CQ Risk Rating: Safe Republican 
| GENERAL ELECTION: NOVEMBER 7, 2000 |
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| Sue Myrick (R) | 181,161 | 69% |
| Ed McGuire (D) | 79,382 | 30% |
| Christopher S. Cole (LIBERT) | 2,459 | 1% |
| James M. Cahaney (REF) | 1,218 | 0% |
| PRIMARY ELECTION: MAY 2, 2000 |
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| | Votes | Percentage | | Democratic |
| Ed McGuire | 10,443 | 48% |
| Jeri Clement | 5,661 | 26% |
| Gene Gay | 5,632 | 26% |
| | Republican |
| Sue Myrick | Unopposed |
Source: Congressional Quarterly. To suggest updates and corrections: politics.feedback@cq.com
Major Industry | Population | Cities | People | Race | Median Household Income | Unusual Features
NORTH CAROLINA 9
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Southwest - Gastonia; part of Charlotte
The 9th is more than just the suburbs around Charlotte, the largest
metro area in the state. About half of the district's residents live in
rural, textile-producing counties west of the city.
The primarily white suburbs on the southern side of Charlotte feed the
city many of its bankers, brokers, accountants, health care professionals
and other white-collar workers. The region's tremendous growth has brought
the traffic congestion, shopping malls and higher home values that usually
accompany suburban sprawl.
To the west, life is different. The district encompasses the fields,
barns, lakes and textile mills typical of rural North Carolina. Some
factories have sprouted up as Charlotte has grown, and businesses have begun
to use the outlying area as a distribution center.
While redistricting for the election that began the 106th Congress upped
the percentage of registered Democratic voters from 50 to 52 percent, the
9th remains solidly Republican at the state and federal level. The remap
removed many suburban swing-Republicans from Charlotte and replaced them
with the rock-ribbed Republicans of the western, rural Bible Belt counties.
At the local level, the counties differ: Mecklenburg is split politically,
Cleveland is traditionally and solidly Democratic, Gaston is heavily
Republican and Lincoln is traditionally Democratic, though moving to the
right.
Major Industry
Finance, service, retail, manufacturing
Population
552,424 (1990)
Cities
Charlotte (pt.), 163,005 (1990); Gastonia, 56,575; Shelby, 15,593 (1996)
People
65% urban; 11% age 65+ (ranks ninth of 12 in state; bottom third nationally)
(1990)
Race
88% white, 11% black, 1% Asian; 1% Hispanic origin (1990)
Median Household Income
Not available for this newly redrawn district.
Unusual Features
After six years of planning, a Gaston County military veterans group in
December 1998 succeeded in hoisting the largest flying American flag in the
nation (114 by 65 feet), which can be seen from the tall office buildings in
Charlotte more than 20 miles away; Cleveland County claims to produce more
than half the world's supply of lithium.
Source: Congressional Quarterly (Updated April 1999)
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