Virginia's 5th congressional district
U.S. House district for Virginia
Virginia's 5th congressional district Interactive map of district boundaries since 2023
Representative Distribution 64.7% rural[1] 35.3% urban Population (2022) 797,420[2] Median household income $63,384[2] Ethnicity Cook PVI R+7[3] Created 1789
Virginia's 5th congressional district from January 3, 2023
Virginia's fifth congressional district is a United States congressional district in the commonwealth of Virginia . The 5th district includes the majority of Southside Virginia . Within the district are the cities of Charlottesville , Danville , and Lynchburg .
The district's first representative in Congress was James Madison , who defeated James Monroe in the district's first congressional election . Madison and Monroe would go on to serve as the 4th and 5th Presidents of the United States. The current Congressman is Republican Bob Good .
Historically, the 5th was one of the first districts of Virginia to turn Republican in presidential elections. Southside was one of the fountainheads for the Byrd Organization , and the region's Democrats began splitting their tickets in presidential elections as early as the 1930s. The trend accelerated in the years before the Civil Rights Act of 1965 , as large portions of the area's limited and almost entirely white electorate who preferred conservative positions on black civil rights . The district was to be one of two in Virginia which gave a plurality of the vote to segregationist George Wallace in 1968, and has never supported a Democrat for president since Harry S. Truman in 1948.
Despite this, the congressional seat remained in the hands of Democrats who were very conservative even by Virginia standards. This ended in 1999, when Virgil Goode became an independent; he became a Republican in 2002. In 2008, Democrat Tom Perriello defeated Goode with significant Democratic down-ballot coattails from the Obama campaign. Republican Robert Hurt defeated Perriello in 2010, going on to serve three terms. After Hurt left office, the district continued to elect Republicans, including Tom Garrett , Denver Riggleman , who both served one term, and Bob Good, who was re-elected in 2022.
Redistricting after the 2020 census added Lynchburg to the district; most of its suburbs have been in the 5th for decades. It was also pushed as far east as Goochland County on Richmond 's western fringe.
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 580,000 potential voters (citizens, age 18+). Of these, 75% are White and 20% are Black. Immigrants make up 3% of the district's potential voters. Median income among households (with one or more potential voter) in the district is about $57,700, while 12% of households live below the poverty line. As for the educational attainment of potential voters in the district, 12% of those 25 and older have not earned a high school degree, while 27% hold a bachelor's or higher degree.
Area covered
It covers all or part of the following political subdivisions:
Counties
The entirety of:
Portions of:
Cities
Recent results in statewide elections
Results under current lines (since 2023)
Recent election results
2022
2022 Virginia's 5th congressional district election
Incumbent Bob Good defeated Josh Throneburg in the November general election on Tuesday, November 8, 2022.[5]
Candidate
Party
Votes
Percentage
Bob Good
Republican
177,191
57.57%
Josh Throneburg
Democratic
129,996
42.24%
Write-in
603
0.20%
Total votes cast
307,790
100.0%
2020
2020 Virginia's 5th congressional district election [6]
Republican Bob Good defeated Dr. Cameron Webb in the November general election on Tuesday, November 3, 2020.[7]
Candidate
Party
Votes
Percentage
Bob Good
Republican
210,988
52.6%
Cameron Webb
Democratic
190,315
47.4%
Total votes cast
401,303
100.0%
2018
2018 Virginia's 5th congressional district election [8]
Took place on Tuesday, November 6, 2018, with Republican Denver Riggleman winning the election. The incumbent, Tom Garrett, did not run for re-election.[9]
2016
2016 Virginia's 5th congressional district election [10]
List of members representing the district
Member
Party
Term
Cong ress
Electoral history
District established March 4, 1789
James Madison (Montpelier )
Anti-Administration
March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1793
1st 2nd
Elected in 1789 .Re-elected in 1790 .Redistricted to the 15th district .
George Hancock (Fotheringay )
Pro-Administration
March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795
3rd 4th
Elected in 1793 .Re-elected in 1795 . Retired.
Federalist
March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1797
John J. Trigg (Liberty )
Democratic-Republican
March 4, 1797 – March 3, 1803
5th 6th 7th
Elected in 1797 .Re-elected in 1799 .Re-elected in 1801 .Redistricted to the 13th district .
Thomas Lewis Jr. (Kanawha County )
Federalist
March 4, 1803 – March 5, 1804
8th
Election invalidated.
Andrew Moore (Lexington )
Democratic-Republican
March 5, 1804 – August 11, 1804
Elected in 1804 . Resigned when appointed U.S. senator .
Vacant
August 12, 1804 – December 3, 1804
Alexander Wilson
Democratic-Republican
December 4, 1804 – March 3, 1809
8th 9th 10th
Elected to finish Moore's term .Re-elected in 1805 .Re-elected in 1807 . Lost re-election.
James Breckinridge (Fincastle )
Federalist
March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1817
11th 12th 13th 14th
Elected in 1809 .Re-elected in 1811 .Re-elected in 1813 .Re-elected in 1815 . Retired.
