congressional district | |
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Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023 | |
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Population (2023) | 737,347 [2] |
Median household income | $89,491 [2] |
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Cook PVI | R+9 [3] |
Colorado's 5th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Colorado. The district lies in the center of the state and comprises Colorado Springs and its suburbs including Cimarron Hills and Fort Carson.
The district is currently represented by Republican Jeff Crank. Historically one of the most Republican districts in Colorado, redistricting and growing Democratic strength in Colorado Springs have shifted the district somewhat left, however it is still a safe Republican district with a Cook Partisan Voting Index rating of R+9. [3]
The Republican Party has held control of the seat since the district's creation. Colorado Springs, the main population center within the district, is home to many conservative Christian organizations. Among these groups are Focus on the Family, its founder Dr. James Dobson (who is considered by some to be the most influential evangelical leader in the country [4] ), New Life Church, Compassion International, HCJB, and many others. There is some Democratic strength in this district in urban Colorado Springs and some of its suburbs near Pikes Peak, but it is no match for the overwhelming Republican tilt of the district; however, unlike the nearby 4th that is trending more Republican by the year, the 5th is becoming slightly less Republican due to demographic changes.
Colorado Springs also boasts a large population of both active-duty and retired military personnel and is home to many companies in the defense industry, all of which are demographics that tend to vote for Republicans. Throughout the district's history, Republicans have won by comfortable margins. From 1996 through 2004, Republican Joel Hefley usually won reelections with about 70% of the vote. George W. Bush received 66% of the vote in this district in 2004.
Because of the strong military presence, Colorado Springs's economy is usually very stable and frequently sees growth. The western portions of the district are mostly small mountain towns whose economy depends on ranching, farming, mining, and tourism.[ citation needed ]
Millions of tourists visit the Colorado Springs region every year, primarily to visit Garden of the Gods, United States Olympic Training Center, U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Museum, Pikes Peak, and the United States Air Force Academy.
Colorado Springs, located within the district, is home to multiple military installations. Fort Carson, the United States Air Force Academy, Peterson Space Force Base, Schriever Space Force Base, and NORAD are also all located within the district. There are more veterans living in the Colorado Fifth than any other district in America. [5]
Following the 1990 U.S. census and associated realignment of Colorado congressional districts, the 5th congressional district consisted of El Paso and Teller counties, as well as portions of Arapahoe, Douglas, and Fremont counties. [6]
Following the 2000 U.S. census and associated realignment of Colorado congressional districts, the 5th congressional district consisted of Chaffee, El Paso, Fremont, Lake and Teller counties, as well as most of Park County.
Following the 2010 U.S. census and associated realignment of Colorado congressional districts, the 5th congressional district consisted of Chaffee, El Paso, Fremont, and Teller counties, as well as most of Park County.
Following the 2020 U.S. census and associated realignment of Colorado congressional districts, the 5th congressional district consisted of most of El Paso County, except for a sliver that was drawn into the 4th district and 7th district. Other counties towards the west were redistricted into the 7th district.
