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Revision as of 18:53, 23 February 2023
Nebraska's 2nd congressional district | |
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Population (2021) | 656,171 |
Median household income | $72,455[1] |
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Cook PVI | EVEN[2] |
Nebraska's 2nd congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Nebraska that encompasses the core of the Omaha–Council Bluffs metropolitan area. It includes all of Douglas County, which includes Omaha, as well as the suburban areas of the western part of Sarpy County. It has been represented in the United States House of Representatives since 2017 by Don Bacon, a member of the Republican Party. It was one of 18 districts that voted for Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election while being won or held by a Republican in 2022.
History
This district is known as a swing district; it was one of two districts with a margin of less than 5% in all elections held after the 2010 census. It has also backed the electoral winner of many presidential elections since 2000, except for when it voted for the losing candidate Mitt Romney over Barack Obama in 2012. In 2011, Nebraska lawmakers changed the district to excise Offutt Air Force Base and the city of Bellevue — an area with a large minority population — and moved the borders to include the Republican-heavy Omaha suburbs in western Sarpy County. The move was expected to dilute the city's urban Democratic vote, which Democrats criticized for gerrymandering.[3]
In 2021, Republicans proposed a new map for the district, which encompasses southern Douglas County, Sarpy, and Saunders Counties. Another map backed by Democrats would keep Douglas County whole but move Bellevue, in Sarpy County, back into the 2nd district, where it was located prior to the state legislature's 2011 redistricting. The Democratic plan would also remove suburban areas of the 2nd district that lean Republican.[4] The Republican congressional redistricting plan passed the committee 5-4 on a party-line vote but was stopped by a filibuster 29-17 on September 17.[5] The legislature ultimately passed a compromise map instead.
Demographics
According to the APM Research Lab's Voter Profile Tools[6] (featuring the U.S. Census Bureau's 2019 American Community Survey), the district contained about 473,000 potential voters (citizens, age 18+). Of these, 80% are White, 9% Black, and 6% Latino. Immigrants make up 5% of the district's potential voters. Median income among households (with one or more potential voter) in the district is about $73,400, while 8% of households live below the poverty line. As for the educational attainment of potential voters in the district, 40% hold a bachelor's or higher degree.
Election results from statewide races
Year | Office | Results |
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1992 | President | George H.W. Bush 48% – Bill Clinton 32% |
1996 | President | Bob Dole 53% – Bill Clinton 38% |
2000 | President | George W. Bush 57% – Al Gore 39% |
2004 | President | George W. Bush 60% – John Kerry 38% |
2008 | President | Barack Obama 50% – John McCain 49% |
2012 | President | Mitt Romney 53% – Barack Obama 46% |
2016 | President | Donald Trump 48% – Hillary Clinton 46% |
2020 | President | Joe Biden 52% – Donald Trump 46% |
2022 | Governor | Jim Pillen 48.2% – Carol Blood 48.1% |
Nebraska and Maine are the only two states in the United States which distribute their electoral votes for president based on presidential candidates' performance in their respective congressional districts in addition to their statewide performance. The statewide popular vote winner for president receives two electoral votes, and the winner of each of Nebraska's congressional districts—there are currently three such districts—receives an electoral vote from the respective district.
While the rest of the state's electorate tends to be solidly Republican, the 2nd district is much more closely divided between the two main parties—Republican and Democratic. In the 2008 United States presidential election, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama targeted the district as a strategy of breaking a potential electoral-vote tie.[7] He won the district's electoral vote by a margin of 3,325 votes over his chief general election opponent, Republican John McCain.[8] However, McCain won Nebraska's statewide popular vote, as well as the district-wide popular vote for the other two Nebraska congressional districts, thus receiving four electoral votes from Nebraska.[8] Obama's victory in the 2nd district meant that Nebraska's electoral delegation was split for the first time ever. It also marked the first Nebraskan electoral vote for a Democrat since 1964.[8] By contrast, in 2012 and 2016, Republican presidential nominees Mitt Romney and Donald Trump won the 2nd district, as well as the overall statewide vote and the electoral votes of the first and third districts.[9] The district flipped back to the Democratic Party in 2020, giving its one electoral vote to Joe Biden.