John Floyd (Newbern )
Democratic-Republican
March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1823
15th 16th 17th
Elected in 1817 .Re-elected in 1819 .Re-elected in 1821 .Redistricted to the 20th district .
John Randolph (Charlotte )
Democratic-Republican
March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825
18th 19th
Redistricted from the 16th district and re-elected in 1823 .Re-elected in 1825 . Resigned when appointed U.S. senator .
Jacksonian
March 4, 1825 – December 26, 1825
19th
Vacant
December 27, 1825 – January 20, 1826
George W. Crump (Cumberland )
Jacksonian
January 21, 1826 – March 3, 1827
Elected to finish Randolph's term . Retired.
John Randolph (Charlotte )
Jacksonian
March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1829
20th
Elected in 1827 . Retired.
Thomas Bouldin (Charlotte )
Jacksonian
March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1833
21st 22nd
Elected in 1829 .Re-elected in 1831 .[data missing ] Lost re-election.
John Randolph (Charlotte )
Jacksonian
March 4, 1833 – May 24, 1833
23rd
Elected in 1833 . Died.
Vacant
May 25, 1833 – August 25, 1833
Thomas Bouldin (Charlotte )
Jacksonian
August 26, 1833 – February 11, 1834
Elected to finish Randolph's term . Died.
Vacant
February 12, 1834 – March 14, 1834
James Bouldin (Charlotte )
Jacksonian
March 15, 1834 – March 3, 1837
23rd 24th 25th
Elected to finish his brother's term .Re-elected in 1835 .Re-elected in 1837 . Retired.
Democratic
March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839
John Hill (Buckingham )
Whig
March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841
26th
Elected in 1839 . Lost re-election.
Edmund W. Hubard (Curdsville )
Democratic
March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843
27th
Elected in 1841 .Redistricted to the 4th district .
Thomas W. Gilmer (Charlottesville )
Democratic
March 4, 1843 – February 18, 1844
28th
Elected in 1843 . Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of the Navy
Vacant
February 19, 1844 – May 9, 1844
William L. Goggin (Liberty )
Whig
May 10, 1844 – March 3, 1845
Elected to finish Gilmer's term . Lost re-election.
Shelton Leake (Charlottesville )
Democratic
March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847
29th
Elected in 1845 . Lost re-election.
William L. Goggin (Liberty )
Whig
March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849
30th
Elected in 1847 . Lost re-election.
Paulus Powell (Amherst )
Democratic
March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853
31st 32nd
Elected in 1849 .Re-elected in 1851 .Redistricted to the 6th district .
Thomas S. Bocock (Appomattox )
Democratic
March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1861
33rd 34th 35th 36th
Redistricted from the 4th district and re-elected in 1853 .Re-elected in 1855 .Re-elected in 1857 .Re-elected in 1859 . Resigned.
District inactive
March 4, 1861 – January 26, 1870
37th 38th 39th 40th 41st
Civil War and Reconstruction
Robert Ridgway (Cool Well )
Conservative
January 27, 1870 – October 16, 1870
41st
Elected in 1870 . Died.
Vacant
October 17, 1870 – November 7, 1870
Richard T. W. Duke Sr. (Charlottesville )
Conservative
November 8, 1870 – March 3, 1871
41st 42nd
Elected to finish Ridgway's term .Re-elected in 1870 . Lost re-election.
Democratic
March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873
Alexander Davis (Independence )
Democratic
March 4, 1873 – March 5, 1874
43rd
Election invalidated.
Christopher Y. Thomas (Martinsville )
Republican
March 5, 1874 – March 3, 1875
Elected in 1874 . Lost re-election.
George C. Cabell (Danville )
Democratic
March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1887
44th 45th 46th 47th 48th 49th
Elected in 1874 .Re-elected in 1876 .Re-elected in 1878 .Re-elected in 1880 .Re-elected in 1882 .Re-elected in 1884 . Lost re-election.
John R. Brown (Martinsville )
Republican
March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889
50th
Elected in 1886 . Lost re-election.
Posey G. Lester (Floyd )
Democratic
March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1893
51st 52nd
Elected in 1888 .Re-elected in 1890 . Retired.
Claude A. Swanson (Chatham )
Democratic
March 4, 1893 – January 30, 1906
53rd 54th 55th 56th 57th 58th 59th
Elected in 1892 .Re-elected in 1894 .Re-elected in 1896 .Re-elected in 1898 .Re-elected in 1900 .Re-elected in 1902 .Re-elected in 1904 . Elected Governor of Virginia .
Vacant
January 31, 1906 – November 5, 1906
59th
Edward W. Saunders (Rocky Mount )
Democratic
November 6, 1906 – February 29, 1920
59th 60th 61st 62nd 63rd 64th 65th 66th
Elected to finish Swanson's term .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 . Resigned to become Virginia Supreme Court justice.
Vacant
March 1, 1920 – May 31, 1920
66th
Rorer A. James (Danville )
Democratic
June 1, 1920 – August 6, 1921
66th 67th
Elected to finish Saunders's term .Re-elected in 1920 . Died.
