North Carolina's 7th congressional district

North Carolina's 7th congressional district
North Carolina's 7th congressional district
	North Carolina's 7th congressional district - since January 3, 2021.
Representative
	David Rouzer; R–Wilmington
Distribution	52.92% urban; 47.08% rural;
Population (2019)	816,402
Median household; income	$53,066
Ethnicity	75% White; 19% Black; 9.37% Hispanic; 0.9% Native American; 0.7% Asian; 0% other;
Cook PVI	R+11

North Carolina's 7th congressional district stretches from Wilmington and the South Carolina border to the southern suburbs of Raleigh.

The district is represented by Rep. David Rouzer, a Republican. He has been in office since 2015.

From 2003 to 2013 it covered Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Cumberland, Duplin, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson, and Sampson counties.

On February 23, 2022, the North Carolina Supreme Court approved a new map which changed the 7th district boundaries to remove Duplin and Sampson Counties and part of Cumberland.^[4]

List of members representing the district[]

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	District Location
District created March 4, 1793
William B. Grove	Pro-Administration	March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795	3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th	Redistricted from the 5th district and re-elected in 1793. Re-elected in 1795. Re-elected in 1796. Re-elected in 1798. Re-elected in 1800. Retired.
William B. Grove	Federalist	March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1803	3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th
Samuel D. Purviance	Federalist	March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1805	8th	Elected in 1803. Retired.	1803–1813 "North Carolina Congressional District Map (1803-13)".^[5]
Duncan McFarlan	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1807	9th	Elected in 1804. Lost re-election.
John Culpepper	Federalist	March 4, 1807 – January 2, 1808	10th	Elected in 1806. Seat declared vacant when election contested.
Vacant		January 2, 1808 – February 23, 1808
John Culpepper	Federalist	February 23, 1808 – March 3, 1809		Elected to finish his vacant term. Lost re-election.
Archibald McBryde	Federalist	March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1813	11th 12th	Elected in 1808. Re-elected in 1810. Retired.
Archibald McBryde	Federalist	March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1813	11th 12th	Elected in 1808. Re-elected in 1810. Retired.	1813–1823
John Culpepper	Federalist	March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1817	13th 14th	Elected in 1813. Re-elected in 1815. Lost re-election.
Vacant		March 3, 1817 – January 5, 1818	15th	Alexander McMillan was Elected in 1817 but died sometime in 1817.
James Stewart	Federalist	January 5, 1818 – March 3, 1819	15th	Elected January 1, 1818 to finish McMillan's term and seated January 26, 1818. Retired.
John Culpepper	Federalist	March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821	16th	Elected in 1819. Lost re-election.
Archibald McNeill	Federalist	March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823	17th	Elected in 1821. Retired.
John Culpepper	Adams-Clay Federalist	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	18th	Elected in 1823. Lost re-election.
Archibald McNeill	Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827	19th	Elected in 1825. Retired.
John Culpepper	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1829	20th	Elected in 1827. Lost re-election.
Edmund Deberry	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831	21st	Elected in 1829. [data unknown/missing]
Lauchlin Bethune	Jacksonian	March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833	22nd	Elected in 1831. [data unknown/missing]
Edmund Deberry	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837	23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th	Re-elected in 1833. Re-elected in 1835. Re-elected in 1837. Re-elected in 1839. Re-elected in 1841. Redistricted to the 4th district.
Edmund Deberry	Whig	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1843	23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th
John Daniel	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847	28th 29th	Redistricted from the 2nd district and re-elected in 1843. Re-elected in 1845. Redistricted to the 6th district.
James I. McKay	Democratic	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849	30th	Redistricted from the 6th district and re-elected in 1847. [data unknown/missing]
William S. Ashe	Democratic	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853	31st 32nd	Elected in 1849. Re-elected in 1851. Redistricted to the 3rd district.
F. Burton Craige	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1861	33rd 34th 35th 36th	Elected in 1853. Re-elected in 1855. Re-elected in 1857. Re-elected in 1859. [data unknown/missing]
Civil War and Reconstruction
Alexander H. Jones	Republican	July 6, 1868 – March 3, 1871	40th 41st	Elected to finish the short term. Re-elected in 1868. [data unknown/missing]
James C. Harper	Democratic	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873	42nd	Elected in 1870. [data unknown/missing]
William M. Robbins	Democratic	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1879	43rd 44th 45th	Elected in 1872. Re-elected in 1874. Re-elected in 1876. [data unknown/missing]
Robert F. Armfield	Democratic	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883	46th 47th	Elected in 1878. Re-elected in 1880. [data unknown/missing]
Tyre York	Independent Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885	48th	Elected in 1882. [data unknown/missing]
John S. Henderson	Democratic	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1895	49th 50th 51st 52nd 53rd	Elected in 1884. Re-elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1888. Re-elected in 1890. Re-elected in 1892. [data unknown/missing]
Alonzo C. Shuford	Populist	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1899	54th 55th	Elected in 1894. Re-elected in 1896. [data unknown/missing]
Theodore F. Kluttz	Democratic	March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1903	56th 57th	Elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Redistricted to the 8th district.
Robert N. Page	Democratic	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1917	58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd 63rd 64th	Elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Re-elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. [data unknown/missing]
Leonidas D. Robinson	Democratic	March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1921	65th 66th	Elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. [data unknown/missing]
William C. Hammer	Democratic	March 4, 1921 – September 26, 1930	67th 68th 69th 70th 71st	Elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Died.
Vacant		September 26, 1930 – November 4, 1930	71st
Hinton James	Democratic	November 4, 1930 – March 3, 1931	71st	. [data unknown/missing]
Walter Lambeth	Democratic	March 4, 1931 – March 3, 1933	72nd	Elected in 1930. Redistricted to the 8th district.
J. Bayard Clark	Democratic	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1949	73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th 78th 79th 80th	Redistricted from the 6th district and re-elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. [data unknown/missing]
Frank E. Carlyle	Democratic	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1957	81st 82nd 83rd 84th	Elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. [data unknown/missing]
Alton A. Lennon	Democratic	January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1973	85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd	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. [data unknown/missing]
Charlie Rose	Democratic	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1997	93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th	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. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. [data unknown/missing]
Mike McIntyre	Democratic	January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2015	105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th	Elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. [data unknown/missing]
David Rouzer	Republican	January 3, 2015 – Present	114th 115th 116th 117th	Elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020.

