North Carolina's 4th congressional district

{{Infobox U.S. congressional district

| state = North Carolina

| district number = 4

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| image caption = Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2025

| representative = Valerie Foushee

| party = Democratic

| residence = Hillsborough

| english area =

| metric area =

| percent urban =

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| population = 769,250

| population year = 2023

| median income = $76,468{{Cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=37&cd=04|title=My Congressional District|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau Center for New Media and Promotion (CNMP)|website=census.gov}}

| percent white = 53.1

| percent hispanic = 11.5

| percent black = 19.7

| percent asian = 10.8

| percent more than one race = 4.2

| percent other race = 0.8

| percent blue collar =

| percent white collar =

| percent gray collar =

| cpvi = D+23{{Cite web|title=2025 Cook PVI℠: District Map and List (119th Congress)|url=https://www.cookpolitical.com/cook-pvi/2025-partisan-voting-index/district-map-and-list|access-date=2025-04-05|website=Cook Political Report|language=en}}

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North Carolina's 4th congressional district is located in the central region of the state. The district includes all of Alamance County, Durham County, Granville County, and Orange County, as well as a portion of Caswell County. With a Cook Partisan Voting Index rating of D+23, it is the one of the most Democratic districts in North Carolina.

Until 2023, the district was represented by 11-term Congressman David Price, a former political science professor at Duke who was first elected in 1986, ousting one-term Republican incumbent Bill Cobey.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=1398|title=Our Campaigns - Candidate - David E. Price|website=www.ourcampaigns.com}} Price was reelected in 1988, 1990, and 1992, but he was defeated in his bid for a fifth term in 1994 by Republican Fred Heineman, the Raleigh Police Chief, in a generally bad year for Democrats in North Carolina. Price came back to defeat Heineman in a rematch in 1996, and has been reelected each time since then by large margins, usually with more than 60% of the vote. In 2020, Price received 67% of the votes (332,421 votes) to defeat Republican challenger Robert Thomas, who received 33% (161,298 votes).{{cite news | url=https://er.ncsbe.gov/?election_dt=11/03/2020&county_id=0&office=FED&contest=0 | publisher=NCSBE | title=11/03/2020 UNOFFICIAL LOCAL ELECTION RESULTS - STATEWIDE}}

Before court mandated redistricting in 2016, according to research by Christopher Ingraham of The Washington Post, the district was the third most gerrymandered Congressional district in North Carolina and seventh most gerrymandered district in the United States.{{Cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/05/15/americas-most-gerrymandered-congressional-districts | first= Christopher | last=Ingraham | title=America's most gerrymandered congressional districts | newspaper= The Washington Post | language=en | access-date=March 14, 2019}} In contrast, its predecessor was the most regularly drawn of the state's 13 districts.

The fourth district is currently represented by Valerie Foushee.

History

From 2003 to 2013, the district contained most of the area commonly known as The Triangle. It included all of Durham and Orange counties, part of Wake County and a small section of Chatham County. The 4th district picked up the most Republican areas of Wake County, such as Apex, Cary, and much of North Raleigh in order to help make the neighboring 13th and 2nd districts more Democratic. For instance, Barack Obama defeated John McCain in the Wake County portion of the district in 2008 by 51–48%, a difference of less than 8,000 votes in between the two candidates.{{Cite web |url=https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1LBUAimu3_h7u_8cF15xzwASqoCSSQyHXOaExl88GB8o/edit?usp=embed_facebook |title=north carolina hard totals |website=Google Docs |language=en-US |access-date=March 14, 2019}} In contrast, Obama won Wake County overall by a much greater margin of 56–43%, and Obama swept the 4th district as a whole by 63–36%. The Republican influence in the district's Wake County portion was more than canceled out by the two Democratic strongholds of Orange and Durham counties, where Obama received 72% and 76%, respectively, his two best counties in the entire state. The 4th district had a Cook PVI of D+8, which made it the most Democratic white-majority district in the entire South outside of South Florida and Northern Virginia.

The district became even more heavily Democratic as a result of 2012 redistricting, in which the more Republican areas of western and southern Wake County were removed, along with northern Orange County and most of its share of Durham County. They were replaced by heavily Democratic portions of Alamance, Cumberland, Harnett and Lee counties. Additionally, the district was pushed further into Raleigh. Like its predecessor, the district is one of the few Southern districts with a significant concentration of progressive-minded white voters—similar to areas around Atlanta, Houston, Charlotte, Nashville, Memphis and Austin. The presence of the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and Duke University, as well as large African-American populations in Durham and Raleigh help contribute to the liberal nature of the 4th district.

