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
Map
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative
Population (2023)771,387[1]
Median household
income
$68,146[1]
Ethnicity
Cook PVIR+12[2]

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.[3]

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

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Counties in the 2023–2033 district map:

Election results from presidential races

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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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Member
(Residence)
Party Years Cong
ress
Electoral history District location
District established March 4, 1789
 
Thomas Tudor Tucker
(Charleston)
Anti-Administration March 4, 1789 –
March 3, 1793
1st
2nd
Elected in 1788.
Re-elected in 1790.
Retired.
1789–1793
"Ninety-Six district"
 
South Carolina congressional districts
  1st district, "Charleston"
  2nd district, "Beaufort-Orangeburg"
  3rd district, "Georgetown-Cheraw"
  4th district, "Camden"
  5th district, "Ninety-Six"
 
Alexander Gillon
(Charleston)
Anti-Administration March 4, 1793 –
October 6, 1794
3rd Elected in 1793.
Died.
1793–1797
"Ninety-Six district"
Vacant October 6, 1794 –
February 9, 1795
 
Robert Goodloe Harper
(Charleston)
Pro-Administration February 9, 1795 –
March 3, 1795
3rd
4th
5th
6th
Elected October 13–14, 1794 to finish Gillon's term and elected the same day to the next term.
Re-elected in 1796.
Re-elected in 1798.
Retired.
Federalist March 4, 1795 –
March 3, 1801
1797–1803
"Ninety-Six district"
 
1796 election results by district
William Butler
(Mount Willing)
Democratic-Republican March 4, 1801 –
March 3, 1803
7th Elected in 1800.
Redistricted to the 2nd district.
Richard Winn
(Winnsboro)
Democratic-Republican March 4, 1803 –
March 3, 1813
8th
9th
10th
11th
12th
Redistricted from the 4th district and re-elected in 1803.
Re-elected in 1804.
Re-elected in 1806.
Re-elected in 1808.
Re-elected in 1810.
Retired.
1803–1813
"Sumter district"
David R. Evans
(Winnsboro)
Democratic-Republican March 4, 1813 –
March 3, 1815
13th Elected in 1812.
Retired.
1813–1823
"Newberry district"
William Woodward
(Monticello)
Democratic-Republican March 4, 1815 –
March 3, 1817
14th Elected in 1814.
Lost re-election.
Starling Tucker
(Mountain Shoals)
Democratic-Republican March 4, 1817 –
March 3, 1823
15th
16th
17th
Elected in 1816.
Re-elected in 1818.
Re-elected in 1818.
Re-elected in 1820.
Redistricted to the 9th district.
 
George McDuffie
(Willington)
Democratic-Republican (Jackson) March 4, 1823 –
March 3, 1825
18th
19th
20th
21st
22nd
23rd
Redistricted from the 6th district and re-elected in 1823.
Re-elected in 1824.
Re-elected in 1826.
Re-elected in 1828.
Re-elected in 1830.
Re-elected in 1833.
Re-elected in 1834.
Resigned to become Governor of South Carolina.
1823–1833
"Edgefield district"
Jacksonian March 4, 1825 –
March 3, 1831
Nullifier March 4, 1831 –
1834
1833–1843
[data missing]
Vacant 1834 –
December 8, 1834
23rd
 
Francis W. Pickens
(Edgefield)
Nullifier December 8, 1834 –
March 3, 1839
23rd
24th
25th
26th
27th
Elected to finish McDuffie's term.
Also elected to the next full term.
Re-elected in 1836.
Re-elected in 1838.
Re-elected in 1840.
Retired.
Democratic March 4, 1839 –
March 3, 1843
Armistead Burt
(Willington)
Democratic March 4, 1843 –
March 3, 1853
28th
29th
30th
31st
32nd
Elected in 1843.
Re-elected in 1844.
Re-elected in 1846.
Re-elected in 1848.
Re-elected in 1850.
Retired.
1843–1853
[data missing]
 
James L. Orr
(Anderson)
Democratic March 4, 1853 –
March 3, 1859
33rd
34th
35th
Redistricted from the 2nd district and re-elected in 1853.
Re-elected in 1854.
Re-elected in 1856
Retired.
1853–1860
[data missing]
 
John D. Ashmore
(Anderson)
Democratic March 4, 1859 –
December 21, 1860
36th Elected in 1858.
Re-elected in 1860 but resigned due to Civil War.
District inactive December 21, 1860 –
March 3, 1863
36th
37th
Civil War
District dissolved March 4, 1863
District re-established March 4, 1875
 
Robert Smalls
(Beaufort)
Republican March 4, 1875 –
March 3, 1879
44th
45th
Elected in 1874.
Re-elected in 1876.
Lost re-election.
1875–1883
[data missing]
 
George D. Tillman
(Edgefield)
Democratic March 4, 1879 –
July 19, 1882
46th
47th
Elected in 1878.
Re-elected in 1880.
Lost contested election.
 
Robert Smalls
(Beaufort)
Republican July 19, 1882 –
March 3, 1883
47th Won contested election.
Retired.
 
