Two major economic projects have lastingly impacted the 5th district and have indelibly dictated the politics of North Alabama for most of the 20th Century. Before 1933, the Northern Alabama counties were characteristically poor, white and rural. The Tennessee Valley Authority's (TVA) arrival changed much of that, slowly transforming the demographic towards technical and engineering employees. The second major project was the space and rocketry programs including Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville where the first large U.S. Ballistic missiles were developed. Additionally, NASA built the Marshall Space Flight Center in the Huntsville-Decatur area during the 1960s. In the late 1950s Northern Alabama came to be dominated by the high-tech and engineering industries, a trend which has continued up to the present. In recent years, the United Launch Alliance has located its research center in Decatur. As a result, Huntsville has become the second largest and fastest growing metropolitan area in Alabama.
For a time, the district bucked the increasing Republican trend in Alabama. It was the only district in the state that supported Walter Mondale in 1984, but hasn't supported a Democrat for president since then. Democrats continue to hold most offices at the local level, and continued to hold most of the district's seats in the Alabama state legislature until the Republicans swept nearly all of north Alabama's seats in 2010. In the mid-1990s, it was a seriously contested seat, with longtime Democratic incumbent Bud Cramer winning reelection by only 1,770 votes in 1994. However, Cramer was elected five more times with 70 percent or more of the vote and even ran unopposed in the Democratic landslide year of 2006. Cramer did not seek reelection in 2008. Parker Griffith, a retired oncologist and State Senator, won the open seat in November 2008. However, in December 2009, Griffith became a Republican. Until Griffith's switch, the district had been one of the last in the former Confederacy not to have sent a Republican to the U.S. Congress since Reconstruction. Griffith was ousted in the Republican primary by former Representative Mo Brooks.
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alabama, congressional, district, redirects, here, state, route, alabama, state, route, 7777167, 7810056, 7777167, 7810056, from, 2023, 2025from, 2025interactive, district, boundariesrepresentative, dale, strongr, huntsvillearea4, distribution65, urban, ruralp. AL 5 redirects here For the state route see Alabama State Route 5 34 46 39 78 N 86 46 51 62 W 34 7777167 N 86 7810056 W 34 7777167 86 7810056 Alabama s 5th congressional districtFrom 2023 to 2025From 2025Interactive map of district boundariesRepresentative Dale StrongR HuntsvilleArea4 689 sq mi 12 140 km2 Distribution65 53 urban 1 34 47 ruralPopulation 2022 743 238 2 Median householdincome 73 698 3 Ethnicity68 4 White19 1 Black6 6 Hispanic3 4 Native American2 8 Asian0 2 Pacific Islander AmericansOccupation57 1 White collar29 6 Blue collar13 3 Gray collarCook PVIR 17 4 Alabama s 5th congressional district is a U S congressional district in Alabama which elects a representative to the United States House of Representatives It encompasses the counties of Lauderdale Limestone Madison Morgan and most of Jackson It is currently represented by Republican Dale Strong a former Madison County Commissioner Strong was elected in 2022 following the retirement of Republican incumbent Mo Brooks Contents 1 Character 2 Recent election results from statewide races 3 List of members representing the district 4 Recent election results 4 1 2002 4 2 2004 4 3 2006 4 4 2008 4 5 2010 4 6 2012 4 7 2014 4 8 2016 4 9 2018 4 10 2020 4 11 2022 5 See also 6 ReferencesCharacter editTwo major economic projects have lastingly impacted the 5th district and have indelibly dictated the politics of