Before court mandated redistricting in 2016, the district was just barely contiguous; the northern and southern portions were connected by a barely-discernible strip of land along the Lee/Harnett line. Court-mandated redistricting in 2019 again reconfigured the district, returning large portions of Durham County and removing large portions of Raleigh and Cary, North Carolina.{{Cite web |url=https://www.ncleg.gov/Redistricting |title=Legislative and Congressional Redistricting |website=North Carolina General Assembly |language=en-US |access-date=January 4, 2021}}

On February 23, 2022, the North Carolina Supreme Court approved a new map which changed the 4th district boundaries to include Alamance and Person while removing Franklin and the parts of Chatham, Vance and Wake.{{cite news|url=https://myfox8.com/your-local-election-hq/today-is-the-day-for-court-to-choose-new-election-maps-in-north-carolina-how-will-it-play-out/|title=Check out new election maps: NC Supreme Court rejects appeals, approves special masters' districts|last=Doule|first=Steve|work=WGHP|date=February 23, 2022|access-date=March 21, 2022}}

Counties and communities

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_NC01.pdf https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/cong_dist/cd119/cd_based/ST37/CD119_NC04.pdf]{{Cite web |title=What the NC Supreme Court decision means for redistricting in the state and elsewhere |url=https://www.wfae.org/show/charlotte-talks-with-mike-collins/2023-05-07/what-the-nc-supreme-court-decision-means-for-redistricting-in-the-state-and-elsewhere |access-date=2025-04-12 |website=WFAE 90.7 - Charlotte's NPR News Source |language=en}}{{Cite news |last=Lopez |first=Ashley |date=2023-10-25 |title=North Carolina lawmakers approve maps creating gains for the GOP in Congress |url=https://www.npr.org/2023/10/25/1208002456/north-carolina-redistricting-congressional-districts |access-date=2025-04-12 |work=NPR |language=en}}

Chatham County (7)

: Briar Chapel, Carolina Meadows, Cary (part; also 2nd and 9th; shared with Durham and Wake counties), Fearrington Village, Governors Club, Governors Village, Pittsboro

Durham County (6)

: All six communities

Orange County (5)

: All five communities

Wake County (5)

: Apex, Cary (part; also 2nd, 9th, and 13th; shared with Chatham and Durham counties), Fuquay-Varina (part; also 13th), Holly Springs (part; also 13th), Morrisville (part; also 2nd; shared with Durham County)

Recent election results from statewide races

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! Year

! Office

! Resultshttps://davesredistricting.org/maps#viewmap::4f133eac-adb1-4bb4-a7fe-92aa8a5f1ed4

rowspan=3|2008

| President

| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Obama 68% - 31%

Senate

| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Hagan 67% - 30%

Governor

| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Perdue 63% - 33%

|2010

| Senate

| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Marshall 62% - 35%

rowspan=2|2012

| President

| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Obama 68% - 32%

Governor

| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Dalton 61% - 36%

|2014

| Senate

| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Hagan 68% - 30%

rowspan=8|2016

| President

| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Clinton 69% - 26%

Senate

| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Ross 67% - 30%

Governor

| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Cooper 71% - 27%

Lt. Governor

| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Coleman 67% - 30%

Secretary of State

| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Marshall 72% - 28%

Auditor

| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Wood 69% - 31%

Attorney General

| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Stein 71% - 29%

Treasurer

| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Blue III 68% - 32%

rowspan=8|2020

| President

| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Biden 72% - 26%

Senate

| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Cunningham 69% - 27%

Governor

| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Cooper 74% - 24%

Lt. Governor

| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Lewis Holley 71% - 29%

Secretary of State

| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Marshall 73% - 27%

Auditor

| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Wood 73% - 27%

Attorney General

| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Stein 73% - 27%

Treasurer

| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Chatterji 69% - 31%

|2022

| Senate

| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Beasley 73% - 25%

rowspan=7|2024

| President

| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Harris 72% - 27%

Governor

| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Stein 78% - 18%

Lt. Governor

| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Hunt 73% - 25%

Secretary of State

| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Marshall 75% - 25%

Auditor

| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Holmes 73% - 27%

Attorney General

| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Jackson 75% - 25%

Treasurer

| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Harris 71% - 29%

List of members representing the district

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! Member
{{small|(Residence)}}

! Party

! Years

! Cong
ress

! Electoral history

! District location

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| colspan=6 | District established April 19, 1790

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| align="left" | 100px
John Steele
{{Small|(Salisbury)}}

| {{Party shading/Pro-Administration}} | Pro-Administration

| nowrap="" | April 19, 1790 –
March 3, 1791

| {{USCongressOrdinal|1}}

| Elected in 1790.
Redistricted to the {{ushr|North Carolina|1|C}}.

