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. The bulk of its population lives on the South Carolina side of the Charlotte metropolitan area, including the rapidly growing cities of Rock Hill, Fort Mill, and Lake Wylie. Outside the Charlotte suburbs, the district is mostly rural and agricultural. The district borders were contracted from some of the easternmost counties in the 2012 redistricting.
| South Carolina's 5th congressional district | |||
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Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023 | |||
| Representative |
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| Population (2022) | 758,549 | ||
| Median household income | $66,451 | ||
| Ethnicity |
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| Cook PVI | R+12 | ||
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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 Charlotte suburbs, as well as 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 increasingly 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.
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 district map:
Election results from presidential races
| Year | Office | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Ralph Norman | 45,076 | 51.05% | ||
| 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 | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
See also
References
- 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
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