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NC-01


District Profile:
Today, east Carolina is still tobacco country, and is still largely inhabited by the descendants of the original white settlers and black slaves of 250 years ago. Full Profile
2006 Results:
G.K. Butterfield (D) was unopposed.

NC-02


District Profile:
This is a place where most voters have a Democratic heritage but many have gotten into the habit of voting Republican for major offices. Full Profile
2006 Results:
Bob Etheridge (D) defeated Dan Mansell (R) by 67-33%

NC-03


District Profile:
The 3rd District covers the Outer Banks and much of the coastal plain of North Carolina, though the northeastern tier to the affluent oceanside resort communities. Full Profile
2006 Results:
Walter Jones Jr. (R) defeated Craig Weber (D) by 69-31%

NC-04


District Profile:
A sleepy metro area which once trailed the nation in income is now a fast-growing, vibrant, affluent metropolis -- the prime engine of North Carolina's growth. Full Profile
2006 Results:
David Price (D) defeated Steven Acuff (R) by 65-35%

NC-05


District Profile:
For all the economic progress here, large swaths of the region remain rural, from chicken-raising Wilkes County to Appalachian State University. Full Profile
2006 Results:
Virginia Foxx (R) defeated Roger Sharpe (D) by 57-43%

NC-06


District Profile:
High Point, the center of the U.S. furniture business, sits amidst rolling farmland; it was the site of the Battle of Guilford Courthouse in the Revolutionary War. Full Profile
2006 Results:
Howard Coble (R) defeated Rory Blake (D) by 71-29%

NC-07


District Profile:
This area has perhaps the busiest American movie and television-production facilities outside of Los Angeles; the industry accounted for 11 percent of the area's economy. Full Profile
2006 Results:
Mike McIntyre (D) defeated Shirley Davis (R) by 73-27%

NC-08


District Profile:
This is a split personality district, with very different political leanings in the textile country, the Sand Hills and Charlotte. Full Profile
2006 Results:
Robin Hayes (R) defeated Larry Kissell (D) by 329 votes

NC-09


District Profile:
The past two decades have brought Charlotte cultural growth worthy of its growing business stature. Full Profile
2006 Results:
Sue Myrick (R) defeated Bill Glass (D) by 67-33%

NC-10


District Profile:
This remains a very Republican area -- home to a rough-hewn Republicanism that is unsympathetic to government regulators. Full Profile
2006 Results:
Patrick McHenry (R) defeated Richard Carsner (D) by 62-38%

NC-11


District Profile:
Many Americans bring a little bit of western N.C. home with them each winter: The Fraser fir trees that grow in the mountains are America's favorite Christmas trees. Full Profile
2006 Results:
Heath Shuler (D) defeated Charles Taylor (R) by 54-46%

NC-12


District Profile:
This District was the most litigated district in the country during the 1990s, and was the focus of no less than four Supreme Court cases. Full Profile
2006 Results:
Mel Watt (D) defeated Ada Fisher (R) by 67-33%

NC-13


District Profile:
The district lines were drawn by the Democratic legislature to produce a new Democratic district after the 2000 Census. Full Profile
2006 Results:
Brad Miller (D) defeated Vernon Robinson (R) by 64-36%

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