Indiana's 5th congressional district

Indiana's 5th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Indiana that takes the north side of Indianapolis as well as its eastern and northern suburbs, including Marion, Carmel, Anderson, Noblesville, Fishers, and parts of Kokomo. This suburban district is predominantly white and is the wealthiest congressional district in Indiana, per median income.

Indiana's 5th congressional district
Indiana's 5th congressional district since January 3, 2013
Representative
  Victoria Spartz
RNoblesville
Area3,266.14 sq mi (8,459.3 km2)
Distribution
  • 74.53% urban
  • 25.47% rural
Population (2019)791,257
Median household
income
$76,417[1]
Ethnicity
Cook PVIR+9[3]

The district is currently represented by Republican Victoria Spartz.

Demographics

According to the APM Research Lab's Voter Profile Tools[4] (featuring the U.S. Census Bureau's 2019 American Community Survey), the district contained about 585,000 potential voters (citizens, age 18+). Of these, 84% are White and 8% are Black. Immigrants make up 4% of the district's potential voters. Median income among households (with one or more potential voter) in the district is about $76,700, while 7% of households live below the poverty line. As for the educational attainment of potential voters in the district, 45% hold a bachelor's or higher degree.

Recent election results from statewide races

Year U.S. President U.S. Senator[5] Governor
2000 Bush (R): 69 – 30% [Data unknown/missing] [Data unknown/missing]
2004 Bush (R): 71 –28% [Data unknown/missing] [Data unknown/missing]
2008 McCain (R): 59 – 40% [Data unknown/missing]
2012 Romney (R): 57.5 – 40.7% Donnelly (D): 47.4 – 46.2% Pence (R): 55-40%
2016 Trump (R): 53.1 – 41.3% [Data unknown/missing] [Data unknown/missing]
2018 Donnelly (D): 48.4 – 47.9%
2020 Trump (R): 50.1 – 47.9% [Data unknown/missing]

List of members representing the district

Member Party Years Cong
ress
Electoral history District location
District created March 4, 1833
Johnathan McCarty Jacksonian March 4, 1833 –
March 3, 1835
23rd
24th
Redistricted from the 3rd district and re-elected in 1832.
[data unknown/missing]
1833–1843
[data unknown/missing]
Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1835 –
March 3, 1837

James Rariden
Whig March 4, 1837 –
March 3, 1841
25th
26th
[data unknown/missing]
Andrew Kennedy Democratic March 4, 1841 –
March 3, 1843
27th [data unknown/missing]
Redistricted to the 10th district.
William J. Brown Democratic March 4, 1843 –
March 3, 1845
28th [data unknown/missing] 1843–1853
[data unknown/missing]
William W. Wick Democratic March 4, 1845 –
March 3, 1849
29th
30th
[data unknown/missing]
William J. Brown Democratic March 4, 1849 –
March 3, 1851
31st [data unknown/missing]

Thomas A. Hendricks
Democratic March 4, 1851 –
March 3, 1853
32nd [data unknown/missing]
Redistricted to the 6th district.
Samuel W. Parker Whig March 4, 1853 –
March 3, 1855
33rd Redistricted from the 4th district and re-elected in 1852.
[data unknown/missing]
1853–1863
[data unknown/missing]
David P. Holloway Opposition March 4, 1855 –
March 3, 1857
34th [data unknown/missing]

David Kilgore
Republican March 4, 1857 –
March 3, 1861
35th
36th
[data unknown/missing]

George W. Julian
Republican March 4, 1861 –
March 3, 1869
37th
38th
39th
40th
[data unknown/missing]
Redistricted to the 4th district.
1863–1873
[data unknown/missing]

John Coburn
Republican March 4, 1869 –
March 3, 1875
41st
42nd
43rd
Redistricted from the 6th district and re-elected in 1868.
[data unknown/missing]
1873–1883
[data unknown/missing]

William S. Holman
Democratic March 4, 1875 –
March 3, 1877
44th Redistricted from the 3rd district and re-elected in 1874.
[data unknown/missing]

Thomas M. Browne
Republican March 4, 1877 –
March 3, 1881
45th
46th
[data unknown/missing]
Redistricted to the 6th district.
Courtland C. Matson Democratic March 4, 1881 –
March 3, 1889
47th
48th
49th
50th
[data unknown/missing]
1883–1893
[data unknown/missing]

George W. Cooper
Democratic March 4, 1889 –
March 3, 1895
51st
52nd
53rd
[data unknown/missing]
1893–1903
[data unknown/missing]

Jesse Overstreet
Republican March 4, 1895 –
March 3, 1897
54th [data unknown/missing]
Redistricted to the 7th district.

