North Carolina's 12th congressional district
North Carolina's 12th congressional district | |||
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Interactive map of district boundaries | |||
Representative |
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Population (2022) | 770,376[1] | ||
Median household income | $73,841[1] | ||
Ethnicity |
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Cook PVI | D+13[2] |
North Carolina's 12th congressional district is a
It was one of two
North Carolina had a twelfth seat in the House in the early nineteenth century (1803–1843) and in the mid-twentieth century (1943–1963). Most of the territory in the district's second incarnation is now in the 11th district.
History
The district was re-established after the
In its original configuration, the district had a 64 percent African-American majority in population. The district boundaries, stretching from Gastonia to Durham, were so narrow at some points that it was no wider than a highway lane. It followed Interstate 85 almost exactly.[5][6] One state legislator famously remarked, after seeing the district map, "if you drove down the interstate with both car doors open, you'd kill most of the people in the district."[7][8]
The
The state legislature defended the two minority-majority districts as based on demographics, with the 12th representing people of the interior Piedmont area and the 1st the Coastal Plain.[4] Subsequently, the 12th district was redrawn several times and was adjudicated in the Supreme Court on two additional occasions.[4] The version created after the 2000 census was approved by the U.S. Supreme Court in Hunt v. Cromartie. The district's configuration dating from the 2000 census had a small plurality of whites, and it was changed only slightly after the 2010 census. African Americans make up a large majority of registered voters and Hispanics constitute 7.1% of residents.
On February 5, 2016, U.S. Circuit Judge
In all of its configurations, it has been a Democratic stronghold. Its previous incarnation was dominated by black voters in Charlotte, Greensboro, and Winston-Salem. The redrawn map made the 12th a compact district comprising nearly all of Mecklenburg County, except the southeast quadrant. Due to Charlotte's heavy swing to the Democrats in recent years, the reconfigured 12th is no less Democratic than its predecessor.
On February 23, 2022, the North Carolina Supreme Court approved a new map which changed the 12th district boundaries to include the northern half of Mecklenburg County, including most of Uptown, along with eastern Cabarrus County.[14]
List of members representing the district
Member (Residence) |
Party | Years | Cong ress |
Electoral history | District location |
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District established March 4, 1803 | |||||
![]() Joseph Winston (Surry County) |
Democratic-Republican
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March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1807 |
8th 9th |
Elected in 1803. Re-elected in 1804. Retired. |
1803–1813 "North Carolina congressional district map (1803–13)".[15] |
Meshack Franklin (Scullcamp) |
Democratic-Republican
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March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1813 |
10th 11th 12th |
Elected in 1806. Re-elected in 1808. Re-elected in 1810. Redistricted to the 13th district. | |
1813–1823 "North Carolina congressional district map (1813–43)".[15] | |||||
Morgantown )
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Democratic-Republican
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March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1817 |
13th 14th |
Redistricted from the 11th district and re-elected in 1813. Re-elected in 1815. Retired. | |
Felix Walker (Waynesville) |
Democratic-Republican
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March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1823 |
15th 16th 17th |
Elected in 1817. Re-elected in 1819. Re-elected in 1821. Lost re-election. | |
Robert B. Vance (Nashville) |
Democratic-Republican
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March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 |
18th | Elected in 1823. Lost re-election. |
1823–1833 "North Carolina congressional district map (1813–43)".[15] |
![]() Samuel P. Carson (Pleasant Garden) |
Jacksonian
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March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1833 |
19th 20th 21st 22nd |
Re-elected in 1831. ]
[data missing | |
![]() James Graham (Rutherfordton) |
Anti-Jacksonian
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March 4, 1833 – March 29, 1836 |
23rd 24th |
Re-elected in 1835 .Seat declared vacant. |
1833–1843 "North Carolina congressional district map (1813–43)".[15] |
Vacant | March 29, 1836 – December 5, 1836 |
24th | |||
![]() James Graham (Rutherfordton) |
Anti-Jacksonian
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December 5, 1836 – March 3, 1837 |
24th 25th 26th 27th |
and lost re-election. | |
Whig | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1843 | ||||
District dissolved March 4, 1843 | |||||
District re-established January 3, 1943 | |||||
![]() Zebulon Weaver (Asheville) |
Democratic
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January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1947 |
78th 79th |
Re-elected in 1944 .Lost renomination. |
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Monroe M. Redden )
(Hendersonville |
Democratic
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January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1953 |
80th 81st 82nd |
Re-elected in 1948 .Retired. | |
![]() George A. Shuford (Asheville) |
Democratic
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January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1959 |
83rd 84th 85th |
Re-elected in 1956 .Renominated but later withdrew because of ill health. | |
![]() David M. Hall (Sylva) |
Democratic
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January 3, 1959 – January 29, 1960 |
86th | Elected in 1958 .Died. | |
Vacant | January 29, 1960 – June 25, 1960 |
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![]() Roy A. Taylor (Black Mountain) |
Democratic
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June 25, 1960 – January 3, 1963 |
86th 87th |
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District dissolved January 3, 1963 | |||||
District re-established January 3, 1993 | |||||
![]() Mel Watt (Charlotte) |
Democratic
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January 3, 1993 – January 6, 2014 |
103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th |
Re-elected in 1994. .
