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North Carolina's 1st congressional district

North Carolina's 1st congressional district is located in the northeastern part of the state. It consists of many Black Belt counties that border Virginia and it extends southward into several counties of the Inner Banks and the Research Triangle. It covers many rural areas of northeastern North Carolina, among the state's most economically poor, as well as outer exurbs of urbanized Research Triangle. Some of larger towns and cities in the district include Elizabeth City, Goldsboro, Henderson, Rocky Mount, Roanoke Rapids, and Wilson.

North Carolina's 1st congressional district
Map
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2025
Representative
Population (2023)754,008[1]
Median household
income		$55,409[1]
Ethnicity
Cook PVIR+1[2]

The first district is currently represented by Don Davis.

On February 5, 2016, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the 1st district, as well as the 12th, were gerrymandered along racial lines, which was unconstitutional, and must be redrawn by March 15, 2016.[3] It was re-drawn again in 2019 following court-mandated redistricting, which removed portions of the Research Triangle from the district and changed it to D+3 from a D+17 on the Cook Partisan Voting Index.[4]

Besides a brief period from 1895 until 1899 when the district was held by a Populist, the 1st district has been consistently Democratic since 1883.

On February 23, 2022, the North Carolina Supreme Court had approved a new map that was only used for the 2022 United States House of Representatives elections which changed the 1st district boundaries to add Chowan, Currituck, Franklin, Greene, Pasquotank, Perquimans counties and the remainder of Vance County while removing Wayne County.[5]

On October 25, 2023, the North Carolina General Assembly approved a new congressional map shifting the district's Cook Partisan Voting Index from D+2 to R+1. It is the most competitive district in North Carolina.[6][7][8]

The district was one of 13 congressional districts that voted for Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election while simultaneously electing a Democrat in the 2024 House of Representatives elections.[9]

Counties

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Cities and Towns

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Recent election results from statewide races

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Year Office Results[10][11]
2008 President Obama 54% - 45%
Senate Hagan 57% - 41%
Governor Perdue 62% - 36%
2010 Senate Marshall 51% - 48%
2012 President Obama 55% - 45%
Governor Dalton 54% - 45%
2014 Senate Hagan 53% - 45%
2016 President Clinton 51% - 46%
Senate Ross 51% - 47%
Governor Cooper 52% - 47%
Lt. Governor Coleman 52% - 47%
Secretary of State Marshall 59% - 41%
Auditor Wood 57% - 43%
Attorney General Stein 55% - 45%
Treasurer Blue III 54% - 46%
2020 President Biden 50% - 49%
Senate Cunningham 50% - 47%
Governor Cooper 53% - 46%
Lt. Governor Lewis Holley 51% - 49%
Secretary of State Marshall 54% - 46%
Auditor Wood 55% - 45%
Attorney General Stein 53% - 47%
Treasurer Chatterji 50.2% - 49.8%
2022 Senate Budd 52% - 46%
2024 President Trump 51% - 48%
Governor Stein 53% - 44%
Lt. Governor Hunt 50% - 48%
Secretary of State Marshall 52% - 48%
Auditor Boliek 50.3% - 49.7%
Attorney General Jackson 51% - 49%
Treasurer Briner 51% - 49%

List of members representing the district

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Member
(residence) 		Party Years Cong
ress 		Electoral history District location
District established March 24, 1790
 
John B. Ashe
(Halifax) 		Anti-Administration March 24, 1790 –
March 3, 1791 		1st Elected in 1790.
Redistricted to the 3rd district and re-elected there. 		1790–1791
Anson, Burke, Guilford, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry, Rowan, Rutherford, and Wilkes counties
 
John Steele
(Salisbury) 		Pro-Administration March 4, 1791 –
March 3, 1793 		2nd Redistricted from the 4th district and re-elected in 1791.
[data missing] 		1791–1793
Burke, Guilford, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry, Rowan, Rutherford, and Wilkes counties
Joseph McDowell
(Morganton) 		Anti-Administration March 4, 1793 –
March 3, 1795 		3rd Elected in 1793.
Lost re-election. 		1793–1803
Ashe, Buncombe, Burke, Lincoln, Rutherford, and Wilkes counties
James Holland
(Rutherfordton) 		Democratic-Republican March 4, 1795 –
March 3, 1797 		4th Elected in 1795.
Lost re-election.
 
