District of Columbia's at-large congressional district
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Area | 61 sq mi (160 km2) | ||
Distribution |
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Population (2019) | 705,749 | ||
Median household income | $82,372[1] | ||
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Occupation |
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Cook PVI | D+43[2][3] |
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The District of Columbia's at-large congressional district is a congressional district based entirely of the District of Columbia. According to the U.S. Constitution, only states may be represented in the Congress of the United States. The District of Columbia is not a U.S. state and therefore has no voting representation. Instead, constituents in the district elect a non-voting delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives.
Despite lacking full voting privileges on the floor of the House of Representatives, delegates are voting members in U.S. Congressional committees and they lobby their congressional colleagues regarding the District's interests. While the office was initially created during the Reconstruction Era by the Radical Republicans, Norton P. Chipman (R) briefly held the seat for less than two terms before the office was eliminated completely. The District of Columbia Delegate Act Pub.L. 91–405, 84 Stat. 845-2 of 1970 authorized voters in the District of Columbia to elect one non-voting delegate to represent them in the United States House of Representatives.[4] The act was approved by Congress on September 22, 1970 and subsequently signed into law by President Richard Nixon. Democrat Walter E. Fauntroy was elected as the district's delegate to Congress in a special election on March 23, 1971, receiving 58 percent of the 116,635 votes cast.[5]
Since 1993, when the House of Representatives has been under Democratic control, delegates, including the District of Columbia's delegate, have been allowed to cast non-binding floor votes when the House of Representatives was operating in the Committee of the Whole.[6][7]
The district is currently represented by Democrat Eleanor Holmes Norton.
List of delegates representing the district
Election results
1870s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Norton P. Chipman | 15,196 | 57.78 | |
Democratic | Richard T. Merrick | 11,104 | 42.22 | |
Total votes | 26,300 | 100.00 | ||
Republican win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Republican | Norton P. Chipman (Incumbent) | 12,443 | 63.86 | ||
Democratic | L.G. Hine | 7,042 | 36.14 | ||
Total votes | 19,485 | 100.00 | |||
Republican hold |
1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Democratic | Walter E. Fauntroy | 68,166 | 58.44 | ||
Republican | John Nevius | 29,249 | 25.08 | ||
DC Statehood | Julius Hobson | 15,427 | 13.23 | ||
Independent | Frank Kameny | 1,888 | 1.62 | ||
Independent | Douglas Moore | 1,301 | 1.12 | ||
Socialist Workers | James E. Harris | 431 | 0.37 | ||
Write-in | 173 | 0.15 | |||
Total votes | 116,635 | 100.00 | |||
Democratic win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Walter E. Fauntroy (Incumbent) | 95,300 | 60.64 | |
Republican | William Chin-Lee | 39,487 | 25.12 | |
DC Statehood | Charles I. Cassell | 18,730 | 11.92 | |
Independent | David H. Dabney | 2,514 | 1.60 | |
Socialist Workers | Herman Fagg | 1,133 | 0.72 | |
Total votes | 157,164 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Walter E. Fauntroy (Incumbent) | 66,337 | 63.78 | |
Independent | James G. Banks | 21,874 | 21.03 | |
Republican | William R. Phillips | 9,166 | 8.81 | |
DC Statehood | Anton V. Wood | 3,039 | 2.92 | |
U.S. Labor | Susan Pennington | 1,813 | 1.74 | |
Independent | David H. Dabney | 1,539 | 1.48 | |
Write-in | 246 | 0.24 | ||
Total votes | 104,014 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Walter E. Fauntroy (Incumbent) | 12,149 | 77.18 | |
Republican | Daniel L. Hall | 1,566 | 9.95 | |
DC Statehood | Louis S. Aronica | 1,076 | 6.84 | |
Socialist Workers | Charlotte J. Reavis | 499 | 3.17 | |
U.S. Labor | Susan Pennington | 377 | 2.39 | |
Write-in | 75 | 0.48 | ||
Total votes | 15,742 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Walter E. Fauntroy (Incumbent) | 76,557 | 79.59 | |
