North Carolina's 9th congressional district
| North Carolina's 9th congressional district | |||
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 North Carolina's 9th congressional district - since January 3, 2017. | |||
| U.S. Representative |
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| Distribution |
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| Population (2016) | 778,477[2] | ||
| Median income | $61,369[3] | ||
| Ethnicity |
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| Cook PVI | R+8[4] | ||
The 9th Congressional District of North Carolina is a Congressional district in south-central North Carolina. The district's current boundaries were redrawn in February 2016 after a U.S. District Court overturned the existing boundaries.[5] The new congressional district consists of Union, Anson, Richmond, Scotland and Robeson counties; a southeast portion of Mecklenburg County; and parts of Cumberland and Bladen counties.
Republicans have held this district since 1963. Republican Robert Pittenger had represented the district since January 2013. In the 2018 election, Mark Harris defeated Pittenger in the Republican primary. Harris was initially called as the winner of the general election, but the result has not been certified pending an investigation into absentee ballot fraud.[6][7]
Contents
1 List of members representing the district
2 2018 election
3 See also
4 References
List of members representing the district
| Representative | Party | Term | Electoral history | District location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| District created March 4, 1793. | ||||
Thomas Blount | Anti-Administration | March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795 | Elected in 1793. Re-elected in 1795. Re-elected in 1796. Lost re-election. | [Data unknown/missing.] |
Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1799 | |||
Willis Alston | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1799 – March 3, 1803 | Elected in 1798. Re-elected in 1800. Redistricted to the 2nd district. | |
Marmaduke Williams | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1809 | Elected in 1803. Re-elected in 1804. Re-elected in 1806. Retired. | [Data unknown/missing.] |
James Cochran | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1813 | Elected in 1808. Re-elected in 1810. Retired. | |
Bartlett Yancey | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1817 | Elected in 1813. Re-elected in 1815. [Data unknown/missing.] | [Data unknown/missing.] |
Thomas Settle | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1821 | [Data unknown/missing.] | |
 Romulus M. Saunders | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823 | [Data unknown/missing.] | |
Crawford Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 | [Data unknown/missing.] | ||
Jacksonian | March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827 | |||
Augustine H. Shepperd | Jacksonian | March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1833 | [Data unknown/missing.] | |
Anti-Jacksonian | March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837 | [Data unknown/missing.] | ||
Whig | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839 | |||
John Hill | Democratic | March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841 | [Data unknown/missing.] | |
Augustine H. Shepperd | Whig | March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843 | [Data unknown/missing.] | |
Kenneth Rayner | Whig | March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845 | Redistricted from the 1st district. | [Data unknown/missing.] |
 Asa Biggs | Democratic | March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847 | [Data unknown/missing.] | |
David Outlaw | Whig | March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1853 | [Data unknown/missing.] | |
| District inactive March 3, 1853. | ||||
| District re-established March 4, 1885. | ||||
Thomas D. Johnston | Democratic | March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1889 | [Data unknown/missing.] | |
 Hamilton G. Ewart | Republican | March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891 | [Data unknown/missing.] | |
William T. Crawford | Democratic | March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1895 | [Data unknown/missing.] | |
Richmond Pearson | Republican | March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1899 | [Data unknown/missing.] | |
William T. Crawford | Democratic | March 4, 1899 – May 10, 1900 | Lost contested election. | |
Richmond Pearson | Republican | May 10, 1900 – March 3, 1901 | [Data unknown/missing.] | |
James M. Moody | Republican | March 4, 1901 – February 5, 1903 | [Data unknown/missing.] Died. | |
Vacant | February 5, 1903 – March 3, 1903 | |||
 Edwin Y. Webb | Democratic | March 4, 1903 – November 10, 1919 | [Data unknown/missing.] Resigned. | |
Vacant | November 10, 1919 – December 16, 1919 | |||
 Clyde R. Hoey | Democratic | December 16, 1919 – March 3, 1921 | [Data unknown/missing.] | |
 Alfred L. Bulwinkle | Democratic | March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1929 | [Data unknown/missing.] | |
Charles A. Jonas | Republican | March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1931 | [Data unknown/missing.] | |
