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West Virginia's 2nd congressional district

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West Virginia's 2nd congressional district
West Virginia's 2nd congressional district since January 3, 2023
Representative
Population (2023)903,697
Median household
income
$61,685[1]
Ethnicity
Cook PVIR+22[2]

West Virginia's 2nd congressional district consists of the northern half of the state. It contains Barbour, Berkeley, Brooke, Doddridge, Grant, Hampshire, Hancock, Hardy, Harrison, Jefferson, Lewis, Marion, Marshall, Mineral, Monongalia, Morgan, Ohio, Pleasants, Preston, Randolph, Ritchie, Taylor, Tucker, Tyler, Upshur, Wetzel, and Wood counties.[3]

The district is currently represented by Alex Mooney, a Republican.

The legislature placed both the previous 1st district congressman David McKinley and the previous 2nd district congressman Alex Mooney in the new 2nd district, setting up a Republican primary race between Mooney and McKinley. The new 2nd was geographically and demographically more McKinley's district, making McKinley the de facto incumbent.[4] However, in the Republican Primary held on May 10, 2022, Mooney, who was endorsed by Donald Trump, easily defeated McKinley, who was endorsed by Democrat Joe Manchin 54% to 36%, with three minor candidates receiving the balance. [5] Mooney then easily won the general election.

History

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The second district as originally formed in 1863 included Taylor, Marion, Monongalia, Preston, Tucker, Barbour, Upshur, Webster, Pocahontas, Randolph, Pendleton, Hardy, Hampshire, Berkeley, and Morgan counties (Jefferson county's status in the state was still in dispute, and Grant and Mineral counties were still part of other counties, but the modern territory of all was also included). It was essentially the successor of Virginia's 10th congressional district. The district was unchanged for 1882.

In 1902, the district was changed to Monongalia, Preston, Tucker, Taylor, Barbour, Tucker, Randolph, Pendleton, Grant, Hardy, Mineral, Hampshire, Morgan, Berkeley, and Jefferson counties. The district was unchanged for 1916. Taylor was removed for 1934. The district was again unchanged for 1954. In 1962 Upshur, Webster, Pocahontas, and Greenbrier counties were added. In 1972, Lewis, Monroe, Summers, and Fayette were added. In 1982, Barbour was added.

1992 saw the district consist of Berkeley, Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Glimer, Hampshire, Hardy, Jackson, Jefferson, Kanawha, Lewis, Mason, Morgan, Nicholas, Pendleton, Putnam, Randolph, Roane, Upshur, and Wirt counties. In 2002, Gilmer and Nicholas were removed and for the election cycle beginning in 2012, Mason was removed.[6]

Responding to the 2020 census, the district was reconstituted to contain Barbour, Berkeley, Brooke, Doddridge, Grant, Hampshire, Hancock, Hardy, Harrison, Jefferson, Lewis, Marion, Marshall, Mineral, Monongalia, Morgan, Ohio, Pleasants, Preston, Randolph, Ritchie, Taylor, Tucker, Tyler, Upshur, Wetzel, and Wood.[7]

Election results from statewide races

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Election results from statewide races
Year Office Results
2000 President Bush 54 - 44%
2004 President Bush 57 - 42%
2008 President McCain 55 - 44%
2012 President Romney 60 - 38%
2016 President Trump 66 - 29%
Governor Justice 48 - 43%
2018 Senate Manchin 50 - 46%
2020 President Trump 65 - 33%
Senate Capito 69 - 29%
Governor Justice 59 - 33%

List of members representing the district

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Member Party Dates Cong
ress
Electoral history
District established December 7, 1863

William G. Brown Sr.
(Kingwood)
Union December 7, 1863 –
March 3, 1865
38th Elected in 1863.
Retired.

George R. Latham
(Grafton)
Union March 4, 1865 –
March 3, 1867
39th Elected in 1864.
Retired.

Bethuel Kitchen
(Martinsburg)
Republican March 4, 1867 –
March 3, 1869
40th Elected in 1866.
Retired.

James McGrew
(Kingwood)
Republican March 4, 1869 –
March 3, 1873
41st
42nd
Elected in 1868.
Re-elected in 1870.
Retired.

John Hagans
(Morgantown)
Republican March 4, 1873 –
March 3, 1875
43rd Elected in 1872.
Lost re-election as an Independent.

