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North Carolina's 8th congressional district is a congressional district that comprises a large portion of the southern Piedmont area of North Carolina from Concord to Spring Lake, including China Grove, Albemarle, Troy, and Raeford. The district includes all of Cabarrus County, Montgomery County, Hoke County, and Stanly County, as well as portions of Rowan County and Cumberland County.

The district is currently represented by Dan Bishop, a member of the Republican Party.

Candidate filing began February 24, 2022, after the North Carolina Supreme Court approved a new map which changed the 8th district boundaries to include Anson, Davidson, Montgomery, Rowan, Stanly and Union Counties and parts of Cabarrus and Richmond counties.[3]

Counties

Counties in the 2023–2025 district map:

List of members representing the district

Member
(Residence)
Party Years Cong
ress
Electoral history District location
District established March 4, 1793
William J. Dawson
(Bertie County)
Anti-Administration March 4, 1793 –
March 3, 1795
3rd Elected in 1793.
Lost re-election.
Dempsey Burges
(Camden County)
Democratic-Republican March 4, 1795 –
March 3, 1799
4th
5th
Elected in 1795.
Re-elected in 1796.
Lost re-election.

David Stone
(Bertie County)
Democratic-Republican March 4, 1799 –
March 3, 1801
6th Re-elected in 1798.
Re-elected in 1800.
Declined to serve having also been elected U.S. senator.
Vacant March 4, 1801 –
December 7, 1801
7th
Charles Johnson
(Bandon)
Democratic-Republican December 7, 1801 –
July 23, 1802
Elected August 6, 1801, to finish Stone's term and seated December 7, 1801.
Died.
Vacant July 23, 1802 –
December 7, 1802
Thomas Wynns
(Hertford County)
Democratic-Republican December 7, 1802 –
March 3, 1803
Elected October 15, 1802, to finish Johnson's term and seated December 7, 1802.
Redistricted to the 1st district.
Richard Stanford
(Hawfields)
Democratic-Republican March 4, 1803 –
April 9, 1816
8th
9th
10th
11th
12th
13th
14th
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.
Re-elected in 1813.
Re-elected in 1815.
Died.
1803–1813
"North Carolina congressional district map (1803–13)".[4]
Vacant April 9, 1816 –
December 2, 1816
14th 1813–1843
"North Carolina congressional district map (1813–43)".[4]
Samuel Dickens
(Mount Tirzah)
Democratic-Republican December 2, 1816 –
March 3, 1817
Elected to finish Stanford's term.
Lost re-election.
James S. Smith
(Hillsboro)
Democratic-Republican March 4, 1817 –
March 3, 1821
15th
16th
Elected in 1817.
Re-elected in 1819.
Retired.
Josiah Crudup
(Raleigh)
Democratic-Republican March 4, 1821 –
March 3, 1823
17th Elected in 1821.
Retired.

Willie P. Mangum
(Red Mountain)
Democratic-Republican March 4, 1823 –
March 3, 1825
18th
19th
Elected in 1823.
Re-elected in 1825.
Resigned.
Jacksonian March 4, 1825 –
March 18, 1826
Vacant March 18, 1826 –
December 4, 1826
19th
Daniel L. Barringer
(Raleigh)
Jacksonian December 4, 1826 –
March 3, 1833
19th
20th
21st
22nd
23rd
Elected November 3, 1826, to finish Mangum's term and seated December 4, 1826.
Re-elected in 1827.
Re-elected in 1829.
Re-elected in 1831.
Re-elected in 1833.
[data missing]
Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1833 –
March 3, 1835
William Montgomery
(Albrights)
Jacksonian March 4, 1835 –
March 3, 1837
24th
25th
26th
Elected in 1835.
Re-elected in 1837.
Re-elected in 1839.
[data missing]
Democratic March 4, 1837 –
March 3, 1841

Romulus M. Saunders
(Raleigh)
Democratic March 4, 1841 –
March 3, 1843
27th Elected in 1841.
Redistricted to the 5th district.
Archibald Hunter Arrington
(Hilliardston)
Democratic March 4, 1843 –
March 3, 1845
28th Redistricted from the 6th district and re-elected in 1843.
[data missing]
Henry S. Clark
(Washington)
Democratic March 4, 1845 –
March 3, 1847
29th Elected in 1845.
[data missing]

Richard S. Donnell
(New Bern)
Whig March 4, 1847 –
March 3, 1849
30th Elected in 1847.
[data missing]

