Arizona's 5th congressional district

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

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representative = Harry Mitchell
party = Democratic
english area =1423
metric area =
percent urban = 97.2
percent rural = 2.8
population = 641,329
population year = 2000
median income = 51,780
percent white = 76.8
percent black = 2.7
percent asian = 3.3
percent native american = 1.8
percent hispanic = 13.3
percent other race = 0.2
percent blue collar =
percent white collar =
percent gray collar =
cpvi = R+4

Arizona's 5th congressional district in Arizona, USA contains the northeastern suburbs of Phoenix, including the cities of Scottsdale and Tempe.

It is currently represented by Harry Mitchell, a Democrat. George W. Bush received 54% of the vote in this district in 2004.

Statistics

* Male 49.8%, Female 50.2%
* Median age: 34.0

Competitiveness

This district covers all of Tempe and Scottsdale and portions of Chandler, Mesa and the Ahwatukee portion of Phoenix. Republicans outnumber Democrats by about 40,000 voters. There is, however, a libertarian streak in some of these voters, particularly in Scottsdale. This was a factor in Harry Mitchell's upset victory over J.D. Hayworth in 2006 Fact|date=April 2008. Mitchell's popularity in Tempe and adjacent areas are factors that may keep this seat in Democratic hands until the next reapportionment.

Recent results

1998

2004

References

* [http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/1998/states/AZ/H/05/index.html 1998 Election data from CNN.com]
* [http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2000/results/ 2000 Election data from CNN.com]
* [http://www.election.cbsnews.com/campaign2002/state/state_az.shtml 2002 Election data from CBSNews.com]
* [http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004//pages/results/states/AZ/index.html 2004 Election data at CNN.com]