North Carolina's 1st congressional district

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North Carolina's 1st congressional district is a predominantly rural, historically Democratic-leaning U.S. House district in northeastern North Carolina that includes parts of the Coastal Plain and several small cities and towns.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States congressional district
appliesLaw federal law of the United States
state law of North Carolina
ballotsInclude candidates for U.S. Representative
borderType internal to North Carolina
contains small cities
towns
country United States
districtNumber 1
electorateType single-member district
elects member of the United States House of Representatives
electsTo United States House of Representatives
federalGovernmentalBody United States Congress
geographicCharacter predominantly rural
governmentalJurisdiction United States federal government
hasElectoralEvent biennial U.S. House elections
hasLevel federal
hasOrdinalNumber 1
hasPoliticalStatus voting congressional district
hasRepresentationType proportional by population within North Carolina
historicalPartyLeaning Democratic Party
historicalPoliticalCharacter Democratic-leaning
isDefinedBy North Carolina General Assembly redistricting legislation
isElectoralDistrictFor United States House of Representatives
isPartOf United States congressional districts in North Carolina
isPartOfElectoralSystem United States congressional district system
isRedistrictedAfter decennial United States Census
isRepresentedBy one voting member of Congress at a time
isSubdivisionOf North Carolina
isSubjectTo United States Census-based reapportionment
jurisdictionOver residents of the district
legislativeBody United States House of Representatives
locatedIn North Carolina Coastal Plain
northeastern North Carolina
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
lowerHouse United States House of Representatives
partOf North Carolina congressional delegation
partOfRegion American South
U.S. South
predominantAreaType rural
representedIn United States Congress
state North Carolina
subdivisionType congressional district
usesVotingSystem first-past-the-post

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Edgecombe County, North Carolina congressionalDistrict North Carolina's 1st congressional district
Warren County, North Carolina congressionalDistrict North Carolina's 1st congressional district
Lenoir County, North Carolina isPartOf North Carolina’s 1st congressional district
linked to: North Carolina's 1st congressional district
Dare County, North Carolina partOf First Congressional District of North Carolina
linked to: North Carolina's 1st congressional district
Bertie County, North Carolina locatedInCongressionalDistrict North Carolina's 1st congressional district
Pitt County, North Carolina legislativeDistrict North Carolina's 1st congressional district
Timothy Bloodworth represented North Carolina's 1st congressional district
G. K. Butterfield represented North Carolina's 1st congressional district
Asa Biggs represented North Carolina's 1st congressional district