Population (2010) 705,975 | Cook PVI D+10 | |
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Current Representative Dan Kildee (D–Flint Township) Ethnicity 74.5% White
17.6% Black
0.8% Asian
4.5% Hispanic
0.5% Native American | ||
Michigan's 5th congressional district is a United States congressional district in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan.
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It is currently a mostly industrial area, with Arenac County, Iosco County, and Tuscola County being the main exceptions. From 2003 to 2013 it encompassed much of the area south of Saginaw Bay. It consisted of all of Tuscola and Genesee counties and the southeast portion of Bay and the eastern portion of Saginaw counties in the eastern-central portion of the state during that time. The district was extended into the upper mitt for the 2012 redistricting and most of Tuscola County was cut out.
The seat of the district is currently occupied by Democrat Dan Kildee. His uncle, Dale E. Kildee, represented the district from 2003 to 2013.
Predecessors
From 1873 to 1993, the 5th was based in the Grand Rapids area of Western Michigan. Its most notable occupant was Gerald Ford, who in 1974 became the 38th President of the United States upon the resignation of Richard Nixon, at the height of the infamous Watergate Scandal. From 1993 to 2003, it was drawn as a district including Bay City, Saginaw and the Thumb.
Jurisdictions in the district
List of representatives
The following is a list of all occupants of the congressional seat since the district was created at the start of the 38th Congress