North Carolina's 3rd congressional district

North Carolina's 3rd congressional district
North Carolina's 3rd congressional district since January 3, 2021
Representative	Greg Murphy R–Greenville
Distribution	53.13% urban 46.87% rural
Population (2019)	761,753
Median household income	$53,545[1]
Ethnicity	74% White 20.55% Black 5.77% Hispanic 1.48% other 1.21% Asian 0.8% Native American
Cook PVI	R+12[2]

North Carolina's 3rd congressional district is a congressional district in North Carolina.

Its representative is Republican Greg Murphy.

Election results

2002

2002 US House election: North Carolina District 3^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Walter B. Jones	131,448	90.7
	Libertarian	Gary Goodson	13,486	9.3
Total votes			144,934	100

2004

2004 US House election: North Carolina District 3^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Walter B. Jones	171,863	70.7
	Democratic	Roger A. Eaton	71,227	29.3
Total votes			243,090	100

2006

2006 US House election: North Carolina District 3^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Walter B. Jones	99,519	68.64
	Democratic	Craig Weber	45,458	31.36
Total votes			144,977	100

2008

2008 US House election: North Carolina District 3^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Walter B. Jones	201,686	65.9
	Democratic	Craig Weber	104,364	34.1
Total votes			306,050	100

2010

2010 US House election: North Carolina District 3^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Walter B. Jones	143,225	71.86
	Democratic	Johnny G. Rouse	51,317	25.75
	Libertarian	Darryl Holloman	4,762	2.39
Total votes			199,304	100

2012

2012 US House election: North Carolina District 3^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Walter B. Jones	195,571	63.11
	Democratic	Erik Anderson	114,314	36.89
Total votes			309,885	100

2014

2014 US House election: North Carolina District 3^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Walter B. Jones	139,415	67.81
	Democratic	Marshall Adame	66,182	32.19
Total votes			205,597	100

2016

2016 US House election: North Carolina District 3^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Walter B. Jones	217,531	67.2
	Democratic	Ernest T. Reeves	106,170	32.8
Total votes			323,701	100

2018

2018 US House election: North Carolina District 3^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Walter B. Jones, Jr.	186,353	100.0
Total votes			186,353	100.0
	Republican hold

2019 special election

2019 US House special election: North Carolina District 3^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Greg Murphy	70,407	61.74
	Democratic	Allen Thomas	42,738	37.47
	Constitution	Greg Holt	507	0.44
	Libertarian	Tim Harris	394	0.35
Total votes			114,046	100.0
	Republican hold

2020

2020 US House election: North Carolina District 3^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Greg Murphy (incumbent)	229,800	63.4
	Democratic	Daryl Farrow	132,752	36.6
Total votes			362,552	100.0
	Republican hold

