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North Carolina's 7th congressional district
U.S. House district for North Carolina
U.S. House district for North Carolina
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| state | North Carolina |
| district number | 7 |
| image name | |
| image caption | Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2025 |
| representative | David Rouzer |
| party | Republican |
| residence | Wilmington |
| population | 805,748 |
| population year | 2024 |
| median income | $71,121 |
| percent white | 64.2 |
| percent hispanic | 8.3 |
| percent black | 19.1 |
| percent asian | 1.3 |
| percent more than one race | 4.4 |
| percent other race | 0.5 |
| percent native american | 2.2 |
| cpvi | R+7 |
| percent more than one race = 4.4
North Carolina's 7th congressional district stretches from Wilmington and the South Carolina border to parts of Fayetteville.
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.
Counties
For the 119th and successive Congresses (based on the districts drawn following a 2023 legislative session), the district contains all or portions of the following counties and communities.
Bladen County (10)
: All ten communities
Brunswick County (19)
: All 19 communities Columbus County (14) : All 14 communities Cumberland County (9) : Eastover, Falcon (shared with Sampson County), Fayetteville (part; also 9th), Godwin, Hope Mills, Linden, Stedman, Vander, Wade
New Hanover County (18)
: All 18 communities
Pender County (10)
: All 10 communities
Robeson County (10)
: Barker Ten Mile (part; also 8th), Lumber Bridge, Lumberton (part; also 8th), Orrum, Parkton, Proctorville, Rennert, Rex, St. Pauls, Shannon Sampson County (3) : Falcon (shared with Cumberland County), Plain View, Spivey's Corner (part; also 3rd)
Recent election results from statewide races
| Year | Office | Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | President | McCain 52% - 47% | |
| Senate | Hagan 53% - 44% | ||
| Governor | Perdue 53% - 44% | ||
| 2010 | Senate | Burr 57% - 41% | |
| 2012 | President | Romney 54% - 46% | |
| 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% | ||
| Treasurer | Folwell 56% - 44% | ||
| Attorney General | Newton 53% - 47% | ||
| 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% | ||
| Treasurer | Folwell 57% - 43% | ||
| Attorney General | O'Neill 54% - 46% | ||
| 2022 | Senate | Budd 55% - 42% | |
| 2024 | President | Trump 56% - 42% | |
| Governor | Stein 51% - 43% | ||
| Lt. Governor | Weatherman 52% - 45% | ||
| Secretary of State | Brown 54% - 46% | ||
| Auditor | Boliek 55% - 42% | ||
| Treasurer | Briner 58% - 42% | ||
| Attorney General | Bishop 54% - 46% |
List of members representing the district
| Member | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Residence) | Party | Years | Cong | ||||||
| ress | Electoral history | District location | |||||||
| District established March 4, 1793 | |||||||||
| William B. Grove | |||||||||
| (Fayetteville) | Pro-Administration | nowrap | March 4, 1793 – | ||||||
| March 3, 1795 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1793. | ||||||||
| Re-elected in 1795. | |||||||||
| Re-elected in 1796. | |||||||||
| Re-elected in 1798. | |||||||||
| Re-elected in 1800. | |||||||||
| Retired. | |||||||||
| Federalist | nowrap | March 4, 1795 – | |||||||
| March 3, 1803 | |||||||||
| Samuel D. Purviance | |||||||||
| (Fayetteville) | Federalist | nowrap | March 4, 1803 – | ||||||
| March 3, 1805 | Elected in 1803. | ||||||||
| Retired. | 1803–1813 | ||||||||
| Duncan McFarlan | |||||||||
| (Laurel Hill) | Democratic-Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1805 – | ||||||
| March 3, 1807 | Elected in 1804. | ||||||||
| Lost re-election. | |||||||||
| John Culpepper | |||||||||
| (Allenton) | Federalist | nowrap | March 4, 1807 – | ||||||
| January 2, 1808 | Elected in 1806. | ||||||||
| Seat declared vacant when election contested. | |||||||||
| Vacant | nowrap | January 2, 1808 – | |||||||
| February 23, 1808 | |||||||||
| John Culpepper | |||||||||
| (Allenton) | Federalist | nowrap | 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 | Elected in 1808. | ||||||||
| Re-elected in 1810. | |||||||||
| Retired. | |||||||||
| 1813–1823 | |||||||||
| John Culpepper | |||||||||
| (Allenton) | Federalist | nowrap | March 4, 1813 – | ||||||
| March 3, 1817 | Elected in 1813. | ||||||||
| Re-elected in 1815. | |||||||||
| Lost re-election. | |||||||||
| Vacant | nowrap | March 3, 1817 – | |||||||
| January 5, 1818 | Alexander McMillan was Elected in 1817 but died sometime in 1817. | ||||||||
| James Stewart | |||||||||
| (Laurinburg) | Federalist | nowrap | January 5, 1818 – | ||||||
| March 3, 1819 | Elected January 1, 1818 to finish McMillan's term and seated January 26, 1818. | ||||||||
| Retired. | |||||||||
