Iowa's 5th congressional district

Infobox U.S. congressional district
state = Iowa
district number = 5


image width = 300px
image caption = The 5th congressional district of Iowa
representative = Steve King
party = Republican
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population = 585,171 [http://projects.washingtonpost.com/elections/keyraces/748/ Washington Post page on the 5th District of Iowa] ]
population year = 2000
median income = 36,773
percent white = 95.5
percent black = 0.7
percent asian = 0.9
percent native american = 0.5
percent hispanic = 3.6
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cpvi = R+8 [ [http://www.clcblog.org/blog_item-85.html Campaign Legal Center blog: Will Gerrymandered Districts Stem the Wave of Voter Unrest? ] ] The 5th Iowan Congressional District covers most of western Iowa, ( [http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/preview/congdist/ia05_109.gifmap] ), which includes the cities of Council Bluffs, and Sioux City. It is currently represented by Republican Steve King. The district is considered the most Republican district in Iowa. Rob Hubler is King's Democratic opponent in 2008.

2001 Iowa Redistricting Plan

On June 22, 2001, Iowa Legislature passed a plan to redistrict the State of Iowa. The plan went into effect in 2002 for the 108th U.S. Congress. The prior districting plan was effective from 1992-2001. [cite news |title=2001 Iowa Redistricting Plan, |year=2001 |url=http://www.legis.state.ia.us/Redist/Redist.html]

Past Redistricting

Iowa's 5th congressional district was redistricted in 1942. Representative Karl M. LeCompte became the representative of Iowa's 4th congressional district, and representative Paul H. Cunningham was the representative from Iowa's 6th congressional district. Fact|date=April 2007

Iowa's 5th congressional district was also redistricted in 1972. Representative Neal Smith was taken out of Iowa's 5th congressional district and put in the 4th congressional district. Representative William J. Scherle was taken out of Iowa's 7th congressional district (which was permanently removed) and put into the 5th congressional district where he ran against Tom Harkin

Election History

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