List of representatives

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	District location
Timothy Bloodworth	Anti-Administration	April 6, 1790 – March 3, 1791	1st	Elected in 1790. Redistricted to the 5th district and lost re-election.	1790–1971 "Cape Fear division"
John B. Ashe	Anti-Administration	March 4, 1791 – March 3, 1793	2nd	Redistricted from the 1st district and re-elected in 1791. Redistricted to the 9th district.	1791–1973 [Data unknown/missing.]
Joseph Winston	Anti-Administration	March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795	3rd	Elected in 1793. Lost re-election.	1793–1803 [Data unknown/missing.]
Jesse Franklin	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1797	4th	Elected in 1795. Lost re-election.
Robert Williams	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1797 – March 3, 1803	5th 6th 7th	Elected in 1796. Re-elected in 1798. Re-elected in 1800. Redistricted to the 7th district and retired to run for Governor of North Carolina.
William Kennedy	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1805	8th	Elected in 1803. Lost re-election.	1803–1813 "North Carolina Congressional District Map (1803-13)".[14]
Thomas Blount	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1809	9th 10th	Elected in 1804. Re-elected in 1806. Lost re-election.
William Kennedy	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1811	11th	Elected in 1808. Retired.
Thomas Blount	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1811 – February 7, 1812	12th	Elected in 1810. Died.
Vacant		February 7, 1812 – January 30, 1813	12th
William Kennedy	Democratic-Republican	January 30, 1813 – March 3, 1815	13th 14th	Elected January 11, 1813 to finish Blount's term and seated January 30, 1813. Re-elected in 1813. Retired.
					1813–1823 "North Carolina Congressional District Map (1813-43)".[14]
James W. Clark	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817	15th	Elected in 1815. Retired.
Thomas H. Hall	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1825	16th 17th 18th	Elected in 1817. Re-elected in 1819. Re-elected in 1821. Re-elected in 1823. Lost re-election.
	Democratic-Republican				1823–1833 "North Carolina Congressional District Map (1813-43)".[14]
Richard Hines	Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827	19th	Elected in 1825. Lost re-election.
Thomas H. Hall	Jacksonian	March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1835	20th 21st 22nd 23rd	Elected in 1827. Re-elected in 1829. [Data unknown/missing.]
					1833–1843 "North Carolina Congressional District Map (1813-43)".[14]
Ebenezer Pettigrew	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837	24th	[Data unknown/missing.]
Edward Stanly	Whig	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1843	25th 26th 27th	[Data unknown/missing.]
David S. Reid	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847	28th 29th	[Data unknown/missing.]	1843–1853 [Data unknown/missing.]
Daniel M. Barringer	Whig	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849	30th	Redistricted from the 2nd district. [Data unknown/missing.]
Edmund Deberry	Whig	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851	31st	[Data unknown/missing.]
Alfred Dockery	Whig	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853	32nd	[Data unknown/missing.]
William S. Ashe	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	33rd	Redistricted from the 7th district. [Data unknown/missing.]	1853–1863 [Data unknown/missing.]
Warren Winslow	Democratic	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1861	34th 35th 36th	[Data unknown/missing.]
Vacant		March 3, 1861 – July 13, 1868	37th 38th 39th 40th	Civil War and Reconstruction
					1863–1873 [Data unknown/missing.]
Oliver H. Dockery	Republican	July 13, 1868 – March 3, 1871	40th 41st	[Data unknown/missing.]
Alfred M. Waddell	Democratic	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1879	42nd 43rd 44th 45th	[Data unknown/missing.]
					1873–1883 [Data unknown/missing.]
Daniel L. Russell	Greenback	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881	46th	[Data unknown/missing.]
John W. Shackelford	Democratic	March 4, 1881 – January 18, 1883	47th	[Data unknown/missing.] Died.
Vacant		January 18, 1883 – March 3, 1883
Wharton J. Green	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887	48th 49th	[Data unknown/missing.]	1883–1893 [Data unknown/missing.]
Charles W. McClammy	Democratic	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1891	50th 51st	[Data unknown/missing.]
Benjamin F. Grady	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1895	52nd 53rd	[Data unknown/missing.]
					1893–1903 [Data unknown/missing.]
John G. Shaw	Democratic	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897	54th	[Data unknown/missing.]
John E. Fowler	Populist	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1899	55th	[Data unknown/missing.]
Charles R. Thomas	Democratic	March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1911	56th 57th 58th 59th 60th 61st	[Data unknown/missing.]
					1903–1913 [Data unknown/missing.]
John M. Faison	Democratic	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1915	62nd 63rd	[Data unknown/missing.]
					1913–1933 [Data unknown/missing.]
George E. Hood	Democratic	March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1919	64th 65th	[Data unknown/missing.]
Samuel M. Brinson	Democratic	March 4, 1919 – April 13, 1922	66th 67th	[Data unknown/missing.] Died.
Vacant		April 13, 1922 – November 7, 1922	67th
Charles L. Abernethy	Democratic	November 7, 1922 – January 3, 1935	67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd 73rd	[Data unknown/missing.]
					1933–1943 [Data unknown/missing.]
Graham A. Barden	Democratic	January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1961	74th 75th 76th 77th 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th	[Data unknown/missing.]
					1943–1953 [Data unknown/missing.]
					1953–1963 [Data unknown/missing.]
David N. Henderson	Democratic	January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1977	87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th	[Data unknown/missing.]
					1963–1973 [Data unknown/missing.]
					1973–1983 [Data unknown/missing.]
Charles O. Whitley	Democratic	January 3, 1977 – December 31, 1986	95th 96th 97th 98th 99th	[Data unknown/missing.] Resigned.
					1983–1993 [Data unknown/missing.]
Vacant		December 31, 1986 – January 3, 1987	99th
Martin Lancaster	Democratic	January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1995	100th 101st 102nd 103rd	[Data unknown/missing.] Lost re-election.
					1993–2003 [Data unknown/missing.]
Walter B. Jones Jr.	Republican	January 3, 1995 – February 10, 2019	104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th 116th	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. Re-elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Died.
					2003–2013
					2013–2017
					2017–Present
Vacant		February 10, 2019 – September 10, 2019	116th
Greg Murphy	Republican	September 10, 2019 – present	116th	Elected to finish Jones's term. Re-elected in 2020.