George W. Faris
Republican March 4, 1897 –
March 3, 1901
55th
56th
Redistricted from the 8th district and re-elected in 1896.
[data unknown/missing]

Elias S. Holliday
Republican March 4, 1901 –
March 3, 1909
57th
58th
59th
60th
[data unknown/missing]
1903–1913
[data unknown/missing]

Ralph Wilbur Moss
Democratic March 4, 1909 –
March 3, 1917
61st
62nd
63rd
64th
[data unknown/missing]
1913–1933
[data unknown/missing]

Everett Sanders
Republican March 4, 1917 –
March 3, 1925
65th
66th
67th
68th
[data unknown/missing]

Noble J. Johnson
Republican March 4, 1925 –
March 3, 1931
69th
70th
71st
[data unknown/missing]
Courtland C. Gillen Democratic March 4, 1931 –
March 3, 1933
72nd [data unknown/missing]
Glenn Griswold Democratic March 4, 1933 –
January 3, 1939
73rd
74th
75th
Redistricted from the 11th district and re-elected in 1932.
[data unknown/missing]
1933–1943
[data unknown/missing]

Forest Harness
Republican January 3, 1939 –
January 3, 1949
76th
77th
78th
79th
80th
[data unknown/missing]
1943–1953
[data unknown/missing]
John R. Walsh Democratic January 3, 1949 –
January 3, 1951
81st [data unknown/missing]

John V. Beamer
Republican January 3, 1951 –
January 3, 1959
82nd
83rd
84th
85th
[data unknown/missing]
1953–1963
[data unknown/missing]

J. Edward Roush
Democratic January 3, 1959 –
January 3, 1961
86th [data unknown/missing]
Vacant January 3, 1961 – June 14, 196184thContested election

J. Edward Roush
Democratic June 14, 1961 –
January 3, 1969
87th
88th
89th
90th
[data unknown/missing]
Redistricted to the 4th district and lost re-election.
1963–1973
[data unknown/missing]

Richard L. Roudebush
Republican January 3, 1969 –
January 3, 1971
91st Redistricted from the 10th district and re-elected in 1968.
[data unknown/missing]

Elwood Hillis
Republican January 3, 1971 –
January 3, 1987
92nd
93rd
94th
95th
96th
97th
98th
99th
[data unknown/missing]
1973–1983
[data unknown/missing]
1983–1993
1993–2003

Jim Jontz
Democratic January 3, 1987 –
January 3, 1993
100th
101st
102nd
[data unknown/missing]

Steve Buyer
Republican January 3, 1993 –
January 3, 2003
103rd
104th
105th
106th
107th
[data unknown/missing]
Redistricted to the 4th district.

Dan Burton
Republican January 3, 2003 –
January 3, 2013
108th
109th
110th
111th
112th
Redistricted from the 6th district and re-elected in 2002.
[data unknown/missing]
2003–2013

Susan Brooks
Republican January 3, 2013 –
January 3, 2021
113th
114th
115th
116th
Elected in 2012. 2013–present

Victoria Spartz
Republican January 3, 2021 –


Present

117th Elected in 2020.

Election results

2002

Indiana's 5th Congressional District election (2002)
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Dan Burton* 129,442 71.97
Democratic Katherine Fox Carr 45,283 25.18
Libertarian Christopher Adkins 5,130 2.85
Total votes 179,855 100.00
Turnout  
Republican hold

2004

Indiana's 5th Congressional District election (2004)
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Dan Burton* 228,718 71.84
Democratic Katherine Fox Carr 82,637 25.96
Libertarian Rick Hodgin 7,008 2.20
Total votes 318,363 100.00
Turnout  
Republican hold

2006

Indiana's 5th Congressional District election (2006)
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Dan Burton* 133,118 64.96
Democratic Katherine Fox Carr 64,362 31.41
Libertarian Sheri Conover Sharlow 7,431 3.63
Total votes 204,821 100.00
Turnout  
Republican hold

2008

Indiana's 5th Congressional District election (2008)
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Dan Burton* 234,507 65.59
Democratic Mary Etta Ruley 123,021 34.41
Total votes 357,528 100.00
Turnout  
Republican hold

2010

Indiana's 5th Congressional District election (2010)
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Dan Burton* 146,899 62.14
Democratic Tim Crawford 60,024 25.39
Libertarian Richard Reid 18,266 7.73
Independent Jesse C. Trueblood 11,218 4.75
Total votes 236,407 100.00
Turnout  
Republican hold

2012

Indiana's 5th Congressional District election (2012)
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Susan Brooks 194,570 58.37
Democratic Scott Reske 125,347 37.60
Libertarian Chard Reid 13,442 4.03
Total votes 333,359 100.00
Turnout   58
Republican hold

2014

Indiana's 5th Congressional District election (2014)
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Susan Brooks* 105,277 65.21
Democratic Shawn Denney 49,756 30.82
Libertarian John Krom 6,407 3.97
Total votes 161,440 100.00
Turnout   26
Republican hold

2016

Indiana's 5th Congressional District election (2016)
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Susan Brooks* 221,957 61.46
Democratic Angela Demaree 123,849 34.29
Libertarian Matthew Wittlief 15,329 4.24
Total votes 361,135 100.00
Turnout   57
Republican hold

2018

Indiana's 5th Congressional District election (2018)
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Susan Brooks* 180,035 56.76
Democratic Dee Thornton 137,142 43.24
Total votes 317,177 100.00
Turnout  
Republican hold

2020

Indiana's 5th congressional district, 2020
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Victoria Spartz 208,053 50.0
Democratic Christina Hale 190,898 45.9
Libertarian Ken Tucker 16,764 4.0
Total votes 100.0
Republican hold

See also

References

  1. Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
  2. "Census profile: Congressional District 5, IN". Census Reporter.
  3. "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
  4. "Representing US: 2020 Voter Profiles". APM Research Lab. Retrieved 2020-10-22.
  5. "IN-05 Senate Elections 2012 and 2018". Twitter. Retrieved 2020-07-03.

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