Alfred L. Bulwinkle | Democratic | March 4, 1931 – March 3, 1933 | [Data unknown/missing.] Redistricted to the 10th district. | |
 Robert L. Doughton | Democratic | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1953 | Redistricted from the 8th district. | |
Hugh Quincy Alexander | Democratic | January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1963 | [Data unknown/missing.] Lost re-election. | |
 James T. Broyhill | Republican | January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1969 | [Data unknown/missing.] Redistricted to the 10th district. | |
 Charles R. Jonas | Republican | January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1973 | Redistricted from the 8th district. [Data unknown/missing.] Retired. | |
 Jim Martin | Republican | January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1985 | Elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Retired to run for North Carolina Governor. | |
 Alex McMillan | Republican | January 3, 1985 – January 3, 1995 | Elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Retired. | |
 Sue Myrick | Republican | January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2013 | 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. Retired. | [Data unknown/missing.] |
 2003–2013 | ||||
 Robert Pittenger | Republican | January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2019 | Elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Lost renomination. |  2013–2017 |
 2017–Present | ||||
| Vacant | January 3, 2019 – Present | Election disputed. | ||
2018 election
In a rematch on May 8, 2018, Robert Pittenger was defeated in the Republican primary by former pastor Mark Harris, whom he had beaten by 134 votes in the primary two years earlier.[8] Harris won 48.5 percent of the vote to Pittenger’s 46.2 percent. Pittenger was the first congressional incumbent to lose his primary election in 2018.[9]The New York Times described the race between Harris and Dan McCready as a "top-tier contest".[10] A CBS News story calls the race "one of the most competitive".[11] On election day, Harris defeated McCready by 905 votes, but on November 27, 2018, the North Carolina State Board of Elections and Ethics Reform declined to certify the election results, citing voting irregularities involving absentee ballots.[12][13] The irregularities became the subject of a criminal investigation.[14]
Outlets such as the Associated Press[15] and FiveThirtyEight[16] subsequently retracted calling the race, pending the ultimate decision of the state board of elections. On December 1, the chair of the state elections board resigned, saying: "The investigation of criminal conduct and absentee voting fraud in the 2018 Republican primary and 2018 general election in congressional District 9 is a matter of vital importance to our democracy", adding that "I will not allow myself to be used as an instrument of distraction in this investigation".[17]
On November 30, the election board of the district decided to hear evidence about “claims of numerous irregularities and concerted fraudulent activities” at a meeting to be held by December 21. A finding of fraud could have resulted in a new election.[18] Democratic candidate McCready withdrew his earlier submitted electional concession on December 6.[19] Republican candidate Harris agreed for a new election to be held if allegations of election fraud could be proven by the election board to have possibly affected the contest’s outcome.[20] The leader of the North Carolina Republicans, Robin Hayes, stated on December 11 that regardless to what extent election fraud could be proven to have altered the election, a new election would be necessary in the state's 9th Congressional District if investigators can verify a local newspaper report that early voting results in Bladen County also were leaked before Election Day.[21][22]
On December 28, the state court dissolved the state election board, before it had certified election results.[23][24] The election board's staff announced that it would continue the investigation, but delayed hearings until a new election board is seated, presumably on January 31.[25][26] Democratic Governor Roy Cooper's attempts to fill an interim board were overridden by the Republican-controlled legislature.[23] Incoming United States House of Representatives Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, a Democrat, announced that the House of Representatives will not seat Harris under any circumstances until the fraud investigation is completed.[27] Harris announced he would seek court intervention to have him immediately certified as the winner and stated his intention to join the 116th Congress on January 3.[28][29] However, Harris was not permitted to join the new Congress on January 3. If a new election is required, a newly passed law by the North Carolina state legislature will require holding new preceding primaries for the parties.[30]
See also
- North Carolina's congressional districts
- List of United States congressional districts
References
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- Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
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