Edward Stanly
(Washington)
Whig March 4, 1849 –
March 3, 1853
31st
32nd
Elected in 1849.
Re-elected in 1851.
[data missing]

Thomas L. Clingman
(Asheville)
Democratic March 4, 1853 –
May 7, 1858
33rd
34th
35th
Redistricted from the 1st district and re-elected in 1853.
Re-elected in 1855.
Re-elected in 1857.
Resigned when appointed U.S. senator.
Vacant May 7, 1858 –
December 7, 1858
35th

Zebulon B. Vance
(Asheville)
Democratic December 7, 1858 –
March 3, 1861
35th
36th
Elected to finish Clingman's term.
Re-elected in 1859.
[data missing]
Vacant March 4, 1861 –
July 20, 1868
37th
38th
39th
40th
Civil War and Reconstruction
District dissolved July 6, 1868
District re-established March 4, 1873

Robert B. Vance
(Hawfields)
Democratic March 4, 1873 –
March 3, 1885
43rd
44th
45th
46th
47th
48th
Elected in 1872.
Re-elected in 1874.
Re-elected in 1876.
Re-elected in 1878.
Re-elected in 1880.
Re-elected in 1882.
[data missing]

William H. H. Cowles
(Wilkesboro)
Democratic March 4, 1885 –
March 3, 1893
49th
50th
51st
52nd
Elected in 1884.
Re-elected in 1886.
Re-elected in 1888.
Re-elected in 1890.
[data missing]
William H. Bower
(Lenoir)
Democratic March 4, 1893 –
March 3, 1895
53rd Elected in 1892.
[data missing]

Romulus Z. Linney
(Taylorsville)
Republican March 4, 1895 –
March 3, 1901
54th
55th
56th
Elected in 1894.
Re-elected in 1896.
Re-elected in 1898.
[data missing]

E. Spencer Blackburn
(Wilkesboro)
Republican March 4, 1901 –
March 3, 1903
57th Elected in 1900.
[data missing]
Theodore F. Kluttz
(Salisbury)
Democratic March 4, 1903 –
March 3, 1905
58th Redistricted from the 7th district and re-elected in 1902.
[data missing]

E. Spencer Blackburn
(Wilkesboro)
Republican March 4, 1905 –
March 3, 1907
59th Elected in 1904.
[data missing]
Richard N. Hackett
(Wilkesboro)
Democratic March 4, 1907 –
March 3, 1909
60th Elected in 1906.
[data missing]

Charles H. Cowles
(Wilkesboro)
Republican March 4, 1909 –
March 3, 1911
61st Elected in 1908.
[data missing]

Robert L. Doughton
(Laurel Springs)
Democratic March 4, 1911 –
March 3, 1933
62nd
63rd
64th
65th
66th
67th
68th
69th
70th
71st
72nd
Elected in 1910.
Re-elected in 1912.
Re-elected in 1914.
Re-elected in 1916.
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.
Redistricted to the 9th district.
Walter Lambeth
(Thomasville)
Democratic March 4, 1933 –
January 3, 1939
73rd
74th
75th
Redistricted from the 7th district and re-elected in 1932.
Re-elected in 1934.
Re-elected in 1936.
[data missing]

William O. Burgin
(Lexington)
Democratic January 3, 1939 –
April 11, 1946
76th
77th
78th
79th
Elected in 1938.
Re-elected in 1940.
Re-elected in 1942.
Re-elected in 1944.
Died.
Vacant April 11, 1946 –
May 25, 1946
79th

Eliza Pratt
(Lexington)
Democratic May 25, 1946 –
January 3, 1947
Elected to finish Burgin's term.
[data missing]

Charles B. Deane
(Rockingham)
Democratic January 3, 1947 –
January 3, 1957
80th
81st
82nd
83rd
84th
Elected in 1946.
Re-elected in 1948.
Re-elected in 1950.
Re-elected in 1952.
Re-elected in 1954.
[data missing]

Alvin Paul Kitchin
(Wadesboro)
Democratic January 3, 1957 –
January 3, 1963
85th
86th
87th
Elected in 1956.
Re-elected in 1958.
Re-elected in 1960.
Lost re-election after redistricting.

Charles R. Jonas
(Lincolnton)
Republican January 3, 1963 –
January 3, 1969
88th
89th
90th
Redistricted from the 10th district and re-elected in 1962.
Re-elected in 1964.
Re-elected in 1966.
Redistricted to the 9th district.

