North Carolina's 3rd congressional district
North Carolina's 3rd congressional district is located on the Atlantic coast of North Carolina. It covers the Outer Banks and the counties adjacent to the Pamlico Sound.
North Carolina's 3rd congressional district | |||
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North Carolina's 3rd congressional district since January 3, 2017 | |||
Representative |
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Distribution |
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Population (2000) | 749,823 | ||
Median income | $50,479[1] | ||
Ethnicity |
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Cook PVI | R+12[2] |
The district is currently represented by Greg Murphy following a special election after the seat was left vacant following the passing of Walter B. Jones Jr. in February 2019.[3] Jones had been the district's representative from 1995 until his death. In 2008, he defeated Democrat Craig Weber for reelection, and was challenged in 2010 by former chair of the Pitt County Democratic Party Johnny Rouse, whom he defeated by a vote of 72% to 26% (141,978 votes to 50,600). In 2012, he was challenged by Frank Palombo, the former New Bern Police Chief, for the Republican Party nomination.[4] The winner of the Republican primary then faced Marine Corps Veteran Erik Anderson in the general election.[5]
A special election to fill the vacancy caused by Jones's death was held on September 10, 2019. State representative Greg Murphy won the election.[6]
List of members representing the district
Member | Party | Years | Cong ress |
Electoral history | District location |
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Timothy Bloodworth | Anti-Administration | April 6, 1790 – March 3, 1791 |
1st | Elected in 1790. Redistricted to the 5th district and lost re-election. |
1790–1971 "Cape Fear division" |
John B. Ashe |
Anti-Administration | March 4, 1791 – March 3, 1793 |
2nd | Redistricted from the 1st district and re-elected in 1791. Redistricted to the 9th district. |
1791–1973 [data unknown/missing] |
Joseph Winston |
Anti-Administration | March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795 |
3rd | Elected in 1793. Lost re-election. |
1793–1803 [data unknown/missing] |
Jesse Franklin | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1797 |
4th | Elected in 1795. Lost re-election. | |
Robert Williams | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1797 – March 3, 1803 |
5th 6th 7th |
Elected in 1796. Re-elected in 1798. Re-elected in 1800. Redistricted to the 7th district and retired to run for Governor of North Carolina. | |
William Kennedy | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1805 |
8th | Elected in 1803. Lost re-election. |
1803–1813 [data unknown/missing] |
Thomas Blount |
Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1809 |
9th 10th |
Elected in 1804. Re-elected in 1806. Lost re-election. | |
William Kennedy | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1811 |
11th | Elected in 1808. Retired. | |
Thomas Blount |
Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1811 – February 7, 1812 |
12th | Elected in 1810. Died. | |
Vacant | February 7, 1812 – January 30, 1813 |
12th | |||
William Kennedy | Democratic-Republican | January 30, 1813 – March 3, 1815 |
13th 14th |
Elected January 11, 1813 to finish Blount's term and seated January 30, 1813. Re-elected in 1813. Retired. | |
1813–1823 [data unknown/missing] | |||||
James W. Clark | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817 |
15th | Elected in 1815. Retired. | |
Thomas H. Hall | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1825 |
16th 17th 18th |
Elected in 1817. Re-elected in 1819. Re-elected in 1821. Re-elected in 1823. Lost re-election. | |
Crawford Democratic-Republican | 1823–1833 [data unknown/missing] | ||||
Richard Hines | Jacksonian | March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827 |
19th | Elected in 1825. Lost re-election. | |
Thomas H. Hall | Jacksonian | March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1835 |
20th 21st 22nd 23rd |
Elected in 1827. Re-elected in 1829. [data unknown/missing] | |
1833–1843 [data unknown/missing] | |||||
Ebenezer Pettigrew | Anti-Jacksonian | March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837 |
24th | [data unknown/missing] | |
Edward Stanly |
Whig | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1843 |
25th 26th 27th |
[data unknown/missing] | |
David S. Reid |
Democratic | March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847 |
28th 29th |
[data unknown/missing] | 1843–1853 [data unknown/missing] |
Daniel M. Barringer | Whig | March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849 |
30th | Redistricted from the 2nd district. [data unknown/missing] | |
Edmund Deberry | Whig | March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851 |
31st | [data unknown/missing] | |
Alfred Dockery | Whig | March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853 |
32nd | [data unknown/missing] | |
William S. Ashe |
Democratic | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 |
33rd | Redistricted from the 7th district. [data unknown/missing] |
1853–1863 [data unknown/missing] |
Warren Winslow |
Democratic | March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1861 |
34th 35th 36th |
[data unknown/missing] | |
Vacant | March 3, 1861 – July 13, 1868 |
37th 38th 39th 40th |
Civil War and Reconstruction | ||
1863–1873 [data unknown/missing] | |||||
Oliver H. Dockery |
Republican | July 13, 1868 – March 3, 1871 |
40th 41st |
[data unknown/missing] | |
Alfred M. Waddell |
Democratic | March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1879 |
42nd 43rd 44th 45th |
[data unknown/missing] | |
1873–1883 [data unknown/missing] | |||||
Daniel L. Russell |
Greenback | March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881 |
46th | [data unknown/missing] | |
John W. Shackelford |
Democratic | March 4, 1881 – January 18, 1883 |
47th | [data unknown/missing] Died. | |
Vacant | January 18, 1883 – March 3, 1883 |
47th | |||
Wharton J. Green |
Democratic | March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887 |
48th 49th |
[data unknown/missing] | 1883–1893 [data unknown/missing] |
Charles W. McClammy |
Democratic | March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1891 |
50th 51st |
[data unknown/missing] | |
Benjamin F. Grady | Democratic | March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1895 |
52nd 53rd |
[data unknown/missing] | |
1893–1903 [data unknown/missing] | |||||
John G. Shaw | Democratic | March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897 |
54th | [data unknown/missing] | |
John E. Fowler | Populist | March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1899 |
55th | [data unknown/missing] | |
Charles R. Thomas | Democratic | March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1911 |
56th 57th 58th 59th 60th 61st |
[data unknown/missing] | |
1903–1913 [data unknown/missing] | |||||
John M. Faison | Democratic | March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1915 |
62nd 63rd |
[data unknown/missing] | |
1913–1933 [data unknown/missing] | |||||
George E. Hood |
Democratic | March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1919 |
64th 65th |
[data unknown/missing] | |
Samuel M. Brinson | Democratic | March 4, 1919 – April 13, 1922 |
66th 67th |
[data unknown/missing] Died. | |
Vacant | April 13, 1922 – November 7, 1922 |
67th | |||
Charles L. Abernethy |
Democratic | November 7, 1922 – January 3, 1935 |
67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd 73rd |
[data unknown/missing] | |
1933–1943 [data unknown/missing] | |||||
Graham A. Barden |
Democratic | January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1961 |
74th 75th 76th 77th 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th |
[data unknown/missing] | |
1943–1953 [data unknown/missing] | |||||
1953–1963 [data unknown/missing] | |||||
David N. Henderson |
Democratic | January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1977 |
87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th |
[data unknown/missing] | |
1963–1973 [data unknown/missing] | |||||
1973–1983 [data unknown/missing] | |||||
Charles O. Whitley |
Democratic | January 3, 1977 – December 31, 1986 |
95th 96th 97th 98th 99th |
[data unknown/missing] Resigned. | |
1983–1993 [data unknown/missing] | |||||
Vacant | December 31, 1986 – January 3, 1987 |
99th | |||
Martin Lancaster |
Democratic | January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1995 |
100th 101st 102nd 103rd |
[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election. | |
1993–2003 [data unknown/missing] | |||||
Walter B. Jones Jr. |
Republican | January 3, 1995 – February 10, 2019 |
104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th 116th |
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. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Died. | |
2003–2013 | |||||
2013–2017 | |||||
2017–Present | |||||
Vacant | February 10, 2019 – September 10, 2019 |
116th | |||
Greg Murphy |
Republican | September 10, 2019 – present |
Elected to finish Jones's term. |
Election results
2002
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Walter B. Jones | 131,448 | 90.7 | |
Libertarian | Gary Goodson | 13,486 | 9.3 | |
Total votes | 144,934 | 100 |
2004
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Walter B. Jones | 171,863 | 70.7 | |
Democratic | Roger A. Eaton | 71,227 | 29.3 | |
Total votes | 243,090 | 100 |
2006
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Walter B. Jones | 99,519 | 68.64 | |
Democratic | Craig Weber | 45,458 | 31.36 | |
Total votes | 144,977 | 100 |
2008
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Walter B. Jones | 201,686 | 65.9 | |
Democratic | Craig Weber | 104,364 | 34.1 | |
Total votes | 306,050 | 100 |
2010
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Walter B. Jones | 143,225 | 71.86 | |
Democratic | Johnny G. Rouse | 51,317 | 25.75 | |
Libertarian | Darryl Holloman | 4,762 | 2.39 | |
Total votes | 199,304 | 100 |
2012
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Walter B. Jones | 195,571 | 63.11 | |
Democratic | Erik Anderson | 114,314 | 36.89 | |
Total votes | 309,885 | 100 |
2014
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Walter B. Jones | 139,415 | 67.81 | |
Democratic | Marshall Adame | 66,182 | 32.19 | |
Total votes | 205,597 | 100 |
2016
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Walter B. Jones | 217,531 | 67.2 | |
Democratic | Ernest T. Reeves | 106,170 | 32.8 | |
Total votes | 323,701 | 100 |
2018
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Walter B. Jones, Jr. | 186,353 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 186,353 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
2019
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Greg Murphy | 70,407 | 61.74 | |
Democratic | Allen Thomas | 42,738 | 37.47 | |
Constitution | Greg Holt | 507 | 0.44 | |
Libertarian | Tim Harris | 394 | 0.35 | |
Total votes | 114,046 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
References
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