North Carolina's 10th congressional district

North Carolina's 10th congressional district is a congressional district in central and western North Carolina. It currently includes all of Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln, Polk, and Rutherford counties, and part of Catawba, Iredell. With a Cook Partisan Voting Index rating of R+22, it is the most Republican district in North Carolina.^[2]

North Carolina's 10th congressional district
From 2023 to 2025 From 2025 Interactive map of district boundaries
Representative	Patrick McHenry R–Lake Norman of Catawba
Population (2022)	768,814^[1]
Median household income	$64,668^[1]
Ethnicity	75.7% White 9.8% Black 7.7% Hispanic 3.9% Two or more races 2.3% Asian 0.6% other
Cook PVI	R+22^[2]

Republicans have won the district continuously since 1969. Republican Patrick McHenry has represented the district since 2005. The 10th district was part of the controversial statewide redistricting by the Republican-led state legislature in 2011.^[3] The district's northwest border was redrawn to include most of heavily Democratic Asheville, long the heart of the 11th district. At the same time, some heavily Republican areas in the 10th were shifted to the 11th. While this made the 10th approximately seven points more Democratic, it was not nearly enough to overcome the heavy Republican tilt in the western Charlotte suburbs.

On February 23, 2022, the North Carolina Supreme Court approved a new map which changed the 10th district boundaries to include Alexander, Burke, Catawba, Iredell and Lincoln Counties, northwest Gaston County, eastern Rutherford County and a small section of southeastern Caldwell County.^[4] The current district is mostly exurban in character and is the most Republican district in North Carolina.

Counties

Counties in the 2023–2025 district map:

• Alexander County
• Burke County
• Caldwell County (part)
• Catawba County
• Cleveland County
• Gaston County (part)
• Iredell County
• Lincoln County
• Rutherford County (part)

List of members representing the district

Member (Residence)	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	District location
District established March 4, 1793
Benjamin Williams (Glendon)	Anti-Administration	March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795	3rd	Elected in 1793. Lost re-election.
Nathan Bryan (Craven County)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1795 – June 4, 1798	4th 5th	Elected in 1795. Re-elected in 1796. Re-elected in 1796. Died.
Vacant		June 4, 1798 – December 10, 1798	5th
Richard D. Spaight (New Bern)	Democratic-Republican	December 10, 1798 – March 3, 1801	5th 6th	Elected to finish Bryan's term. Also elected in 1798 to the next term. Lost re-election.
John Stanly (New Bern)	Federalist	March 4, 1801 – March 3, 1803	7th	Elected in 1800. Redistricted to the 4th district and lost re-election.
Nathaniel Alexander (Charlotte)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1803 – November 1805	8th 9th	Elected in 1803. Re-elected in 1804. Resigned to become governor of North Carolina.	1803–1813 "North Carolina congressional district map (1803–13)".^[5]
Vacant		November 1805 – February 24, 1806	9th
Evan S. Alexander (Salisbury)	Democratic-Republican	February 24, 1806 – March 3, 1809	9th 10th	Elected to finish his cousin's term. Re-elected in 1806. Retired.
Joseph Pearson (Salisbury)	Federalist	March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1815	11th 12th 13th	Elected in 1808. Re-elected in 1810. Re-elected in 1813. Lost re-election.
William C. Love (Salisbury)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817	14th	Elected in 1815. Retired.	1813–1843 "North Carolina congressional district map (1813–43)".^[5]
George Mumford (Salisbury)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1817 – December 31, 1818	15th	Elected in 1817. Died.
Vacant		December 31, 1818 – February 11, 1819
Charles Fisher (Salisbury)	Democratic-Republican	February 11, 1819 – March 3, 1821	15th 16th	Elected in early 1819 to finish Mumford's term and seated February 11, 1819. Re-elected later in 1819. Retired.
John Long (Long's Mil)	Democratic-Republican^[a]	March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1825	17th 18th 19th 20th	Elected in 1821. Re-elected in 1823. Re-elected in 1825. Re-elected in 1827. Lost re-election.
	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829
John Giles	Jacksonian	March 4, 1829 – ?	21st	Elected in 1829. Resigned before Congress convened.
Abraham Rencher (Pittsboro)	Jacksonian	December 2, 1829 – March 3, 1833	21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th	Elected December 2, 1829 to finish Giles's term and seated December 7, 1829. Re-elected in 1831. Re-elected in 1833. Re-elected in 1835. Re-elected in 1837. [data missing]
	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837
	Whig	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839
Charles Fisher (Salisbury)	Democratic	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841	26th	Elected in 1839. [data missing]
Abraham Rencher (Pittsboro)	Whig	March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843	27th	Elected in 1841. [data missing]
District dissolved March 4, 1843
District re-established March 3, 1903
James M. Gudger Jr. (Asheville)	Democratic	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1907	58th 59th	Elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. [data missing]
William T. Crawford (Waynesville)	Democratic	March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1909	60th	Elected in 1906. [data missing]
John G. Grant (Hendersonville)	Republican	March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1911	61st	Elected in 1908. [data missing]
James M. Gudger Jr. (Asheville)	Democratic	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1915	62nd 63rd	Elected in 1910. Re-elected in 1912. [data missing]
James J. Britt (Asheville)	Republican	March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1917	64th	Elected in 1914. [data missing]
Zebulon Weaver (Asheville)	Democratic	March 4, 1917 – March 1, 1919	65th	Lost contested election.
James J. Britt (Asheville)	Republican	March 1, 1919 – March 3, 1919	65th	Won contested election.
Zebulon Weaver (Asheville)	Democratic	March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1929	66th 67th 68th 69th 70th	Elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. [data missing]
George M. Pritchard (Asheville)	Republican	March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1931	71st	Elected in 1928. [data missing]
Zebulon Weaver (Asheville)	Democratic	March 4, 1931 – March 3, 1933	72nd	Elected in 1930. Redistricted to the 11th district.
Alfred L. Bulwinkle (Gastonia)	Democratic	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1943	73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th	Redistricted from the 9th district and re-elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Redistricted to the 11th district.
Cameron A. Morrison (Charlotte)	Democratic	January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945	78th	Elected in 1942. [data missing]
Joseph W. Ervin (Charlotte)	Democratic	January 3, 1945 – December 25, 1945	79th	Elected in 1944. Died.
Vacant		December 25, 1945 – January 22, 1946
Sam J. Ervin Jr. (Morganton)	Democratic	January 22, 1946 – January 3, 1947		Elected to finish his brother's term. [data missing]
Hamilton C. Jones (Charlotte)	Democratic	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1953	80th 81st 82nd	Elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. [data missing]
Charles R. Jonas (Lincolnton)	Republican	January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1963	83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th	Elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Redistricted to the 8th district.
Basil Whitener (Gastonia)	Democratic	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1969	88th 89th 90th	Redistricted from the 11th district and re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Lost re-election after redistricting.
Jim Broyhill (Lenoir)	Republican	January 3, 1969 – July 14, 1986	91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th	Redistricted from the 9th district and 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. Resigned when appointed U.S. senator.
Vacant		July 14, 1986 – November 4, 1986	99th
Cass Ballenger (Hickory)	Republican	November 4, 1986 – January 3, 2005	99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th	Elected to finish Broyhill's term. 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. Retired
Patrick McHenry (Lake Norman of Catawba)	Republican	January 3, 2005 – present	109th 110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th 116th 117th 118th	Elected 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. Re-elected in 2022. Retiring at end of term.	2003–2013   2003–2013
					2013–2017   2013–2017
					2017–2021
					2021–2023   Static map of 2021-3 congressional district
					2023–2025

