South Carolina's 5th congressional district

South Carolina's 5th congressional district is a congressional district in northern South Carolina bordering North Carolina. The district includes all of Cherokee, Chester, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lancaster, Lee, Union and York counties and parts of Newberry, Spartanburg and Sumter counties. The bulk of its population lives on the South Carolina side of the Charlotte metropolitan area, including the rapidly growing cities of Rock Hill, Fort Mill, and Lake 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 outside Republican-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 the Upstate. 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 Republican Mick Mulvaney defeated longtime Congressman John Spratt and became the first Republican since Robert Smalls and the end of Reconstruction to represent the district. Following Mulvaney's confirmation as the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, a special election was held in 2017, in which Republican Ralph Norman defeated Democrat Archie Parnell.

From 2003 to 2013 the district included all of Cherokee, Chester, Chesterfield, Darlington, Dillon, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lancaster, Marlboro, Newberry and York counties and parts of Florence, Lee and Sumter counties.

Composition For the 118th and successive Congresses (based on redistricting following the 2020 census), the district contains all or portions of the following counties and communities:https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/cong_dist/cd118/cd_based/ST45/CD118_SC05.pdf

Cherokee County (6)

All 6 communities

Chester County (7)

All 7 communities

Fairfield County (5)

All 5 communities

Kershaw County (7)

All 7 communities

Lancaster County (10)

All 10 communities

Lee County (8)

All 8 communities

Spartanburg County (6)

Boiling Springs (part; also 4th), Chesnee, Converse (part; also 4th), Cowpens, Fingerville, Mayo

Sumter County (13)

Cane Savannah, Cherryvale, Dalzell, East Sumter (part; also 6th), Mulberry, Oakland, Oswego, Pinewood, Privateer, Rembert, Stateburg, Sumter (part; also 6th), Wedgefield

Union County (6)

All 6 communities

York County (16)

All 16 communities

Recent election results from statewide races Year Office Results2008 PresidentMcCain 55% - 43%2012 PresidentRomney 57% - 43%2016 PresidentTrump 58% - 38% SenateScott 60% - 37%2018 GovernorMcMaster 58% - 42% Secretary of StateHammond 60% - 40% TreasurerLoftis 58% - 39% Attorney GeneralWilson 58% - 40%2020 PresidentTrump 58% - 40% SenateGraham 57% - 41%2022 SenateScott 65% - 35% GovernorMcMaster 62% - 37% Secretary of StateHammond 66% - 34%2024 PresidentTrump 61% - 38%

