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West Virginia's 2nd congressional district
West Virginia's 2nd congressional district
Representative	Alex Mooney; R–Charles Town
Population (2021)	620,298
Median household; income	$59,295
Ethnicity	94.4% White; 3.6% Black; 0.8% Hispanic; 0.5% Asian; 0.2% Native American; 0.1% other;
Cook PVI	R+17

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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.

George W. Bush carried the district twice in 2000 with 54% of the vote and in 2004 with 57% of the vote. John McCain also won the district in 2008 with 54.63% of the vote while Barack Obama received 43.77%.

History

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.^[4]

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.^[5] .

Recent presidential elections

Election results from presidential 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%
2020	President	Trump 65 - 33%

2022 Republican primary

The legislature placed both 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.^[6] 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. ^[7] Mooney then easily won the general election.

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Dates	Cong ress	Electoral history
District created December 7, 1863
William G. Brown Sr.	Unconditional Unionist	December 7, 1863 – March 3, 1865	38th	Elected in 1863. Retired.
George R. Latham	Unconditional Unionist	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867	39th	Elected in 1864. Retired.
Bethuel Kitchen	Republican	March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1869	40th	Elected in 1866. Retired.
James McGrew	Republican	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1873	41st 42nd	Elected in 1868. Re-elected in 1870. Retired.
John Hagans	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	43rd	Elected in 1872. Lost re-election as an Independent.
Charles J. Faulkner	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877	44th	Elected in 1874. Retired to run for U.S. senator.
Benjamin F. Martin	Democratic	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1881	45th 46th	Elected in 1876. Re-elected in 1878. Lost renomination.
John B. Hoge	Democratic	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883	47th	Elected in 1880. Retired.
William Lyne Wilson	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. Retired.
Alston G. Dayton	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	Democratic	June 6, 1905 – March 3, 1907	59th	Elected to finish Dayton's term. Retired.
George Cookman Sturgiss	Republican	March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1911	60th 61st	Elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Lost re-election.
William Gay Brown Jr.	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	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	Democratic	March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1925	68th	Elected in 1922. Lost re-election.
Frank Llewellyn Bowman	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	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	Republican	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949	80th	Elected in 1946. Lost re-election.
Harley Orrin Staggers	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	Republican	January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1983	97th	Elected in 1980. Retired to run for U.S. senator.
Harley O. Staggers Jr.	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	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	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	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

2000s

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

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

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

References

Specific

^ "My Congressional District".
^ "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
^ "Bill Status - Complete Bill History".
^ West Virginia Blue Book (pp 535, 2012 edition)
^ "Bill Status - Complete Bill History".
^ "West Virginia lawmakers settle on a north-south congressional map, opening up McKinley vs Mooney". October 14, 2021.
^ "Mooney wallops McKinley in rare matchup of congressional incumbents". May 11, 2022.

General

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

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[1] "My Congressional District".

[Cook-2] "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.

[3] "Bill Status - Complete Bill History".

[4] West Virginia Blue Book (pp 535, 2012 edition)

[5] "Bill Status - Complete Bill History".

[6] "West Virginia lawmakers settle on a north-south congressional map, opening up McKinley vs Mooney". October 14, 2021.

[7] "Mooney wallops McKinley in rare matchup of congressional incumbents". May 11, 2022.