| 1790–1791
"Yadkin division"

style="height:3em"

| align="left" | 100px
Hugh Williamson
{{Small|(Edenton)}}

| {{Party shading/Anti-Administration}} | Anti-Administration

| nowrap="" | March 4, 1791 –
March 3, 1793

| {{USCongressOrdinal|2}}

| Redistricted from the {{ushr|North Carolina|2|C}} and re-elected in 1791.
{{Data missing|date=February 2020}}

| 1791–1793
"Albemarle division"

style="height:3em"

| align="left" | Alexander Mebane
{{Small|(Hillsborough)}}

| {{Party shading/Anti-Administration}} | Anti-Administration

| nowrap="" | March 4, 1793 –
July 5, 1795

| {{USCongressOrdinal|3|4}}

| Elected in 1793.
Re-elected in 1795.
Died.

| rowspan="6" | 1793–1803
{{Data missing|date=February 2020}}

style="height:3em"

| colspan="2" | Vacant

| nowrap="" | July 5, 1795 –
December 7, 1795

| rowspan="4" | {{USCongressOrdinal|4}}

style="height:3em"

| align="left" | Absalom Tatom
{{Small|(Hillsborough)}}

| {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Democratic-Republican

| nowrap="" | December 7, 1795 –
June 1, 1796

| Elected to finish Mebane's term and seated December 7, 1795.
Resigned.

style="height:3em"

| colspan="2" | Vacant

| nowrap="" | June 1, 1796 –
December 13, 1796

style="height:3em"

| align="left" | William F. Strudwick
{{Small|(Wilmington)}}

| {{Party shading/Federalist}} | Federalist

| nowrap="" | December 13, 1796 –
March 3, 1797

| Elected November 23, 1796 to finish Tatom's term and seated December 13, 1796.
Retired.

style="height:3em"

| align="left" | Richard Stanford
{{Small|(Hawfields)}}

| {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Democratic-Republican

| nowrap="" | March 4, 1797 –
March 3, 1803

| {{USCongressOrdinal|5|7}}

| Re-elected in 1796.
Re-elected in 1798.
Re-elected in 1800.
Redistricted to the {{ushr|NC|8|C}}.

style="height:3em"

| align="left" | William Blackledge
{{Small|(Spring Hill)}}

| {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Democratic-Republican

| nowrap="" | March 4, 1803 –
March 3, 1809

| {{USCongressOrdinal|8|10}}

| Elected in 1803.
Re-elected in 1804.
Re-elected in 1806.
Lost re-election.

| rowspan="3" | 1803–1813
{{Cite web|title=North Carolina congressional district map (1803–13)|url=https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=18ogYhlZqFUGv2oZ3dUNMwtmS8QVKRz4D&usp=sharing}}{{Cite web|title=Data Courtesy of Jeffrey B. Lewis, Brandon DeVine, and Lincoln Pritcher with Kenneth C. Martis|url=http://cdmaps.polisci.ucla.edu/|website=United States Congressional District Shapefiles}}

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| align="left" | 100px
John Stanly
{{Small|(New Bern)}}

| {{Party shading/Federalist}} | Federalist

| nowrap="" | March 4, 1809 –
March 3, 1811

| {{USCongressOrdinal|11}}

| Elected in 1808.
Retired.

style="height:3em"

| align="left" | William Blackledge
{{Small|(Spring Hill)}}

| {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Democratic-Republican

| nowrap="" | March 4, 1811 –
March 3, 1813

| {{USCongressOrdinal|12}}

| Re-elected in 1810.
Lost re-election.

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| align="left" | 100px
William Gaston
{{Small|(New Bern)}}

| {{Party shading/Federalist}} | Federalist

| nowrap="" | March 4, 1813 –
March 3, 1817

| {{USCongressOrdinal|13|14}}

| Re-elected in 1813.
Re-elected in 1815.
Retired.

| rowspan="4" | 1813–1823
{{Cite web|title=North Carolina congressional district map (1813–43)|url=https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1fV2S_uibqT79BbWCOL5oOggAY8pvuOoj&usp=sharing}}

style="height:3em"

| align="left" | Jesse Slocumb
{{Small|(Waynesborough)}}

| {{Party shading/Federalist}} | Federalist

| nowrap="" | March 4, 1817 –
December 20, 1820

| {{USCongressOrdinal|15|16}}

| Re-elected in 1817.
Re-elected in 1819.
Died.

style="height:3em"

| colspan="2" | Vacant

| nowrap="" | December 20, 1820 –
February 7, 1821

| {{USCongressOrdinal|16}}

style="height:3em"

| align="left" | William S. Blackledge
{{Small|(New Bern)}}

| {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Democratic-Republican

| nowrap="" | February 7, 1821 –
March 3, 1823

| {{USCongressOrdinal|16|17}}

| Elected in January 1821 to finish Slocumb's term and seated February 7, 1821.
Re-elected later in 1821.
Retired.

