North Carolina's 3rd congressional district
North Carolina's 3rd congressional district is located on the Atlantic coast of North Carolina. It covers the Outer Banks and the counties adjacent to the Pamlico Sound.
North Carolina's 3rd congressional district | |||
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Interactive map of district boundaries | |||
Representative |
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Population (2022) | 756,848[1] | ||
Median household income | $61,546[1] | ||
Ethnicity |
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Cook PVI | R+15[2] |
The district is currently represented by Greg Murphy following a special election after the seat was left vacant following the passing of Walter B. Jones Jr. in February 2019.[3] Jones had been the district's representative from 1995 until his death. In 2008, he defeated Democrat Craig Weber for reelection, and was challenged in 2010 by former chair of the Pitt County Democratic Party Johnny Rouse, whom he defeated by a vote of 72% to 26% (141,978 votes to 50,600). In 2012, he was challenged by Frank Palombo, the former New Bern Police Chief, for the Republican Party nomination.[4] The winner of the Republican primary then faced Marine Corps Veteran Erik Anderson in the general election.[5]
A special election to fill the vacancy caused by Jones's death was held on September 10, 2019. State representative Greg Murphy won the election.[6]
On February 23, 2022, the North Carolina Supreme Court approved a new map which changed the 3rd district boundaries to include Duplin and Sampson counties and part of Wayne County while removing Chowan, Greene, Pasquotank, Perquimans and Tyrrell counties[7]
Counties
Counties in the 2023–2025 district map:
List of members representing the district
Member (Residence) |
Party | Years | Cong ress |
Electoral history | District location |
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District established April 6, 1790 | |||||
Timothy Bloodworth (Wilmington) |
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 (Halifax) |
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 missing] |
![]() Joseph Winston (Surry County) |
Anti-Administration | March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795 |
3rd | Elected in 1793. Lost re-election. |
1793–1803 [data missing] |
Jesse Franklin (Orange County) |
Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1797 |
4th | Elected in 1795. Lost re-election. | |
![]() Robert Williams (Surry County) |
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 (Washington) |
Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1805 |
8th | Elected in 1803. Lost re-election. |
1803–1813 "North Carolina congressional district map (1803–13)".[8] |
![]() Thomas Blount (Tarboro) |
Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1809 |
9th 10th |
Elected in 1804. Re-elected in 1806. Lost re-election. | |
William Kennedy (Washington) |
Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1811 |
11th | Elected in 1808. Retired. | |
![]() Thomas Blount (Tarboro) |
Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1811 – February 7, 1812 |
12th | Elected in 1810. Died. | |
Vacant | February 7, 1812 – January 30, 1813 |
12th | |||
William Kennedy (Washington) |
Democratic-Republican | January 30, 1813 – March 3, 1815 |
13th | 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)".[8] | |||||
James W. Clark (Tarboro) |
Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817 |
14th 15th |
Elected in 1815. Retired. | |
Thomas H. Hall (Tarboro) |
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)".[8] | ||||
Richard Hines (Tarboro) |
Jacksonian | March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827 |
19th | Elected in 1825. Lost re-election. | |
Thomas H. Hall (Tarboro) |
Jacksonian | March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1835 |
20th 21st 22nd 23rd |
Elected in 1827. Re-elected in 1829. Re-elected in 1831. Re-elected in 1833. [data missing] | |
1833–1843 "North Carolina congressional district map (1813–43)".[8] | |||||
Ebenezer Pettigrew (Cool Springs) |
Anti-Jacksonian | March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837 |
24th | Elected in 1835. [data missing] | |
![]() Edward Stanly (Washington) |
Whig | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1843 |
25th 26th 27th |
Elected in 1837. Re-elected in 1839. Re-elected in 1841. [data missing] | |
![]() David S. Reid (Reidsville) |
Democratic | March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847 |
28th 29th |
Elected in 1843. Re-elected in 1845. [data missing] |
1843–1853 [data missing] |
![]() Daniel M. Barringer (Concord) |
Whig | March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849 |
30th | Redistricted from the 2nd district and re-elected in 1847. [data missing] | |
Edmund Deberry (Mount Gilead) |
Whig | March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851 |
31st | Elected in 1849. [data missing] | |
![]() Alfred Dockery (Dockery's Store) |
Whig | March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853 |
32nd | Elected in 1851. [data missing] | |
![]() William S. Ashe (Wilmington) |
Democratic | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 |
33rd | Redistricted from the 7th district and re-elected in 1853. [data missing] |
1853–1861 [data missing] |
![]() Warren Winslow (Fayetteville) |
Democratic | March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1861 |
34th 35th 36th |
Elected in 1855. Re-elected in 1857. Re-elected in 1859. [data missing] | |
Vacant | March 3, 1861 – July 13, 1868 |
37th 38th 39th 40th |
Civil War and Reconstruction | ||
![]() Oliver H. Dockery (Mangum) |
Republican | July 13, 1868 – March 3, 1871 |
40th 41st |
Elected to finish the short term. Re-elected in 1868. [data missing] |
1868–1873 [data missing] |
![]() Alfred M. Waddell (Wilmington) |
Democratic | March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1879 |
42nd 43rd 44th 45th |
Elected in 1870. Re-elected in 1872. Re-elected in 1874. Re-elected in 1876. [data missing] | |
1873–1883 [data missing] | |||||
![]() Daniel L. Russell (Wilmington) |
Greenback | March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881 |
46th | Elected in 1878. [data missing] | |
![]() John W. Shackelford (Jacksonville) |
Democratic | March 4, 1881 – January 18, 1883 |
47th | Elected in 1880. Died. | |
Vacant | January 18, 1883 – March 3, 1883 |
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![]() Wharton J. Green (Fayetteville) |
Democratic | March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887 |
48th 49th |
Elected in 1882. Re-elected in 1884. [data missing] |
1883–1893 [data missing] |
