| South Carolina's 5th congressional district | |
|---|---|
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| Representative | |
| Population (2024) | 782,718[1] |
| Median household income | $75,344[1] |
| Ethnicity |
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| Cook PVI | R+11[2] |
South Carolina's 5th congressional district is a congressional district in northernSouth Carolina borderingNorth Carolina. The district includes all ofCherokee,Chester,Fairfield,Kershaw,Lancaster,Lee,Union andYork counties and parts ofNewberry,Spartanburg andSumter counties. The bulk of its population lives on the South Carolina side of theCharlotte metropolitan area, including the rapidly growing cities ofRock Hill,Fort Mill, andLake Wylie. Outside the Charlotte suburbs, the district is mostly rural and agricultural. The district borders were contracted from some of the easternmost counties in the 2012 redistricting.
The district's character is very similar to other mostly rural districts in the South.Democrats still hold most offices outsideRepublican-dominated York County. However, few of the area's Democrats can be described as liberal by national standards; most are fairly conservative on social issues, but less so on economics. The largest blocs of Republican voters are in the fast-growing Charlotte suburbs, as well as Cherokee County, which shares the Republican tilt of most of the rest of theUpstate. York County is by far the largest county in the district, with almost one-third of its population, and its increasingly Republican bent has pushed the district as a whole into the Republican column in recent years.
In November 2010, the RepublicanMick Mulvaney defeated longtime CongressmanJohn Spratt and became the first Republican sinceRobert Smalls and the end ofReconstruction to represent the district. Following Mulvaney's confirmation as the Director of theOffice of Management and Budget, aspecial election was held in 2017, in which RepublicanRalph Norman defeated DemocratArchie Parnell.[3]
From 2003 to 2013 the district included all of Cherokee,Chester,Chesterfield,Darlington,Dillon,Fairfield,Kershaw,Lancaster,Marlboro,Newberry andYork counties and parts ofFlorence,Lee andSumter counties.
For the118th and successive Congresses (based on redistricting following the2020 census), the district contains all or portions of the following counties and communities:[4]
LancasterCounty(10)
LeeCounty(8)
SumterCounty(13)
UnionCounty(6)
YorkCounty(16)
| Year | Office | Results[5] |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | President | McCain 55% - 43% |
| 2012 | President | Romney 57% - 43% |
| 2016 | President | Trump 58% - 38% |
| Senate | Scott 60% - 37% | |
| 2018 | Governor | McMaster 58% - 42% |
| Secretary of State | Hammond 60% - 40% | |
| Treasurer | Loftis 58% - 39% | |
| Attorney General | Wilson 58% - 40% | |
| 2020 | President | Trump 58% - 40% |
| Senate | Graham 57% - 41% | |
| 2022 | Senate | Scott 65% - 35% |
| Governor | McMaster 62% - 37% | |
| Secretary of State | Hammond 66% - 34% | |
| 2024 | President | Trump 61% - 38% |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Mick Mulvaney (incumbent) | 154,324 | 55.5 | |
| Democratic | Joyce Knott | 123,443 | 44.4 | |
| Write-in | 236 | 0.1 | ||
| Total votes | 278,003 | 100.0 | ||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Mick Mulvaney (incumbent) | 103,078 | 58.9 | |
| Democratic | Tom Adams | 71,985 | 41.1 | |
| Write-in | 82 | 0.0 | ||
| Total votes | 175,145 | 100.0 | ||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Mick Mulvaney (incumbent) | 161,669 | 59.2 | |
| Democratic | Fran Person | 105,772 | 38.7 | |
| American | Rudy Barnes Jr | 5,388 | 2.0 | |
| Write-in | 177 | 0.1 | ||
| Total votes | 273,006 | 100.0 | ||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Ralph Norman | 45,076 | 51.05% | ||
| Democratic | Archie Parnell | 42,341 | 47.94% | ||
| American | Josh Thornton | 319 | 0.36% | ||
| Libertarian | Victor Kocher | 273 | 0.31% | ||
| Green | David Kulma | 242 | 0.27% | ||
| Write-In | Write-in | 65 | 0.07% | ||
| Total votes | 88,316 | 100.0% | |||
| Republicanhold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Ralph Norman (incumbent) | 141,757 | 57.0 | |
| Democratic | Archie Parnell | 103,129 | 41.5 | |
| Constitution | Michael Chandler | 3,443 | 1.4 | |
| Write-in | 250 | 0.1 | ||
| Total votes | 248,579 | 100.0 | ||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Ralph Norman (incumbent) | 220,006 | 60.1 | |
| Democratic | Moe Brown | 145,979 | 39.9 | |
| Write-in | 273 | 0.1 | ||
| Total votes | 366,258 | 100.0 | ||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Ralph Norman (incumbent) | 154,725 | 64.01 | |
| Democratic | Evangeline Hundley | 83,299 | 34.46 | |
| Green | Larry Gaither | 3,547 | 1.47 | |
| Write-in | 136 | 0.06 | ||
| Total votes | 241,707 | 100% | ||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Ralph Norman (incumbent) | 228,260 | 63.5 | |
| Democratic | Evangeline Hundley | 130,592 | 36.3 | |
| Write-in | 557 | 0.2 | ||
| Total votes | 359,409 | 100.0 | ||
| Republicanhold | ||||
In the first season ofHouse of Cards, protagonistFrank Underwood represents the district in theUnited States House of Representatives as a Democrat between 1991 and 2013.
| U.S. House of Representatives | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by | Home district of thespeaker of the House December 7, 1857 – March 3, 1859 | Succeeded by |
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