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| align="left" | 100px
Richard D. Spaight Jr.
{{Small|(New Bern)}}

| {{Party shading/Democratic-Republican}} | Democratic-Republican

| nowrap="" | March 4, 1823 –
March 3, 1825

| {{USCongressOrdinal|18}}

| Elected in 1823.
Lost re-election.

| rowspan="3" | 1823–1833
{{Cite web|title=North Carolina congressional district map (1813–43)|url=https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1fV2S_uibqT79BbWCOL5oOggAY8pvuOoj&usp=sharing}}

style="height:3em"

| align="left" | John Heritage Bryan
{{Small|(New Bern)}}

| {{Party shading/Anti-Jacksonian}} | Anti-Jacksonian

| nowrap="" | March 4, 1825 –
March 3, 1829

| {{USCongressOrdinal|19|20}}

| Elected in 1825.
Re-elected in 1827.
Retired.

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| rowspan="2;" align="left" | 100px
Jesse Speight
{{Small|(Stantonsburg)}}

| rowspan="2;" {{Party shading/Jacksonian}} | Jacksonian

| rowspan="2;" nowrap="" | March 4, 1829 –
March 3, 1837

| rowspan="2" | {{USCongressOrdinal|21|24}}

| rowspan="2" | Elected in 1829.
Re-elected in 1831.
Re-elected in 1833.
Re-elected in 1835.
{{Data missing|date=February 2020}}

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| rowspan="4" | 1833–1843
{{Cite web|title=North Carolina congressional district map (1813–43)|url=https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1fV2S_uibqT79BbWCOL5oOggAY8pvuOoj&usp=sharing}}

style="height:3em"

| rowspan="2" align="left" | Charles B. Shepard
{{Small|(New Bern)}}

| {{Party shading/Whig}} | Whig

| nowrap="" | March 4, 1837 –
March 3, 1839

| rowspan="2" | {{USCongressOrdinal|25|26}}

| rowspan="2" | Elected in 1837.
Re-elected in 1839.
{{Data missing|date=February 2020}}

style="height:3em"

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| nowrap="" | March 4, 1839 –
March 3, 1841

style="height:3em"

| align="left" | William H. Washington
{{Small|(New Bern)}}

| {{Party shading/Whig}} | Whig

| nowrap="" | March 4, 1841 –
March 3, 1843

| {{USCongressOrdinal|27}}

| Elected in 1841.
{{Data missing|date=February 2020}}

style="height:3em"

| align="left" | Edmund Deberry
{{Small|(Lawrenceville)}}

| {{Party shading/Whig}} | Whig

| nowrap="" | March 4, 1843 –
March 3, 1845

| {{USCongressOrdinal|28}}

| Redistricted from the {{ushr|North Carolina|7|C}} and re-elected in 1843.
{{Data missing|date=February 2020}}

| rowspan="4" | 1843–1853
{{Data missing|date=January 2021}}

style="height:3em"

| align="left" | 100px
Alfred Dockery
{{Small|(Dockery's Store)}}

| {{Party shading/Whig}} | Whig

| nowrap="" | March 4, 1845 –
March 3, 1847

| {{USCongressOrdinal|29}}

| Elected in 1845.
{{Data missing|date=February 2020}}

style="height:3em"

| align="left" | Augustine H. Shepperd
{{Small|(Salem)}}

| {{Party shading/Whig}} | Whig

| nowrap="" | March 4, 1847 –
March 3, 1851

| {{USCongressOrdinal|30|31}}

| Elected in 1847.
Re-elected in 1849.
{{Data missing|date=February 2020}}

style="height:3em"

| align="left" | James T. Morehead
{{Small|(Greensboro)}}

| {{Party shading/Whig}} | Whig

| nowrap="" | March 4, 1851 –
March 3, 1853

| {{USCongressOrdinal|32}}

| Elected in 1851.
{{Data missing|date=February 2020}}

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| align="left" | 100px
Sion H. Rogers
{{Small|(Raleigh)}}