Earl B. Ruth
(Salisbury)
Republican January 3, 1969 –
January 3, 1975
91st
92nd
93rd
Elected in 1968.
Re-elected in 1970.
Re-elected in 1972.
Lost re-election.

Bill Hefner
(Concord)
Democratic January 3, 1975 –
January 3, 1999
94th
95th
96th
97th
98th
99th
100th
101st
102nd
103rd
104th
105th
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.
Re-elected in 1996.
Retired.

Robin Hayes
(Concord)
Republican January 3, 1999 –
January 3, 2009
106th
107th
108th
109th
110th
Elected in 1998.
Re-elected in 2000.
Re-elected in 2002.
Re-elected in 2004.
Re-elected in 2006.
Lost re-election.

Larry Kissell
(Biscoe)
Democratic January 3, 2009 –
January 3, 2013
111th
112th
Elected in 2008.
Re-elected in 2010.
Lost re-election.
2003–2013
2003–2013
2003–2013

Richard Hudson
(Concord)
Republican January 3, 2013 –
January 3, 2023
113th
114th
115th
116th
117th
Elected in 2012.
Re-elected in 2014.
Re-elected in 2016.
Re-elected in 2018.
Re-elected in 2020.
Redistricted to the 9th district.
2013–2017
2013–2017
2013–2017
2017–2021
2021–2023
Static map of 2021-3 congressional district
Static map of 2021-3 congressional district

Dan Bishop
(Charlotte)
Republican January 3, 2023 –
present
118th Redistricted from the 9th district and re-elected in 2022.
Retiring at end of term to run for attorney general of North Carolina.
2023–2025
District boundaries from 2023 to 2025

Past election results

2012

2012 North Carolina's 8th congressional district election[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Richard Hudson 160,695 53.2
Democratic Larry Kissell (incumbent) 137,139 45.4
Independent Antonio Blue (write-in) 3,990 1.3
N/A Write-ins 456 0.1
Total votes 302,280 100.0
Republican gain from Democratic

2014

2014 North Carolina's 8th congressional district election[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Richard Hudson (incumbent) 121,568 64.9
Democratic Antonio Blue 65,854 35.1
Total votes 187,422 100.0
Republican hold

2016

2016 North Carolina's 8th congressional district election[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Richard Hudson (incumbent) 189,863 58.8
Democratic Thomas Mills 133,182 41.2
Total votes 323,045 100.0
Republican hold

2018

2018 North Carolina's 8th congressional district election[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Richard Hudson (incumbent) 141,402 55.3
Democratic Frank McNeill 114,119 44.7
Total votes 255,521 100.0
Republican hold

2020

2020 North Carolina's 8th congressional district election[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Richard Hudson (incumbent) 202,774 53.3
Democratic Patricia Timmons-Goodson 177,781 46.7
Total votes 380,555 100.0
Republican hold

2022

2022 North Carolina's 8th congressional district election[10]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Dan Bishop (incumbent) 183,998 69.91
Democratic Scott Huffman 79,192 30.09
Total votes 263,190 100.00
Republican hold

See also

References

  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. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
  3. ^ Battaglia, Danielle (February 24, 2022). "NC member of Congress announces where he'll run, a day after floating other options". The Charlotte Observer. Retrieved March 21, 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Data Courtesy of Jeffrey B. Lewis, Brandon DeVine, and Lincoln Pritcher with Kenneth C. Martis". United States Congressional District Shapefiles.
  5. ^ "North Carolina General Elections Results 2012". North Carolina State Board of Elections. Retrieved January 22, 2013.
  6. ^ "North Carolina Official General Election Results". North Carolina State Board of Elections. November 4, 2014. Archived from the original on January 27, 2015. Retrieved January 23, 2015.
  7. ^ "North Carolina Official General Election Results". North Carolina State Board of Elections. November 8, 2016. Retrieved January 3, 2017.
  8. ^ "District 8, North Carolina State Board of Elections & Ethics Enforcement". North Carolina State Board of Elections & Ethics Enforcement. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
  9. ^ "State Composite Abstract Report - Contest.pdf" (PDF). North Carolina State Board of Elections. Retrieved November 24, 2020.
  10. ^ "NC SBE Contest Results". er.ncsbe.gov. Retrieved January 2, 2023.

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