Republican | Jackson R. Champion | 11,677 | 12.02 | |
DC Statehood | Gregory Rowe | 3,886 | 4.04 | |
Socialist Workers | Charlotte J. Reavis | 1,649 | 1.71 | |
U.S. Labor | Cloid John Green | 1,064 | 1.10 | |
Write-in | 1,473 | 1.53 | ||
Total votes | 96,306 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Walter E. Fauntroy (Incumbent) | 111,631 | 74.44 | |
Republican | Robert J. Roehr | 21,021 | 14.02 | |
DC Statehood | Josephine D. Butler | 14,325 | 9.55 | |
Write-in | 2,979 | 1.99 | ||
Total votes | 149,956 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Walter E. Fauntroy (Incumbent) | 93,422 | 83.01 | |
Republican | John West | 17,242 | 15.32 | |
Write-in | 1,879 | 1.67 | ||
Total votes | 112,543 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Walter E. Fauntroy (Incumbent) | 154,583 | 95.56 | |
Write-in | 7,188 | 4.44 | ||
Total votes | 161,771 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Walter E. Fauntroy (Incumbent) | 101,604 | 80.09 | |
Republican | Mary L. H. King | 17,643 | 13.91 | |
DC Statehood | Julie McCall | 6,122 | 4.83 | |
Write-in | 1,486 | 1.17 | ||
Total votes | 126,855 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Walter E. Fauntroy (Incumbent) | 121,817 | 71.27 | |
Republican | Ron Evans | 22,936 | 13.42 | |
DC Statehood | Alvin C. Frost | 13,802 | 8.07 | |
Independent | David H. Dabney | 10,449 | 6.11 | |
Write-in | 1,929 | 1.13 | ||
Total votes | 170,933 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Eleanor Holmes Norton | 98,442 | 61.67 | |
Republican | Harry M. Singleton | 41,999 | 26.31 | |
Independent | George X. Cure | 8,156 | 5.11 | |
DC Statehood | Leon Frederick Hunt | 4,027 | 2.52 | |
Independent | David H. Dabney | 3,334 | 2.09 | |
Write-in | 3,669 | 2.30 | ||
Total votes | 159,627 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Eleanor Holmes Norton (Incumbent) | 166,808 | 84.78 | |
Republican | Susan Emerson | 20,108 | 10.22 | |
DC Statehood | Susan Griffin | 7,253 | 3.69 | |
Socialist Workers | Sam Manuel | 1,840 | 0.94 | |
Write-in | 745 | 0.38 | ||
Total votes | 196,754 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Eleanor Holmes Norton (Incumbent) | 154,988 | 89.25 | |
Republican | Donald A. Saltz | 13,828 | 7.96 | |
DC Statehood | Rasco P. Braswell | 2,824 | 1.63 | |
Socialist Workers | Bradley Downs | 1,476 | 0.85 | |
Write-in | 548 | 0.32 | ||
Total votes | 173,664 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Eleanor Holmes Norton (Incumbent) | 134,996 | 90.00 | |
Republican | Sprague Simonds | 11,306 | 7.54 | |
Independent | Faith | 2,119 | 1.41 | |
Socialist Workers | Sam Manuel | 1,146 | 0.76 | |
Write-in | 431 | 0.29 | ||
Total votes | 149,998 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Eleanor Holmes Norton (Incumbent) | 122,228 | 89.64 | |
Republican | Edward Henry Wolterbeek | 8,610 | 6.31 | |
DC Statehood | Pat Kidd | 2,323 | 1.70 | |
Independent | Natale "Lino" Stracuzzi | 1,647 | 1.21 | |
Socialist Workers | Mary Martin | 1,087 | 0.80 | |
Write-in | 464 | 0.34 | ||
Total votes | 136,359 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Eleanor Holmes Norton (Incumbent) | 158,824 | 90.43 | |
Republican | Edward Henry Wolterbeek | 10,258 | 5.84 | |
Libertarian | Robert D. Kampia | 4,594 | 2.62 | |
Socialist Workers | Sam Manuel | 1,419 | 0.81 | |
Write-in | 536 | 0.31 | ||
Total votes | 175,631 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Eleanor Holmes Norton (Incumbent) | 119,268 | 93.01 | |
Independent | Pat Kidd | 7,733 | 6.03 | |
Write-in | 1,232 | 0.96 | ||
Total votes | 128,233 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Eleanor Holmes Norton (Incumbent) | 202,027 | 91.33 | |
Republican | Michael Andrew Monroe | 18,296 | 8.27 | |
Write-in | 890 | 0.40 | ||
Total votes | 221,213 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Eleanor Holmes Norton (Incumbent) | 111,726 | 97.34 | |
Write-in | 3,051 | 2.66 | ||
Total votes | 114,777 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Eleanor Holmes Norton (Incumbent) | 228,376 | 92.28 | |
DC Statehood Green | Maude Hills | 16,693 | 6.75 | |
Write-in | 2,402 | 0.97 | ||
Total votes | 247,471 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Eleanor Holmes Norton (Incumbent) | 117,990 | 88.94 | |
Republican | Missy Reilly Smith | 8,109 | 6.11 | |