| {{Party shading/Whig}} | Whig

| nowrap="" | March 4, 1853 –
March 3, 1855

| {{USCongressOrdinal|33}}

| Elected in 1853.
{{Data missing|date=February 2020}}

| rowspan="2" | 1853–1861
{{Data missing|date=January 2021}}

style="height:3em"

| align="left" | 100px
Lawrence O'Bryan Branch
{{Small|(Raleigh)}}

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| nowrap="" | March 4, 1855 –
March 3, 1861

| {{USCongressOrdinal|34|36}}

| Elected in 1855.
Re-elected in 1857.
Re-elected in 1859.
{{Data missing|date=February 2020}}

align="center"

| colspan="2" | Vacant

| nowrap="" | March 3, 1861 –
July 6, 1868

| {{USCongressOrdinal|37|40}}

| colspan="2" | Civil War and Reconstruction

style="height:3em"

| align="left" | 100px
John T. Deweese
{{Small|(Raleigh)}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| nowrap="" | July 6, 1868 –
February 28, 1870

| {{USCongressOrdinal|40|41}}

| Elected to finish the short term.
Re-elected in 1868.
Resigned.

| rowspan="4" | 1868–1873
{{Data missing|date=January 2021}}

style="height:3em"

| colspan="2" | Vacant

| nowrap="" | February 28, 1870 –
December 7, 1870

| rowspan="2" | {{USCongressOrdinal|41}}

style="height:3em"

| align="left" | 100px
John Manning Jr.
{{Small|(Pittsboro)}}

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| nowrap="" | December 7, 1870 –
March 3, 1871

| Elected to finish Deweese's term.
{{Data missing|date=February 2020}}

style="height:3em"

| align="left" | 100px
Sion H. Rogers
{{Small|(Raleigh)}}

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| nowrap="" | March 4, 1871 –
March 3, 1873

| {{USCongressOrdinal|42}}

| Elected in 1870.
{{Data missing|date=February 2020}}

style="height:3em"

| align="left" | 100px
William A. Smith
{{Small|(Princeton)}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| nowrap="" | March 4, 1873 –
March 3, 1875

| {{USCongressOrdinal|43}}

| Elected in 1872.
{{Data missing|date=February 2020}}

| rowspan="3" | 1873–1883
{{Data missing|date=January 2021}}

style="height:3em"

| align="left" | 100px
Joseph J. Davis
{{Small|(Louisburg)}}

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| nowrap="" | March 4, 1875 –
March 3, 1881

| {{USCongressOrdinal|44|46}}

| Elected in 1874.
Re-elected in 1876.
Re-elected in 1878.
{{Data missing|date=February 2020}}

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| rowspan="2;" align="left" | 100px
William R. Cox
{{Small|(Raleigh)}}

| rowspan="2;" {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| rowspan="2;" nowrap="" | March 4, 1881 –
March 3, 1887

| rowspan="2" | {{USCongressOrdinal|47|49}}

| rowspan="2" | Elected in 1880.
Re-elected in 1882.
Re-elected in 1884.
{{Data missing|date=February 2020}}

style="height:3em"

| rowspan="3" | 1883–1893
{{Data missing|date=January 2021}}

style="height:3em"

| align="left" | John Nichols
{{Small|(Raleigh)}}

| {{Party shading/Independent}} | Independent

| nowrap="" | March 4, 1887 –
March 3, 1889

| {{USCongressOrdinal|50}}

| Elected in 1886.
{{Data missing|date=February 2020}}

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| rowspan="2;" align="left" | 100px
Benjamin H. Bunn
{{Small|(Rocky Mount)}}

| rowspan="2;" {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| rowspan="2;" nowrap="" | March 4, 1889 –
March 3, 1895

| rowspan="2" | {{USCongressOrdinal|51|53}}

| rowspan="2" | Elected in 1888.
Re-elected in 1890.
Re-elected in 1892.
{{Data missing|date=February 2020}}

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| rowspan="4" | 1893–1903
{{Data missing|date=January 2021}}

style="height:3em"

| align="left" | 100px
William F. Strowd
{{Small|(Pittsboro)}}

| {{Party shading/Populist}} | Populist

| nowrap="" | March 4, 1895 –
March 3, 1899

| {{USCongressOrdinal|54|55}}

| Elected in 1894.
Re-elected in 1896.
{{Data missing|date=February 2020}}

style="height:3em"

| align="left" | John W. Atwater
{{Small|(Rialto)}}

| {{Party shading/Populist}} | Independent Populist

| nowrap="" | March 4, 1899 –
March 3, 1901

| {{USCongressOrdinal|56}}

| Elected in 1898.
{{Data missing|date=February 2020}}

style="height:3em"

| rowspan="5;" align="left" | 100px
Edward W. Pou
{{Small|(Smithfield)}}

| rowspan="5;" {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| rowspan="5;" nowrap="" | March 4, 1901 –
April 1, 1934

| rowspan="5" | {{USCongressOrdinal|57|73}}

| rowspan="5" | 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.
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.
Re-elected in 1932.
Died.