North Alabama for most of the 20th Century Before 1933 the Northern Alabama counties were characteristically poor white and rural The Tennessee Valley Authority s TVA arrival changed much of that slowly transforming the demographic towards technical and engineering employees The second major project was the space and rocketry programs including Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville where the first large U S Ballistic missiles were developed Additionally NASA built the Marshall Space Flight Center in the Huntsville Decatur area during the 1960s In the late 1950s Northern Alabama came to be dominated by the high tech and engineering industries a trend which has continued up to the present In recent years the United Launch Alliance has located its research center in Decatur As a result Huntsville has become the second largest and fastest growing metropolitan area in Alabama For a time the district bucked the increasing Republican trend in Alabama It was the only district in the state that supported Walter Mondale in 1984 but hasn t supported a Democrat for president since then Democrats continue to hold most offices at the local level and continued to hold most of the district s seats in the Alabama state legislature until the Republicans swept nearly all of north Alabama s seats in 2010 In the mid 1990s it was a seriously contested seat with longtime Democratic incumbent Bud Cramer winning reelection by only 1 770 votes in 1994 However Cramer was elected five more times with 70 percent or more of the vote and even ran unopposed in the Democratic landslide year of 2006 Cramer did not seek reelection in 2008 Parker Griffith a retired oncologist and State Senator won the open seat in November 2008 However in December 2009 Griffith became a Republican Until Griffith s switch the district had been one of the last in the former Confederacy not to have sent a Republican to the U S Congress since Reconstruction Griffith was ousted in the Republican primary by former Representative Mo Brooks George W Bush won 60 of the vote in this district in 2004 John McCain also carried the 5th district in 2008 with 60 91 of the vote while Barack Obama received 37 99 Recent election results from statewide races editYear Office Results2000 President Bush 54 44 2004 President Bush 60 39 2008 President McCain 61 38 2012 President Romney 64 35 2016 President Trump 65 31 2017 Senate Moore 49 49 2020 President Trump 63 36 2022 Senate Britt 67 30 List of members representing the district editMember Party Years Congress Electoral history LocationDistrict created March 4 1833 nbsp John Murphy Claiborne Jacksonian March 4 1833 March 3 1835 23rd Elected in 1832 Retired nbsp Francis Strother Lyon Demopolis Anti Jacksonian March 4 1835 March 3 1837 24th25th Elected in 1834 Re elected in 1836 Retired Whig March 4 1837 March 3 1839 nbsp James Dellet Claiborne Whig March 4 1839 March 3 1841 26th Elected in 1838 Redistricted to the at large district and lost re election District inactive March 4 1841 March 3 1843 27th All representatives elected at large nbsp George S Houston Athens Democratic March 4 1843 March 4 1849 28th29th30th Redistricted from the at large district and re elected in 1842 Re elected in 1844 Re elected in 1846 Retired nbsp David Hubbard Kinlock Democratic March 4 1849 March 3 1851 31st Elected in 1848 Lost re election nbsp George S Houston Athens Democratic March 4 1851 January 21 1861 32nd33rd34th35th36th Elected in 1850 Re elected in 1852 Re elected in 1854 Re elected in 1856 Re elected in 1858 Withdrew due to Civil War Vacant January 21 1861 July 21 1868 36th37th38th39th40th Civil War and Reconstruction nbsp John Benton Callis Huntsville Republican July 21 1868 March 3 1869 40th Elected to finish the vacant term Retired Peter Myndert Dox Huntsville Democratic March 4 1869 March 3 1873 41st42nd Elected in 1868 Re