Vacant
August 7, 1921 – November 7, 1921
67th
J. Murray Hooker (Stuart )
Democratic
November 8, 1921 – March 3, 1925
67th 68th
Elected to finish James's term .Re-elected in 1922 . Retired.
Joseph Whitehead (Chatham )
Democratic
March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1931
69th 70th 71st
Elected in 1924 .Re-elected in 1926 .Re-elected in 1928 . Lost re-election.
Thomas G. Burch (Martinsville )
Democratic
March 4, 1931 – March 3, 1933
72nd
Elected in 1930 .Redistricted to the at-large seat .
District inactive
March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935
73rd
Thomas G. Burch (Martinsville )
Democratic
January 3, 1935 – May 31, 1946
74th 75th 76th 77th 78th 79th
Elected in 1934 .Re-elected in 1936 .Re-elected in 1938 .Re-elected in 1940 .Re-elected in 1942 .Re-elected in 1944 . Resigned when appointed U.S. senator .
Vacant
May 31, 1946 – November 5, 1946
79th
Thomas B. Stanley (Stanleytown )
Democratic
November 5, 1946 – February 3, 1953
79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd
Elected to finish Burch's term .Re-elected in 1946 .Re-elected in 1948 .Re-elected in 1950 .Re-elected in 1952 . Resigned to run for Governor of Virginia .
Vacant
February 3, 1953 – April 14, 1953
83rd
William M. Tuck (South Boston )
Democratic
April 14, 1953 – January 3, 1969
83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th
Elected to finish Stanley's term .Re-elected in 1954 .Re-elected in 1956 .Re-elected in 1958 .Re-elected in 1960 .Re-elected in 1962 .Re-elected in 1964 .Re-elected in 1966 . Retired.
Dan Daniel (Danville )
Democratic
January 3, 1969 – January 23, 1988
91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th
Elected in 1968 .Re-elected in 1970 .Re-elected in 1972 .Re-elected in 1974 .Re-elected in 1976 .Re-elected in 1978 .Re-elected in 1980 .Re-elected in 1982 .Re-elected in 1984 .Re-elected in 1986 . Died.
Vacant
January 23, 1988 – June 14, 1988
100th
Lewis F. Payne Jr. (Nellysford )
Democratic
June 14, 1988 – January 3, 1997
100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th
Elected to finish Daniel's term .Re-elected in 1988 .Re-elected in 1990 .Re-elected in 1992 .Re-elected in 1994 . Retired.
Virgil H. Goode Jr. (Rocky Mount )
Democratic
January 3, 1997 – January 27, 2000
105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th
Elected in 1996 .Re-elected in 1998 .Re-elected in 2000 .Re-elected in 2002 .Re-elected in 2004 .Re-elected in 2006 . Lost re-election.
Independent
January 27, 2000 – August 1, 2002
Republican
August 1, 2002 – January 3, 2009
Tom Perriello (Charlottesville )
Democratic
January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2011
111th
Elected in 2008 . Lost re-election.
Robert Hurt (Chatham )
Republican
January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2017
112th 113th 114th
Elected in 2010 .Re-elected in 2012 .Re-elected in 2014 . Retired.
Tom Garrett (Ruckersville )
Republican
January 3, 2017 – January 3, 2019
115th
Elected in 2016 . Retired.
Denver Riggleman (Charlottesville )
Republican
January 3, 2019 – January 3, 2021
116th
Elected in 2018 . Lost renomination.
Bob Good (Lynchburg )
Republican
January 3, 2021 – present
117th 118th
Elected in 2020 .Re-elected in 2022 .
Historical district boundaries
The Virginia Fifth District started in 1788 covering the counties of Albemarle, Amherst, Fluvanna, Goochland, Louisa, Spotsylvania, Orange and Culpepper.[11]
2003–2013
2013–2023
See also
References
^ "Congressional Districts Relationship Files (State-based)" . U.S. Census Bureau . Archived from the original on April 2, 2013.
^ a b Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District" . www.census.gov .
^ "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List" . Cook Political Report . July 12, 2022. Retrieved January 10, 2023 .
^ "Representing US: 2020 Voter Profiles" . APM Research Lab . Retrieved October 22, 2020 .
^ "2022 November General" . results.elections.virginia.gov . Retrieved December 5, 2022 .
^ "Virginia Election Results: Fifth Congressional District" . The New York Times . November 3, 2020. Retrieved November 13, 2020 .
^ Marcilla, Max (November 4, 2020). "Democrat Cameron Webb concedes 5th Congressional District race to Republican Bob Good" . www.nbc29.com . Retrieved November 4, 2020 .
^ "2018 November General" . Archived from the original on November 8, 2018. Retrieved November 7, 2018 .
^ Virginia Department of Elections, Certified Candidates in Ballot Order for November 6, 2018 Archived July 21, 2018, at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved October 10, 2018.
^ "Virginia Elections Database » Search Elections" . Virginia Elections Database . Retrieved March 19, 2019 .
^ Statute of 20 November 1788
External links
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