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Indiana's 5th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Indiana that takes the north side of Indianapolis as well as its eastern and northern suburbs, including Marion, Carmel, Anderson, Noblesville, Fishers, and parts of Kokomo. This suburban district is predominantly white and is the wealthiest congressional district in Indiana, per median income.

Indiana's 5th congressional district
Indiana's 5th congressional district since January 3, 2013
Representative	Victoria Spartz R–Noblesville
Area	3,266.14 sq mi (8,459.3 km2)
Distribution	74.53% urban 25.47% rural
Population (2021)	822,535
Median household income	$79,304[1]
Ethnicity	82.1% White 8.1% Black 4.0% Hispanic 3.3% Asian 2.2% Two or more races 0.3% other
Cook PVI	R+5[2]

The district is currently represented by Republican Victoria Spartz.

Demographics

According to the APM Research Lab's Voter Profile Tools[3] (featuring the U.S. Census Bureau's 2019 American Community Survey), the district contained about 585,000 potential voters (citizens, age 18+). Of these, 84% are White and 8% are Black. Immigrants make up 4% of the district's potential voters. Median income among households (with one or more potential voter) in the district is about $76,700, while 7% of households live below the poverty line. As for the educational attainment of potential voters in the district, 45% hold a bachelor's or higher degree.

Composition

#	County	Seat	Population
35	Delaware	Muncie	111,871
53	Grant	Marion	66,263
57	Hamilton	Noblesville	356,650
67	Howard	Kokomo	83,687
95	Madison	Anderson	130,782
73	Tipton	Tipton	15,372

Largest cities

Largest cities in the, listing every city that had at least 10,000 inhabitants as of the 2020 census.

• Carmel - 100,777
• Fishers - 98,977
• Muncie - 65,194
• Noblesville - 64,668
• Kokomo - 59,604
• Anderson - 56,129
• Westfield - 46,410
• Marion - 29,948
• Yorktown - 11,548

As of 2022, Indiana's 5th congressional district is located in central Indiana. It includes Delaware, Grant, Hamilton, Howard, Madison, and Tipton Counties.

Recent election results from statewide races

Year	U.S. President	U.S. Senator[4]	Governor
2000	Bush (R): 69 – 30%	[Data unknown/missing]	[Data unknown/missing]
2004	Bush (R): 71 –28%	[Data unknown/missing]	[Data unknown/missing]
2008	McCain (R): 59 – 40%	—	[Data unknown/missing]
2012	Romney (R): 57.5 – 40.7%	Donnelly (D): 47.4 – 46.2%	Pence (R): 55-40%
2016	Trump (R): 53.1 – 41.3%	[Data unknown/missing]	[Data unknown/missing]
2018	—	Braun (R): 48.4 – 47.9%	—
2020	Trump (R): 50.1 – 47.9%	—	[Data unknown/missing]