List of members representing the district Member Party Years Congress Electoral history District location District established March 4, 1789 Thomas Tudor Tucker Anti-Administration March 4, 1789 –March 3, 1793 Elected in 1788.Re-elected in 1790.Retired. 1789–1793"Ninety-Six district" Alexander Gillon Anti-Administration March 4, 1793 –October 6, 1794 Elected in 1793.Died. 1793–1797"Ninety-Six district" Vacant October 6, 1794 –February 9, 1795 Robert Goodloe Harper Pro-Administration February 9, 1795 –March 3, 1795 Elected October 13–14, 1794 to finish Gillon's term and elected the same day to the next term.Re-elected in 1796.Re-elected in 1798.Retired. Federalist March 4, 1795 –March 3, 1801 1797–1803"Ninety-Six district" William Butler Democratic-Republican March 4, 1801 –March 3, 1803 Elected in 1800.Redistricted to the . Richard Winn Democratic-Republican March 4, 1803 –March 3, 1813 Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1803.Re-elected in 1804.Re-elected in 1806.Re-elected in 1808.Re-elected in 1810.Retired. 1803–1813"Sumter district" David R. Evans Democratic-Republican March 4, 1813 –March 3, 1815 Elected in 1812.Retired. 1813–1823"Newberry district" William Woodward Democratic-Republican March 4, 1815 –March 3, 1817 Elected in 1814.Lost re-election. Starling Tucker Democratic-Republican March 4, 1817 –March 3, 1823 Elected in 1816.Re-elected in 1818.Re-elected in 1818.Re-elected in 1820.Redistricted to the . George McDuffie Democratic-Republican (Jackson) March 4, 1823 –March 3, 1825 Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1823.Re-elected in 1824.Re-elected in 1826.Re-elected in 1828.Re-elected in 1830.Re-elected in 1833.Re-elected in 1834.Resigned to become Governor of South Carolina. 1823–1833"Edgefield district" Jacksonian March 4, 1825 –March 3, 1831 Nullifier March 4, 1831 –1834 1833–1843 Vacant 1834 –December 8, 1834 Francis W. Pickens Nullifier December 8, 1834 –March 3, 1839 Elected to finish McDuffie's term.Also elected to the next full term.Re-elected in 1836.Re-elected in 1838.Re-elected in 1840.Retired. Democratic March 4, 1839 –March 3, 1843 Armistead Burt Democratic March 4, 1843 –March 3, 1853 Elected in 1843.Re-elected in 1844.Re-elected in 1846.Re-elected in 1848.Re-elected in 1850.Retired. 1843–1853 James L. Orr Democratic March 4, 1853 –March 3, 1859 Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1853.Re-elected in 1854.Re-elected in 1856Retired. 1853–1860 John D. Ashmore Democratic March 4, 1859 –December 21, 1860 Elected in 1858.Re-elected in 1860 but resigned due to Civil War. District inactive December 21, 1860 –March 3, 1863 Civil War District dissolved March 4, 1863 District re-established March 4, 1875 Robert Smalls Republican March 4, 1875 –March 3, 1879 Elected in 1874.Re-elected in 1876.Lost re-election. 1875–1883 George D. Tillman Democratic March 4, 1879 –July 19, 1882 Elected in 1878.Re-elected in 1880.Lost contested election. Robert Smalls Republican July 19, 1882 –March 3, 1883 Won contested election.Retired. John J. Hemphill Democratic March 4, 1883 –March 3, 1893 Elected in 1882.Re-elected in 1884.Re-elected in 1886.Re-elected in 1888.Re-elected in 1890.Lost renomination. 1883–1893 Thomas J. Strait Democratic March 4, 1893 –March 3, 1899 Elected in 1892.Re-elected in 1894.Re-elected in 1896.Lost renomination. 1893–1903 David E. Finley Democratic March 4, 1899 –January 26, 1917 Elected in 1898.Re-elected in 1900.Re-elected in 1902.Re-elected in 1904.Re-elected in 1906.Re-elected in 1908.Re-elected in 1910.Re-elected in 1912.Re-elected in 1914.Re-elected in 1916 but died before next term began. 1903–1913 1913–1923 Vacant January 26, 1917 –February 21, 1917 Paul G. McCorkle Democratic February 21, 1917 –March 3, 1917 Elected to finish Finley's term in the 64th Congress.Retired. William F. Stevenson Democratic March 4, 1917 –March 3, 1933 Elected to finish Finley's term in the 65th Congress.Re-elected in 1918.Re-elected in 1920.Re-elected in 1922.Re-elected in 1924.Re-elected in 1926.Re-elected in 1928.Re-elected in 1930.Lost renomination. 1923–1933 James P. Richards Democratic March 4, 1933 –January 3, 1957 Elected in 1932.Re-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.Retired. 1933–1943 1943–1953 1953–1963 Robert W. Hemphill Democratic January 3, 1957 –May 1, 1964 Elected in 1956.Re-elected in 1958.Re-elected in 1960.Re-elected in 1962.Resigned to become Judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina. 1963–1973 Vacant May 1, 1964 –November 3, 1964 Thomas S. Gettys Democratic November 3, 1964 –December 31, 1974 Elected to finish Hemphill's term.Also elected to the next full term.Re-elected in 1966.Re-elected in 1968.Re-elected in 1970.Re-elected in 1972.Retired and resigned before next term began. 1973–1983 Kenneth L. Holland Democratic January 3, 1975 –January 3, 1983 Elected in 1974.Re-elected in 1976.Re-elected in 1978.Re-elected in 1980.Retired. John Spratt Democratic January 3, 1983 –January 3, 2011 Elected in 1982.Re-elected in 1984.Re-elected in 1986.Re-elected in 1988.Re-elected in 1990.Re-elected in 1992.Re-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.Lost re-election. 1983–1993 1993–20032003–2013 Mick Mulvaney Republican January 3, 2011 –February 16, 2017 Elected in 2010.Re-elected in 2012.Re-elected in 2014.Re-elected in 2016.Resigned to become director of the Office of Management and Budget.2013–2023 Vacant February 16, 2017 –June 20, 2017 Ralph Norman Republican June 20, 2017 –present Elected to finish Mulvaney's term.Re-elected in 2018.Re-elected in 2020.Re-elected in 2022.Re-elected in 2024.Retiring to run for Governor of South Carolina and later for the U.S. Senate. 2023–2033

Past election results 2012

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2017 special election

2018

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2022

2024

In popular culture In the first season of House of Cards, protagonist Frank Underwood represents the district in the United States House of Representatives as a Democrat between 1991 and 2013.

South Carolina's 5th congressional district

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