- North Carolina's 4th congressional district
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North Carolina's 4th congressional district 
Current Representative David Price (D–Chapel Hill) Distribution 83.27% urban, 16.73% rural Population (2000) 619,178 Median income $53,847 Ethnicity 71.0% White, 20.7% Black, 3.9% Asian, 5.0% Hispanic, 0.3% Native American, 0.3% other Cook PVI D+8 The Fourth Congressional district of North Carolina is located in the central region of the state and contains most of the area commonly known as The Triangle. It includes all of Durham and Orange counties, part of Wake County and a small section of Chatham County. The 4th district picks up the most Republican areas of Wake County, such as Apex, Cary, and much of North Raleigh in order to help make the neighboring 13th and 2nd districts more Democratic. For instance, Barack Obama defeated John McCain in the Wake County portion of the district in 2008 by 51-48%, a difference of less than 8,000 votes in between the two candidates[1].In contrast, Obama won Wake County overall by a much greater margin of 56-43%, and Obama swept the 4th district as a whole by 63-36%. Any Republican strength in Wake County is more than balanced out by the two Democratic strongholds of Orange and Durham Counties, where Obama received 72% and 76%, respectively, his two best counties in the entire state. The presence of the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and Duke University, as well as a large African-American population in Durham County help contribute to the liberal nature of the 4th district. In its current form, the 4th district has a Cook PVI of D+8, making it the most Democratic white-majority district in the entire South outside of South Florida and Northern Virginia.
The district is currently represented by 11-term Congressman David Price, a former political science professor at Duke who was first elected in 1986, ousting one-term Republican incumbent Bill Cobey [2]. Price was reelected in 1988, 1990, and 1992, but he was defeated in his bid for a fifth term in 1994 by Republican Fred Heineman, the Raleigh Police Chief, in a generally bad year for Democrats in North Carolina. Price came back to defeat Heineman in a rematch in 1996, and has been reelected each time since then by large margins, usually with more than 60% of the vote. In 2008, Price received 63% (265,751 votes) to defeat Republican challenger B.J. Lawson, who received 37% (153,947 votes). [3]
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Voting
Election results from presidential races Year Office Results 2008 President Obama 63 - 36% 2004 President Kerry 55 - 44% 2000 President Gore 53 - 46% List of representatives
Representative Party Years District Residence Note John Steele Pro-Administration April 19, 1790 – March 3, 1791 Redistricted to the 1st district Hugh Williamson Anti-Administration March 4, 1791 – March 3, 1793 Redistricted from the 2nd district Alexander Mebane Anti-Administration March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795 Absalom Tatom Democratic-Republican March 4, 1795 – June 1, 1796 Resigned William F. Strudwick Democratic-Republican November 28, 1796 – March 3, 1797 Richard Stanford Democratic-Republican March 4, 1797 – March 3, 1803 Redistricted to the 8th district William Blackledge Democratic-Republican March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1809 John Stanly Federalist March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1811 William Blackledge Democratic-Republican March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813 William Gaston Federalist March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1817 Jesse Slocumb Federalist March 4, 1817 – December 20, 1820 Died William S. Blackledge Democratic-Republican February 7, 1821 – March 3, 1823 Richard D. Spaight, Jr. Crawford D-R March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 John Heritage Bryan Jacksonian March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827 Adams March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1829 Jesse Speight Jacksonian March 4, 1829– March 3, 1837 Charles B. Shepard Whig March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839 Democratic March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841 William H. Washington Whig March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843 Edmund Deberry Whig March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845 Redistricted from the 7th district Alfred Dockery Whig March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847 Augustine H. Shepperd Whig March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1851 James T. Morehead Whig March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853 Sion H. Rogers Whig March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 Lawrence O'Bryan Branch Democratic March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1861 Civil War and Reconstruction John T. Deweese Republican July 6, 1868 – February 28, 1870 Resigned John Manning, Jr. Democratic December 7, 1870 – March 3, 1871 Sion H. Rogers Democratic March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873 William A. Smith Republican March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875 Joseph J. Davis Democratic March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1881 William R. Cox Democratic March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1887 John Nichols Independent March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889 Benjamin H. Bunn Democratic March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1895 William F. Strowd Populist March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1899 John W. Atwater Independent Populist March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1901 Edward W. Pou Democratic March 4, 1901 – April 1, 1934 Died Harold D. Cooley Democratic July 7, 1934 – December 30, 1966 Resigned James C. Gardner Republican January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1969 Nick Galifianakis Democratic January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1973 Redistricted from the 5th district Ike F. Andrews Democratic January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1985 Bill Cobey Republican January 3, 1985 – January 3, 1987 David Price Democratic January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1995 Fred Heineman Republican January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1997 David Price Democratic January 3, 1997 – Present References
- ^ http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=p7Hn_T5RBt3R5n9TlVGs0EQ
- ^ http://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=1398
- ^ "Local and National Election Results - Election Center 2008 - Elections & Politics from CNN.com". CNN. http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/results/individual/#mapHNC/H/04.
- 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
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See also: North Carolina's past & present Representatives, Senators, and Delegations, 2010 elections, 2012 elections
All U.S. districts – Apportionment – Redistricting – Gerrymandering – MapsCategories:- Congressional districts of North Carolina
- Research Triangle, North Carolina
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