elected in 1870 Retired John Henry Caldwell Jacksonville Democratic March 4 1873 March 3 1877 43rd44th Elected in 1872 Re elected in 1874 Retired nbsp Robert F Ligon Tuskegee Democratic March 4 1877 March 3 1879 45th Elected in 1876 Lost renomination Thomas Williams Wetumpka Democratic March 4 1879 March 3 1885 46th47th48th Elected in 1878 Re elected in 1880 Re elected in 1882 Retired Thomas William Sadler Prattville Democratic March 4 1885 March 3 1887 49th Elected in 1884 Lost renomination nbsp James E Cobb Tuskegee Democratic March 4 1887 April 21 1896 50th51st52nd53rd54th Elected in 1886 Re elected in 1888 Re elected in 1890 Re elected in 1892 Lost 1894 contested election nbsp Albert Taylor Goodwyn Robinson Springs Populist April 21 1896 March 3 1897 54th Won 1894 contested election Lost re election nbsp Willis Brewer Hayneville Democratic March 4 1897 March 3 1901 55th56th Elected in 1896 Re elected in 1898 Lost renomination nbsp Charles Winston Thompson Tuskegee Democratic March 4 1901 March 20 1904 57th58th Elected in 1900 Re elected in 1902 Died Vacant March 20 1904 May 19 1904 58th nbsp James Thomas Heflin Lafayette Democratic May 19 1904 November 1 1920 58th59th60th61st62nd63rd64th65th66th Elected to finish Thompson s term Re elected in 1904 Re elected in 1906 Re elected in 1908 Re elected in 1910 Re elected in 1912 Re elected in 1914 Re elected in 1916 Re elected in 1918 Retired to run for U S senator and resigned when elected Vacant November 1 1920 December 14 1920 66th nbsp William B Bowling Lafayette Democratic December 14 1920 August 16 1928 66th67th68th69th70th Elected to finish Heflin s term Also elected to the next full term Re elected in 1922 Re elected in 1924 Re elected in 1926 Resigned to become judge for 5th Alabama Circuit Vacant August 16 1928 November 6 1928 70thLaFayette L Patterson Gadsden Democratic November 6 1928 March 3 1933 70th71st72nd Elected to finish Bowling s term Also elected to the next term the same day in 1928 Re elected in 1930 Lost renomination nbsp Miles C Allgood Gadsden Democratic March 4 1933 January 3 1935 73rd Redistricted from the 7th district and re elected in 1932 Lost renomination nbsp Joe Starnes Guntersville Democratic January 3 1935 January 3 1945 74th75th76th77th78th Elected in 1934 Re elected in 1936 Re elected in 1938 Re elected in 1940 Re elected in 1942 Lost renomination nbsp Albert Rains Gadsden Democratic January 3 1945 January 3 1963 79th80th81st82nd83rd84th85th86th87th Elected in 1944 Re elected in 1946 Re elected in 1948 Re elected in 1950 Re elected in 1952 Re elected in 1954 Re elected in 1956 Re elected in 1958 Re elected in 1960 Redistricted to the at large district District inactive January 3 1963 January 3 1965 88th All representatives elected at large nbsp Armistead I Selden Jr Greensboro Democratic January 3 1965 January 3 1969 89th90th Redistricted from the at large district and re elected in 1964 Re elected in 1966 Retired to run for U S senator nbsp Walter Flowers Tuscaloosa Democratic January 3 1969 January 3 1973 91st92nd Elected in 1968 Re elected in 1970 Redistricted to the 7th district nbsp Robert E Jones Jr Scottsboro Democratic January 3 1973 January 3 1977 93rd94th Redistricted from the 8th district and re elected in 1972 Re elected in 1974 Retired 1973 1983 data missing nbsp Ronnie Flippo Florence Democratic January 3 1977 January 3 1991 95th96th97th98th99th100th101st Elected in 1976 Re elected in 1978 Re elected in 1980 Re elected in 1982 Re elected in 1984 Re elected in 1986 Re elected in 1988 Retired to run for Governor of Alabama 1983 1993 data missing nbsp Robert E Cramer Huntsville Democratic January 3 1991 January 3 2009 102nd103rd104th105th106th107th108th109th110th Elected in 1990 Re elected in 1992 Re elected in 1994 Re elected in 1996 Re elected in 1998 Re elected in 2000 Re elected in 2002 Re elected in 2004 Re elected in 