Alabama's 7th congressional district
Alabama's 7th congressional district is a United States congressional district in the state of Alabama that elects a representative to the United States House of Representatives. The district includes the counties of Choctaw, Dallas, Greene, Hale, Lowndes, Marengo, Pickens, Perry, Sumter and Wilcox. Parts of Clarke, Jefferson, Montgomery and Tuscaloosa counties are in the district. The district also has parts of the cities of Birmingham, Montgomery and Tuscaloosa/Northport city areas.
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 Alabama's 7th congressional district - since January 3, 2013. | |||
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| Area | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). | ||
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| Population (2019) | 670,015[1] | ||
| Median income | $38,023[2] | ||
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| Cook PVI | D+20[3] | ||
The 7th congressional district is the only congressional district in Alabama to be represented by a Democrat. The representative is Terri Sewell. The district was created in 1843 and has only been represented by a Republican for 6 years. When the districts were being drawn again in 2010 the Republicans in Alabama drew the district to have many of the Democratic Party counties in Alabama so there would only be one Democratic congressional district in Alabama. This is called gerrymandering.[5]
Election history
| Year | Office | Results |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | President | Gore 66–33% |
| 2004 | President | Kerry 64–35% |
| 2008 | President | Obama 72–27% |
| 2012 | President | Obama 72–27% |
| 2016 | President | Clinton 70–29% |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democrat | Artur Davis | 153,735 | 92.30% | |
| Libertarian | Lauren Orth McCay | 12,100 | 7.31% | |
| style="background-color: Template:Write-in/meta/color; width: 2px;" | | Write-in | Write-ins | 474 | 0.29% |
| Majority | 141,635 | 84.9% | ||
| Total votes | 166,309 | 100.00% | ||
| Democrat hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democrat | Artur Davis (Incumbent) | 183,408 | 75% | |
| Republican | Steve Cameron | 61,019 | 25% | |
| style="background-color: Template:Write-in/meta/color; width: 2px;" | | Write-in | Write-ins | 211 | 0.09% |
| Majority | 122,389 | 50% | ||
| Total votes | 244,638 | 100% | ||
| Democrat hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democrat | Artur Davis (Incumbent) | 133,870 | 99% | |
| style="background-color: Template:Write-in/meta/color; width: 2px;" | | Write-in | Write-ins | 1,297 | 1% |
| Majority | 132,573 | 98% | ||
| Total votes | 135,167 | 100% | ||
| Democrat hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democrat | Artur Davis (Incumbent) | 228,518 | 99% | |
| style="background-color: Template:Write-in/meta/color; width: 2px;" | | Write-in | Write-ins | 3,183 | 1% |
| Majority | 225,335 | 98% | ||
| Total votes | 231,701 | 100% | ||
| Democrat hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democrat | Terri Sewell | 136,223 | 72% | |
| Republican | Don Chamberlain | 51,882 | 28% | |
| Majority | 84,341 | 44% | ||
| Total votes | 188,105 | 100% | ||
| Democrat hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democrat | Terri Sewell (Incumbent) | 232,520 | 76% | |
| Republican | Don Chamberlain | 73,835 | 24% | |
| Majority | 158,685 | 52% | ||
| Total votes | 299,057 | 100% | ||
| Democrat hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democrat | Terri Sewell (Incumbent) | 133,687 | 98% | |
| style="background-color: Template:Write-in/meta/color; width: 2px;" | | Write-in | Write-ins | 2,212 | 2% |
| Majority | 131,475 | 96% | ||
| Total votes | 135,899 | 100% | ||
| Democrat hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democrat | Terri Sewell (Incumbent) | 229,330 | 98% | |
| No party | Write-ins | 3,698 | 2 | |
| Total votes | 233,028 | 100% | ||
| Democrat hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democrat | Terri Sewell (Incumbent) | 185,010 | 97% | |
| No party | Write-ins | 4,153 | 2% | |
| Total votes | 189,163 | 100% | ||
| Democrat hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democrat | Terri Sewell (incumbent) | 225,742 | 97.2 | |
| style="background-color: Template:Write-in/meta/color; width: 2px;" | | Write-in | 6,589 | 2.8 | |
| Total votes | 232,331 | 100.0 | ||
| Democrat hold | ||||
Alabama's 7th Congressional District Media
Alabama's 7th congressional district (2023–2025)
Alabama's 7th congressional district (since 2025)
James Ferguson Dowdell, president of Auburn University from the late 1860s until 1871
Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry (1825 – 1903), US diplomat
William H. Forney
Portrait of William Henry Denson from Notable Men of Alabama, Volume 2, 1904, page 99
Portrait of Milford Howard, taken from the 1896 Congressional directory
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Lilius Bratton Rainey circa 1920
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References
- ↑ Bureau, Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
- ↑ "My Congressional District".
- ↑ "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
- ↑ "Congressional Districts | 113th 114th Congress Demographics | Urban Rural Patterns".
- ↑ Anderton, Kevin. "Middle School Students Solve The Issue Of Gerrymandering And Win $10,000 Prize [Infographic]". Forbes. Retrieved 2021-01-14.
- ↑ "2018 Official General Elections Results" (PDF). Alabama Secretary of State. 27 November 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2019.