![]() Charles W. McClammy (Scotts Hill) |
Democratic | March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1891 |
50th 51st |
Elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1888. [data missing] | |
![]() Benjamin F. Grady (Wallace) |
Democratic | March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1895 |
52nd 53rd |
Elected in 1890. Re-elected in 1892. [data missing] | |
1893–1903 [data missing] | |||||
![]() John G. Shaw (Fayetteville) |
Democratic | March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897 |
54th | Elected in 1894. [data missing] | |
![]() John E. Fowler (Clinton) |
Populist | March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1899 |
55th | Elected in 1896. [data missing] | |
![]() Charles R. Thomas (New Bern) |
Democratic | March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1911 |
56th 57th 58th 59th 60th 61st |
Elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Re-elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. [data missing] | |
1903–1913 [data missing] | |||||
![]() John M. Faison (Faison) |
Democratic | March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1915 |
62nd 63rd |
Elected in 1910. Re-elected in 1912. [data missing] | |
1913–1933 [data missing] | |||||
![]() George E. Hood (Goldsboro) |
Democratic | March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1919 |
64th 65th |
Elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. [data missing] | |
![]() Samuel M. Brinson (New Bern) |
Democratic | March 4, 1919 – April 13, 1922 |
66th 67th |
Elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Died. | |
Vacant | April 13, 1922 – November 7, 1922 |
67th | |||
![]() Charles L. Abernethy (New Bern) |
Democratic | November 7, 1922 – January 3, 1935 |
67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd 73rd |
Elected to finish Brinson's term. Re-elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Re-elected in 1932. Lost renomination. | |
1933–1943 [data missing] | |||||
![]() Graham A. Barden (New Bern) |
Democratic | January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1961 |
74th 75th 76th 77th 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th |
Elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Retired. | |
1943–1953 [data missing] | |||||
1953–1963 [data missing] | |||||
![]() David N. Henderson (Wallace) |
Democratic | January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1977 |
87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th |
Elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Retired. | |
1963–1973 [data missing] | |||||
1973–1983 [data missing] | |||||
![]() Charles O. Whitley (Mount Olive) |
Democratic | January 3, 1977 – December 31, 1986 |
95th 96th 97th 98th 99th |
Elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Resigned. | |
1983–1993 [data missing] | |||||
Vacant | December 31, 1986 – January 3, 1987 |
99th | |||
![]() Martin Lancaster (Goldsboro) |
Democratic | January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1995 |
100th 101st 102nd 103rd |
Elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Lost re-election. | |
1993–2003 [data missing] | |||||
![]() Walter B. Jones Jr. (Farmville) |
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![]() | |||||
2017–2021![]() | |||||
Vacant | February 10, 2019 – September 10, 2019 |
116th | |||
![]() Greg Murphy (Greenville) |
Republican | September 10, 2019 – present |
116th 117th 118th |
Elected to finish Jones's term. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. | |
2021–2023![]() Static map of 2021-3 congressional district | |||||
2023–2025![]() |
Past election results
2000
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Walter B. Jones (incumbent) | 121,940 | 61.4 | |
Democratic | Leigh McNairy | 74,058 | 37.3 | |
Libertarian | David Russell | 2,457 | 1.2 | |
Total votes | 144,934 | 100 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
2002
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Walter B. Jones (incumbent) | 131,448 | 90.7 | |
Libertarian | Gary Goodson | 13,486 | 9.3 | |
Total votes | 144,934 | 100 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
2004
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Walter B. Jones (incumbent) | 171,863 | 70.7 | |
Democratic | Roger A. Eaton | 71,227 | 29.3 | |
Total votes | 243,090 | 100 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
2006
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Walter B. Jones (incumbent) | 99,519 | 68.64 | |
Democratic | Craig Weber | 45,458 | 31.36 | |
Total votes | 144,977 | 100 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
2008
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Walter B. Jones (incumbent) | 201,686 | 65.9 | |
Democratic | Craig Weber | 104,364 | 34.1 | |
Total votes | 306,050 | 100 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
2010
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Walter B. Jones (incumbent) | 143,225 | 71.86 | |
Democratic | Johnny G. Rouse | 51,317 | 25.75 | |
Libertarian | Darryl Holloman | 4,762 | 2.39 | |
Total votes | 199,304 | 100 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
2012
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Walter B. Jones (incumbent) | 195,571 | 63.11 | |
Democratic | Erik Anderson | 114,314 | 36.89 | |
Total votes | 309,885 | 100 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
2014
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Walter B. Jones (incumbent) | 139,415 | 67.81 | |
Democratic | Marshall Adame | 66,182 | 32.19 | |
Total votes | 205,597 | 100 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
2016
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Walter B. Jones (incumbent) | 217,531 | 67.2 | |
Democratic | Ernest T. Reeves | 106,170 | 32.8 | |
Total votes | 323,701 | 100 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
2018
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Walter B. Jones (incumbent) | 186,353 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 186,353 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
2019 special election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Greg Murphy (incumbent) | 229,800 | 63.4 | |
Democratic | Daryl Farrow | 132,752 | 36.6 | |
Total votes | 362,552 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
2022
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Republican | Greg Murphy (incumbent) | 166,520 | 66.9% | ||
Democratic | Barbara Gaskins | 82,378 | 33.1% | ||
Total votes | 247,898 | 100.0% | |||
Republican hold | |||||
See also
- List of United States congressional districts
- North Carolina's congressional districts
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