List of members representing the district
Election history
2006
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Lee Terry (Incumbent) | 99,475 | 54.7% | −6.4% | |
Democratic | Jim Esch | 82,504 | 45.3% | +9.1% | |
Republican hold | Swing | ||||
Turnout | 181,979 |
2008
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Lee Terry (Incumbent) | 142,473 | 51.9% | −2.8% | |
Democratic | Jim Esch | 131,901 | 48.1% | +2.8% | |
Republican hold | Swing | ||||
Turnout | 274,374 |
2010
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Lee Terry (Incumbent) | 93,840 | 60.8% | +8.9% | |
Democratic | Tom White | 60,486 | 39.2% | −8.9% | |
Republican hold | Swing | ||||
Turnout | 154,326 |
2012
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Lee Terry (Incumbent) | 133,964 | 50.8% | −10.0% | |
Democratic | John Ewing | 129,767 | 49.2% | +10.0% | |
Republican hold | Swing | ||||
Turnout | 263,731 |
2014
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Brad Ashford | 83,872 | 49.0% | −0.2% | |
Republican | Lee Terry (Incumbent) | 78,157 | 45.7% | −5.1% | |
Libertarian | Steven Laird | 9,021 | 5.3% | +5.3% | |
Democratic gain from Republican | Swing | ||||
Turnout | 171,050 |
2016
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Don Bacon | 141,066 | 48.9% | +3.2% | |
Democratic | Brad Ashford (Incumbent) | 137,602 | 47.7% | −1.3% | |
Libertarian | Steven Laird | 9,640 | 3.3% | −2.0% | |
Republican gain from Democratic | Swing | ||||
Turnout | 288,308 |
2018
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Don Bacon (Incumbent) | 126,715 | 51.0% | +2.1% | |
Democratic | Kara Eastman | 121,770 | 49.0% | +1.3% | |
Republican hold | Swing | ||||
Turnout | 248,485 |
2020
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Don Bacon (Incumbent) | 171,071 | 50.8% | -0.2% | |
Democratic | Kara Eastman | 155,706 | 46.2% | -2.8% | |
Libertarian | Tyler Schaeffer | 10,185 | 3% | +3% | |
Turnout | 336,962 | ||||
Republican hold | Swing |
2022
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Don Bacon (incumbent) | 112,663 | 51.33% | |
Democratic | Tony Vargas | 106,807 | 48.67% | |
Total votes | 219,470 | 100.0% | ||
Republican hold |
Historical district boundaries
See also
References
- ^ Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
- ^ "2022 Cook PVI℠: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
- ^ Schulte, Grant (May 27, 2011). "Nebraska Redistricting Maps Approved". AP. Retrieved August 10, 2012.
- ^ "Nebraska redistricting panel hits impasse, turns to public".
- ^ "First-round debate begins on congressional redistricting plan". September 17, 2021.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Representing US: 2020 Voter Profiles". APM Research Lab. Retrieved October 22, 2020.
- ^ Curry, Tom (November 2, 2008). "Is Obama-Terry the winning ticket in Omaha?". NBC News. Retrieved November 20, 2008.
If the national electoral vote tally is close, then the one electoral vote in Omaha would loom large. But with Obama apparently ahead in competitive states such as Virginia, the presidency may not hinge on Omaha's vote.
- ^ a b c Staff reporter (November 14, 2008). "Obama wins 1 of Nebraska's electoral votes". NBC News. Retrieved October 17, 2009.
- ^ Walton, Don (November 7, 2012). "Romney wins 2nd District electoral vote". Lincoln Journal Star. Retrieved December 12, 2022.
Republican nominee Mitt Romney appeared to have won the battle for Nebraska's only competitive presidential electoral vote Tuesday night. [...] Romney held comfortable leads in both the 1st District, which includes Lincoln, and the vast 3rd District, as well as statewide.
- ^ Evnen, Robert B. (November 8, 2022). 2022 General Canvass Book (PDF). Nebraska Secretary of State. p. 10. Retrieved December 14, 2022.
- 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