Re-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. Resigned to become director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency |
1993–2003 [data missing] |
2003–2013 2003–2013 | |||||
2013–2017![]() 2013–2017 | |||||
Vacant | January 6, 2014 – November 4, 2014 |
113th | |||
![]() Alma Adams (Charlotte) |
Democratic
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November 4, 2014 – present |
113th 114th 115th 116th 117th 118th |
Elected to finish Watt's term. Also elected in 2014 to the next term. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. | |
2017–2021![]() | |||||
2021–2023![]() | |||||
2023–2025![]() |
Past election results
2002
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Mel Watt (incumbent) | 98,821 | 65.34 | |
Republican | Jeff Kish | 49,588 | 32.79 | |
Libertarian | Carey Head | 2,830 | 1.87 | |
Turnout | 151,239 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
2004
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Mel Watt (incumbent) | 154,908 | 66.83 | |
Republican | Ada Fisher | 76,898 | 33.17 | |
Turnout | 231,806 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
2006
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Mel Watt (incumbent) | 71,345 | 67.01 | |
Republican | Ada Fisher | 35,127 | 32.99 | |
Turnout | 106,472 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
2008
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Mel Watt (incumbent) | 215,908 | 71.56 | |
Republican | Ty Cobb, Jr. | 85,814 | 28.44 | |
Turnout | 301,722 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
2010
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Mel Watt (incumbent) | 103,495 | 63.88 | |
Republican | Greg Dority | 55,315 | 34.14 | |
Libertarian | Lon Cecil | 3,197 | 1.97 | |
Total votes | 162,007 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
2012
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Melvin Watt (incumbent)
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247,591 | 79.6 | |
Republican | Jack Brosch | 63,317 | 20.4 | |
Total votes | 310,908 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
2014 special election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Alma Adams | 127,668 | 75.43% | |
Republican | Vince Coakley | 41,578 | 24.57% | |
Total votes | 169,246 | 100.0% | ||
Democratic hold |
2014
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Alma Adams | 130,096 | 75.4 | |
Republican | Vince Coakley | 42,568 | 24.6 | |
Total votes | 172,664 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
2016
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Alma Adams (incumbent) | 234,115 | 67.0 | |
Republican | Leon Threatt | 115,185 | 33.0 | |
Total votes | 349,300 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
2018
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Alma Adams (incumbent) | 203,974 | 73.1 | |
Republican | Paul Wright | 75,164 | 26.9 | |
Total votes | 279,138 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
2020
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Alma Adams (incumbent) | 341,457 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 341,457 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
2022
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Alma Adams (incumbent) | 140,494 | 62.75 | |
Republican | Tyler Lee | 83,414 | 37.25 | |
Total votes | 223,908 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
See also
References
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- ^ "2004 General Election Results US House (12th District)". North Carolina State Board of Elections. Retrieved January 11, 2010.[permanent dead link]
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Works cited
- 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