South Carolina's 5th congressional district
South Carolina's 5th congressional district is a congressional district in northern South Carolina bordering North Carolina. The district includes all of Cherokee, Chester, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lancaster, Lee, Union and York counties and parts of Newberry, Spartanburg and Sumter counties. Outside the rapidly growing cities of Rock Hill, Fort Mill, and Lake Wylie the district is mostly rural and agricultural. The district borders were contracted from some of the easternmost counties in the 2012 redistricting.
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| Population (2022) | 758,549[1] | ||
| Median household income | $66,451[1] | ||
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| Cook PVI | R+12[2] | ||
| Created | 1875 | ||
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The district's character is very similar to other mostly rural districts in the South. Democrats still hold most offices outside Republican-dominated York County. However, few of the area's Democrats can be described as liberal by national standards; most are fairly conservative on social issues, but less so on economics. The largest blocs of Republican voters are in the fast-growing suburbs of Charlotte, North Carolina and Cherokee County, which shares the Republican tilt of most of the rest of the Upstate. York County is by far the largest county in the district, with almost one-third of its population, and its Republican bent has pushed the district as a whole into the Republican column in recent years.
In November 2010, the Republican Mick Mulvaney defeated longtime Congressman John Spratt and became the first Republican since Robert Smalls and the end of Reconstruction to represent the district. Following Mulvaney's confirmation as the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, a special election was held in 2017 to determine his successor. Republican Ralph Norman narrowly won the special election against Archie Parnell.[3]
From 2003 to 2013 the district included all of Cherokee, Chester, Chesterfield, Darlington, Dillon, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lancaster, Marlboro, Newberry and York counties and parts of Florence, Lee and Sumter counties.
Counties
Counties in the 2023–2033 congressional district map:
Election results from presidential races
| Year | Office | Result |
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| 2000 | President | Bush 56–42% |
| 2004 | President | Bush 57–42% |
| 2008 | President | McCain 53.04–45.8% |
| 2012 | President | Romney 55.1–43.6% |
| 2016 | President | Trump 57.3–38.8% |
| 2020 | President | Trump 58.4–41.5% |
List of members representing the district
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Past election results
2012
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Mick Mulvaney (incumbent) | 154,324 | 55.5 | |
| Democratic | Joyce Knott | 123,443 | 44.4 | |
| Write-in | 236 | 0.1 | ||
| Total votes | 278,003 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
2014
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Mick Mulvaney (incumbent) | 103,078 | 58.9 | |
| Democratic | Tom Adams | 71,985 | 41.1 | |
| Write-in | 82 | 0.0 | ||
| Total votes | 175,145 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
2016
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Mick Mulvaney (incumbent) | 161,669 | 59.2 | |
| Democratic | Fran Person | 105,772 | 38.7 | |
| American | Rudy Barnes Jr | 5,388 | 2.0 | |
| Write-in | 177 | 0.1 | ||
| Total votes | 273,006 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
2017 special election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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| Republican | Ralph Norman | 45,076 | {{{percentage}}} | ||
| Democratic | Archie Parnell | 42,341 | 47.94% | ||
| American | Josh Thornton | 319 | 0.36% | ||
| Libertarian | Victor Kocher | 273 | 0.31% | ||
| Green | David Kulma | 242 | 0.27% | ||
| Write-In | Write-in | 65 | 0.07% | ||
| Total votes | 88,316 | 100.0% | |||
| Republican hold | |||||
2018
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Ralph Norman (incumbent) | 141,757 | 57.0 | |
| Democratic | Archie Parnell | 103,129 | 41.5 | |
| Constitution | Michael Chandler | 3,443 | 1.4 | |
| Write-in | 250 | 0.1 | ||
| Total votes | 248,579 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
2020
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Ralph Norman (incumbent) | 220,006 | 60.1 | |
| Democratic | Moe Brown | 145,979 | 39.9 | |
| Write-in | 273 | 0.1 | ||
| Total votes | 366,258 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
2022
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Ralph Norman (incumbent) | 154,725 | 64.01 | |
| Democratic | Evangeline Hundley | 83,299 | 34.46 | |
| Green | Larry Gaither | 3,547 | 1.47 | |
| Write-in | 136 | 0.06 | ||
| Total votes | 241,707 | 100% | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
In popular culture
In the first season of House of Cards, protagonist Frank Underwood represents the district in the United States House of Representatives as a Democrat between 1990 and 2013.
References
- "My Congressional District".
- "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
- "Election Results: Republican Wins U.S. House Seat in South Carolina". The New York Times. June 21, 2017.
- "Election Statistics - US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives". Karen Haas, Clerk of the United States House of Representatives. Retrieved February 23, 2013.
- The votes for the Democratic candidate includes votes cast for the candidate who also ran under the Working Families Party ticket
- "South Carolina Election Commission Official Results". West Virginia Secretary of State. November 4, 2014. Retrieved January 8, 2015.
- "2016 Statewide General Election official results". South Carolina State Election Commission. Retrieved December 5, 2016.
- "Special Election – U.S. House District 5, State House Districts 48 and 70 – June 20, 2017". South Carolina State Election Commission. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
- Johnson, Cheryl L. (February 28, 2019). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 6, 2018". Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
- "2020 Statewide General Election Night Reporting - Results". South Carolina Election Commission. November 10, 2020. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
- "2022 Statewide General Election". www.enr-scvotes.org. November 11, 2022. Retrieved January 2, 2023.
- 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