Charles J. Faulkner
(Martinsburg)
Democratic March 4, 1875 –
March 3, 1877
44th Elected in 1874.
Retired to run for U.S. senator.

Benjamin F. Martin
(Pruntytown)
Democratic March 4, 1877 –
March 3, 1881
45th
46th
Elected in 1876.
Re-elected in 1878.
Lost renomination.

John B. Hoge
(Martinsburg)
Democratic March 4, 1881 –
March 3, 1883
47th Elected in 1880.
Retired.

William Lyne Wilson
(Charles Town)
Democratic March 4, 1883 –
March 3, 1895
48th
49th
50th
51st
52nd
53rd
Elected in 1882.
Re-elected in 1884.
Re-elected in 1886.
Re-elected in 1888.
Re-elected in 1890.
Re-elected in 1892.
Lost re-election.

Alston G. Dayton
(Philippi)
Republican March 4, 1895 –
March 16, 1905
54th
55th
56th
57th
58th
59th
Elected in 1894.
Re-elected in 1896.
Re-elected in 1898.
Re-elected in 1900.
Re-elected in 1902.
Re-elected in 1904.
Resigned when appointed as a judge of US District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia
Vacant March 16, 1905 –
June 6, 1905
59th

Thomas Beall Davis
(Keyser)
Democratic June 6, 1905 –
March 3, 1907
Elected to finish Dayton's term.
Retired.

George Cookman Sturgiss
(Morgantown)
Republican March 4, 1907 –
March 3, 1911
60th
61st
Elected in 1906.
Re-elected in 1908.
Lost re-election.

William Gay Brown Jr.
(Kingwood)
Democratic March 4, 1911 –
March 9, 1916
62nd
63rd
64th
Elected in 1910.
Re-elected in 1912.
Re-elected in 1914.
Died.
Vacant March 9, 1916 –
May 9, 1916
64th

George Meade Bowers
(Martinsburg)
Republican May 9, 1916 –
March 3, 1923
64th
65th
66th
67th
Elected to finish Brown's term.
Re-elected in 1916.
Re-elected in 1918.
Re-elected in 1920.
Lost re-election.

Robert E. Lee Allen
(Morgantown)
Democratic March 4, 1923 –
March 3, 1925
68th Elected in 1922.
Lost re-election.

Frank Llewellyn Bowman
(Morgantown)
Republican March 4, 1925 –
March 3, 1933
69th
70th
71st
72nd
Elected in 1924.
Re-elected in 1926.
Re-elected in 1928.
Re-elected in 1930.
Lost re-election.

Jennings Randolph
(Elkins)
Democratic March 4, 1933 –
January 3, 1947
73rd
74th
75th
76th
77th
78th
79th
Elected in 1932.
Re-elected in 1934.
Re-elected in 1936.
Re-elected in 1938.
Re-elected in 1940.
Re-elected in 1942.
Re-elected in 1944.
Lost re-election.
Melvin C. Snyder
(Kingwood)
Republican January 3, 1947 –
January 3, 1949
80th Elected in 1946.
Lost re-election.

Harley Orrin Staggers
(Keyser)
Democratic January 3, 1949 –
January 3, 1981
81st
82nd
83rd
84th
85th
86th
87th
88th
89th
90th
91st
92nd
93rd
94th
95th
96th
Elected in 1948.
Re-elected in 1950.
Re-elected in 1952.
Re-elected in 1954.
Re-elected in 1956.
Re-elected in 1958.
Re-elected in 1960.
Re-elected in 1962.
Re-elected in 1964.
Re-elected in 1966.
Re-elected in 1968.
Re-elected in 1970.
Re-elected in 1972.
Re-elected in 1974.
Re-elected in 1976.
Re-elected in 1978.
Retired.

Cleve Benedict
(Lewisburg)
Republican January 3, 1981 –
January 3, 1983
97th Elected in 1980.
Retired to run for U.S. senator.

Harley O. Staggers Jr.
(Keyser)
Democratic January 3, 1983 –
January 3, 1993
98th
99th
100th
101st
102nd
Elected in 1982.
Re-elected in 1984.
Re-elected in 1986.
Re-elected in 1988.
Re-elected in 1990.
Redistricted to the 1st district and lost renomination.

Bob Wise
(Clendenin)
Democratic January 3, 1993 –
January 3, 2001
103rd
104th
105th
106th
Redistricted from the 3rd district and re-elected in 1992.
Re-elected in 1994.
Re-elected in 1996.
Re-elected in 1998.
Retired to run for Governor of West Virginia.