Joseph McDowell Jr.
(Quaker Meadows) 		Democratic-Republican March 4, 1797 –
March 3, 1799 		5th Elected in 1796.
Lost re-election.
Joseph Dickson
(Lincoln County) 		Federalist March 4, 1799 –
March 3, 1801 		6th Elected in 1798.
Lost re-election.
James Holland
(Rutherfordton) 		Democratic-Republican March 4, 1801 –
March 3, 1803 		7th Elected in 1800.
Redistricted to the 11th district.
Thomas Wynns
(Hertford County) 		Democratic-Republican March 4, 1803 –
March 3, 1807 		8th
9th 		Redistricted from the 8th district and re-elected in 1803.
Re-elected in 1804.
Retired. 		1803–1813
Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford, Pasquotank, and Perquimans counties
Lemuel Sawyer
(Elizabeth City) 		Democratic-Republican March 4, 1807 –
March 3, 1813 		10th
11th
12th 		Elected in 1806.
Re-elected in 1808.
Re-elected in 1810.
Lost re-election.
William H. Murfree
(Murfreesboro) 		Democratic-Republican March 4, 1813 –
March 3, 1817 		13th
14th 		Elected in 1813.
Re-elected in 1815.
Retired. 		1813–1823
Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford, Pasquotank, and Perquimans counties
Lemuel Sawyer
(Elizabeth City) 		Democratic-Republican March 4, 1817 –
March 3, 1823 		15th
16th
17th 		Elected in 1817.
Re-elected in 1819.
Re-elected in 1821.
Lost re-election.
Alfred M. Gatlin
(Edenton) 		Democratic-Republican March 4, 1823 –
March 3, 1825 		18th Elected in 1823.
Lost re-election. 		1823–1833
Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford, Pasquotank, and Perquimans counties
Lemuel Sawyer
(Elizabeth City) 		Jacksonian March 4, 1825 –
March 3, 1829 		19th
20th 		Elected in 1825.
Re-elected in 1827.
Lost re-election.
 
William B. Shepard
(Elizabeth City) 		Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1829 –
March 3, 1837 		21st
22nd
23rd
24th 		Elected in 1829.
Re-elected in 1831.
Re-elected in 1833.
Re-elected in 1835.
[data missing]
1833–1843
Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford, Pasquotank, and Perquimans counties
Samuel T. Sawyer
(Edenton) 		Whig March 4, 1837 –
March 3, 1839 		25th Elected in 1837.
[data missing]
 
Kenneth Rayner
(Winton) 		Whig March 4, 1839 –
March 3, 1843 		26th
27th 		Elected in 1839.
Re-elected in 1841.
Redistricted to the 9th district.
 
Thomas L. Clingman
(Asheville) 		Whig March 4, 1843 –
March 3, 1845 		28th Elected in 1843.
[data missing] 		1843–1853
Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Cleveland, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Macon, Madison, McDowell, Rutherford, and Yancey counties
 
James Graham
(Rutherfordton) 		Whig March 4, 1845 –
March 3, 1847 		29th Elected in 1845.
[data missing]
 
Thomas L. Clingman
(Asheville) 		Whig March 4, 1847 –
March 3, 1853 		30th
31st
32nd 		Elected in 1847.
Re-elected in 1849.
Re-elected in 1851.
Redistricted to the 8th district.
 
Henry M. Shaw
(Indian Town) 		Democratic March 4, 1853 –
March 3, 1855 		33rd Elected in 1853.
[data missing] 		1853–1861
Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Martin, Northampton, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties
Robert T. Paine
(Edenton) 		Know Nothing March 4, 1855 –
March 3, 1857 		34th Elected in 1855.
[data missing]
 
Henry M. Shaw
(Indian Town) 		Democratic March 4, 1857 –
March 3, 1859 		35th Elected in 1857.
[data missing]
 
William N. H. Smith
(Murfreesboro) 		Opposition March 4, 1859 –
March 3, 1861 		36th Elected in 1859.
North Carolina seceded from the Union in May 1861.
Vacant March 4, 1861 –
July 6, 1868 		37th
38th
39th
40th 		Civil War and Reconstruction
 
John R. French
(Edenton) 		Republican July 6, 1868 –
March 3, 1869 		40th Elected to finish the shorter term.
Lost renomination. 		1868–1873
Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties
 
Clinton L. Cobb
(Elizabeth City) 		Republican March 4, 1869 –
March 3, 1875 		41st
42nd
43rd 		Elected in 1868.
Re-elected in 1870.
Re-elected in 1872.
Lost re-election.
1873–1883
Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Pitt, Tyrrell, and Washington counties
 
Jesse J. Yeates
(Murfreesboro) 		Democratic March 4, 1875 –
March 3, 1879 		44th
45th 		Elected in 1874.
Re-elected in 1876.
Lost re-election, but contested the result.
 
Joseph J. Martin
(Williamston) 		Republican March 4, 1879 –
January 29, 1881 		46th Elected in 1878.

Lost contested election before the end of the term.