Election results[]

1996 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina: District 7^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike McIntyre	87,487	52.88
	Republican		75,811	45.82
	Libertarian		1,573	0.95
	Natural Law	Garrison King Frantz	569	0.34
Majority			11,676	7.06
Total votes			165,440	100.00

1998 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina: District 7^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Mike McIntyre (incumbent)	124,366	91.25	+38.37
	Libertarian	Paul Meadows	11,924	8.75	+7.80
Majority			112,442	82.50	+75.44
Total votes			136,290	100.00	-17.62

2000 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina: District 7^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Mike McIntyre (incumbent)	160,185	69.75	-21.5
	Republican	James R. Adams	66,463	28.94	+28.94
	Libertarian	Bob Burns	3,018	1.31	-7.44
Majority			93,722	40.80	-41.7
Total votes			229,666	100.00	+68.51

2002 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina: District 7^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Mike McIntyre (incumbent)	118,543	71.13	+1.38
	Republican	James R. Adams	45,537	27.32	-2.62
	Libertarian	David Michael Brooks	2,574	1.54	+0.23
Majority			73,006	43.81	+3.01
Total votes			166,654	100.00	-27.44

2004 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina: District 7^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Mike McIntyre (incumbent)	180,382	73.19	+2.26
	Republican	Ken Plonk	66,084	26.81	-0.51
Majority			114,298	46.37	-2.56
Total votes			246,466	100.00	47.89

2006 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina: District 7^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Mike McIntyre (incumbent)	101,787	72.80	-0.39
	Republican	Shirley Davis	38,033	27.20	+0.39
Majority			63,754	45.60	-0.77
Total votes			139,820	100.00	-43.27

2008 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina: District 7^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Mike McIntyre (incumbent)	215,383	68.84	-3.96
	Republican	Will Breazeale	97,472	31.16	+3.96
Majority			117,911	37.69	-7.91
Total votes			312,885	100.00	123.78

2010 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina: District 7^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Mike McIntyre (incumbent)	113,957	53.68	-15.16
	Republican	Ilario Gregory Pantano	98,328	46.32	+15.16
Majority			15,629	7.36	-30.33
Total votes			212,285	100.00	-32.16

2012 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina: District 7^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Mike McIntyre (incumbent)	168,695	50.10	-3.58
	Republican	David Rouzer	168,041	49.90	+3.58
Majority			654	0.19	-7.17
Total votes			336,736	100.00	+58.62

2014 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina: District 7^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Rouzer	134,431	59.35
	Democratic	Jonathan Barfield Jr.	84,054	37.11
	Libertarian	J. Wesley Casteen	7,850	3.47
	N/A	Miscellaneous	163	0.07
	N/A	Louis Harmati	6	0
Total votes			226,504	100.00

2016 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina: District 7^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Rouzer (incumbent)	211,801	60.91
	Democratic	J. Wesley Casteen	135,905	39.09
Total votes			347,706	100.00