Election results

2002

2002 US House election: North Carolina District 3^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Walter B. Jones	131,448	90.7
	Libertarian	Gary Goodson	13,486	9.3
Total votes			144,934	100

2004

2004 US House election: North Carolina District 3^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Walter B. Jones	171,863	70.7
	Democratic	Roger A. Eaton	71,227	29.3
Total votes			243,090	100

2006

2006 US House election: North Carolina District 3^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Walter B. Jones	99,519	68.64
	Democratic	Craig Weber	45,458	31.36
Total votes			144,977	100

2008

2008 US House election: North Carolina District 3^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Walter B. Jones	201,686	65.9
	Democratic	Craig Weber	104,364	34.1
Total votes			306,050	100

2010

2010 US House election: North Carolina District 3^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Walter B. Jones	143,225	71.86
	Democratic	Johnny G. Rouse	51,317	25.75
	Libertarian	Darryl Holloman	4,762	2.39
Total votes			199,304	100

2012

2012 US House election: North Carolina District 3^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Walter B. Jones	195,571	63.11
	Democratic	Erik Anderson	114,314	36.89
Total votes			309,885	100

2014

2014 US House election: North Carolina District 3^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Walter B. Jones	139,415	67.81
	Democratic	Marshall Adame	66,182	32.19
Total votes			205,597	100

2016

2016 US House election: North Carolina District 3^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Walter B. Jones	217,531	67.2
	Democratic	Ernest T. Reeves	106,170	32.8
Total votes			323,701	100

2018

2018 US House election: North Carolina District 3^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Walter B. Jones, Jr.	186,353	100.0
Total votes			186,353	100.0
	Republican hold

2019 special election

2019 US House special election: North Carolina District 3^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Greg Murphy	70,407	61.74
	Democratic	Allen Thomas	42,738	37.47
	Constitution	Greg Holt	507	0.44
	Libertarian	Tim Harris	394	0.35
Total votes			114,046	100.0
	Republican hold

References

1. Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
2. "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
3. "11/05/2002 Official General Election Results - Statewide". North Carolina State Board of Elections. November 15, 2002. Retrieved December 24, 2017.
4. "11/02/2004 Official General Election Results - Statewide". North Carolina State Board of Elections. November 12, 2004. Retrieved December 24, 2017.
5. "11/07/2006 Official General Election Results - Statewide". North Carolina State Board of Elections. November 17, 2006. Retrieved December 24, 2017.
6. "11/04/2008 Official General Election Results - Statewide". North Carolina State Board of Elections. November 14, 2008. Retrieved December 24, 2017.
7. "11/02/2010 Official General Election Results - Statewide". North Carolina State Board of Elections. November 12, 2010. Retrieved December 24, 2017.
8. "11/06/2012 Official General Election Results - Statewide". North Carolina State Board of Elections. November 16, 2012. Retrieved December 24, 2017.
9. "11/04/2014 Official General Election Results - Statewide". North Carolina State Board of Elections. November 25, 2014. Retrieved December 24, 2017.
10. "11/08/2016 Official General Election Results - Statewide". North Carolina State Board of Elections. December 13, 2016. Retrieved December 24, 2017.
11. "District 3, North Carolina State Board of Elections & Ethics Enforcement". North Carolina State Board of Elections & Ethics Enforcement. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
12. "US House of Representatives District 03". North Carolina State Board of Elections & Ethics Enforcement. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
13. "State Composite Abstract Report - Contest.pdf" (PDF). North Carolina State Board of Elections. Retrieved November 24, 2020.
14. "Data Courtesy of Jeffrey B. Lewis, Brandon DeVine, and Lincoln Pritcher with Kenneth C. Martis". United States Congressional District Shapefiles.