North Carolina's 9th congressional district is a congressional district in south-central North Carolina. The entire counties of Alamance, Hoke, Moore, and Randolph counties as well as portions of Chatham, Cumberland, and Guilford counties including most of Fayetteville, and a very small portion of Greensboro.
Republicans have held this district since 1963. Republican Robert Pittenger had represented the district since January 2013. In February 2016 a U.S. District Court overturned the existing boundaries at the time because of politically directed gerrymandering that suppressed minority representation. In 2018, Pittenger was defeated by challenger Mark Harris in the Republican primary. The latter faced Democrat Dan McCready in the general election.
Harris was initially called as the winner by several hundred votes, but the result was not certified, pending a statewide investigation into allegations of absentee ballot fraud. On February 21, the bipartisan State Election Board unanimously voted to call for a new election for the 9th district, because of ballot fraud by Republican operatives.
A special election was held September 10, 2019, with Democrat Dan McCready running against Republican Dan Bishop, a state senator who won the Republican primary. Bishop won the 2019 special election to the U.S. House of Representatives with 50.7% of the vote to McCready's 48.7%.Live results: North Carolina elections, Politico, September 10, 2019.Republican Dan Bishop wins special election for House seat in North Carolina special election, NBC News projects, NBC News, September 10, 2019.
Candidate filing began February 24, 2022 after the North Carolina Supreme Court approved a new map that was only used for the 2022 United States House of Representatives elections, which had changed the 9th district boundaries to include Chatham, Hoke, Lee, Moore, Randolph and Scotland Counties and parts of Cumberland, Harnett and Richmond Counties.
The ninth district is currently represented by Richard Hudson.
Counties For the 119th and successive Congresses (based on the districts drawn following a 2023 legislative session), the district contains all or portions of the following counties and communities.https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/cong_dist/cd119/cd_based/ST37/CD119_NC09.pdf
Alamance County (14)
All 14 communities
Chatham County (6)
Bennett, Cary (part; also 2nd, 4th, and 13th; shared with Durham and Wake counties), Goldston, Gulf, Moncure, Siler City Cumberland County (2) Fayetteville (part; also 7th), Spring Lake Guilford County (11) Archdale (part; also 6th; shared with Randolph County), Forest Oaks, Gibsonville (shared with Alamance County), Greensboro (part; also 5th and 6th), High Point (part; also 6th; shared with Davidson, Forsyth, and Randolph counties), Jamestown (part; also 6th), McLeansville, Pleasant Garden, Sedalia, Summerfield (part; also 5th), Whitsett
Hoke County (7)
All seven communities Moore County (13) All 13 communities Randolph County (11) All 11 communities
Recent election results from statewide races Year Office Results2008 PresidentMcCain 54% - 44% SenateHagan 49% - 48% GovernorMcCrory 50% - 47%2010 SenateBurr 60% - 37%2012 PresidentRomney 57% - 43% GovernorMcCrory 59% - 39%2014 SenateTillis 56% - 40%2016 PresidentTrump 57% - 40% SenateBurr 57% - 39% GovernorMcCrory 55% - 43% Lt. GovernorForest 58% - 39% Secretary of StateLaPaglia 54% - 46% AuditorStuber 56% - 44% TreasurerFolwell 58% - 42% Attorney GeneralNewton 56% - 44%2020 PresidentTrump 56% - 42% SenateTillis 54% - 41% GovernorForest 52% - 46% Lt. GovernorRobinson 58% - 42% Secretary of StateSykes 55% - 45% AuditorStreet 55% - 45% TreasurerFolwell 58% - 42% Attorney GeneralO'Neill 56% - 44%2022 SenateBudd 58% - 40%2024 PresidentTrump 57% - 41% GovernorStein 49% - 46% Lt. GovernorWeatherman 54% - 43% Secretary of StateBrown 55% - 45% AuditorBoliek 56% - 41% TreasurerBriner 58% - 42% Attorney GeneralBishop 55% - 45%
List of members representing the district Member Party Years Congress Electoral history District location District established March 4, 1793 Thomas Blount Anti-Administration March 4, 1793 –March 3, 1795 Elected in 1793.Re-elected in 1795.Re-elected in 1796.Lost re-election. 1793–1803 Democratic-Republican March 4, 1795 –March 3, 1799 Willis Alston Federalist March 4, 1799 –March 3, 1803 Elected in 1798.Re-elected in 1800.Redistricted to the . Marmaduke Williams Democratic-Republican March 4, 1803 –March 3, 1809 Elected in 1803.Re-elected in 1804.Re-elected in 1806.Retired. 1803–1813 James Cochran Democratic-Republican March 4, 1809 –March 3, 1813 Elected in 1808.Re-elected in 1810.Retired. Bartlett Yancey Democratic-Republican March 4, 1813 –March 3, 1817 Elected in 1813.Re-elected in 1815.Retired. 1813–1823 Thomas Settle Democratic-Republican March 4, 1817 –March 3, 1821 Elected in 1817.Re-elected in 1819.Retired. Romulus M. Saunders Democratic-Republican March 4, 1821 –March 3, 1825 Elected in 1821.Re-elected in 1823.Re-elected in 1825.Retired. 1823–1833 Jacksonian March 4, 1825 –March 3, 1827 Augustine H. Shepperd Jacksonian March 4, 1827 –March 3, 1833 Elected in 1827.Re-elected in 1829.Re-elected in 1831.Re-elected in 1833.Re-elected in 1835.Re-elected in 1837. Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1833 –March 3, 1837 1833–1843 Whig March 4, 1837 –March 3, 1839 John Hill Democratic March 4, 1839 –March 3, 1841 Elected in 1839. Augustine H. Shepperd Whig March 4, 1841 –March 3, 1843 Elected in 1841. Kenneth Rayner Whig March 4, 1843 –March 3, 1845 Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1843. 1843–1853 Asa Biggs Democratic March 4, 1845 –March 3, 1847 Elected in 1845. David Outlaw Whig March 4, 1847 –March 3, 1853 Elected in 1847.Re-elected in 1849.Re-elected in 1851. District dissolved March 3, 1853 District re-established March 4, 1885 Thomas D. Johnston Democratic March 4, 1885 –March 3, 1889 Elected in 1884.Re-elected in 1886. 1885–1893 Hamilton G. Ewart Republican March 4, 1889 –March 3, 1891 Elected in 1888. William T. Crawford Democratic March 4, 1891 –March 3, 1895 Elected in 1890.Re-elected in 1892. 1893–1903 Richmond Pearson Republican March 4, 1895 –March 3, 1899 Elected in 1894.Re-elected in 1896. William T. Crawford Democratic March 4, 1899 –May 10, 1900 Lost contested election. Richmond PearsonRepublican May 10, 1900 –March 3, 1901 Won contested election. James M. Moody Republican March 4, 1901 –February 5, 1903 Elected in 1900.Died. Vacant February 5, 1903 –March 3, 1903 Edwin Y. Webb Democratic March 4, 1903 –November 10, 1919 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.Re-elected in 1918.Resigned. 1903–1913 1913–1933 Vacant November 10, 1919 –December 16, 1919 Clyde R. Hoey Democratic December 16, 1919 –March 3, 1921 Elected to finish Webb's term. Alfred L. Bulwinkle Democratic March 4, 1921 –March 3, 1929 Elected in 1920.Re-elected in 1922.Re-elected in 1924.Re-elected in 1926.Lost re-election. Charles A. Jonas Republican March 4, 1929 –March 3, 1931 Elected in 1928. Alfred L. Bulwinkle Democratic March 4, 1931 –March 3, 1933 Elected in 1930.Redistricted to the . Robert L. Doughton Democratic March 4, 1933 –January 3, 1953 Redistricted from the and re-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. 1933–1943 1943–1953 Hugh Quincy Alexander Democratic January 3, 1953 –January 3, 1963 Elected in 1952.Re-elected in 1954.Re-elected in 1956.Re-elected in 1958.Re-elected in 1960.Lost re-election. 1953–1963 Jim Broyhill Republican January 3, 1963 –January 3, 1969 Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1962.Re-elected in 1964.Re-elected in 1966.Redistricted to the . 1963–1973 Charles R. Jonas Republican January 3, 1969 –January 3, 1973 Redistricted from the and Re-elected in 1968.Re-elected in 1970.Retired. James G. MartinRepublican January 3, 1973 –January 3, 1985 Elected in 1972.Re-elected in 1974.Re-elected in 1976.Re-elected in 1978.Re-elected in 1980.Re-elected in 1982.Retired to run for governor of North Carolina. 1973–1983 1983–1993 Alex McMillan Republican January 3, 1985 –January 3, 1995 Elected in 1984.Re-elected in 1986.Re-elected in 1988.Re-elected in 1990.Re-elected in 1992.Retired. 1993–2003 Sue Myrick Republican January 3, 1995 –January 3, 2013 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.Retired. 2003–2013 Robert Pittenger Republican January 3, 2013 –January 3, 2019 Elected in 2012.Re-elected in 2014.Re-elected in 2016.Lost renomination. 2013–2017 2017–2021 Vacant January 3, 2019 –September 10, 2019 Election voided. Dan Bishop Republican September 10, 2019 –January 3, 2023 Elected to the vacant term.Re-elected in 2020.Redistricted to the .2021–2023 Richard Hudson Republican January 3, 2023 –present Redistricted from the and Re-elected in 2022.Re-elected in 2024. 2023–2025 2025–present
2018 voter fraud
In the Republican primary incumbent Robert Pittenger was defeated by former pastor Mark Harris, who had closely challenged him two years earlier. Harris won 48.5 percent of the vote to Pittenger's 46.2 percent.
The New York Times described the election between Harris and Democrat Dan McCready as a "top-tier contest". In results on election day, Harris defeated McCready by 905 votes, but on November 27, 2018, the North Carolina State Board of Elections and Ethics Reform declined to certify the election results, citing voting irregularities involving absentee ballots. The irregularities in counting and handling of absentee ballots became the subject of a criminal investigation.
Outlets such as the Associated Press and FiveThirtyEight subsequently retracted calling the race, pending the decision of the state board of elections. On December 1, the chair of the state elections board resigned, saying: "The investigation of criminal conduct and absentee voting fraud in the 2018 Republican primary and 2018 general election in congressional district 9 is a matter of vital importance to our democracy", adding that "I will not allow myself to be used as an instrument of distraction in this investigation".
On November 30, the election board of the district decided to hear evidence about "claims of numerous irregularities and concerted fraudulent activities" at a meeting to be held by December 21. A finding of fraud could have resulted in a new election.