 
Jesse J. Yeates
(Murfreesboro) 		Democratic January 29, 1881 –
March 3, 1881 		46th Won contested election.
Retired.
 
Louis C. Latham
(Greenville) 		Democratic March 4, 1881 –
March 3, 1883 		47th Elected in 1880.
Lost re-election.
 
Walter F. Pool
(Elizabeth) 		Republican March 4, 1883 –
August 25, 1883 		48th Elected in 1882.
Died. 		1883–1893
Beaufort, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Pitt, Tyrrell, and Washington counties
Vacant August 25, 1883 –
November 20, 1883
 
Thomas G. Skinner
(Hertford) 		Democratic November 20, 1883 –
March 3, 1887 		48th
49th 		Elected to finish Pool's term.
Re-elected in 1884.
Lost renomination.
 
Louis C. Latham
(Greenville) 		Democratic March 4, 1887 –
March 3, 1889 		50th Elected again in 1886.
Lost renomination.
 
Thomas G. Skinner
(Hertford) 		Democratic March 4, 1889 –
March 3, 1891 		51st Elected in 1888.
Lost renomination.
 
William A. B. Branch
(Washington) 		Democratic March 4, 1891 –
March 3, 1895 		52nd
53rd 		Elected in 1890.
Re-elected in 1892.
Lost re-election.
1893–1903
Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Pitt, Tyrrell, and Washington counties
 
Harry Skinner
(Greenville) 		Populist March 4, 1895 –
March 3, 1899 		54th
55th 		Elected in 1894.
Re-elected in 1896.
Lost re-election.
 
John H. Small
(Washington) 		Democratic March 4, 1899 –
March 3, 1921 		56th
57th
58th
59th
60th
61st
62nd
63rd
64th
65th
66th 		Elected in 1898.
Re-elected in 1900.
Re-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.
Re-elected in 1916.
Re-elected in 1918.
Retired.
1903–1913
Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Pitt, Tyrrell, and Washington counties
1913–1933
Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Pitt, Tyrrell, and Washington counties
 
Hallett S. Ward
(Washington) 		Democratic March 4, 1921 –
March 3, 1925 		67th
68th 		Elected in 1920.
Re-elected in 1922.
Retired.
 
Lindsay C. Warren
(Washington) 		Democratic March 4, 1925 –
October 31, 1940 		69th
70th
71st
72nd
73rd
74th
75th
76th 		Elected in 1924.
Re-elected in 1926.
Re-elected in 1928.
Re-elected in 1930.
Re-elected in 1932.
Re-elected in 1934.
Re-elected in 1936.
Re-elected in 1938.
Resigned to become U.S. Comptroller General.
1933–1943
Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Pitt, Tyrrell, and Washington counties
Vacant October 31, 1940 –
November 5, 1940 		76th
 
Herbert C. Bonner
(Washington) 		Democratic November 5, 1940 –
November 7, 1965 		76th
77th
78th
79th
80th
81st
82nd
83rd
84th
85th
86th
87th
88th
89th 		Elected to finish Warren's term.
Re-elected in 1940.
Re-elected in 1942.
Re-elected in 1944.
Re-elected in 1946.
Re-elected in 1948.
Re-elected in 1950.
Re-elected in 1952.
Re-elected in 1954.
Re-elected in 1956.
Re-elected in 1958.
Re-elected in 1960.
Re-elected in 1962.
Re-elected in 1964.
Died.
1943–1953
Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Pitt, Tyrrell, and Washington counties
1953–1963
Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Pitt, Tyrrell, and Washington counties
1963–1973
Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Craven, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Hertford, Hyde, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Pitt, Tyrrell, and Washington counties
Vacant November 7, 1965 –
February 5, 1966 		89th
 
Walter B. Jones Sr.
(Farmville) 		Democratic February 5, 1966 –
September 15, 1992 		89th
90th
91st
92nd
93rd
94th
95th
96th
97th
98th
99th
100th
101st
102nd 		Elected to finish Bonner's term.
Re-elected in 1966.
Re-elected in 1968.
Re-elected in 1970.
Re-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.
Died.
1973–1983
[data missing]
1983–1993
[data missing]
Vacant September 15, 1992 –
November 3, 1992 		102nd
 
Eva Clayton
(Littleton) 		Democratic November 3, 1992 –
January 3, 2003 		102nd
103rd
104th
105th
106th
107th 		Elected to finish Jones's term.
Re-elected in 1992.
Re-elected in 1994.
Re-elected in 1996.
Re-elected in 1998.
Re-elected in 2000.
Retired.
1993–2003
[data missing]
 
Frank Ballance
(Warrenton) 		Democratic January 3, 2003 –
June 11, 2004 		108th Elected in 2002.
Resigned. 		2003–2013
 
