Two major economic projects have lastingly impacted the 5th district and have indelibly dictated the politics of North Alabama for most of the 20th Century.

The Tennessee Valley Authority's (TVA) arrival changed much of that, slowly transforming the demographic towards technical and engineering employees.

The second major project was the space and rocketry programs including Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville where the first large U.S.

In the late 1950s Northern Alabama came to be dominated by the high-tech and engineering industries, a trend which has continued up to the present.

Peter Myndert Dox(Huntsville) John Henry Caldwell(Jacksonville) These are the results from the previous twelve election cycles in Alabama's 5th district.