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	District location
District created March 4, 1833
Johnathan McCarty	Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835	23rd 24th	Redistricted from the 3rd district and re-elected in 1833. Re-elected in 1835. Lost re-election.	1833–1843 [data unknown/missing]
	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837
James Rariden	Whig	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1841	25th 26th	Elected in 1837. Re-elected in 1839. Retired.
Andrew Kennedy	Democratic	March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843	27th	Elected in 1841. Redistricted to the 10th district.
William J. Brown	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845	28th	Elected in 1843. Retired.	1843–1853 [data unknown/missing]
William W. Wick	Democratic	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1849	29th 30th	Elected in 1845. Re-elected in 1847. Retired.
William J. Brown	Democratic	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851	31st	Elected in 1849. Lost renomination.
Thomas A. Hendricks	Democratic	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853	32nd	Elected in 1851. Redistricted to the 6th district.
Samuel W. Parker	Whig	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	33rd	Redistricted from the 4th district and re-elected in 1852. Retired.	1853–1863 [data unknown/missing]
David P. Holloway	Opposition	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	34th	Elected in 1854. Retired.
David Kilgore	Republican	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1861	35th 36th	Elected in 1856. Re-elected in 1858. Retired.
George W. Julian	Republican	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1869	37th 38th 39th 40th	Elected in 1860. Re-elected in 1862. Re-elected in 1864. Re-elected in 1866. Redistricted to the 4th district.
					1863–1873 [data unknown/missing]
John Coburn	Republican	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1875	41st 42nd 43rd	Redistricted from the 6th district and re-elected in 1868. Re-elected in 1870. Re-elected in 1872. Redistricted to the 7th district and lost re-election.
					1873–1883 [data unknown/missing]
William S. Holman	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877	44th	Redistricted from the 3rd district and re-elected in 1874. Lost re-election.
Thomas M. Browne	Republican	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1881	45th 46th	Elected in 1876. Re-elected in 1878. Redistricted to the 6th district.
Courtland C. Matson	Democratic	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1889	47th 48th 49th 50th	Elected in 1880. Re-elected in 1882. Re-elected in 1884. Re-elected in 1886. Retired to run for Governor of Indiana.
					1883–1893 [data unknown/missing]
George W. Cooper	Democratic	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1895	51st 52nd 53rd	Elected in 1888. Re-elected in 1890. Re-elected in 1892. Lost re-election.
					1893–1903 [data unknown/missing]
Jesse Overstreet	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897	54th	Elected in 1894. Redistricted to the 7th district.
George W. Faris	Republican	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1901	55th 56th	Redistricted from the 8th district and re-elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Retired.
Elias S. Holliday	Republican	March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1909	57th 58th 59th 60th	Elected in 1900. Re-elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Retired.
					1903–1913 [data unknown/missing]
Ralph Wilbur Moss	Democratic	March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1917	61st 62nd 63rd 64th	Elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Re-elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. Lost re-election.
					1913–1933 [data unknown/missing]
Everett Sanders	Republican	March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1925	65th 66th 67th 68th	Elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Retired.
Noble J. Johnson	Republican	March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1931	69th 70th 71st	Elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Lost re-election.
Courtland C. Gillen	Democratic	March 4, 1931 – March 3, 1933	72nd	Elected in 1930. Lost renomination.
Glenn Griswold	Democratic	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939	73rd 74th 75th	Redistricted from the 11th district and re-elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Lost re-election.	1933–1943 [data unknown/missing]
Forest Harness	Republican	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1949	76th 77th 78th 79th 80th	Elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Lost re-election.
					1943–1953 [data unknown/missing]
John R. Walsh	Democratic	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951	81st	Elected in 1948. Lost re-election.
John V. Beamer	Republican	January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1959	82nd 83rd 84th 85th	Elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Lost re-election.
					1953–1963 [data unknown/missing]
J. Edward Roush	Democratic	January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1961	86th	Elected in 1958. Seat vacant until election challenge resolved.
Vacant		January 3, 1961 – June 14, 1961	87th
J. Edward Roush	Democratic	June 14, 1961 – January 3, 1969	87th 88th 89th 90th	Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Redistricted to the 4th district and lost re-election.
					1963–1973 [data unknown/missing]
Richard L. Roudebush	Republican	January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1971	91st	Redistricted from the 10th district and re-elected in 1968. Retired to run for U.S. senator.
Elwood Hillis	Republican	January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1987	92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th	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. Retired.
					1973–1983 [data unknown/missing]
					1983–2003
Jim Jontz	Democratic	January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1993	100th 101st 102nd	Elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Lost re-election.
Steve Buyer	Republican	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2003	103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th	Elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Redistricted to the 4th district.
Dan Burton	Republican	January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2013	108th 109th 110th 111th 112th	Redistricted from the 6th district and re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Retired.	2003–2013
Susan Brooks	Republican	January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2021	113th 114th 115th 116th	Elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Retired.	2013–2023
Victoria Spartz	Republican	January 3, 2021 – Present	117th	Elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022.
					2023–present

Election results

2002

Indiana's 5th Congressional District election (2002)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dan Burton*	129,442	71.97
	Democratic	Katherine Fox Carr	45,283	25.18
	Libertarian	Christopher Adkins	5,130	2.85
Total votes			179,855	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

2004

Indiana's 5th Congressional District election (2004)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dan Burton*	228,718	71.84
	Democratic	Katherine Fox Carr	82,637	25.96
	Libertarian	Rick Hodgin	7,008	2.20
Total votes			318,363	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

2006

Indiana's 5th Congressional District election (2006)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dan Burton*	133,118	64.96
	Democratic	Katherine Fox Carr	64,362	31.41
	Libertarian	Sheri Conover Sharlow	7,431	3.63
Total votes			204,821	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

2008

Indiana's 5th Congressional District election (2008)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dan Burton*	234,507	65.59
	Democratic	Mary Etta Ruley	123,021	34.41
Total votes			357,528	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

2010

Indiana's 5th Congressional District election (2010)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dan Burton*	146,899	62.14
	Democratic	Tim Crawford	60,024	25.39
	Libertarian	Richard Reid	18,266	7.73
	Independent	Jesse C. Trueblood	11,218	4.75
Total votes			236,407	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

2012

Indiana's 5th Congressional District election (2012)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Susan Brooks	194,570	58.37
	Democratic	Scott Reske	125,347	37.60
	Libertarian	Chard Reid	13,442	4.03
Total votes			333,359	100.00
Turnout				58
	Republican hold

2014

Indiana's 5th Congressional District election (2014)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Susan Brooks*	105,277	65.21
	Democratic	Shawn Denney	49,756	30.82
	Libertarian	John Krom	6,407	3.97
Total votes			161,440	100.00
Turnout				26
	Republican hold

2016

Indiana's 5th Congressional District election (2016)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Susan Brooks*	221,957	61.46
	Democratic	Angela Demaree	123,849	34.29
	Libertarian	Matthew Wittlief	15,329	4.24
Total votes			361,135	100.00
Turnout				57
	Republican hold

2018

Indiana's 5th Congressional District election (2018)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Susan Brooks*	180,035	56.76
	Democratic	Dee Thornton	137,142	43.24
Total votes			317,177	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

2020

Indiana's 5th congressional district, 2020

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Victoria Spartz	208,053	50.0
	Democratic	Christina Hale	190,898	45.9
	Libertarian	Ken Tucker	16,764	4.0
Total votes				100.0
	Republican hold

See also

• Indiana's congressional districts
• List of United States congressional districts

References

External links

• Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

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