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| 1903–1913
{{Data missing|date=January 2021}}

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| 1913–1923
{{Data missing|date=January 2021}}

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| 1923–1933
{{Data missing|date=January 2021}}

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| rowspan="2" | 1933–1943
{{Data missing|date=January 2021}}

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| rowspan="4;" align="left" | 100px
Harold D. Cooley
{{Small|(Nashville)}}

| rowspan="4;" {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| rowspan="4;" nowrap="" | July 7, 1934 –
December 30, 1966

| rowspan="4" | {{USCongressOrdinal|73|89}}

| rowspan="4" | Elected to finish Pou's term.
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.
Re-elected in 1956.
Re-elected in 1958.
Re-elected in 1960.
Re-elected in 1962.
Re-elected in 1964.
Resigned.

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| 1943–1953
{{Data missing|date=January 2021}}

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| 1953–1963
{{Data missing|date=January 2021}}

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| rowspan="4" | 1963–1973
{{Data missing|date=January 2021}}

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| colspan="2" | Vacant

| nowrap="" | December 30, 1966 –
January 3, 1967

| {{USCongressOrdinal|89}}

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| align="left" | 100px
Jim Gardner
{{Small|(Rocky Mount)}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| nowrap="" | January 3, 1967 –
January 3, 1969

| {{USCongressOrdinal|90}}

| Elected in 1966.
Redistricted to the {{ushr|North Carolina|2|C}} and retired to run for governor of North Carolina.

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| align="left" | 100px
Nick Galifianakis
{{Small|(Durham)}}

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| nowrap="" | January 3, 1969 –
January 3, 1973

| {{USCongressOrdinal|91|92}}

|Redistricted from the {{ushr|North Carolina|5|C}} and re-elected in 1968.
Re-elected in 1970.
Retired to run for U.S senator.

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| rowspan="2;" align="left" | 100px
Ike F. Andrews
{{Small|(Siler City)}}

| rowspan="2;" {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| rowspan="2;" nowrap="" | January 3, 1973 –
January 3, 1985

| rowspan="2" | {{USCongressOrdinal|93|98}}

| rowspan="2" | Elected in 1972.
Re-elected in 1974.
Re-elected in 1976.
Re-elected in 1978.
Re-elected in 1980.
Re-elected in 1982.
Lost re-election.

| 1973–1983
{{Data missing|date=January 2021}}

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| rowspan="3" | 1983–1993
{{Data missing|date=January 2021}}

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| align="left" | 100px
Bill Cobey
{{Small|(Chapel Hill)}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| nowrap="" | January 3, 1985 –
January 3, 1987

| {{USCongressOrdinal|99}}

| Elected in 1984.
Lost re-election.

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| rowspan="2;" align="left" | 100px
David Price
{{Small|(Chapel Hill)}}

| rowspan="2;" {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| rowspan="2;" nowrap="" | January 3, 1987 –
January 3, 1995

| rowspan="2" | {{USCongressOrdinal|100|103}}

| rowspan="2" | Elected in 1986.
Re-elected in 1988.
Re-elected in 1990.
Re-elected in 1992.
Lost re-election.

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| rowspan="3" | 1993–2003
{{Data missing|date=January 2021}}

style="height:3em"

| align="left" | 100px
Fred Heineman
{{Small|(Raleigh)}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| nowrap="" | January 3, 1995 –
January 3, 1997

| {{USCongressOrdinal|104}}

| Elected in 1994.
Lost re-election.

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| rowspan="5" align="left" | 100px
David Price
{{Small|(Chapel Hill)}}

| rowspan="5" {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| rowspan="5" nowrap="" | January 3, 1997 –
January 3, 2023

| rowspan="5" | {{USCongressOrdinal|105|117}}

| rowspan="5" | 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.
Re-elected in 2020.
Retired.