Vacant June 11, 2004 –
July 20, 2004 		108th
 
G. K. Butterfield
(Wilson) 		Democratic July 20, 2004 –
December 30, 2022 		108th
109th
110th
111th
112th
113th
114th
115th
116th
117th 		Elected to finish Ballance's term.
Re-elected later 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.
Re-elected in 2020.
Resigned.
2013–2017
 
2017–2021
 
2021–2023
 
Vacant December 30, 2022 –
January 3, 2023 		117th
 
Don Davis
(Snow Hill) 		Democratic January 3, 2023 –
present 		118th
119th 		Elected in 2022.
Re-elected in 2024. 		2023–2025
 
2025–present
 

Past election results

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2000

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2000 North Carolina's 1st congressional district election[12]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Eva Clayton (incumbent) 124,171 65.6
Republican Duane Kratzer Jr. 62,198 32.9
Libertarian Christopher Delaney 2,799 1.5
Total votes 189,168 100
Democratic hold

2002

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2002 North Carolina's 1st congressional district election[13]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Frank Ballance 93,157 63.74
Republican Greg Dority 50,907 34.83
Libertarian Mike Ruff 2,093 1.43
Total votes 146,157 100
Democratic hold

2004

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2004 North Carolina's 1st congressional district election[14]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic G. K. Butterfield 137,667 63.98
Republican Greg Dority 77,508 36.02
Total votes 215,175 100
Democratic hold

2006

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2006 North Carolina's 1st congressional district election[15]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic G. K. Butterfield (incumbent) 82,510 100
Total votes 82,510 100
Democratic hold

2008

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2008 North Carolina's 1st congressional district election[16]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic G. K. Butterfield (incumbent) 192,765 70.28
Republican Dean Stephens 81,506 29.72
Total votes 274,271 100
Democratic hold

2010

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2010 North Carolina's 1st congressional district election[17]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic G. K. Butterfield (incumbent) 103,294 59.31
Republican Ashley Woolard 70,867 40.69
Total votes 174,161 100
Democratic hold

2012

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2012 North Carolina's 1st congressional district election[18]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic G. K. Butterfield (incumbent) 254,644 75.32
Republican Pete DiLauro 77,288 22.86
Libertarian Darryl Holloman 6,134 1.81
Total votes 338,066 99.9
Democratic hold

2014

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2014 North Carolina's 1st congressional district election[19]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic G. K. Butterfield (incumbent) 154,333 73.38
Republican Arthur Rich 55,990 26.62
Total votes 210,323 100
Democratic hold

2016

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2016 North Carolina's 1st congressional district election[20]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic G. K. Butterfield (incumbent) 240,661 68.62
Republican H. Powell Dew Jr. 101,567 28.96
Libertarian Joseph John Summerell 8,259 2.4
Total votes 346,830 99.98
Democratic hold

2018

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2018 North Carolina's 1st congressional district election[21]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic G. K. Butterfield (incumbent) 190,457 69.9
Republican Roger Allison 82,218 30.2
Total votes 272,675 100.0
Democratic hold

2020

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2020 North Carolina's 1st congressional district election[22]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic G. K. Butterfield (incumbent) 188,870 54.2
Republican Sandy Smith 159,758 45.8
Total votes 348,618 100.0
Democratic hold

2022

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2022 North Carolina's 1st congressional district election[23]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Don Davis 134,996 52.4
Republican Sandy Smith 122,780 47.6
Total votes 257,776 100.0
Democratic hold

2024

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2024 North Carolina's 1st congressional district election[24]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Don Davis 186,341 49.5
Republican Laurie Buckhout 180,034 47.8
Libertarian Tom Bailey 9,949 2.6
Total votes 376,324 100.0
Democratic hold

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "My Congressional District". census.gov. U.S. Census Bureau Center for New Media and Promotion (CNMP).
  2. ^ "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. July 12, 2022. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
  3. ^ Simpson, Ian (February 8, 2016). "Judges find two N. Carolina congressional districts racially gerrymandered". Reuters. Retrieved February 8, 2016.
  4. ^ "LEGISLATIVE AND CONGRESSIONAL REDISTRICTING". North Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
  5. ^ Doule, Steve (February 23, 2022). "Check out new election maps: NC Supreme Court rejects appeals, approves special masters' districts". WGHP. Retrieved March 21, 2022.
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  7. ^ "Congressional District Map with Counties and Cities Dave's Redistricting 2024 Map Link".
  8. ^ "johnlocke NC 2024 Congressional with Estimated PVI, October 2023".
  9. ^ Bowman, Bridget (December 14, 2024). "Trump's victory sets up fight for the House on his turf in 2026". NBC News. Retrieved March 16, 2025.
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