North Carolina's 13th congressional district
North Carolina's 13th congressional district was re-established in 2002 after the state gained population in the 2000 United States census. Previously, the state had 13 districts from the first election following the 1810 census until the reapportionment following the 1840 census.
North Carolina's 13th congressional district | |||
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Representative |
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Distribution |
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Population (2022) | 776,185[1] | ||
Median household income | $82,201[1] | ||
Ethnicity |
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Cook PVI | R+2[2] | ||
Created | 2003 |
The thirteenth district is currently represented by Wiley Nickel.
History
From 2003 to 2013, the district included all of Person and Caswell Counties; as well as parts of Alamance, Granville, Guilford, Rockingham, and Wake Counties. However, reapportionment after the 2010 census shifted the district more to the south and east. As a result, it lost its share of Alamance, Caswell, Guilford, Person, and Rockingham Counties. In the place of those five counties, portions of Durham, Edgecombe, Franklin, Nash, Vance, Wayne, and Wilson Counties were added. Less of Granville County and more of Wake County were also included. While Barack Obama carried the old 13th with 59 percent of the vote in 2008, John McCain would have won it with 54 percent of the vote had it existed under the new lines.
As a result, Democratic Congressman Brad Miller, who represented the district from its creation in 2003, announced he would not seek re-election to office in 2012.[3][4] From 2013 to 2017, the district was represented by Republican George Holding.
After mid-decade redistricting, most of the old 13th district was essentially merged with the old 2nd district. A new 13th district was created, stretching from the northern suburbs of Charlotte to Greensboro. Republican Ted Budd became the first congressman from this new district.
In 2021, a new 13th district was created that included counties west of Charlotte. While North Carolina Speaker of the House Tim Moore was expected to run for the seat, he said he would not after Madison Cawthorn announced his candidacy.[5]
In 2022, the North Carolina Supreme Court rejected the redrawn districts, later approving a new map in which the 13th district included Johnston County and parts of Harnett, Wake, and Wayne Counties in the Raleigh area.[6]
Counties
Counties in the 2023–2025 congressional district map:
- Harnett County (part)
- Johnston County
- Wake County (part)
- Wayne County (part)
Recent statewide election results
Year | Office | Results |
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2000 | President | Bush 50–49% |
2004 | President | Kerry 52–47% |
2008 | President | Obama 59–40% |
2012 | President | Romney 56–42% |
2016 | President | Trump 53–44% |
2020 | President | Trump 67–31% |
List of members representing the district
Past election results
2002
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Democratic | Brad Miller | 100,287 | 54.72 | ||
Republican | Carolyn W. Grant | 77,688 | 42.39 | ||
Libertarian | Alex MacDonald | 5,295 | 2.89 | ||
Turnout | 183,270 | 100.00 | |||
Democratic win (new seat) |
2004
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Brad Miller (incumbent) | 160,896 | 58.79 | |
Republican | Virginia Johnson | 112,788 | 41.21 | |
Turnout | 273,684 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
2006
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Brad Miller (incumbent) | 98,540 | 63.71 | |
Republican | Vernon Robinson | 56,120 | 36.29 | |
Turnout | 154,660 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
2008
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Brad Miller (incumbent) | 221,379 | 65.93 | |
Republican | Hugh Webster | 114,383 | 34.07 | |
Turnout | 335,762 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
2010
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Brad Miller (incumbent) | 116,103 | 55.50 | |
Republican | Bill Randall | 93,099 | 44.50 | |
Total votes | 209,202 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
2012
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | George Holding | 210,495 | 56.8 | |
Democratic | Charles Malone | 160,115 | 43.2 | |
Total votes | 370,610 | 100.0 | ||
Republican gain from Democratic | ||||
2014
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | George Holding (incumbent) | 153,991 | 57.3 | |
Democratic | Brenda Cleary | 114,718 | 42.7 | |
Total votes | 268,709 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
2016
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Ted Budd | 199,443 | 56.1 | |
Democratic | Bruce Davis | 156,049 | 43.9 | |
Total votes | 355,492 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
2018
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Ted Budd (incumbent) | 147,570 | 51.5 | |
Democratic | Kathy Manning | 130,402 | 45.6 | |
Libertarian | Tom Bailey | 5,513 | 1.9 | |
Green | Robert Corriher | 2,831 | 1.0 | |
Total votes | 286,316 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
2020
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Ted Budd (incumbent) | 267,181 | 68.2 | |
Democratic | Scott Huffman | 124,684 | 31.8 | |
Total votes | 391,865 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
2022
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Wiley Nickel | 143,090 | 51.6 | |
Republican | Bo Hines | 134,256 | 48.4 | |
Total votes | 277,346 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic gain from Republican | ||||
Notes
- Supported the Crawford faction in the 1824 United States presidential election.
References
- Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
- "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
- "Redistricting sets up Miller, Price as 4th district rivals". News & Observer. Retrieved August 13, 2012.
- "Rep. Miller won't fight Rep. Price for 4th district seat". News & Observer. Retrieved August 13, 2012.
- Battaglia, Danielle; Murphy, Brian; Vaughn, Dawn Baumgartner (November 12, 2021). "Cawthorn announces he'll change districts for 2022, shaking up NC elections". News & Observer. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
- Doyle, Steve (February 23, 2022). "Check out new election maps: NC Supreme Court rejects appeals, approves special masters' districts". WGHP. Retrieved February 26, 2022.
- "2002 General Election Results US House (13th District)". North Carolina State Board of Elections. Archived from the original on July 18, 2011. Retrieved January 11, 2010.
- "2004 General Election Results US House (13th District)". North Carolina State Board of Elections. Retrieved January 11, 2010.
- "2006 General Election Results US House (13th District)". North Carolina State Board of Elections. Retrieved January 11, 2010.
- "2008 General Election". results.enr.clarityelections.com. Retrieved June 29, 2022.
- "US House of Representatives district 13". results.enr.clarityelections.com. Retrieved June 29, 2022.
- "North Carolina General Elections Results 2012". results.enr.clarityelections.com. Retrieved June 29, 2022.
- "11/04/2014 OFFICIAL GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS - STATEWIDE". ncsbe.gov/. Archived from the original on January 27, 2015. Retrieved June 29, 2022.
- "11/08/2016 OFFICIAL GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS - STATEWIDE". ncsbe.gov. Retrieved June 29, 2022.
- "District 13, North Carolina State Board of Elections & Ethics Enforcement". North Carolina State Board of Elections & Ethics Enforcement. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
- "November 03, 2020 General Election Results by Contest" (PDF). amazonaws.com. Retrieved June 29, 2022.
- "NC SBE Contest Results". er.ncsbe.gov. Retrieved January 2, 2023.
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- 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