Shelley Moore Capito
(Charleston)
Republican January 3, 2001 –
January 3, 2015
107th
108th
109th
110th
111th
112th
113th
Elected in 2000.
Re-elected in 2002.
Re-elected in 2004.
Re-elected in 2006.
Re-elected in 2008.
Re-elected in 2010.
Re-elected in 2012.
Retired to run for U.S. senator.

Alex Mooney
(Charles Town)
Republican January 3, 2015 –
present
114th
115th
116th
117th
118th
Elected in 2014.
Re-elected in 2016.
Re-elected in 2018.
Re-elected in 2020.
Re-elected in 2022.
Retiring at end of term to run for U.S. senator.

Recent election results

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2000s

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2000 United States House of Representatives elections in West Virginia
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Shelley Moore Capito 108,769 48.49
Democratic Jim Humphreys 103,003 45.92
Libertarian John Brown 12,543 5.59
Total votes 224,315 100.00
Republican gain from Democratic
2002 United States House of Representatives elections in West Virginia
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Shelley Moore Capito (incumbent) 98,276 60.04
Democratic Jim Humphreys 65,400 39.96
Total votes 163,676 100.00
Republican hold
2004 United States House of Representatives elections in West Virginia
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Shelley Moore Capito (incumbent) 147,676 57.46
Democratic Erik Wells 106,131 41.29
Mountain Julian Martin 3,218 1.25
Total votes 257,025 100.00
Republican hold
2006 United States House of Representatives elections in West Virginia
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Shelley Moore Capito (incumbent) 94,110 57.18
Democratic Mike Callaghan 70,470 42.82
Total votes 164,580 100.00
Republican hold
2008 United States House of Representatives elections in West Virginia
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Shelley Moore Capito (incumbent) 147,334 57.07
Democratic Anne Barth 110,819 42.92
Write-ins 16 0.01
Total votes 258,169 100.00
Republican hold

2010s

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2010 United States House of Representatives elections in West Virginia
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Shelley Moore Capito (incumbent) 126,814 68.46
Democratic Virginia Lynch Graf 55,001 29.69
Constitution Phil Hudok 3,431 1.85
Total votes 185,246 100.00
Republican hold
2012 United States House of Representatives elections in West Virginia
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Shelley Moore Capito (incumbent) 158,206 69.8
Democratic Howard Swint 68,560 30.2
Total votes 226,766 100.0
Republican hold
2014 United States House of Representatives elections in West Virginia
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Alex X. Mooney 72,619 47.1
Democratic Nick Casey 67,687 43.9
Libertarian Davy Jones 7,682 5.0
Independent Ed Rabel 6,250 4.0
Total votes 154,238 100.0
Republican hold
2016 United States House of Representatives elections in West Virginia
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Alex Mooney (incumbent) 140,807 58.2
Democratic Mark Hunt 101,207 41.8
Total votes 242,014 100.0
Republican hold
2018 United States House of Representatives elections in West Virginia
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Alex Mooney (incumbent) 110,504 53.9
Democratic Talley Sergent 88,011 43.0
Mountain Daniel Lutz 6,277 3.1
Total votes 204,792 100.0
Republican hold

2020s

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2020 United States House of Representatives elections in West Virginia
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Alex Mooney (incumbent) 172,195 63.1
Democratic Cathy Kunkel 100,799 36.9
Total votes 272,994 100.0
Republican hold
2022 United States House of Representatives elections in West Virginia
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Alex Mooney (incumbent) 160,493 65.6
Democratic Barry Lee Wendell 84,278 34.4
Total votes 244,771 100.0
Republican hold

Historical district boundaries

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2003 - 2013
2013 - 2023

See also

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References

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Specific
  1. ^ "My Congressional District".
  2. ^ "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
  3. ^ "Bill Status - Complete Bill History".
  4. ^ "West Virginia lawmakers settle on a north-south congressional map, opening up McKinley vs Mooney". October 14, 2021.
  5. ^ "Mooney wallops McKinley in rare matchup of congressional incumbents". May 11, 2022.
  6. ^ West Virginia Blue Book (pp 535, 2012 edition)
  7. ^ "Bill Status - Complete Bill History".
General

38°50′20″N 80°10′26″W / 38.83889°N 80.17389°W / 38.83889; -80.17389