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+'''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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=3033&year=2021&sessiontype=3X&btype=bill |title = Bill Status - Complete Bill History}}</ref>
-'''West Virginia's 2nd congressional district''' currently stretches from the [[Ohio River]] border with [[Ohio]] to the [[Potomac River]] border with [[Maryland]] and the border with [[Virginia]]. It includes the capital city of [[Charleston, West Virginia|Charleston]] and the rapidly growing residential communities of West Virginia's [[Eastern Panhandle]] and [[Potomac Highlands]] regions connected by a narrow strip of nearly unpopulated counties. It is {{convert|20|mi}} wide and {{convert|300|mi}} long.
-As a result of the state losing a seat as a result of the [[2020 United States census]] the state legislature redrew the map, totally changing the district's boundaries for the 2022 congressional election and the following 10 years.
 The district is currently represented by [[Alex Mooney]], a [[United States Republican Party|Republican]].
-West Virginia had four congressional seats from 1973 to 1993. Previously, much of the western portion of the current 2nd District had been in the [[West Virginia's 3rd congressional district|3rd District]], based in Charleston. The eastern portion of the district had been in the 2nd District, which had been anchored in [[Martinsburg, West Virginia|Martinsburg]] and [[Morgantown, West Virginia|Morgantown]] for all but a few years since statehood. For all but two years from 1949 to 1993, it was held by the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] Staggers family--[[Harley O. Staggers]] from 1949 to 1981 and [[Harley O. Staggers Jr.|Harley "Buckey" Staggers Jr.]] from 1983 to 1993. When West Virginia lost a seat following the [[U.S. Census, 1990|1990 census]], the [[West Virginia Legislature|state legislature]] divided Staggers's district among the remaining three districts. Much of Staggers's old territory was merged with the 3rd District, represented by five-term Democrat [[Bob Wise]] and renumbered the 2nd. However, Staggers's home in [[Mineral County, West Virginia|Mineral County]] wound up in the [[West Virginia's 1st congressional district|1st District]], where he was routed in the Democratic primary by [[Alan Mollohan]]. Wise represented the new district until 2000, when he ran for and won West Virginia's governorship.  Following the [[2010 United States census|2010 census]], [[Mason County, West Virginia|Mason County]] was transferred to the 3rd District, which changed the character of the district only slightly.  This change took effect for the 2012 election.<ref>http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/2011/1x/maps/senate/Enr%20SB1008%20Map.pdf {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref>
-The district is very expensive to campaign in, because six counties on the district's eastern fringe are in the very expensive [[Washington, D.C.]] television market. The two main parts, Charleston and the Eastern Panhandle, have very little in common and very little interaction.
-The district is slightly more conservative and prosperous than the rest of West Virginia, though like the state's other districts, it tends to give congressmen long tenures in Washington. The [[2000 United States House of Representatives elections in West Virginia|2000 election]] that resulted in Capito's victory marked the first open-seat race in the district since 1945. The old 2nd District had only five congressmen from 1933 until its elimination in 1993.
 [[George W. Bush]] carried the district twice in [[2000 United States presidential election|2000]] with 54% of the vote and in [[2004 United States presidential election|2004]] with 57% of the vote. [[John McCain]] also won the district in [[2008 United States presidential election|2008]] with 54.63% of the vote while [[Barack Obama]] received 43.77%.
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 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.
-first saw the district as currently constituted, consisting 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.<ref>West Virginia Blue Book (pp 535, 2012 edition)</ref>
+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.<ref>West Virginia Blue Book (pp 535, 2012 edition)</ref>
+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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=3033&year=2021&sessiontype=3X&btype=bill |title = Bill Status - Complete Bill History}}</ref>
+.
 == Recent presidential elections ==
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+==2022 Republican primary==
-==Future==
-Responding to the census results, the state Legislature adopted a new map for the 2022 elections and the following 10 years. It abandoned the practice used since the formation of the state of starting the numbering in the north, and rather divided the state in a northern and southern district, with the 1st being the more southerly one.  The new Second District will contain the counties of 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=3033&year=2021&sessiontype=3X&btype=bill |title = Bill Status - Complete Bill History}}</ref>
-This means that current 3rd District congresswoman [[Carol Miller (politician)|Carol Miller]] is the de facto incumbent in the new 1st District, while both the current 1st District congressman [[David McKinley]] and the current 2nd District congressman [[Alex Mooney]] reside in the new 2nd District.  All three ran for re-election, setting up a Republican primary race between Mooney and McKinley.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://wvmetronews.com/2021/10/14/west-virginia-lawmakers-settle-on-a-north-south-congressional-map-opening-up-mckinley-vs-mooney/ | title=West Virginia lawmakers settle on a north-south congressional map, opening up McKinley vs Mooney | date=October 14, 2021 }}</ref>  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.  <ref>{{cite web | url=https://wvmetronews.com/2022/05/10/mooney-takes-lead-over-mckinley-in-rare-matchup-of-congressional-incumbents/ | title=Mooney wallops McKinley in rare matchup of congressional incumbents | date=May 11, 2022 }}</ref>
+The legislature placed both 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.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://wvmetronews.com/2021/10/14/west-virginia-lawmakers-settle-on-a-north-south-congressional-map-opening-up-mckinley-vs-mooney/ | title=West Virginia lawmakers settle on a north-south congressional map, opening up McKinley vs Mooney | date=October 14, 2021 }}</ref>  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.  <ref>{{cite web | url=https://wvmetronews.com/2022/05/10/mooney-takes-lead-over-mckinley-in-rare-matchup-of-congressional-incumbents/ | title=Mooney wallops McKinley in rare matchup of congressional incumbents | date=May 11, 2022 }}</ref>   Mooney then easily won the general election.
 == List of members representing the district ==