DC Statehood Green | Rick Tingling-Clemmons | 4,413 | 3.33 | |
Write-in | 2,144 | 1.61 | ||
Total votes | 132,656 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | 29.99 | |||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Eleanor Holmes Norton (Incumbent) | 246,664 | 88.54 | |
Libertarian | Bruce Majors | 16,524 | 5.93 | |
DC Statehood Green | Natale "Lino" Stracuzzi | 13,243 | 4.75 | |
Write-in | 2,132 | 0.78 | ||
Total votes | 278,563 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | 60.94 | |||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Eleanor Holmes Norton (Incumbent) | 143,923 | 83.73 | |
Republican | Nelson F. Rimensnyder | 11,673 | 6.79 | |
Independent | Timothy J. Krepp | 9,101 | 5.29 | |
DC Statehood Green | Natale "Lino" Stracuzzi | 6,073 | 3.53 | |
Write-in | 1,123 | 0.65 | ||
Total votes | 171,893 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | 38.45 | |||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Eleanor Holmes Norton (Incumbent) | 265,178 | 84.84 | |
Libertarian | Martin Moulton | 18,713 | 5.99 | |
DC Statehood Green | Natale "Lino" Stracuzzi | 14,336 | 4.59 | |
Write-in | 2,679 | 0.86 | ||
Total votes | 300,906 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | 65.30 | |||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Eleanor Holmes Norton (Incumbent) | 199,124 | 87.04 | |
Republican | Nelson F. Rimensnyder | 9,700 | 4.24 | |
DC Statehood Green | Natale "Lino" Stracuzzi | 8,636 | 3.77 | |
Independent | John Cheeks | 5,509 | 2.41 | |
Libertarian | Bruce Majors | 4,034 | 1.76 | |
Write-in | 1,766 | 0.77 | ||
Total votes | 228,769 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | 46.29 | |||
Democratic hold |
2020s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Eleanor Holmes Norton (incumbent) | 231,327 | 86.83 | |
Libertarian | Patrick Hynes | 7,525 | 2.82 | |
Independent | Barbara Washington Franklin | 5,969 | 2.24 | |
Socialist Workers | Omari Musa | 5,106 | 1.92 | |
DC Statehood Green | Natale Lino Stracuzzi | 4,463 | 1.68 | |
Independent | Amir Lowery | 4,025 | 1.51 | |
Independent | David Krucoff | 3,817 | 1.43 | |
Independent | John Cheeks | 2,336 | 0.88 | |
Write-in | 1,836 | 0.69 | ||
Total votes | 266,404 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | 66.90 | |||
Democratic hold |
See also
- District of Columbia voting rights
- District of Columbia statehood movement
- United States congressional delegations from the District of Columbia
- List of United States congressional districts
References
- ^ "My Congressional District".
- ^ "Districts of the 113th Congress: 2004 & 2008" (PDF). Partisan Voting Index. The Cook Political Report. October 11, 2012. Retrieved February 17, 2014.
- ^ Barone, Michael; McCutcheon, Chuck (2013). The Almanac of American Politics 2014. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. pp. 358–. ISBN 978-0-226-10544-4. Copyright National Journal.
- ^ "Govinfo".
- ^ "Fauntroy Election Certified". The Washington Post. April 6, 1971. p. C6. Retrieved February 10, 2014.
- ^ The practice began with the 103rd Congress, but was revoked when the Republicans retook the House for the 104th Congress. Democrats reinstated the practice in the 110th Congress, but Republicans again revoked it in the 112th Congress.
- ^ Portnoy, Jenna (January 3, 2017). "Republican-led Congress denies D.C. delegate a vote. Again". The Washington Post. Washington, D.C. Retrieved December 17, 2018.
- ^ Gibbs, C. R. (March 2, 1989). "The District Had a Voice, if Not a Vote, in the 42nd Congress". The Washington Post. p. DC3.
- ^ "The Washington Election". The Baltimore Sun. April 20, 1871. p. 1.
- ^ Gibbs, C. R. (March 2, 1989). "The District Had a Voice, if Not a Vote, in the 42nd Congress". The Washington Post. p. DC3.
- ^ "Fauntroy Election Certified". The Washington Post. April 6, 1971. p. C6.
- ^ "General Election 2016 - Certified Results". District of Columbia Board of Elections. Retrieved December 14, 2016.
- ^ "General Election 2018 — Certified Results". District of Columbia Board of Elections. Retrieved December 17, 2018.
- ^ "General Election 2020 - Certified Results". District of Columbia Board of Elections. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
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