John J. Hemphill
(Chester)
Democratic March 4, 1883 –
March 3, 1893
48th
49th
50th
51st
52nd
Elected in 1882.
Re-elected in 1884.
Re-elected in 1886.
Re-elected in 1888.
Re-elected in 1890.
Lost renomination.
1883–1893
[data missing]
 
Thomas J. Strait
(Lancaster)
Democratic March 4, 1893 –
March 3, 1899
53rd
54th
55th
Elected in 1892.
Re-elected in 1894.
Re-elected in 1896.
Lost renomination.
1893–1903
[data missing]
 
David E. Finley
(Yorkville)
Democratic March 4, 1899 –
January 26, 1917
56th
57th
58th
59th
60th
61st
62nd
63rd
64th
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 but died before next term began.
1903–1913
[data missing]
1913–1923
[data missing]
Vacant January 26, 1917 –
February 21, 1917
64th
 
Paul G. McCorkle
(Yorkville)
Democratic February 21, 1917 –
March 3, 1917
Elected to finish Finley's term in the 64th Congress.
Retired.
 
William F. Stevenson
(Cheraw)
Democratic March 4, 1917 –
March 3, 1933
65th
66th
67th
68th
69th
70th
71st
72nd
Elected to finish Finley's term in the 65th Congress.
Re-elected in 1918.
Re-elected in 1920.
Re-elected in 1922.
Re-elected in 1924.
Re-elected in 1926.
Re-elected in 1928.
Re-elected in 1930.
Lost renomination.
1923–1933
[data missing]
 
James P. Richards
(Lancaster)
Democratic March 4, 1933 –
January 3, 1957
73rd
74th
75th
76th
77th
78th
79th
80th
81st
82nd
83rd
84th
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.
Re-elected in 1948.
Re-elected in 1950.
Re-elected in 1952.
Re-elected in 1954.
Retired.
1933–1943
[data missing]
1943–1953
[data missing]
1953–1963
[data missing]
 
Robert W. Hemphill
(Chester)
Democratic January 3, 1957 –
May 1, 1964
85th
86th
87th
88th
Elected in 1956.
Re-elected in 1958.
Re-elected in 1960.
Re-elected in 1962.
Resigned to become Judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina.
1963–1973
[data missing]
Vacant May 1, 1964 –
November 3, 1964
88th
 
Thomas S. Gettys
(Rock Hill)
Democratic November 3, 1964 –
December 31, 1974
88th
89th
90th
91st
92nd
93rd
Elected to finish Hemphill's term.
Also elected to the next full term.
Re-elected in 1966.
Re-elected in 1968.
Re-elected in 1970.
Re-elected in 1972.
Retired and resigned before next term began.
1973–1983
[data missing]
 
Kenneth L. Holland
(Gaffney)
Democratic January 3, 1975 –
January 3, 1983
94th
95th
96th
97th
Elected in 1974.
Re-elected in 1976.
Re-elected in 1978.
Re-elected in 1980.
Retired.
 
John Spratt
(York)
Democratic January 3, 1983 –
January 3, 2011
98th
99th
100th
101st
102nd
103rd
104th
105th
106th
107th
108th
109th
110th
111th
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.
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.
Lost re-election.
1983–1993
[data missing]
1993–2003
[data missing]
2003–2013
 
2003 - 2013
 
Mick Mulvaney
(Lancaster)
Republican January 3, 2011 –
February 16, 2017
112th
113th
114th
115th
Elected in 2010.
Re-elected in 2012.
Re-elected in 2014.
Re-elected in 2016.
Resigned to become director of the Office of Management and Budget.
2013–2023
 
Static map of 2013-23 congressional district
Vacant February 16, 2017 –
June 20, 2017
115th
 
Ralph Norman
(Rock Hill)
Republican June 20, 2017 –
present
115th
116th
117th
118th
Elected to finish Mulvaney's term.
Re-elected in 2018.
Re-elected in 2020.
Re-elected in 2022.
2023–2033
 

Past election results

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2012

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2012 South Carolina's 5th congressional district election[4][5]
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

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2014 South Carolina's 5th congressional district election[6]
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

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2016 South Carolina's 5th congressional district election[7]
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

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2017 South Carolina's 5th congressional district special election[8]
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

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2018 South Carolina's 5th congressional district election[9]
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

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2020 South Carolina's 5th congressional district election[10]
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

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2022 South Carolina's 5th congressional district election[11]
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
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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 1991 and 2013.

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. ^ "Election Results: Republican Wins U.S. House Seat in South Carolina". The New York Times. June 21, 2017.
  4. ^ "Election Statistics - US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives". Karen Haas, Clerk of the United States House of Representatives. Retrieved February 23, 2013.
  5. ^ The votes for the Democratic candidate includes votes cast for the candidate who also ran under the Working Families Party ticket
  6. ^ "South Carolina Election Commission Official Results". West Virginia Secretary of State. November 4, 2014. Retrieved January 8, 2015.
  7. ^ "2016 Statewide General Election official results". South Carolina State Election Commission. Retrieved December 5, 2016.
  8. ^ "Special Election – U.S. House District 5, State House Districts 48 and 70 – June 20, 2017". South Carolina State Election Commission. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
  9. ^ Johnson, Cheryl L. (February 28, 2019). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 6, 2018". Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
  10. ^ "2020 Statewide General Election Night Reporting - Results". South Carolina Election Commission. November 10, 2020. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
  11. ^ "2022 Statewide General Election". www.enr-scvotes.org. November 11, 2022. Retrieved January 2, 2023.
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Home district of the speaker of the House
December 7, 1857 – March 3, 1859
Succeeded by

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