| John Culpepper | |||||||||
| (Wadesboro) | Federalist | nowrap | March 4, 1819 – | ||||||
| March 3, 1821 | Elected in 1819. | ||||||||
| Lost re-election. | |||||||||
| Archibald McNeill | |||||||||
| (McNeill's Store) | Federalist | nowrap | March 4, 1821 – | ||||||
| March 3, 1823 | Elected in 1821. | ||||||||
| Retired. | |||||||||
| John Culpepper | |||||||||
| (Lawrenceville) | Adams-Clay Federalist | nowrap | March 4, 1823 – | ||||||
| March 3, 1825 | Elected in 1823. | ||||||||
| Lost re-election. | 1823–1843 | ||||||||
| Archibald McNeill | |||||||||
| (McNeill's Store) | Jacksonian | nowrap | March 4, 1825 – | ||||||
| March 3, 1827 | Elected in 1825. | ||||||||
| Retired. | |||||||||
| John Culpepper | |||||||||
| (Beard's Store) | Anti-Jacksonian | nowrap | March 4, 1827 – | ||||||
| March 3, 1829 | Elected in 1827. | ||||||||
| Lost re-election. | |||||||||
| Edmund Deberry | |||||||||
| (Lawrenceville) | Anti-Jacksonian | nowrap | March 4, 1829 – | ||||||
| March 3, 1831 | Elected in 1829. | ||||||||
| Lauchlin Bethune | |||||||||
| (Fayetteville) | Jacksonian | nowrap | March 4, 1831 – | ||||||
| March 3, 1833 | Elected in 1831. | ||||||||
| Edmund Deberry | |||||||||
| (Lawrenceville) | Anti-Jacksonian | nowrap | March 4, 1833 – | ||||||
| March 3, 1837 | Re-elected in 1833. | ||||||||
| Re-elected in 1835. | |||||||||
| Re-elected in 1837. | |||||||||
| Re-elected in 1839. | |||||||||
| Re-elected in 1841. | |||||||||
| Redistricted to the . | |||||||||
| Whig | nowrap | March 4, 1837 – | |||||||
| March 3, 1843 | |||||||||
| John Daniel | |||||||||
| (Halifax) | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1843 – | ||||||
| March 3, 1847 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1843. | ||||||||
| Re-elected in 1845. | |||||||||
| Redistricted to the . | |||||||||
| [[File:JamesIverMcKay.png | 100px]] | ||||||||
| James I. McKay | |||||||||
| (Elizabethtown) | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1847 – | ||||||
| March 3, 1849 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1847. | ||||||||
| [[File:William_Shepperd_Ashe.jpg | 100px]] | ||||||||
| William S. Ashe | |||||||||
| (Wilmington) | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1849 – | ||||||
| March 3, 1853 | Elected in 1849. | ||||||||
| Re-elected in 1851. | |||||||||
| Redistricted to the . | |||||||||
| [[File:Francis Burton Craige - Brady-Handy.jpg | 100px]] | ||||||||
| F. Burton Craige | |||||||||
| (Salisbury) | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1853 – | ||||||
| March 3, 1861 | Elected in 1853. | ||||||||
| Re-elected in 1855. | |||||||||
| Re-elected in 1857. | |||||||||
| Re-elected in 1859. | |||||||||
| Vacant | nowrap | March 4, 1861 – | |||||||
| July 6, 1868 | Civil War and Reconstruction | ||||||||
| Alexander H. Jones | |||||||||
| (Asheville) | Republican | nowrap | July 6, 1868 – | ||||||
| March 3, 1871 | Elected to finish the short term. | ||||||||
| Re-elected in 1868. | |||||||||
| [[File:JamesCHarper.jpg | 100px]] | ||||||||
| James C. Harper | |||||||||
| (Patterson) | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1871 – | ||||||
| March 3, 1873 | Elected in 1870. | ||||||||
| [[File:WilliamMRobbins.jpg | 100px]] | ||||||||
| William M. Robbins | |||||||||
| (Statesville) | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1873 – | ||||||
| March 3, 1879 | Elected in 1872. | ||||||||
| Re-elected in 1874. | |||||||||
| Re-elected in 1876. | |||||||||
| [[File:Robert F Armfield.jpg | 100px]] | ||||||||
| Robert F. Armfield | |||||||||
| (Statesville) | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1879 – | ||||||
| March 3, 1883 | Elected in 1878. | ||||||||
| Re-elected in 1880. | |||||||||
| Tyre York | |||||||||
| (Trap Hill) | Independent Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1883 – | ||||||
| March 3, 1885 | Elected in 1882. | ||||||||
| [[File:JSHenderson.jpg | 100px]] | ||||||||
| John S. Henderson | |||||||||
| (Salisbury) | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1885 – | ||||||
| March 3, 1895 | Elected in 1884. | ||||||||
| Re-elected in 1886. | |||||||||
| Re-elected in 1888. | |||||||||
| Re-elected in 1890. | |||||||||
| Re-elected in 1892. | |||||||||
| [[File:AlonzoCShuford.jpg | 100px]] | ||||||||
| Alonzo C. Shuford | |||||||||
| (Newton) | Populist | nowrap | March 4, 1895 – | ||||||
| March 3, 1899 | Elected in 1894. | ||||||||
| Re-elected in 1896. | |||||||||
| Theodore F. Kluttz | |||||||||
| (Salisbury) | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1899 – | ||||||
| March 3, 1903 | Elected in 1898. | ||||||||
| Re-elected in 1900. | |||||||||
| Redistricted to the . | |||||||||
| [[File:RobertNewtonPageUSCongressman.jpg | 100px]] | ||||||||
| Robert N. Page | |||||||||
| (Biscoe) | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1903 – | ||||||