Past election results

2012

2012 North Carolina's 10th congressional district election^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Patrick McHenry (incumbent)	190,826	57.0
	Democratic	Patsy Keever	144,023	43.0
Total votes			334,849	100.0
	Republican hold

2014

2014 North Carolina's 10th congressional district election^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Patrick McHenry (incumbent)	133,504	61.0
	Democratic	Tate MacQueen	85,292	39.0
Total votes			218,796	100.0
	Republican hold

2016

2016 North Carolina's 10th congressional district election^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Patrick McHenry (incumbent)	220,825	63.1
	Democratic	Andy Millard	128,919	36.9
Total votes			349,744	100.0
	Republican hold

2018

2018 North Carolina's 10th congressional district election^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Patrick McHenry (incumbent)	164,969	59.3
	Democratic	David Wilson Brown	113,259	40.7
Total votes			278,228	100.0
	Republican hold

2020

2020 North Carolina's 10th congressional district election^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Patrick McHenry (incumbent)	284,095	68.9
	Democratic	David Parker	128,189	31.1
Total votes			412,284	100.0
	Republican hold

2022

2022 North Carolina's 10th congressional district election^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Patrick McHenry (incumbent)	194,681	72.59
	Democratic	Pam Genant	73,174	27.28
	Write-in		352	0.13
Total votes			268,207	100.00
	Republican hold

See also

•  United States portal
•  North Carolina portal

• List of United States congressional districts
• North Carolina's congressional districts

Notes

1. Supported the Crawford faction in the 1824 United States presidential election.

References

1. "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. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
3. Ohlemacher, Stephen (March 31, 2014). "GOP uses historic win to remake North Carolina map". Associated Press. Retrieved November 4, 2014.
4. Doule, Steve (February 23, 2022). "Check out new election maps: NC Supreme Court rejects appeals, approves special masters' districts". WGHP. Retrieved March 21, 2022.
5. "Data Courtesy of Jeffrey B. Lewis, Brandon DeVine, and Lincoln Pritcher with Kenneth C. Martis". United States Congressional District Shapefiles.
6. "North Carolina General Elections Results 2012". North Carolina State Board of Elections. Retrieved January 22, 2013.
7. . North Carolina State Board of Elections. November 4, 2014. Archived from the original on January 27, 2015. Retrieved January 23, 2015.
8. "North Carolina Official General Election Results". North Carolina State Board of Elections. November 8, 2016. Retrieved January 3, 2017.
9. "District 10, North Carolina State Board of Elections & Ethics Enforcement". North Carolina State Board of Elections & Ethics Enforcement. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
10. "State Composite Abstract Report - Contest.pdf" (PDF). North Carolina State Board of Elections. Retrieved November 24, 2020.
11. "NC SBE Contest Results". er.ncsbe.gov. Retrieved January 2, 2023.

Further reading

• Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

External links

• Political graveyard database of North Carolina congressmen

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