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| 2003–2013
300px

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| 2013–2017
300px

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|2017–2021File:North_Carolina_US_Congressional_District_4_(since_2017).tif

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|2021–2023File:North Carolina's 4th congressional district (since 2021).png

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| rowspan=2 align="left" |100px
Valerie Foushee
{{Small|(Hillsborough)}}

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| rowspan=2 |January 3, 2023 –
present

| rowspan=2 |{{USCongressOrdinal|118|present}}

| rowspan=2 |Elected in 2022.
Re-elected in 2024.

| 2023–2025
File:North Carolina's 4th congressional district (2023–2025) (new version).svg

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| 2025–present
300px

Past election results

=2002=

{{Election box begin no change | title=2002 North Carolina's 4th congressional district election{{cite web | title=11/05/2002 Official General Election Results - Statewide | url=http://er.ncsbe.gov/?election_dt=11/05/2002&county_id=0&office=FED&contest=0 | publisher=North Carolina State Board of Elections | date=November 15, 2002 | access-date=December 25, 2017}} }}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = David Price (incumbent)

| votes = 132,185

| percentage = 61.18}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Tuan A. Nguyen

| votes = 78,095

| percentage = 36.15}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Libertarian Party (United States)

| candidate = Ken Nelson

| votes = 5,766

| percentage = 2.67}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 216,046

| percentage = 100}}

{{Election box hold with party link without swing

| winner = Democratic Party (United States)}}

=2004=

{{Election box begin no change | title=2004 North Carolina's 4th congressional district election{{cite web | title=11/02/2004 Official General Election Results - Statewide | url=http://er.ncsbe.gov/?election_dt=11/02/2004&county_id=0&office=FED&contest=0 | publisher=North Carolina State Board of Elections | date=November 12, 2004 | access-date=December 25, 2017}} }}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = David Price (incumbent)

| votes = 217,441

| percentage = 64.1}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Todd A. Batchelor

| votes = 121,717

| percentage = 35.88}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = N/A

| candidate = Maximilian Longley

| votes = 76

| percentage = 0.02}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 339,234

| percentage = 100}}

{{Election box hold with party link without swing

| winner = Democratic Party (United States)}}

=2006=

{{Election box begin no change | title=2006 North Carolina's 4th congressional district election{{cite web | title=11/07/2006 Official General Election Results - Statewide | url=http://er.ncsbe.gov/?election_dt=11/07/2006&county_id=0&office=FED&contest=0 | publisher=North Carolina State Board of Elections | date=November 17, 2006 | access-date=December 25, 2017}} }}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = David Price (incumbent)

| votes = 127,340

| percentage = 64.99}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Steve Acuff

| votes = 68,599

| percentage = 35.01}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 195,939

| percentage = 100}}

{{Election box hold with party link without swing

| winner = Democratic Party (United States)}}

=2008=

{{Election box begin no change | title=2008 North Carolina's 4th congressional district election{{cite web | title=11/04/2008 Official General Election Results - Statewide | url=http://er.ncsbe.gov/?election_dt=11/04/2008&county_id=0&office=FED&contest=0 | publisher=North Carolina State Board of Elections | date=November 14, 2008 | access-date=December 25, 2017}} }}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = David Price (incumbent)

| votes = 265,751

| percentage = 63.32}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = William (B.J.) Lawson

| votes = 153,947

| percentage = 36.68}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 419,698

| percentage = 100}}

{{Election box hold with party link without swing

| winner = Democratic Party (United States)}}

=2010=

{{Election box begin no change | title=2010 North Carolina's 4th congressional district election{{cite web | title=11/02/2010 Official General Election Results - Statewide | url=http://er.ncsbe.gov/?election_dt=11/02/2010&county_id=0&office=FED&contest=0 | publisher=North Carolina State Board of Elections | date=November 12, 2010 | access-date=December 25, 2017}} }}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = David Price (incumbent)

| votes = 155,384

| percentage = 57.16}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = William (B.J.) Lawson

| votes = 116,448

| percentage = 42.84}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 271,832

| percentage = 100}}

{{Election box hold with party link without swing

| winner = Democratic Party (United States)}}

=2012=

{{Election box begin no change | title=2012 North Carolina's 4th congressional district election{{cite web | title=11/06/2012 Official General Election Results - Statewide | url=http://er.ncsbe.gov/?election_dt=11/06/2012&county_id=0&office=FED&contest=0 | publisher=North Carolina State Board of Elections | date=November 16, 2012 | access-date=December 25, 2017}} }}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = David Price (incumbent)

| votes = 259,534

| percentage = 74.47}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Tim D'Annunzio

| votes = 88,951

| percentage = 25.53}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 348,485

| percentage = 100}}

{{Election box hold with party link without swing

| winner = Democratic Party (United States)}}

=2014=

{{Election box begin no change | title=2014 North Carolina's 4th congressional district election{{cite web | title=11/04/2014 Official General Election Results - Statewide | url=http://er.ncsbe.gov/?election_dt=11/04/2014&county_id=0&office=FED&contest=0 | publisher=North Carolina State Board of Elections | date=November 25, 2014 | access-date=December 25, 2017}} }}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = David Price (incumbent)

