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.

Alabama's 7th congressional district
Alabama's 7th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Representative	Terri Sewell D–Birmingham
Area	8,780 sq mi (22,700 km2)
Distribution	72.16% urban[1] 27.84% rural
Population (2019)	670,015[2]
Median household income	$38,023[3]
Ethnicity	63.45% Black 33.01% White 2.61% Hispanic 1% Asian 0.16% Native American
Occupation	53.4% White-collar 28.6% Blue-collar 18% Gray-collar
Cook PVI	D+20[4]

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%

Alabama's 7th congressional district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Artur Davis	153,735	92.30%
	Libertarian	Lauren Orth McCay	12,100	7.31%
	Write-in	Write-ins	474	0.29%
Majority			141,635	84.9%
Total votes			166,309	100.00%
	Democratic hold

Alabama's 7th congressional district election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Artur Davis (Incumbent)	183,408	75%
	Republican	Steve Cameron	61,019	25%
	Write-in	Write-ins	211	0.09%
Majority			122,389	50%
Total votes			244,638	100%
	Democratic hold

Alabama's 7th congressional district election, 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Artur Davis (Incumbent)	133,870	99%
	Write-in	Write-ins	1,297	1%
Majority			132,573	98%
Total votes			135,167	100%
	Democratic hold

Alabama's 7th congressional district election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Artur Davis (Incumbent)	228,518	99%
	Write-in	Write-ins	3,183	1%
Majority			225,335	98%
Total votes			231,701	100%
	Democratic hold

Alabama's 7th congressional district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Terri Sewell	136,223	72%
	Republican	Don Chamberlain	51,882	28%
Majority			84,341	44%
Total votes			188,105	100%
	Democratic hold

Alabama's 7th congressional district election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Terri Sewell (Incumbent)	232,520	76%
	Republican	Don Chamberlain	73,835	24%
Majority			158,685	52%
Total votes			299,057	100%
	Democratic hold

Alabama's 7th congressional district election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Terri Sewell (Incumbent)	133,687	98%
	Write-in	Write-ins	2,212	2%
Majority			131,475	96%
Total votes			135,899	100%
	Democratic hold

Alabama's 7th congressional district election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Terri Sewell (Incumbent)	229,330	98%
	No party	Write-ins	3,698	2
Total votes			233,028	100%
	Democratic hold

Alabama's 7th congressional district election, 2018^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Terri Sewell (Incumbent)	185,010	97%
	No party	Write-ins	4,153	2%
Total votes			189,163	100%
	Democratic hold

Alabama's 7th congressional district election, 2020

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Terri Sewell (incumbent)	225,742	97.2
	Write-in		6,589	2.8
Total votes			232,331	100.0
	Democratic hold