Alabama's 2nd congressional district
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Alabama's 2nd congressional district | |
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![]() Alabama's 2nd congressional district - since January 3, 2013. | |
Representative | |
Area | 10,608 sq mi (27,470 km2) |
Population (2015) | 686,622[1] |
Median household income | 32,460 |
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Cook PVI | R+16[2] |
Alabama's 2nd congressional district is a United States congressional district in Alabama that elects a representative to the United States House of Representatives. It includes most of the Montgomery metropolitan area, and stretches into the Wiregrass Region in the southeastern portion of the state. The district encompasses portions of Montgomery County and the entirety of Autauga, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale, Elmore, Geneva, Henry, Houston and Pike counties. Other cities in the district include Andalusia, Dothan, Greenville, and Troy.
The district is represented by Republican Martha Roby, a former Montgomery city councilwoman, who defeated Bobby Bright, the Democratic incumbent, in the November 2010 election.
Character
The population of the district is fairly evenly distributed with a large number of small-to-medium-sized cities spread throughout the district. The presence of Fort Rucker in Dale County and Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base in Montgomery County imbues the district with a heavy military leaning. The district is home of Troy University, one of the largest providers of education to active military members in the country.
White voters here were among the first in Alabama to shift from the Democratic Party; the old-line Southern Democrats in this area began splitting their tickets as early as the 1950s. Today, the district is one of the most Republican districts in both Alabama and the nation. It has only supported a Democrat for president once since 1956, when Jimmy Carter carried it in 1976. In 2008, the district elected a Democrat to Congress for the first time since 1964, but it reverted to its Republican ways in 2010. At the state and local level, however, conservative Democrats continued to hold most offices as late as 2002.
White voters gave John McCain, the Republican candidate, 63.42% of the vote in 2008; Barack Obama, the Democratic candidate, received 36.05%, attracting voters beyond the substantial (and expected) African-American minority.
The district gives its congressmen very long tenures in Washington; only six people have represented it since 1923.
Voting
Election results from statewide races | ||
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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
Congress | Representative | Party | Years | Notes |
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District created March 4, 1823 | ||||
18th | ![]() |
Jacksonian D-R | March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 | |
19th-20th | Jacksonian | March 4, 1825 – March 4, 1829 | ||
21st | ![]() |
Jacksonian | March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831 | |
22nd | ![]() |
Jacksonian | March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833 | Redistricted to the 3rd district |
23rd | ![]() |
Jacksonian | March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835 | |
24th | ![]() |
Jacksonian | March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837 | |
25th | Democratic | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839 | ||
26th | ![]() |
Democratic | March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841 | |
27th | District inactive, all representatives elected At-large on a general ticket | |||
28th | ![]() |
Democratic | March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845 | |
29th-31st | ![]() |
Whig | March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1851 | |
32nd-33rd | ![]() |
Whig | March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1855 | |
34th-35th | ![]() |
Democratic | March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1859 | |
36th | ![]() |
Democratic | March 4, 1859 – January 21, 1861 | Withdrew |
37th-39th | 1861-1868 | Civil War and Reconstruction | ||
40th-42nd | ![]() |
Republican | July 21, 1868 – March 3, 1873 | |
43rd | ![]() |
Republican | March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875 | |
44th | ![]() |
Democratic | March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877 | Redistricted to the 3rd district |
45th-52nd | ![]() |
Democratic | March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1893 | |
53rd-56th | ![]() |
Democratic | March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1901 | |
57th-60th | ![]() |
Democratic | March 4, 1901 – June 17, 1908 | Died |
60th | ![]() |
Democratic | November 3, 1908 – March 3, 1909 | |
61st-66th | ![]() |
Democratic | March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1921 | |
67th-68th | ![]() |
Democratic | March 4, 1921 – March 27, 1923 | Died |
68th-75th | ![]() |
Democratic | August 14, 1923- January 11, 1938 | appointed to US Senate |
75th-87th | ![]() |
Democratic | June 14, 1938 – January 3, 1963 | 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 | ![]() |
Republican | January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1993 | |
103rd-110th | ![]() |
Republican | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2009 | |
111th | Democratic | January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2011 | ||
112th- current | ![]() |
Republican | January 3, 2011 - present |
Results
2002
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Terry Everett | 151,830 | 68.20% | |
Democratic | Charles Wood | 64,958 | 29.18% | |
Libertarian | Wallace B. McGahan | 4,111 | 1.85% | |
Independent | Others | 1,737 | 0.78% | |
Majority | 86,872 | 39.02% | ||
Total votes | 222,636 | 100% | ||
Republican hold |
2004
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Terry Everett* | 177,086 | 72% | ||
Democratic | Charles James | 70,562 | 28% |
2006
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Terry Everett* | 124,302 | 70% | ||
Democratic | Charles James | 54,450 | 30% | ||
Majority | 69,852 | 39% | |||
Total votes | 178,752 | 100% | |||
Republican hold |
2008
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Bobby Bright | 144,368 | 50% | ||
Republican | Jay Love | 142,578 | 50% | ||
Majority | 1,790 | 0.62% | |||
Total votes | 286,946 | 100% | |||
Democratic gain from Republican |
2010
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Martha Roby | 111,332 | 51% | ||
Democratic | Bobby Bright* | 106,456 | 49% | ||
Majority | 4,876 | 2.2% | |||
Total votes | 217,788 | 100% | |||
Republican gain from Democratic |
2012
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Martha Roby* | 180,483 | 64% | ||
Democratic | Therese Ford | 103,007 | 36% | ||
Majority | 77,476 | ||||
Total votes | 283,490 | 100% | |||
Republican hold |
2014
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Martha Roby* | 95,073 | 66% | ||
Democratic | Erick Wright | 48,789 | 34% | ||
Republican hold |
2016
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Martha Roby* | 134,886 | 49% | |
Democratic | Nathan Mathis | 112,089 | 41% | |
No party | Write-ins | 29,609 | 10 | |
Total votes | 276,584 | 100% | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
Living former Members
As of April 2015[update], there are two former members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Alabama's 2nd congressional district that are currently living. The most recent representative to die was William Louis Dickinson (1965-1993) on March 31, 2008.
Representative | Term in office | Date of birth (and age) |
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Terry Everett | 1993–2009 | February 15, 1937 |
Bobby Bright | 2009–2011 | July 21, 1952 |
Historical district boundaries
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See also
References
- ^ [1]
- ^ "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
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(help) - Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
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(help) - Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
External links
- Congressional districts of Alabama
- Autauga County, Alabama
- Barbour County, Alabama
- Bullock County, Alabama
- Butler County, Alabama
- Coffee County, Alabama
- Conecuh County, Alabama
- Covington County, Alabama
- Crenshaw County, Alabama
- Dale County, Alabama
- Elmore County, Alabama
- Geneva County, Alabama
- Henry County, Alabama
- Houston County, Alabama
- Lowndes County, Alabama
- Montgomery County, Alabama
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