North Carolina's 1st congressional district | |
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Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2025 | |
Representative | |
Population (2023) | 754,008 [1] |
Median household income | $55,409 [1] |
Ethnicity |
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Cook PVI | R+1 [2] |
North Carolina's 1st congressional district is located in the northeastern part of the state. It consists of many Black Belt counties that border Virginia and it extends southward into several counties of the Inner Banks and the Research Triangle. It covers many rural areas of northeastern North Carolina, among the state's most economically poor, as well as outer exurbs of urbanized Research Triangle. Some of larger towns and cities in the district include Elizabeth City, Goldsboro, Henderson, Rocky Mount, Roanoke Rapids, and Wilson.
The first district is currently represented by Don Davis.
On February 5, 2016, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the 1st district, as well as the 12th, were gerrymandered along racial lines, which was unconstitutional, and must be redrawn by March 15, 2016. [3] It was re-drawn again in 2019 following court-mandated redistricting, which removed portions of the Research Triangle from the district and changed it to D+3 from a D+17 on the Cook Partisan Voting Index. [4]
Besides a brief period from 1895 until 1899 when the district was held by a Populist, the 1st district has been consistently Democratic since 1883.
On February 23, 2022, the North Carolina Supreme Court had approved a new map that was only used for the 2022 United States House of Representatives elections which changed the 1st district boundaries to add Chowan, Currituck, Franklin, Greene, Pasquotank, Perquimans counties and the remainder of Vance County while removing Wayne County. [5]
On October 25, 2023, the North Carolina General Assembly approved a new congressional map shifting the district's Cook Partisan Voting Index from D+2 to R+1. It is the most competitive district in North Carolina. [6] [7] [8]
The district was one of 13 congressional districts that voted for Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election while simultaneously electing a Democrat in the 2024 House of Representatives elections. [9]
For the 119th and successive Congresses (based on the districts drawn following a 2023 legislative session), the district contains all or portions of the following counties and communities. [10] [11] [12]
Bertie County (8)
Camden County (3)
Chowan County (4)
Currituck County (3)
Edgecombe County (10)
Gates County (2)
Granville County (1)
Greene County (4)
Halifax County (10)
Hertford County (6)
Lenoir County (7)
Martin County (9)
Nash County (12)
Tyrrell County (1)
VanceCounty (4)
Warren County (3)
Wayne County (12)
Wilson County (9)
Year | Office | Results [13] [14] |
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2008 | President | Obama 54% - 45% |
Senate | Hagan 57% - 41% | |
Governor | Perdue 62% - 36% | |
2010 | Senate | Marshall 51% - 48% |
2012 | President | Obama 55% - 45% |
Governor | Dalton 54% - 45% | |
2014 | Senate | Hagan 53% - 45% |
2016 | President | Clinton 51% - 46% |
Senate | Ross 51% - 47% | |
Governor | Cooper 52% - 47% | |
Lt. Governor | Coleman 52% - 47% | |
Secretary of State | Marshall 59% - 41% | |
Auditor | Wood 57% - 43% | |
Attorney General | Stein 55% - 45% | |
Treasurer | Blue III 54% - 46% | |
2020 | President | Biden 50% - 49% |
Senate | Cunningham 50% - 47% | |
Governor | Cooper 53% - 46% | |
Lt. Governor | Lewis Holley 51% - 49% | |
Secretary of State | Marshall 54% - 46% | |
Auditor | Wood 55% - 45% | |
Attorney General | Stein 53% - 47% | |
Treasurer | Chatterji 50.2% - 49.8% | |
2022 | Senate | Budd 52% - 46% |
2024 | President | Trump 51% - 48% |
Governor | Stein 53% - 44% | |
Lt. Governor | Hunt 50% - 48% | |
Secretary of State | Marshall 52% - 48% | |
Auditor | Boliek 50.3% - 49.7% | |
Attorney General | Jackson 51% - 49% | |
Treasurer | Briner 51% - 49% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Eva Clayton (incumbent) | 124,171 | 65.6 | |
Republican | Duane Kratzer Jr. | 62,198 | 32.9 | |
Libertarian | Christopher Delaney | 2,799 | 1.5 | |
Total votes | 189,168 | 100 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Frank Ballance | 93,157 | 63.74 | |
Republican | Greg Dority | 50,907 | 34.83 | |
Libertarian | Mike Ruff | 2,093 | 1.43 | |
Total votes | 146,157 | 100 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | G. K. Butterfield | 137,667 | 63.98 | |
Republican | Greg Dority | 77,508 | 36.02 | |
Total votes | 215,175 | 100 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | G. K. Butterfield (incumbent) | 82,510 | 100 | |
Total votes | 82,510 | 100 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | G. K. Butterfield (incumbent) | 192,765 | 70.28 | |
Republican | Dean Stephens | 81,506 | 29.72 | |
Total votes | 274,271 | 100 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | G. K. Butterfield (incumbent) | 103,294 | 59.31 | |
Republican | Ashley Woolard | 70,867 | 40.69 | |
Total votes | 174,161 | 100 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | G. K. Butterfield (incumbent) | 254,644 | 75.32 | |
Republican | Pete DiLauro | 77,288 | 22.86 | |
Libertarian | Darryl Holloman | 6,134 | 1.81 | |
Total votes | 338,066 | 99.9 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | G. K. Butterfield (incumbent) | 154,333 | 73.38 | |
Republican | Arthur Rich | 55,990 | 26.62 | |
Total votes | 210,323 | 100 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | G. K. Butterfield (incumbent) | 240,661 | 68.62 | |
Republican | H. Powell Dew Jr. | 101,567 | 28.96 | |
Libertarian | Joseph John Summerell | 8,259 | 2.4 | |
Total votes | 346,830 | 99.98 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | G. K. Butterfield (incumbent) | 190,457 | 69.9 | |
Republican | Roger Allison | 82,218 | 30.2 | |
Total votes | 272,675 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | G. K. Butterfield (incumbent) | 188,870 | 54.2 | |
Republican | Sandy Smith | 159,758 | 45.8 | |
Total votes | 348,618 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Don Davis | 134,996 | 52.4 | |
Republican | Sandy Smith | 122,780 | 47.6 | |
Total votes | 257,776 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Don Davis (incumbent) | 186,341 | 49.5 | |
Republican | Laurie Buckhout | 180,034 | 47.8 | |
Libertarian | Tom Bailey | 9,949 | 2.6 | |
Total votes | 376,324 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |