North Carolina's 7th congressional district

North Carolina's 7th congressional district
North Carolina's 7th congressional district
	Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2025
Representative	David Rouzer; R–Wilmington
Population (2023)	794,214
Median household; income	$66,712
Ethnicity	64.2% White; 19.1% Black; 8.3% Hispanic; 4.4% Two or more races; 2.2% Native American; 1.3% Asian; 0.5% other;
Cook PVI	R+7

North Carolina's 7th congressional district stretches from Wilmington and the South Carolina border to parts of Fayetteville.

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The district is represented by David Rouzer, a Republican. He has been in office since 2015.

From 2003 to 2013, it covered Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Cumberland, Duplin, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson, and Sampson counties.

On February 23, 2022, the North Carolina Supreme Court approved a new map which changed the 7th district boundaries to remove Duplin and Sampson counties and add part of Cumberland County.^[3]

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Year	Office	Results^[7]
2008	President	McCain 52% - 47%
	Senate	Hagan 53% - 44%
	Governor	Perdue 53% - 44%
2010	Senate	Burr 57% - 41%
2012	President	Romney 54% - 46%
2012	Governor	McCrory 55% - 42%
2014	Senate	Tillis 50% - 45%
2016	President	Trump 54% - 42%
	Senate	Burr 55% - 41%
	Governor	McCrory 53% - 45%
	Lt. Governor	Forest 55% - 42%
	Secretary of State	LaPaglia 51% - 49%
	Auditor	Stuber 53% - 47%
	Attorney General	Newton 53% - 47%
	Treasurer	Folwell 56% - 44%
2020	President	Trump 55% - 44%
	Senate	Tillis 53% - 42%
	Governor	Forest 51% - 47%
	Lt. Governor	Robinson 56% - 44%
	Secretary of State	Sykes 53% - 47%
	Auditor	Street 54% - 46%
	Attorney General	O'Neill 54% - 46%
	Treasurer	Folwell 57% - 43%
2022	Senate	Budd 55% - 42%
2024	President	Trump 56% - 43%
	Governor	Stein 51% - 43%
	Lt. Governor	Weatherman 52% - 45%
	Secretary of State	Brown 54% - 46%
	Auditor	Boliek 56% - 44%
	Attorney General	Bishop 54% - 46%
	Treasurer	Briner 58% - 42%

Member (Residence)	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	District location
District established March 4, 1793
William B. Grove (Fayetteville)	Pro-Administration	March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795	3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th	Redistricted from the 5th district and re-elected in 1793. Re-elected in 1795. Re-elected in 1796. Re-elected in 1798. Re-elected in 1800. Retired.
William B. Grove (Fayetteville)	Federalist	March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1803	3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th
Samuel D. Purviance (Fayetteville)	Federalist	March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1805	8th	Elected in 1803. Retired.	1803–1813 "North Carolina Congressional District Map (1803–13)".^[8]
Duncan McFarlan (Laurel Hill)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1807	9th	Elected in 1804. Lost re-election.
John Culpepper (Allenton)	Federalist	March 4, 1807 – January 2, 1808	10th	Elected in 1806. Seat declared vacant when election contested.
Vacant		January 2, 1808 – February 23, 1808
John Culpepper (Allenton)	Federalist	February 23, 1808 – March 3, 1809		Elected to finish his vacant term. Lost re-election.
Archibald McBryde (Carthage)	Federalist	March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1813	11th 12th	Elected in 1808. Re-elected in 1810. Retired.
Archibald McBryde (Carthage)	Federalist	March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1813	11th 12th	Elected in 1808. Re-elected in 1810. Retired.	1813–1823 "North Carolina congressional district map (1813–43)".^[8]
John Culpepper (Allenton)	Federalist	March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1817	13th 14th	Elected in 1813. Re-elected in 1815. Lost re-election.
Vacant		March 3, 1817 – January 5, 1818	15th	Alexander McMillan was Elected in 1817 but died sometime in 1817.
James Stewart (Laurinburg)	Federalist	January 5, 1818 – March 3, 1819	15th	Elected January 1, 1818 to finish McMillan's term and seated January 26, 1818. Retired.
John Culpepper (Wadesboro)	Federalist	March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821	16th	Elected in 1819. Lost re-election.
Archibald McNeill (McNeill's Store)	Federalist	March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823	17th	Elected in 1821. Retired.
John Culpepper (Lawrenceville)	Adams-Clay Federalist	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	18th	Elected in 1823. Lost re-election.	1823–1843 "North Carolina congressional district map (1813–43)".^[8]
Archibald McNeill (McNeill's Store)	Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827	19th	Elected in 1825. Retired.
John Culpepper (Beard's Store)	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1829	20th	Elected in 1827. Lost re-election.
Edmund Deberry (Lawrenceville)	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831	21st	Elected in 1829. [data missing]
Lauchlin Bethune (Fayetteville)	Jacksonian	March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833	22nd	Elected in 1831. [data missing]
Edmund Deberry (Lawrenceville)	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837	23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th	Re-elected in 1833. Re-elected in 1835. Re-elected in 1837. Re-elected in 1839. Re-elected in 1841. Redistricted to the 4th district.
Edmund Deberry (Lawrenceville)	Whig	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1843	23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th
John Daniel (Halifax)	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847	28th 29th	Redistricted from the 2nd district and re-elected in 1843. Re-elected in 1845. Redistricted to the 6th district.
James I. McKay (Elizabethtown)	Democratic	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849	30th	Redistricted from the 6th district and re-elected in 1847. [data missing]
William S. Ashe (Wilmington)	Democratic	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853	31st 32nd	Elected in 1849. Re-elected in 1851. Redistricted to the 3rd district.
F. Burton Craige (Salisbury)	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1861	33rd 34th 35th 36th	Elected in 1853. Re-elected in 1855. Re-elected in 1857. Re-elected in 1859. [data missing]
Vacant		March 4, 1861 – July 20, 1868	37th 38th 39th 40th	Civil War and Reconstruction
Alexander H. Jones (Asheville)	Republican	July 6, 1868 – March 3, 1871	40th 41st	Elected to finish the short term. Re-elected in 1868. [data missing]
James C. Harper (Patterson)	Democratic	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873	42nd	Elected in 1870. [data missing]
William M. Robbins (Statesville)	Democratic	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1879	43rd 44th 45th	Elected in 1872. Re-elected in 1874. Re-elected in 1876. [data missing]
Robert F. Armfield (Statesville)	Democratic	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883	46th 47th	Elected in 1878. Re-elected in 1880. [data missing]
Tyre York (Trap Hill)	Independent Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885	48th	Elected in 1882. [data missing]
John S. Henderson (Salisbury)	Democratic	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1895	49th 50th 51st 52nd 53rd	Elected in 1884. Re-elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1888. Re-elected in 1890. Re-elected in 1892. [data missing]
Alonzo C. Shuford (Newton)	Populist	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1899	54th 55th	Elected in 1894. Re-elected in 1896. [data missing]
Theodore F. Kluttz (Salisbury)	Democratic	March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1903	56th 57th	Elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Redistricted to the 8th district.
Robert N. Page (Biscoe)	Democratic	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1917	58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd 63rd 64th	Elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Re-elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. [data missing]
Leonidas D. Robinson (Wadesboro)	Democratic	March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1921	65th 66th	Elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. [data missing]
William C. Hammer (Asheboro)	Democratic	March 4, 1921 – September 26, 1930	67th 68th 69th 70th 71st	Elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Died.
Vacant		September 26, 1930 – November 4, 1930	71st
Hinton James (Laurinburg)	Democratic	November 4, 1930 – March 3, 1931	71st	Elected to finish Hammer's term. Retired.
Walter Lambeth (Thomasville)	Democratic	March 4, 1931 – March 3, 1933	72nd	Elected in 1930. Redistricted to the 8th district.
J. Bayard Clark (Fayetteville)	Democratic	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1949	73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th 78th 79th 80th	Redistricted from the 6th district and re-elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Retired.
Frank E. Carlyle (Lumberton)	Democratic	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1957	81st 82nd 83rd 84th	Elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Lost renomination.
Alton A. Lennon (Wilmington)	Democratic	January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1973	85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd	Elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Retired.
Charlie Rose (Fayetteville)	Democratic	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1997	93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th	Elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Retired.
Mike McIntyre (Lumberton)	Democratic	January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2015	105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th	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. Retired.	2003–2013 2003 - 2013
David Rouzer (Wilmington)	Republican	January 3, 2015 – present	114th 115th 116th 117th 118th 119th	Elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. Re-elected in 2024.	2013–2017 2013–2017
					2017–2021
					2021–2023 Static map of 2021-3 congressional district
					2023–2025
					2025–present

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike McIntyre (incumbent)	160,185	69.75
	Republican	James R. Adams	66,463	28.94
	Libertarian	Bob Burns	3,018	1.31
Total votes			229,666	100.00
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike McIntyre (incumbent)	118,543	71.13
	Republican	James R. Adams	45,537	27.32
	Libertarian	David Michael Brooks	2,574	1.54
Total votes			166,654	100.00
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike McIntyre (incumbent)	180,382	73.19
	Republican	Ken Plonk	66,084	26.81
Total votes			246,466	100.00
	Democratic hold

North Carolina's 7th congressional district

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Recent election results from statewide races

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2014 North Carolina's 7th congressional district election^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Rouzer	134,431	59.35
	Democratic	Jonathan Barfield Jr.	84,054	37.11
	Libertarian	J. Wesley Casteen	7,850	3.47
	N/A	Miscellaneous	163	0.07
	N/A	Louis Harmati	6	0
Total votes			226,504	100.00
	Republican gain from Democratic

2018 North Carolina's 7th congressional district election^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Rouzer (incumbent)	156,809	55.54
	Democratic	Kyle Horton	120,838	42.80
	Constitution	David W. Fallin	4,655	1.65
Total votes			282,312	100.00
	Republican hold

2020 North Carolina's 7th congressional district election^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Rouzer (incumbent)	272,443	60.2
	Democratic	Chris Ward	179,045	39.6
	Write-in		720	0.2
Total votes			452,208	100.0
	Republican hold

2024 North Carolina's 7th congressional district election^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Rouzer (incumbent)	254,022	58.6
	Democratic	Marlando Pridgen	179,512	41.4
Total votes			433,534	100.0
	Republican hold