South Carolina's 7th congressional district
South Carolina's 7th congressional district | |
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Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023 | |
Representative | |
Population (2022) | 762,499[1] |
Median household income | $53,313[1] |
Ethnicity |
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Cook PVI | R+11[2] |
South Carolina's 7th congressional districtis acongressional districtfor theUnited States House of RepresentativesinSouth Carolina,established in 2011 following apportionment of another seat to the state in theredistricting cyclefollowing the 2010 census. It is located in thePee Deeregion, and includes all ofChesterfield,Darlington,Dillon,Georgetown,Horry,Marion,andMarlboroCounties and most ofFlorence County.The district is represented by RepublicanRussell Frywho was elected in 2022 and took office on January 3, 2023.
History[edit]
The 7th congressional district of South Carolina existed in the 19th century, but was eliminated in 1853 as a result of the1850 census.After the1880 census,Congress apportioned the state another seat, and the state legislature re-established the district.
By that time, theReconstruction erahad ended and the state legislature was controlled by Democrats, who wrested control by a mixture of violence and fraud. They defined the boundaries of the 7th district, which was called the "shoestring district" because of its long, narrow shape that included many black precincts. In 1892 and 1894 the majority-black voters of the district electedGeorge W. Murrayto Congress; he was the only African American to serve in Congress in those sessions and, following disfranchisement and demographic changes, the last elected from the state untilJim Clyburnin 1992.
In 1895, the Democrat-dominated state legislature passed a new constitution,disfranchisingblack voters by changes to voter registration and electoral rules that were applied against them in a discriminatory way. For decades after 1896, only white Democrats were elected to Congress from the state. (Such disfranchisement occurred among all the states of the former Confederacy, and their use ofpoll taxes,literacy tests,grandfather clauses,andwhite primariessurvived several US Supreme Court challenges.)
During the first half of the 20th century, 6.5 million blacks in total left South Carolina and other southern states in theGreat Migrationto the North, Midwest and West. Following cumulative declines in state population, after the1930 census,South Carolina lost a seat and the 7th district was eliminated in redistricting. It was last represented by DemocratHampton P. Fulmer,who was redistricted into the2nd district.
South Carolina had only six districts for the next 80 years. African Americans were effectively barred from voting until after passage of theVoting Rights Act of 1965.Increases in population led to the state's receiving another congressional seat in theredistricting cyclefollowing the 2010 census.
The 7th district is located in the rapidly developing area of northeastern South Carolina, including theMyrtle Beachmetropolitan area (theGrand Strand) and thePee Deeregion.[3][4]It is a white-majority district and its voters elected RepublicanTom Riceas US Representative from the district in 2012; he took office in January 2013, when the 113th Congress convened. Due almost entirely to the presence of heavily RepublicanHorry County,which has as many people as the rest of the district combined, it tilts Republican.
The district boundaries are roughly similar to the configuration of the6th congressional districtbefore it was reconfigured after the 1990 census as a black-majority district.
Counties[edit]
Counties in the 2023–2033 district map:
- Chesterfield County
- Darlington County
- Dillon County
- Florence County(part)
- Georgetown County
- Horry County
- Marion County
- Marlboro County
Election results from presidential races[edit]
Year | Office | Result |
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2012 | President | Romney54.5–44.4% |
2016 | President | Trump58–39.1% |
2020 | President | Trump58–40.2% |
List of members representing the district[edit]
Past election results[edit]
2012[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Republican | Tom Rice | 153,068 | 55.5 | ||
Democratic | Gloria Tinubu | 122,389 | 44.4 | ||
Write-in | 281 | 0.1 | |||
Total votes | 275,738 | 100.0 | |||
Republicanwin(new seat) |
2014[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Tom Rice(Incumbent) | 102,833 | 59.9 | |
Democratic | Gloria Bromell-Tinubu | 68,576 | 40.0 | |
Write-in | 115 | 0.1 | ||
Total votes | 171,524 | 100.0 | ||
Republicanhold |
2016[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Tom Rice(incumbent) | 176,468 | 61.0 | |
Democratic | Mal Hyman | 112,744 | 38.9 | |
Write-in | 251 | 0.1 | ||
Total votes | 289,463 | 100.0 | ||
Republicanhold |
2018[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Tom Rice(incumbent) | 142,681 | 59.6 | |
Democratic | Robert Williams | 96,564 | 40.3 | |
Write-in | 309 | 0.1 | ||
Total votes | 239,554 | 100.0 | ||
Republicanhold |
2020[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Tom Rice(incumbent) | 224,993 | 61.8 | |
Democratic | Melissa Ward Watson | 138,863 | 38.1 | |
Write-in | 235 | 0.1 | ||
Total votes | 364,091 | 100.0 | ||
Republicanhold |
2022[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Russell Fry | 164,440 | 64.7 | |
Democratic | Daryl W. Scott | 89,030 | 35.0 | |
Write-in | 395 | 0.1 | ||
Total votes | 253,865 | 100.0 | ||
Republicanhold |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ab"My Congressional District".census.gov.U.S. Census Bureau Center for New Media and Promotion (CNMP).
- ^"2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List".Cook Political Report.July 12, 2022.RetrievedJanuary 10,2023.
- ^"Census 2010 shows Red states gaining congressional districts".Washington Post.RetrievedDecember 21,2010.
- ^"Archived copy"(PDF).Archived fromthe original(PDF)on April 13, 2014.RetrievedMay 4,2014.
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:CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^"Election Statistics - US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives".Karen Haas, Clerk of the United States House of Representatives.RetrievedFebruary 23,2013.
- ^The votes for the Democratic candidate includes votes cast for the candidate who also ran under theWorking Families Partyticket
- ^"South Carolina Election Commission Official Results".West Virginia Secretary of State. November 4, 2014.RetrievedJanuary 8,2015.
- ^"2016 Statewide General Election official results".South Carolina State Election Commission.RetrievedDecember 5,2016.
- ^Johnson, Cheryl L. (February 28, 2019)."Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 6, 2018".Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives.RetrievedApril 27,2019.
- ^"2020 Statewide General Election Night Reporting - Results".South Carolina Election Commission.November 10, 2020.RetrievedNovember 11,2020.
- ^"2022 Statewide General Election".enr-scvotes.org.November 11, 2022.RetrievedJanuary 2,2023.
- 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