For the 118th and successive Congresses (based on redistricting following the 2020 census), the district contains all or portions of the following counties and communities: [7]
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Year | Office | Results [8] [9] [10] |
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2008 | President | McCain 58% - 40% |
Senate | Schaffer 56% - 39% | |
2010 | Senate | Buck 60% - 34% |
Attorney General | Suthers 70% - 30% | |
Secretary of State | Gessler 64% - 30% | |
Treasurer | Stapleton 64% - 36% | |
2012 | President | Romney 60% - 40% |
2014 | Senate | Gardner 62% - 33% |
2016 | President | Trump 56% - 34% |
Senate | Glenn 58% - 36% | |
2018 | Governor | Stapleton 56% - 40% |
Attorney General | Brauchler 58% - 38% | |
2020 | President | Trump 53% - 43% |
Senate | Gardner 56% - 41% | |
2022 | Senate | O'Dea 52% - 44% |
Governor | Ganahl 50% - 47% | |
Attorney General | Kellner 55% - 42% | |
Secretary of State | Anderson 53% - 44% | |
Treasurer | Sias 55% - 41% | |
2024 | President | Trump 53% - 44% |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Republican | Bill Armstrong | 104,214 | 62.33 | ||
Democratic | Byron L. Johnson | 60,948 | 36.45 | ||
Libertarian | Pipp M. Boyls | 2,028 | 1.22 | ||
Total votes | 167,190 | 100.0 | |||
Republican win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bill Armstrong (incumbent) | 85,326 | 57.73 | |
Democratic | Ben Galloway | 56,888 | 38.49 | |
Independent | Stan Johnson | 5,580 | 3.78 | |
Total votes | 147,794 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bill Armstrong (incumbent) | 126,784 | 66.43 | |
Democratic | Dorothy Hores | 64,067 | 33.57 | |
Total votes | 190,851 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Ken Kramer | 91,933 | 59.78 | |
Democratic | Gerry Frank | 52,914 | 34.41 | |
Independent | L.W. Dan Bridges | 8,933 | 5.81 | |
Total votes | 153,780 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Ken Kramer (incumbent) | 177,319 | 72.41 | |
Democratic | Ed Schreiber | 62,003 | 25.32 | |
Libertarian | John A. Lanning | 5,578 | 2.27 | |
Total votes | 244,900 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Ken Kramer (incumbent) | 84,479 | 59.55 | |
Democratic | Thomas Cronin | 57,392 | 40.45 | |
Total votes | 141,871 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Ken Kramer (incumbent) | 163,654 | 78.59 | |
Democratic | William Geffen | 44,588 | 21.41 | |
Total votes | 206,242 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Joel Hefley | 121,153 | 69.77 | |
Democratic | Bill Story | 52,488 | 30.23 | |
Total votes | 173,641 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Joel Hefley (incumbent) | 181,612 | 75.13 | |
Democratic | John J. Mitchell | 60,116 | 24.87 | |
Total votes | 241,728 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Joel Hefley (incumbent) | 127,740 | 66.44 | |
Democratic | Cal Johnston | 57,776 | 30.05 | |
Libertarian | Keith L. Hamburger | 6,761 | 3.51 | |
Total votes | 192,277 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Joel Hefley (incumbent) | 173,096 | 71.11 | |
Democratic | Charles A. Oriez | 62,550 | 25.70 | |
Libertarian | Keith L. Hamburger | 7,769 | 3.19 | |
Total votes | 243,415 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Joel Hefley (incumbent) | 138,674 | 100.00 | |
Total votes | 138,674 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Joel Hefley | 36,994 | 76.70 | |
Republican | Bill Hughes | 11,236 | 23.30 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Joel Hefley (incumbent) | 188,805 | 71.94 | |
Democratic | Mike Robinson | 73,660 | 28.06 | |
Total votes | 262,465 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Joel Hefley (incumbent) | 155,790 | 72.71 | |
Democratic | Ken Alford | 55,609 | 25.95 | |
Natural Law | Mark A. Mellot | 2,871 | 1.34 | |
Total votes | 214,270 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Joel Hefley (incumbent) | 253,330 | 82.70 | |
