Due to a recent redistricting, North Carolina's 5th congressional district now covers the northwestern corner of North Carolina from the Appalachian Mountains at the Virginia border down to the SC border. Redistricting has changed its makeup over the years. In recent history, it included Forsyth, Yadkin and Surry counties, but now it reaches down to Gaston and Rutherford Counties. A special Redistricting of North Carolina’s US congressional districts were ordered by federal courts in February 2016. Afterward, this map was approved by the North Carolina State Legislature on February 19th, 2016, becoming Session Law 2016-1.
Most recently - on December 2nd, 2019 - after several court battles, a map was accepted and the 5th District changed again for the 2020 election cycle. Wilkes remains in the 5th District. Currently, the counties in the 5th district are • Alexander • Alleghany • Ashe • Burke • Caldwell • Catawba (tiny bit) • Cleveland • Gaston • Rutherford (partial) • Watauga and Wilkes.
Most recently - on December 2nd, 2019 - after several court battles, a map was accepted and the 5th District changed again for the 2020 election cycle. Wilkes remains in the 5th District. Currently, the counties in the 5th district are • Alexander • Alleghany • Ashe • Burke • Caldwell • Catawba (tiny bit) • Cleveland • Gaston • Rutherford (partial) • Watauga and Wilkes.
On Monday, December 2nd, 2019, the three-judge panel overseeing our Congressional District challenge decided that the North Carolina General Assembly had not provided the court enough time to fully consider the evidence surrounding the latest challenge to the recently enacted Congressional District boundaries. (Once again, the Republican majority ran out the clock, a frequent tactic of the GOP in redistricting battles.)
Accordingly, the Congressional District maps (as revised most recently by the General Assembly) will remain in place for the 2020 elections. That map changed every Congressional District in some way – a fact that not only impacts candidates and voters, but also impacts our NCDP organizational structure, DNC delegate elections, and presidential elector elections.
Fortunately, Wilkes remains entirely in the 5th Congressional District. And we support David Wilson Brown in his journey to finally send Virginia Foxx to her big fancy mountain home for good.
There will be a 5th District Meeting on Saturday, January 11th at the Alexander Democratic Party HQ in Taylorsville at 9:30am. They will elect some new officers and appoint committee chairs to help fill the voids created by the recent redistricting.
Accordingly, the Congressional District maps (as revised most recently by the General Assembly) will remain in place for the 2020 elections. That map changed every Congressional District in some way – a fact that not only impacts candidates and voters, but also impacts our NCDP organizational structure, DNC delegate elections, and presidential elector elections.
Fortunately, Wilkes remains entirely in the 5th Congressional District. And we support David Wilson Brown in his journey to finally send Virginia Foxx to her big fancy mountain home for good.
There will be a 5th District Meeting on Saturday, January 11th at the Alexander Democratic Party HQ in Taylorsville at 9:30am. They will elect some new officers and appoint committee chairs to help fill the voids created by the recent redistricting.