- North Carolina's 12th congressional district
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"NC-12" redirects here. NC-12 may also refer to North Carolina Highway 12.
North Carolina's 12th congressional district District map as of 2006
Current Representative Mel Watt (D–Charlotte) Area 827 mi² Distribution 88.5% urban, 11.5% rural Population (2000) 619,178 Median income $35,775 Ethnicity 47.2% White, 44.6% Black, 2.1% Asian, 7.1% Hispanic, 0.4% Native American, 0.1% other Occupation 32.1% blue collar, 51.9% white collar, 16.0% gray collar Cook PVI D+16 North Carolina's 12th congressional district is located in central North Carolina and comprises portions of Charlotte, Winston-Salem, Greensboro, Lexington, Salisbury, Concord, and High Point. It is an example of gerrymandering.[1]
Before its current creation, North Carolina had a twelfth seat in the House in the nineteenth century and in the mid-twentieth century (1943-1963).
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Current district
The district was re-established after the 1990 United States Census, when North Carolina gained a district. It was drawn in 1992[2] as a 64 percent black majority district stretching from Gastonia to Durham. It was very long and so thin at some points that it was no wider than a highway lane, as it followed Interstate 85 almost exactly,[3][4] and was criticized as a gerrymandered district. The Wall Street Journal called the district "political pornography." The United States Supreme Court ruled in Shaw v. Reno, 509 U.S. 630 (1993) that a racial gerrymander may, in some circumstances, violate the Equal Protection Clause.[5] Subsequently, the district was redrawn several times and was adjudicated in the Supreme Court on two further occasions. [6] The current version has a small plurality of whites.
Its current representative is Democrat Melvin Watt, who has represented the district since 1993.
List of representatives
Name Took Office Left Office Party District Residence Notes District created March 4, 1803 Joseph Winston March 4, 1803 March 3, 1807 Democratic-Republican Meshack Franklin March 4, 1807 March 3, 1813 Democratic-Republican Redistricted to the 13th district Israel Pickens March 4, 1813 March 3, 1817 Democratic-Republican Redistricted from the 11th district Felix Walker March 4, 1817 March 3, 1823 Democratic-Republican Robert B. Vance March 4, 1823 March 3, 1825 Jacksonian D-R Samuel P. Carson March 4, 1825 March 3, 1833 Jacksonian James Graham March 4, 1833 March 3, 1837 Anti-Jacksonian Seat declared vacant March 29, 1836 - December 5, 1836 March 4, 1837 March 4, 1843 Whig District inactive March 3, 1843 District re-established January 3, 1943 Zebulon Weaver January 3, 1943 January 3, 1947 Democratic Redistricted from the 11th district Monroe M. Redden January 3, 1947 January 3, 1953 Democratic George A. Shuford January 3, 1953 January 3, 1959 Democratic David M. Hall January 3, 1959 January 29, 1960 Democratic Died Roy A. Taylor June 25, 1960 January 3, 1963 Democratic Redistricted to the 11th district District inactive January 3, 1963 District re-established January 3, 1993 Mel Watt January 3, 1993 Present Democratic References
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- ^ senate.leg.state.mn.us
- ^ politicsnj.com
- ^ "State Profile -- North Carolina". CNN. http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1996/states/NC/NC00.shtml. Retrieved May 20, 2010.
- ^ http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1992/1992_92_357/
- ^ http://www.senate.leg.state.mn.us/departments/scr/redist/redsum/NCSUM.HTM
- 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
North Carolina's congressional districts All districts: At-large 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
See also: North Carolina's past & present Representatives, Senators, and Delegations, 2010 elections, 2012 elections
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- United States Congress stubs
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