Libertarian | Kerry Kantor | 37,719 | 12.31 | |
Natural Law | Randy Mackenzie | 15,260 | 4.99 | |
Total votes | 306,309 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Joel Hefley (incumbent) | 128,118 | 69.37 | |
Democratic | Curtis Imrie | 45,587 | 24.69 | |
Libertarian | Biff Baker | 10,972 | 5.94 | |
Total votes | 184,677 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Joel Hefley (incumbent) | 193,333 | 70.55 | |
Democratic | Fred Hardee | 74,098 | 27.04 | |
Libertarian | Arthur "Rob" Roberts | 6,627 | 2.41 | |
Total votes | 274,058 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Doug Lamborn | 15,126 | 26.97 | |
Republican | Jeff Crank | 14,234 | 25.38 | |
Republican | Bentley Rayburn | 9,735 | 17.36 | |
Republican | Lionel Rivera | 7,213 | 12.86 | |
Republican | John Wesley Anderson | 6,474 | 11.54 | |
Republican | Duncan Bremer | 3,310 | 5.90 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Doug Lamborn | 123,264 | 59.62 | |
Democratic | Jay Fawcett | 83,431 | 40.35 | |
Republican | Richard D. Hand (as a write-in) | 41 | 0.02 | |
Democratic | Brian X. Scott (as a write-in) | 12 | 0.01 | |
Republican | Gregory S. Hollister | 8 | 0.00 | |
Total votes | 206,756 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Doug Lamborn | 24,995 | 44% | |
Republican | Jeff Crank | 16,794 | 30% | |
Republican | Bentley Rayburn | 14,986 | 26% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Doug Lamborn (incumbent) | 183,179 | 60% | |
Democratic | Hal Bidlack | 113,027 | 37% | |
Constitution | Brian X. Scott | 8,894 | 3% | |
No party | Richard D. Hand | 45 | 0.03 | |
Total votes | 305,142 | 100% | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Doug Lamborn (incumbent) | 152,829 | 66% | |
Democratic | Kevin Bradley | 68,039 | 29% | |
Constitution | Brian X. Scott | 5,886 | 3% | |
Libertarian | Jerrell Klaver | 5,680 | 2% | |
Total votes | 232,434 | 100% | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Doug Lamborn (incumbent) | 199,639 | 65% | |
Independent | Dave Anderson | 53,318 | 17% | |
Libertarian | Jim Pirtle | 22,778 | 7% | |
Green | Misha Luzov | 18,284 | 6% | |
Constitution | Kenneth R. Harvell | 13,312 | 5% | |
Total votes | 307,231 | 100% | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Doug Lamborn (incumbent) | 157,182 | 60% | |
Democratic | Irv Halter | 105,673 | 40% | |
Total votes | 262,855 | 100% | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Doug Lamborn (Incumbent) | 225,445 | 62.28% | |
Democratic | Misty Plowright | 111,676 | 30.85% | |
Libertarian | Mike McRedmond | 24,872 | 6.87% | |
Total votes | 361,993 | 100% | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Doug Lamborn (Incumbent) | 184,002 | 57.02% | |
Democratic | Stephany Rose Spaulding | 126,848 | 39.31% | |
Libertarian | Douglas Randall | 11,795 | 3.65% | |
Write-in | 71 | 0.02% | ||
Total votes | 322,716 | 100% | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Doug Lamborn (Incumbent) | 249,013 | 57.6% | |
Democratic | Jillian Freeland | 161,600 | 37.4% | |
Libertarian | Ed Duffett | 14,777 | 3.4% | |
Independent | Marcus Allen Murphy | 3,708 | 0.9% | |
Unity | Rebecca Keltie | 3,309 | 0.8% | |
Total votes | 432,407 | 100% | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Doug Lamborn (incumbent) | 155,528 | 56.0% | |
Democratic | David Torres | 111,978 | 40.3% | |
Libertarian | Brian Flanagan | 7,079 | 2.5% | |
American Constitution | Christopher Mitchell | 3,370 | 1.2% | |
Independent | Matthew Feigenbaum | 9 | 0.0% | |
Total votes | 277,964 | 100% | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Jeff Crank | 197,924 | 54.7% | |
Democratic | River Gassen | 147,972 | 40.9% | |
Libertarian | Michael Vance | 6,458 | 1.8% | |
Independent | Joseph Gaye | 4,094 | 1.1% | |
American Constitution | Christopher Mitchell | 4,006 | 1.1% | |
Forward | Christopher Sweat | 1,627 | 0.4% | |
Write-in | 4 | 0.0% | ||
Total votes | 362,085 | 100% | ||
Republican hold |