| votes = 169,946

| percentage = 74.75}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Paul Wright

| votes = 57,416

| percentage = 25.25}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 227,362

| percentage = 100}}

{{Election box hold with party link without swing

| winner = Democratic Party (United States)}}

=2016=

{{Election box begin no change | title=2016 North Carolina's 4th congressional district election{{cite web | title=11/08/2016 Official General Election Results - Statewide | url=http://er.ncsbe.gov/?election_dt=11/08/2016&county_id=0&office=FED&contest=0 | publisher=North Carolina State Board of Elections | date=December 13, 2016 | access-date=December 25, 2017}} }}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = David Price (incumbent)

| votes = 279,380

| percentage = 68.22}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Sue Googe

| votes = 130,161

| percentage = 31.78}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 409,541

| percentage = 100}}

{{Election box hold with party link without swing

| winner = Democratic Party (United States)}}

=2018=

{{Election box begin no change

| title = 2018 North Carolina's 4th congressional district election{{cite web | title=District 4, North Carolina State Board of Elections & Ethics Enforcement | url=https://er.ncsbe.gov/index.html?election_dt=11/06/2018&county_id=0&office=FED&contest=1178 | website=North Carolina State Board of Elections & Ethics Enforcement | access-date=November 10, 2018}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| candidate = David Price (incumbent)

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| votes = 247,067

| percentage = 72.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Steve Loor

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| votes = 82,052

| percentage = 24.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Barbara Howe

| party = Libertarian Party (United States)

| votes = 12,284

| percentage = 3.6

}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 341,403

| percentage = 100

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no change

| winner = Democratic Party (United States)

}}

=2020=

{{Election box begin no change

| title = 2020 North Carolina's 4th congressional district election{{cite web | title = District 4, North Carolina State Board of Elections & Ethics Enforcement | url = https://er.ncsbe.gov/contest_details.html?election_dt=11/03/2020&county_id=0&contest_id=1406 | website=North Carolina State Board of Elections & Ethics Enforcement | access-date = January 4, 2020}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| candidate = David Price (incumbent)

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| votes = 332,421

| percentage = 67.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Robert Thomas

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| votes = 161,298

| percentage = 32.7

}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 493,719

| percentage = 100

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no change

| winner = Democratic Party (United States)

}}

=2022=

{{Election box begin no change|title=2022 North Carolina's 4th congressional district election{{Cite web |title=NC SBE Contest Results |url=https://er.ncsbe.gov/?election_dt=11/08/2022&county_id=0&office=FED&contest=0 |access-date=2023-01-02 |website=er.ncsbe.gov}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|candidate=Valerie Foushee|party=Democratic Party (United States)|votes=194,983|percentage=66.91%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=Courtney Geels|party=Republican Party (United States)|votes=96,442|percentage=33.09%}}

{{Election box total no change|votes=291,425|percentage=100.00%}}

{{Election box hold with party link no change|winner=Democratic Party (United States)}}

=2024=

{{Election box begin no change

| title = 2024 North Carolina's 4th congressional district election{{Cite web |title=NC SBE Contest Results |url=https://er.ncsbe.gov/?election_dt=11/05/2024&county_id=0&office=FED&contest=0 |access-date=2024-11-05 |website=er.ncsbe.gov}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

|party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = Valerie Foushee (incumbent)

|votes = 308,064

|percentage = 71.9

}}{{Election box candidate with party link no change

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Eric Blankenburg

|votes = 112,084

|percentage = 26.1

}}{{Election box candidate with party link no change

|party = Libertarian Party (United States)

|candidate = Guy Meilleur

|votes = 8,632

|percentage = 2.0

}}{{Election box total no change

|votes = 428,780

|percentage = 100.0

}}{{Election box hold with party link no change

| winner = Democratic Party (United States)

}}

References

{{cite book | title=The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress | last=Martis | first=Kenneth C. | year=1989 | publisher=Macmillan Publishing Company | location=New York}}
{{cite book | title=The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts | last=Martis | first=Kenneth C. | year=1982 | publisher=Macmillan Publishing Company | location=New York}}
[http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present]

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Category:Research Triangle

North Carolina's 4th congressional district

History

Counties and communities

Recent election results from statewide races

List of members representing the district

Past election results

=2002=

=2004=

=2006=

=2008=

=2010=

=2012=

=2014=

=2016=

=2018=

=2020=

=2022=

=2024=

See also

References