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South Carolina's 5th congressional district
U.S. House district for South Carolina
U.S. House district for South Carolina
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| state | South Carolina |
| district number | 5 |
| image name | |
| image caption | Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023 |
| representative | Ralph Norman |
| party | Republican |
| residence | Rock Hill |
| population | 782,718 |
| population year | 2024 |
| median income | $75,344 |
| percent white | 64.1 |
| percent hispanic | 5.4 |
| percent black | 23.8 |
| percent asian | 1.9 |
| percent more than one race | 3.9 |
| percent other race | 0.8 |
| cpvi | R+11 |
| percent more than one race = 3.9
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.
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, in which Republican Ralph Norman defeated Democrat Archie Parnell.
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.
Composition
For the 118th and successive Congresses (based on redistricting following the 2020 census), the district contains all or portions of the following counties and communities:
Cherokee County (6)
: All 6 communities
Chester County (7)
: All 7 communities
Fairfield County (5)
: All 5 communities
Kershaw County (7)
: All 7 communities
Lancaster County (10)
: All 10 communities
Lee County (8)
: All 8 communities
Spartanburg County (6)
: Boiling Springs (part; also 4th), Chesnee, Converse (part; also 4th), Cowpens, Fingerville, Mayo
Sumter County (13)
: Cane Savannah, Cherryvale, Dalzell, East Sumter (part; also 6th), Mulberry, Oakland, Oswego, Pinewood, Privateer, Rembert, Stateburg, Sumter (part; also 6th), Wedgefield
Union County (6)
: All 6 communities
York County (16)
: All 16 communities
Recent election results from statewide races
| Year | Office | Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | President | McCain 55% - 43% | |
| 2012 | President | Romney 57% - 43% | |
| 2016 | President | Trump 58% - 38% | |
| Senate | Scott 60% - 37% | ||
| 2018 | Governor | McMaster 58% - 42% | |
| Secretary of State | Hammond 60% - 40% | ||
| Treasurer | Loftis 58% - 39% | ||
| Attorney General | Wilson 58% - 40% | ||
| 2020 | President | Trump 58% - 40% | |
| Senate | Graham 57% - 41% | ||
| 2022 | Senate | Scott 65% - 35% | |
| Governor | McMaster 62% - 37% | ||
| Secretary of State | Hammond 66% - 34% | ||
| 2024 | President | Trump 61% - 38% |
List of members representing the district
| Member | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Residence) | Party | Years | Cong | ||||||
| ress | Electoral history | District location | |||||||
| District established March 4, 1789 | |||||||||
| [[File:Thomas Tudor Tucker (1745-1828).jpg | 100px]] | ||||||||
| Thomas Tudor Tucker | |||||||||
| (Charleston) | Anti-Administration | nowrap | March 4, 1789 – | ||||||
| March 3, 1793 | Elected in 1788. | ||||||||
| Re-elected in 1790. | |||||||||
| Retired. | 1789–1793 | ||||||||
| "Ninety-Six district" | |||||||||
| [[File:SCCongDist1788-1792.png | thumb | South Carolina congressional districts]] | |||||||
| [[File:Alexander Gillon.jpg | 100px]] | ||||||||
| Alexander Gillon | |||||||||
| (Charleston) | Anti-Administration | nowrap | March 4, 1793 – | ||||||
| October 6, 1794 | Elected in 1793. | ||||||||
| Died. | 1793–1797 | ||||||||
| "Ninety-Six district" | |||||||||
| Vacant | nowrap | October 6, 1794 – | |||||||
| February 9, 1795 | |||||||||
| [[File:Robert Goodloe Harper - Project Gutenberg etext 20873 (cropped).jpg | 100px]] | ||||||||
| Robert Goodloe Harper | |||||||||
| (Charleston) | Pro-Administration | nowrap | February 9, 1795 – | ||||||
| March 3, 1795 | 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" | |||||||||
| [[File:Southcarolina1796.GIF | thumb | 1796 election results by district]] | |||||||
| William Butler | |||||||||
| (Mount Willing) | Democratic-Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1801 – | ||||||
| March 3, 1803 | Elected in 1800. | ||||||||
| Redistricted to the . | |||||||||
| Richard Winn | |||||||||
| (Winnsboro) | Democratic-Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1803 – | ||||||
| March 3, 1813 | Redistricted from the 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 | nowrap | March 4, 1813 – | ||||||
| March 3, 1815 | Elected in 1812. | ||||||||
| Retired. | 1813–1823 | ||||||||
| "Newberry district" | |||||||||
