Alabama's 2nd congressional district

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Alabama's 2nd congressional district
Current Representative		Martha Roby (R–Montgomery)
Area	10,608 mi² (27,275 km²)
Distribution	50.1[citation needed]% urban, 49.9[citation needed]% rural
Population (2000)	635,300
Median income	$32,460
Ethnicity	67.0% White, 29.4% Black, 0.6% Asian, 1.5% Hispanic, 0.4% Native American, 1.0% other
Occupation	29.5% blue collar, 55.1% white collar, 15.4% gray collar
Cook PVI	R+17

Alabama's 2nd congressional district is based in the state's capitol city of Montgomery, encompasses most of the city, and includes the following counties: Autauga, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale, Elmore, Geneva, Henry, Houston, Lowndes, parts of Montgomery, and Pike.

Other cities in the district include Andalusia, Dothan, Greenville, and Troy. At the federal level, the district is strongly Republican, and gave John McCain, the Republican candidate, 63.42% of the vote in 2008 while Barack Obama, the Democratic candidate, received 36.05%. It elects a representative to the United States House of Representatives every two years, as do all districts in the United States.

The district is presently represented by Republican Martha Roby, a former Montgomery city councilwoman, who defeated Bobby Bright, the Democratic incumbent, in the November 2010 election.

The district from 2003 to 2013

Voting

Election results from statewide races
Year	Office	Results
2012	President	Romney 63 - 36%
2008	President	McCain 63 - 36%
2004	President	Bush 67 - 33%
2000	President	Bush 61 - 38%

List of representatives

A visual representation of party control of Alabama's 2nd Congressional District. The district first elected a member for the 18th congress.

Congress	Years	Representative	Party	Notes
District created March 4, 1823
18th	March 4, 1823 - March 3, 1825	John McKee	Jacksonian D-R
19th-20th	March 4, 1825 - March 4, 1829		Jacksonian
21st	March 4, 1829 - March 3, 1831	Robert E.B. Baylor
22nd	March 4, 1831 - March 3, 1833	Samuel Wright Mardis		Redistricted to the 3rd district
23rd	March 3, 1833 - March 3, 1835	John McKinley
24th	March 4, 1835 - March 3, 1837	Joshua L. Martin
25th	March 4, 1837 - March 3, 1839		Democratic
26th	March 4, 1839 - March 3, 1841	David Hubbard
27th	District inactive, all representatives elected At-large on a general ticket
28th	March 4, 1843 - March 3, 1845	James Edwin Belser	Democratic
29th-31st	March 4, 1845 - March 3, 1851	Henry Washington Hilliard	Whig
32nd-33rd	March 4, 1851 - March 3, 1855	James Abercrombie
34th-35th	March 4, 1855 - March 3, 1859	Eli Sims Shorter	Democratic
36th	March 4, 1859 - January 21, 1861	James L. Pugh		Withdrew
37th-39th	1861-1868	Civil War and Reconstruction
40th-42nd	July 21, 1868 - March 3, 1873	Charles Waldron Buckley	Republican
43rd	March 4, 1873 - March 3, 1875	James T. Rapier
44th	March 4, 1875 - March 3, 1877	Jeremiah Norman Williams	Democratic	Redistricted to the 3rd district
45th-52nd	March 4, 1877 - March 3, 1893	Hilary A. Herbert
53rd-56th	March 4, 1893 - March 3, 1901	Jesse F. Stallings
57th-60th	March 4, 1901 - June 17, 1908	Ariosto A. Wiley		Died
60th	November 3, 1908 - March 3, 1909	Oliver C. Wiley
61st-66th	March 4, 1909 - March 3, 1921	S. Hubert Dent, Jr.
67th-68th	March 4, 1921 - March 27, 1923	John R. Tyson		Died
68th-75th	August 14, 1923- January 11, 1938	J. Lister Hill		appointed to US Senate
75th-87th	June 14, 1938 - January 3, 1963	George M. Grant		Redistricted to the At-large district
88th	January 3, 1963 - January 3, 1965	District inactive, all representatives elected At-large on a general ticket
89th-103rd	January 3, 1965 - January 3, 1993	William Louis Dickinson	Republican
103rd-110th	January 3, 1993 - January 3, 2009	Terry Everett
111th	January 3, 2009 - January 3, 2011	Bobby Bright	Democratic
112th-113th	January 5, 2011 -	Martha Roby	Republican

Results

2004

Main article: U.S. House election, 2004

Alabama's 2nd Congressional District House Election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Terry Everett	177,086	71.51%
	Democratic	Charles James	70,562	28.49%

2006

Main article: U.S. House election, 2006

Alabama's 2nd Congressional District House Election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Terry Everett	124,302	69.54%	-1.97%
	Democratic	Charles James	54,450	30.46%	+1.97%
Majority			69,852	39.08%
Total votes			178,752	100%
	Republican hold

2008

Main article: U.S. House election, 2008

Alabama's 2nd Congressional District House Election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Bobby Bright	144,368	50.31%	+19.85%
	Republican	Jay Love	142,578	49.69%	-19.85%
Majority			1,790	0.62%
Total votes			286,946	100%
	Democratic gain from Republican

2010

Main article: U.S. House election, 2010

Alabama's 2nd Congressional District House Election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Martha Roby	111,332	51.10%	+1.41
	Democratic	Bobby Bright (Incumbent)	106,456	48.90%	-1.41
Majority			4,876	2.2%
Total votes			217,788	100%
	Republican gain from Democratic

http://projects.usatoday.com/news/politics/2010/elections/AL/

References

• Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company. 
• Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company. 
• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

External links

• http://edition.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/results/individual/#ALH02
• CNN coverage of the 2006 election
• CNN converage of the 2004 election
• CNN converage of the 2002 election
• CNN converage of the 2000 election