4th Congressional District

Coverage

Cravaack, Wis. counterpart emphasize spending cuts

11/30/10, 05:00 PM

Incoming Republican U.S. Reps. Chip Cravaack and Sean Duffy met in Duluth Tuesday for a briefing on Great Lakes, port and shipping issues. Afterward, they provided few specifics about their positions on those or other issues -- beyond the need to rein in federal spending.

Politics in the 8th: A red blip or something more?

11/10/10, 11:20 AM

If anything can be concluded from last week's election, it's that -- like many areas of the country -- the 8th District has become less predictable.

Cravaack finds appeal in the 8th to unseat Oberstar

11/04/10, 05:23 PM

Chip Cravaack seemed to come out of nowhere to defeat Jim Oberstar, the longest serving member of Congress in Minnesota history.

Bachmann bid for GOP leadership gets cool reaction

11/04/10, 04:42 PM

The self-proclaimed tea party leader's bid for a top Republican post in the House received a cool reaction Thursday from Speaker-to-be John Boehner.

Additional Coverage

Candidates

DFL

Betty McCollum

GOP

Teresa Collett

Stephen Carlson

Median age:: 37.1
Per capita income:: $30,246
Individuals below poverty level:: 12.6%
Ethnicity:: White: 78%; Black: 8.2%; Asian: 8.1%; Hispanic: 6.6%; American Indian: 0.6%
Distribution:: Urban: 100%; Rural: 0%

4th Congressional District

Minnesota's 4th Congressional District includes St. Paul, Ramsey County suburbs to the north, and southern suburbs of West St. Paul and South St. Paul. St. Paul is one of the most ardent strongholds of the DFL, and has been since before the party was formed in 1944. The demographics of the districts are changing quickly. More than 25,000 Hmong immigrants live in St. Paul, the largest concentration of any American city. The seat has been held by the DFL since Eugene McCarthy won it in 1948. In the 2008 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama defeated Republican John McCain by 64 percent to 34 percent in the 4th.