| William Woodward | |||||||||
| (Monticello) | Democratic-Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1815 – | ||||||
| March 3, 1817 | Elected in 1814. | ||||||||
| Lost re-election. | |||||||||
| Starling Tucker | |||||||||
| (Mountain Shoals) | Democratic-Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1817 – | ||||||
| March 3, 1823 | Elected in 1816. | ||||||||
| Re-elected in 1818. | |||||||||
| Re-elected in 1818. | |||||||||
| Re-elected in 1820. | |||||||||
| Redistricted to the . | |||||||||
| [[File:George-McDuffie.jpg | 100px]] | ||||||||
| George McDuffie | |||||||||
| (Willington) | Democratic-Republican (Jackson) | nowrap | March 4, 1823 – | ||||||
| March 3, 1825 | Redistricted from the 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 | nowrap | March 4, 1825 – | |||||||
| March 3, 1831 | |||||||||
| Nullifier | March 4, 1831 – | ||||||||
| 1834 | |||||||||
| 1833–1843 | |||||||||
| Vacant | nowrap | 1834 – | |||||||
| December 8, 1834 | |||||||||
| [[File:Francis Wilkinson Pickens.jpg | 100px]] | ||||||||
| Francis W. Pickens | |||||||||
| (Edgefield) | Nullifier | nowrap | December 8, 1834 – | ||||||
| March 3, 1839 | 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 | nowrap | March 4, 1839 – | |||||||
| March 3, 1843 | |||||||||
| Armistead Burt | |||||||||
| (Willington) | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1843 – | ||||||
| March 3, 1853 | Elected in 1843. | ||||||||
| Re-elected in 1844. | |||||||||
| Re-elected in 1846. | |||||||||
| Re-elected in 1848. | |||||||||
| Re-elected in 1850. | |||||||||
| Retired. | 1843–1853 | ||||||||
| [[File:James Lawrence Orr - Brady-Handy.jpg | 100px]] | ||||||||
| James L. Orr | |||||||||
| (Anderson) | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1853 – | ||||||
| March 3, 1859 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1853. | ||||||||
| Re-elected in 1854. | |||||||||
| Re-elected in 1856 | |||||||||
| Retired. | 1853–1860 | ||||||||
| [[File:JohnDAshmore.jpg | 100px]] | ||||||||
| John D. Ashmore | |||||||||
| (Anderson) | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1859 – | ||||||
| December 21, 1860 | Elected in 1858. | ||||||||
| Re-elected in 1860 but resigned due to Civil War. | |||||||||
| District inactive | nowrap | December 21, 1860 – | |||||||
| March 3, 1863 | Civil War | ||||||||
| District dissolved March 4, 1863 | |||||||||
| District re-established March 4, 1875 | |||||||||
| [[File:Robert Smalls - Brady-Handy.jpg | 100px]] | ||||||||
| Robert Smalls | |||||||||
| (Beaufort) | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1875 – | ||||||
| March 3, 1879 | Elected in 1874. | ||||||||
| Re-elected in 1876. | |||||||||
| Lost re-election. | 1875–1883 | ||||||||
| [[File:GeorgeDTillman.jpg | 100px]] | ||||||||
| George D. Tillman | |||||||||
| (Edgefield) | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1879 – | ||||||
| July 19, 1882 | Elected in 1878. | ||||||||
| Re-elected in 1880. | |||||||||
| Lost contested election. | |||||||||
| [[File:Robert Smalls - Brady-Handy.jpg | 100px]] | ||||||||
| Robert Smalls | |||||||||
| (Beaufort) | Republican | nowrap | July 19, 1882 – | ||||||
| March 3, 1883 | Won contested election. | ||||||||
| Retired. | |||||||||
| [[File:John James Hemphill.jpg | 100px]] | ||||||||
| John J. Hemphill | |||||||||
| (Chester) | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1883 – | ||||||
| March 3, 1893 | Elected in 1882. | ||||||||
| Re-elected in 1884. | |||||||||
| Re-elected in 1886. | |||||||||
| Re-elected in 1888. | |||||||||
| Re-elected in 1890. | |||||||||
| Lost renomination. | 1883–1893 | ||||||||
| [[File:Thomas_Jefferson_Strait.jpg | 100px]] | ||||||||
| Thomas J. Strait | |||||||||
| (Lancaster) | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1893 – | ||||||
| March 3, 1899 | Elected in 1892. | ||||||||
| Re-elected in 1894. | |||||||||
| Re-elected in 1896. | |||||||||
| Lost renomination. | 1893–1903 | ||||||||
| [[File:DavidEFinley.jpg | 100px]] | ||||||||
| David E. Finley | |||||||||
| (Yorkville) | Democratic | March 4, 1899 – | |||||||
| January 26, 1917 | 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 | |||||||||
| 1913–1923 | |||||||||
| Vacant | nowrap | January 26, 1917 – | |||||||
| February 21, 1917 | |||||||||
| [[File:PaulGMcCorkle (cropped).jpg | 100px]] | ||||||||
| Paul G. McCorkle | |||||||||