2006 Retired 1993 2003 data missing 2003 2013 nbsp nbsp Parker Griffith Huntsville Democratic January 3 2009 December 22 2009 111th Elected in 2008 Switched parties Lost renomination Republican December 22 2009 January 3 2011 nbsp Mo Brooks Huntsville Republican January 3 2011 January 3 2023 112th113th114th115th116th117th Elected in 2010 Re elected in 2012 Re elected in 2014 Re elected in 2016 Re elected in 2018 Re elected in 2020 Retired to run for U S Senator 2013 2023 nbsp nbsp Dale Strong Huntsville Republican January 3 2023 present 118th Elected in 2022 2023 2025 nbsp Recent election results editThese are the results from the previous ten election cycles in Alabama s 5th district 5 2002 edit 2002 Alabama s 5th congressional district election Party Candidate Votes Democratic Robert E Cramer incumbent 142 029 73 15 Republican Stephen P Engel 48 226 24 84 Libertarian Alan F Barksdale 3 772 1 94 Write in 144 0 07 Total votes 194 171 100 Democratic hold2004 edit 2004 Alabama s 5th congressional district election Party Candidate Votes Democratic Robert E Cramer incumbent 200 999 72 97 Republican Gerald Gerry Wallace 74 145 26 92 Write in 315 0 11 Total votes 275 459 100 Democratic hold2006 edit 2006 Alabama s 5th congressional district election Party Candidate Votes Democratic Robert E Cramer incumbent 143 015 98 26 Write in 2 540 1 75 Total votes 145 555 100 Democratic hold2008 edit 2008 Alabama s 5th congressional district election Party Candidate Votes Democratic Parker Griffith 158 324 51 52 Republican Wayne Parker 147 314 47 94 Write in 1 644 0 54 Total votes 307 282 100 Democratic hold2010 edit 2010 Alabama s 5th congressional district election Party Candidate Votes Republican Mo Brooks 131 109 57 89 Democratic Steve Raby 95 192 42 03 Write in 189 0 08 Total votes 226 490 100 Republican hold2012 edit 2012 Alabama s 5th congressional district election Party Candidate Votes Republican Mo Brooks incumbent 189 185 64 95 Democratic Charlie L Holley 101 772 34 94 Write in 336 0 12 Total votes 291 293 100 Republican hold2014 edit 2014 Alabama s 5th congressional district election Party Candidate Votes Republican Mo Brooks incumbent 115 338 74 42 Independent Mark Bray 39 005 25 17 Write in 631 0 41 Total votes 154 974 100 Republican hold2016 edit 2016 Alabama s 5th congressional district election Party Candidate Votes Republican Mo Brooks incumbent 205 647 66 70 Democratic Willie Will Boyd Jr 102 234 33 16 Write in 445 0 14 Total votes 308 326 100 Republican hold2018 edit 2018 Alabama s 5th congressional district election Party Candidate Votes Republican Mo Brooks incumbent 159 063 61 02 Democratic Peter Joffrion 101 388 38 90 Write in 222 0 09 Total votes 260 673 100 Republican hold2020 edit 2020 Alabama s 5th congressional district election Party Candidate Votes Republican Mo Brooks incumbent 253 094 95 81 Write in 11 066 4 19 Total votes 264 160 100 Republican hold2022 edit 2022 Alabama s 5th congressional district election Party Candidate Votes Republican Dale Strong 142 435 67 1 Democratic Kathy Warner Stanton 62 740 29 5 Libertarian P J Greer 6 773 3 2 Write in 369 0 2 Total votes 212 317 100 Republican holdSee also edit nbsp United States portalAlabama s congressional districts List of United States congressional districtsReferences editSpecific Congressional Districts 113th 114th Congress Demographics Urban Rural Patterns My Congressional District My Congressional District 2022 Cook PVI District Map and List Cook Political Report Retrieved January 10 2023 AL District 05 Our Campaigns Retrieved September 22 2021 GeneralMartis 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 AL District 05 History www ourcampaigns com Retrieved September 22 2020 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Alabama 27s 5th congressional district amp oldid 1179323851, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