2018 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina: District 7^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Rouzer (incumbent)	156,809	55.54
	Democratic	Kyle Horton	120,838	42.80
	Constitution	David W. Fallin	4,655	1.65
Total votes			282,312	100.00

2020 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina: District 7
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Rouzer (incumbent)	272,443	60.2
	Democratic	Chris Ward	179,045	39.6
	Write-in		720	0.2
Total votes			452,208	100.0

Historical district boundaries[]

2003 - 2013

2013–2017

References[]

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

^ https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/cd_state.html
^ ^a ^b Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
^ "Introducing the 2021 Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index". The Cook Political Report. April 15, 2021. Retrieved April 15, 2021.
^ Doule, Steve (February 23, 2022). "Check out new election maps: NC Supreme Court rejects appeals, approves special masters' districts". WGHP. Retrieved March 21, 2022.
^ "Data Courtesy of Jeffrey B. Lewis, Brandon DeVine, and Lincoln Pritcher with Kenneth C. Martis". United States Congressional District Shapefiles.
^ "United States House of Representatives: Abstract of Votes Cast in the General Election held on November 5, 1996" (PDF). North Carolina State Board of Elections. Retrieved May 1, 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "US House - 07th" (PDF). North Carolina State Board of Elections. Retrieved May 1, 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Official Results By County For General Election of the State of North Carolina" (PDF). North Carolina State Board of Elections. Retrieved May 1, 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "2002 General Election Results" (PDF). North Carolina State Board of Elections. Retrieved May 1, 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "2004 General Election Results" (PDF). North Carolina State Board of Elections. Retrieved May 1, 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "2006 General Election Results" (PDF). North Carolina State Board of Elections. Retrieved May 1, 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "NC - Election Results". North Carolina State Board of Elections. Retrieved May 1, 2012.
^ "NC - Election Results". North Carolina State Board of Elections. Retrieved May 1, 2012.
^ "NC State Board of Elections Official Results". North Carolina State Board of Elections. Retrieved October 9, 2013.
^ "11/04/2014 Official General Election Results - Statewide". North Carolina State Board of Elections. December 13, 2016. Retrieved December 22, 2017.
^ "11/08/2016 Official General Election Results - Statewide". North Carolina State Board of Elections. December 13, 2016. Retrieved December 22, 2017.
^ "11/06/2018 Official General Election Results - Statewide". North Carolina State Board of Elections. November 27, 2018. Retrieved May 22, 2019.

External links[]

Coordinates: 34°41′14″N 78°19′32″W / 34.68722°N 78.32556°W / 34.68722; -78.32556

[1] ttps://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/cd_state.html

[auto-2] Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.

[Cook-3] "Introducing the 2021 Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index". The Cook Political Report. April 15, 2021. Retrieved April 15, 2021.

[4] Doule, Steve (February 23, 2022). "Check out new election maps: NC Supreme Court rejects appeals, approves special masters' districts". WGHP. Retrieved March 21, 2022.

[5] "Data Courtesy of Jeffrey B. Lewis, Brandon DeVine, and Lincoln Pritcher with Kenneth C. Martis". United States Congressional District Shapefiles.

[6] "United States House of Representatives: Abstract of Votes Cast in the General Election held on November 5, 1996" (PDF). North Carolina State Board of Elections. Retrieved May 1, 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}

[7] "US House - 07th" (PDF). North Carolina State Board of Elections. Retrieved May 1, 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}

[8] "Official Results By County For General Election of the State of North Carolina" (PDF). North Carolina State Board of Elections. Retrieved May 1, 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}

[9] "2002 General Election Results" (PDF). North Carolina State Board of Elections. Retrieved May 1, 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}

[10] "2004 General Election Results" (PDF). North Carolina State Board of Elections. Retrieved May 1, 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}

[11] "2006 General Election Results" (PDF). North Carolina State Board of Elections. Retrieved May 1, 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}

[12] "NC - Election Results". North Carolina State Board of Elections. Retrieved May 1, 2012.

[13] "NC - Election Results". North Carolina State Board of Elections. Retrieved May 1, 2012.

[14] "NC State Board of Elections Official Results". North Carolina State Board of Elections. Retrieved October 9, 2013.

[15] "11/04/2014 Official General Election Results - Statewide". North Carolina State Board of Elections. December 13, 2016. Retrieved December 22, 2017.

[16] "11/08/2016 Official General Election Results - Statewide". North Carolina State Board of Elections. December 13, 2016. Retrieved December 22, 2017.

[17] "11/06/2018 Official General Election Results - Statewide". North Carolina State Board of Elections. November 27, 2018. Retrieved May 22, 2019.

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North Carolina's 7th congressional district

Contents

List of members representing the district[]

Election results[]

Historical district boundaries[]

See also[]

References[]

External links[]