| (Yorkville) | Democratic | nowrap | February 21, 1917 – | ||||||
| March 3, 1917 | Elected to finish Finley's term in the 64th Congress. | ||||||||
| Retired. | |||||||||
| [[File:STEVENSON, WILLIAM F. HONORABLE LCCN2016859711.jpg | 100px]] | ||||||||
| William F. Stevenson | |||||||||
| (Cheraw) | Democratic | March 4, 1917 – | |||||||
| March 3, 1933 | 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 | |||||||||
| [[File:James Richards portrait, 1956.jpg | 100px]] | ||||||||
| James P. Richards | |||||||||
| (Lancaster) | Democratic | March 4, 1933 – | |||||||
| January 3, 1957 | 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 | ||||||||
| 1943–1953 | |||||||||
| 1953–1963 | |||||||||
| [[File:Robert Hemphill portrait.jpg | 100px]] | ||||||||
| Robert W. Hemphill | |||||||||
| (Chester) | Democratic | January 3, 1957 – | |||||||
| May 1, 1964 | 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 | |||||||||
| Vacant | nowrap | May 1, 1964 – | |||||||
| November 3, 1964 | |||||||||
| [[File:Thomas S. Gettys.jpg | 100px]] | ||||||||
| Thomas S. Gettys | |||||||||
| (Rock Hill) | Democratic | November 3, 1964 – | |||||||
| December 31, 1974 | 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 | |||||||||
| [[File:Kenneth Lamar Holland.jpg | 100px]] | ||||||||
| Kenneth L. Holland | |||||||||
| (Gaffney) | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1975 – | ||||||
| January 3, 1983 | Elected in 1974. | ||||||||
| Re-elected in 1976. | |||||||||
| Re-elected in 1978. | |||||||||
| Re-elected in 1980. | |||||||||
| Retired. | |||||||||
| [[File:John Spratt, official portrait, 111th Congress.jpg | 100px]] | ||||||||
| John Spratt | |||||||||
| (York) | Democratic | January 3, 1983 – | |||||||
| January 3, 2011 | 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 | ||||||||
| 1993–2003 | |||||||||
| [[File:Mick Mulvaney 113th Congress.jpg | 100px]] | ||||||||
| Mick Mulvaney | |||||||||
| (Lancaster) | Republican | January 3, 2011 – | |||||||
| February 16, 2017 | 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[[File:South Carolina US Congressional District 5 (since 2013).tif | 300x300px | Static map of 2013-23 congressional district | center | frameless]] | |||||
| Vacant | nowrap | February 16, 2017 – | |||||||
| June 20, 2017 | |||||||||
| [[File:Ralph Norman official photo cropped.jpg | 100px]] | ||||||||
| Ralph Norman | |||||||||
| (Rock Hill) | Republican | June 20, 2017 – | |||||||
| present | Elected to finish Mulvaney's term. | ||||||||
| Re-elected in 2018. | |||||||||
| Re-elected in 2020. | |||||||||
| Re-elected in 2022. | |||||||||
| Re-elected in 2024. | |||||||||
| Retiring to run for Governor of South Carolina. | |||||||||
| 2023–2033 | |||||||||
| [[File:South Carolina's 5th congressional district (since 2023).svg | 300px]] |
Past election results
2012
2014
2016
2017 special election
2018
2020
2022
2024
In popular culture
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.
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)".
- (June 21, 2017). "Election Results: Republican Wins U.S. House Seat in South Carolina". The New York Times.
- [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/cong_dist/cd118/cd_based/ST45/CD118_SC01.pdf https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/cong_dist/cd118/cd_based/ST45/CD118_SC05.pdf]
- "Dra 2020".
- "Election Statistics - US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives". Karen Haas, Clerk of the United States House of Representatives.
- The votes for the Democratic candidate includes votes cast for the candidate who also ran under the [[Working Families Party]] ticket
- (November 4, 2014). "South Carolina Election Commission Official Results". West Virginia Secretary of State.
- "2016 Statewide General Election official results". South Carolina State Election Commission.
- "Special Election – U.S. House District 5, State House Districts 48 and 70 – June 20, 2017".
- Johnson, Cheryl L.. (February 28, 2019). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 6, 2018". [[Clerk of the United States House of Representatives.
- (November 10, 2020). "2020 Statewide General Election Night Reporting - Results". South Carolina Election Commission.
- (November 11, 2022). "2022 Statewide General Election".
- "2024 STATEWIDE GENERAL ELECTION November 5, 2024". South Carolina Election Commission.
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