State: | Oklahoma |
District Number: | 5 |
Image Caption: | Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023 |
Representative: | Stephanie Bice |
Party: | Republican |
Residence: | Oklahoma City |
English Area: | 2073.9[1] |
Percent Urban: | 87.53 |
Percent Rural: | 12.47 |
Population: | 807,931[2] |
Population Year: | 2022 |
Median Income: | $68,269 |
Percent White: | 62.1 |
Percent Hispanic: | 9.9 |
Percent Black: | 11.5 |
Percent Asian: | 3.3 |
Percent Native American: | 4.1 |
Percent More Than One Race: | 8.6 |
Percent Other Race: | 0.5 |
Cpvi: | R+12[3] |
Oklahoma's 5th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. It borders all of the other congressional districts in the state except the 1st district. It is densely populated and covers most of Oklahoma County and all of Lincoln, Pottawatomie and Seminole counties, as well as parts of Canadian and Logan counties. With a Cook Partisan Voting Index rating of R+12, it is the least Republican district in Oklahoma, a state with an all-Republican congressional delegation.[3]
Principal cities in the district include Oklahoma City (the state capital), Edmond, Shawnee, Seminole, and Yukon.
The district is currently represented by Republican Stephanie Bice. She was first elected in 2020, defeating one-term incumbent Democrat Kendra Horn.
Prior to the opening of the 116th Congress on January 3, 2019, the district had been held by a Republican since January 23, 1975, when Democrat John Jarman changed political parties.[4] Before Jarman, the seat had leaned Democratic since 1931.
Donald Trump received 53.2 percent of the vote in this district in 2016 and 51.4% of the vote in 2020.
Kendra Horn received 50.7 percent of the vote in 2018.
According to the APM Research Lab's Voter Profile Tools[5] (featuring the U.S. Census Bureau's 2019 American Community Survey), the district contained about 572,000 potential voters (citizens, age 18+). Of these, 66% are White, 13% Black, and 9% Latino. Immigrants make up 5% of the district's potential voters. Median income among households (with one or more potential voter) in the district is about $55,800, while 13% of households live below the poverty line. As for the educational attainment of potential voters in the district, 10% of those 25 and older have not earned a high school degree, while 30% hold a bachelor's or higher degree.
Year | Office | District winner and results |
---|---|---|
2000 | President | Bush 62% - 38% |
2004 | President | Bush 64% - 36% |
2008 | President | McCain 59% - 41% |
2012 | President | Romney 59% - 41% |
2016 | President | Trump 53% - 40%[6] |
2018 | Governor | Edmondson 53% - 44%[7] |
2020 | President | Trump 51% - 46%[8] |
Name | Party | Years | Cong ress | Electoral history | Location | |||
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District established November 16, 1907 | ||||||||
align=left | Scott Ferris | Democratic | nowrap | November 16, 1907 – March 3, 1915 | Elected in 1907. Re-elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Re-elected in 1912. Redistricted to the . | |||
align=left | Joseph Bryan Thompson | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1915 – September 18, 1919 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. Died. | |||
Vacant | nowrap | September 18, 1919 – November 8, 1919 | ||||||
align=left | John W. Harreld | Republican | nowrap | November 8, 1919 – March 3, 1921 | Elected to finish Thompson's term Retired to run for U.S. Senator. | |||
align=left | Fletcher B. Swank | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1929 | Elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Lost re-election. | |||
align=left | Ulysses S. Stone | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1931 | Elected in 1928. Lost re-election. | |||
align=left | Fletcher B. Swank | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1931 – January 3, 1935 | Elected again in 1930. Re-elected in 1932. Lost renomination. | |||
align=left | Joshua B. Lee | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1937 | Elected in 1934. Retired to run for U.S. Senator. | |||
align=left | Robert P. Hill | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1937 – October 29, 1937 | Elected in 1936. Died. | |||
Vacant | nowrap | October 29, 1937 – December 10, 1937 | ||||||
align=left | Gomer Griffith Smith | Democratic | nowrap | December 10, 1937 – January 3, 1939 | Elected to finish Hill's term.[9] Retired to run for U.S. Senator. | |||
align=left | Mike Monroney | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1951 | Elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Retired to run for U.S. Senator. | |||
align=left rowspan=2 | John Jarman | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1951 – January 24, 1975 | Elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. 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. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Retired. | |||
Republican | nowrap | January 24, 1975 – January 3, 1977 | ||||||
align=left | Mickey Edwards | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1993 | 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. Re-elected in 1990. Lost renomination. | |||
Ernest Istook | Republican | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2007 | 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. Retired to run for Governor of Oklahoma. | 1993–2003 | ||||
2003–2013 | ||||||||
align=left | Mary Fallin | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2011 | Elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Retired to take office as Governor of Oklahoma. | |||
James Lankford | Republican | January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2015 | Elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Retired to run for U.S. Senator. | |||||
2013–2023 | ||||||||
align=left | Steve Russell | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 2015 – January 3, 2019 | Elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Lost re-election. | |||
align=left | Kendra Horn | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 2019 – January 3, 2021 | Elected in 2018. Lost re-election. | |||
Stephanie Bice | Republican | January 3, 2021 – present | Elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. | |||||
2023–present |