| March 3, 1917 | 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. | |||||||||
| Leonidas D. Robinson | |||||||||
| (Wadesboro) | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1917 – | ||||||
| March 3, 1921 | Elected in 1916. | ||||||||
| Re-elected in 1918. | |||||||||
| [[File:WilliamCHammer.jpg | 100px]] | ||||||||
| William C. Hammer | |||||||||
| (Asheboro) | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1921 – | ||||||
| September 26, 1930 | Elected in 1920. | ||||||||
| Re-elected in 1922. | |||||||||
| Re-elected in 1924. | |||||||||
| Re-elected in 1926. | |||||||||
| Re-elected in 1928. | |||||||||
| Died. | |||||||||
| Vacant | nowrap | September 26, 1930 – | |||||||
| November 4, 1930 | |||||||||
| Hinton James | |||||||||
| (Laurinburg) | Democratic | nowrap | November 4, 1930 – | ||||||
| March 3, 1931 | Elected to finish Hammer's term. | ||||||||
| Retired. | |||||||||
| Walter Lambeth | |||||||||
| (Thomasville) | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1931 – | ||||||
| March 3, 1933 | Elected in 1930. | ||||||||
| Redistricted to the . | |||||||||
| [[File:J. Bayard Clark.jpg | 100px]] | ||||||||
| J. Bayard Clark | |||||||||
| (Fayetteville) | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1933 – | ||||||
| January 3, 1949 | Redistricted from the 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. | |||||||||
| [[File:F ertel carlyle.jpg | 100px]] | ||||||||
| Frank E. Carlyle | |||||||||
| (Lumberton) | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1949 – | ||||||
| January 3, 1957 | Elected in 1948. | ||||||||
| Re-elected in 1950. | |||||||||
| Re-elected in 1952. | |||||||||
| Re-elected in 1954. | |||||||||
| Lost renomination. | |||||||||
| [[File:Alton Lennon.jpg | 100px]] | ||||||||
| Alton A. Lennon | |||||||||
| (Wilmington) | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1957 – | ||||||
| January 3, 1973 | 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. | |||||||||
| [[File:CharlieRoseNC.jpg | 100px]] | ||||||||
| Charlie Rose | |||||||||
| (Fayetteville) | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1973 – | ||||||
| January 3, 1997 | 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. | |||||||||
| [[File:Mike McIntyre.jpg | 100px]] | ||||||||
| Mike McIntyre | |||||||||
| (Lumberton) | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1997 – | ||||||
| January 3, 2015 | 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[[File:NC-Congress-7.PNG | center | frameless | 300x300px]] | |||||
| [[File:David Rouzer official photo.jpg | 100px]] | ||||||||
| David Rouzer | |||||||||
| (Wilmington) | Republican | January 3, 2015 – | |||||||
| present | 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 | ||||||||
| [[File:North Carolina US Congressional District 7 (since 2013).tif | center | frameless | 300x300px]] | ||||||
| 2017–2021 | |||||||||
| [[File:North Carolina US Congressional District 7 (since 2017).tif | center | frameless | 300x300px]] | ||||||
| 2021–2023 | |||||||||
| [[File:North Carolina's 7th congressional district (since 2021).png | 300x300px | Static map of 2021-3 congressional district | center | frameless]] | |||||
| 2023–2025 | |||||||||
| [[File:North Carolina's 7th congressional district (2023–2025) (new version).svg | alt=District boundaries from 2023 to 2025 | 300px]] | |||||||
| 2025–present | |||||||||
| [[File:North Carolina's 7th congressional district (since 2025) (new version).svg | 300px]] |
Past election results
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2002
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2012
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2016
2018
2020
2022
2024
In popular culture
In the 2012 film The Campaign, Will Ferrell's character Camden Brady holds the fictional seat of the 14th congressional district. However, the district is based on the 7th district.
References
References
- "My Congressional District". U.S. Census Bureau Center for New Media and Promotion (CNMP).
- (April 3, 2025). "2025 Cook PVI℠: District Map and List (119th Congress)".
- Doule, Steve. (February 23, 2022). "Check out new election maps: NC Supreme Court rejects appeals, approves special masters' districts". [[WGHP]].
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- "What the NC Supreme Court decision means for redistricting in the state and elsewhere".
- Lopez, Ashley. (2023-10-25). "North Carolina lawmakers approve maps creating gains for the GOP in Congress". NPR.
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- "2006 General Election Results".
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- (December 13, 2016). "11/08/2016 Official General Election Results - Statewide". North Carolina State Board of Elections.
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