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Revision as of 23:23, 13 October 2014
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Cook PVI | D+3 |
Maine's 2nd congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Maine. Covering 27,326 square miles (70,770 km2), it comprises nearly 80% of the state's total land area. It is the largest district east of the Mississippi River and the 24th-largest overall. The district comprises most of the land area north of the Portland and Augusta metropolitan areas. It includes the cities of Bangor, Lewiston, Auburn, and Presque Isle. Though it included the city of Waterville until 2011, Maine's Congressional redistricting process following the 2010 US Census led to a shift of district boundaries within Kennebec County.
The district is currently represented by Democrat Mike Michaud. It is the second-most rural district in the United States, with 72.11% of its population in rural areas, behind only Kentucky's 5th congressional district.[1]
Recent election results from presidential races
Year | Results |
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1992 | Clinton 38 - 33% |
1996 | Clinton 51 - 30% |
2000 | Gore 47 - 46% |
2004 | Kerry 52 - 46% |
2008 | Obama 55 - 43% |
2012 | Obama 52 - 44% |
History
When Maine became a state in 1820, it had seven congressional districts credited to it. Prior to that it was part of Massachusetts, which had 20 districts after the 1810 U.S. Census. Since Maine became a state, all but two districts have been reallocated.
Composition
The boundaries of the District are open for reconsideration in light of population shifts revealed by the decennial US Census. Until 2011, Maine's constitution provided for the state to reapportion the Congressional districts based on census data every ten years beginning in 1983, which would have meant that the state was next due to consider redistricting in 2013. However, a federal lawsuit filed in March 2011 led to a requirement that Maine speed up its redistricting process.[2] Maine state legislators approved new boundaries on September 27, 2011.[3]
2003 – 2013
- Androscoggin County
- Aroostook County
- Franklin County
- Hancock County
- Part of Kennebec County:
- Oxford County
- Penobscot County
- Piscataquis County
- Somerset County
- Waldo County
- Washington County
2013 – 2023
- Androscoggin County
- Aroostook County
- Franklin County
- Hancock County
- Part of Kennebec County:
- Oxford County
- Penobscot County
- Piscataquis County
- Somerset County
- Waldo County
- Washington County
List of Representatives
Representative | Party | Years ↑ | Electoral history |
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Ezekiel Whitman | Federalist | March 4, 1821 – June 1, 1822 |
Redistricted from Massachusetts's 15th congressional district Resigned |
Vacant | June 1, 1822 – December 2, 1822 | ||
Mark Harris | Democratic- Republican |
December 2, 1822 – March 3, 1823 |
[data missing] |
Stephen Longfellow | Adams-Clay Federalist |
March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 |
[data missing] |
John Anderson | Jacksonian | March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1833 |
Retired to run for Mayor of Portland |
Francis Smith | Jacksonian | March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837 |
[data missing] |
Democratic | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839 | ||
Albert Smith | Democratic | March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841 |
[data missing] |
William Pitt Fessenden | Whig | March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843 |
[data missing] |
Robert P. Dunlap | Democratic | March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847 |
[data missing] |
Asa Clapp | Democratic | March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849 |
[data missing] |
Nathaniel Littlefield | Democratic | March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851 |
[data missing] |
John Appleton | Democratic | March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853 |
[data missing] |
Samuel Mayall | Democratic | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 |
[data missing] |
John J. Perry | Opposition | March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857 |
[data missing] |
Charles J. Gilman | Republican | March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859 |
[data missing] |
John J. Perry | Republican | March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861 |
[data missing] |
Charles W. Walton | Republican | March 4, 1861 – May 26, 1862 |
Resigned on appointment as associate justice of Maine Supreme Judicial Court |
Vacant | May 26, 1862 – December 1, 1862 | ||
Thomas Fessenden | Republican | December 1, 1862 – March 3, 1863 |
[data missing] |
Sidney Perham | Republican | March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1869 |
[data missing] |
Samuel Plummer Morrill | Republican | March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871 |
[data missing] |
William P. Frye | Republican | March 4, 1871 – March 17, 1881 |
Resigned when elected to U.S. Senate |
Vacant | March 17, 1881 – September 12, 1881 | ||
Nelson Dingley, Jr. | Republican | September 12, 1881 – March 3, 1883 |
Redistricted to At-large district |
At-large districts used | March 3, 1883 – March 3, 1885 | ||
Nelson Dingley, Jr. | Republican | March 3, 1885 – January 13, 1899 |
Redistricted from At-large district Died |
Vacant | January 13, 1899 – June 19, 1899 | ||
Charles E. Littlefield | Republican | June 19, 1899 – September 30, 1908 |
Resigned |
Vacant | September 30, 1908 – November 3, 1908 | ||
John P. Swasey | Republican | November 3, 1908 – March 3, 1911 |
[data missing] |
Daniel J. McGillicuddy | Democratic | March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1917 |
[data missing] |
Wallace H. White, Jr. | Republican | March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1931 |
[data missing] |
Donald B. Partridge | Republican | March 4, 1931 – March 3, 1933 |
[data missing] |
Edward C. Moran, Jr. | Democratic | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1937 |
[data missing] |
Clyde H. Smith | Republican | January 3, 1937 – April 8, 1940 |
Died |
Vacant | April 8, 1940 – June 3, 1940 | ||
Margaret Chase Smith | Republican | June 3, 1940 – January 3, 1949 |
Retired to run for U.S. Senate |
Charles P. Nelson | Republican | January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1957 |
[data missing] |
Frank M. Coffin | Democratic | January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1961 |
Retired to run for Governor of Maine |
Stanley R. Tupper | Republican | January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1963 |
Redistricted from 1st district |
Clifford G. McIntire | Republican | January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965 |
Redistricted from 3rd district |
William Hathaway | Democratic | January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1973 |
Retired to run for U.S. Senate |
William Cohen | Republican | January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1979 |
Retired to run for U.S. Senate |
Olympia Snowe | Republican | January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1995 |
Retired to run for U.S. Senate |
John Baldacci | Democratic | January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2003 |
Retired to run for Governor of Maine |
Mike Michaud | Democratic | January 3, 2003 – present |
Retiring to Run For Governor |
Representative | Party | Years | Electoral history |
Recent election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Olympia Snowe | 87,939 | 50.82 | ||
Democratic | Markham L. Gartley | 70,691 | 40.85 | ||
Independent | Frederick W. Whittaker | 8,035 | 4.64 | ||
Independent | Eddie Shurtleff | 1,923 | 1.11 | ||
Independent | Robert H. Burmeister | 1,653 | 0.96 | ||
Independent | Margaret E. Cousins | 1,573 | 0.91 | ||
Independent | Robert L. Cousins | 1,223 | 0.71 | ||
Majority | 17,248 | 9.97 | |||
Turnout | 173,037 | ||||
Republican hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Olympia Snowe (Incumbent) | 186,406 | 78.51 | ||
Democratic | Harold L. Silverman | 51,026 | 21.49 | ||
Majority | 135,380 | 57.02 | |||
Turnout | 237,612 | ||||
Republican hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Olympia Snowe (Incumbent) | 136,075 | 66.65 | ||
Democratic | James P. Dunleavy | 68,086 | 33.35 | ||
Majority | 67,989 | 33.30 | |||
Turnout | 204,161 | ||||
Republican hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Olympia Snowe (Incumbent) | 192,166 | 75.73 | ||
Democratic | Chipman C. Bull | 57,347 | 22.60 | ||
Constitution | Kenneth E. Stoddard | 4,242 | 1.67 | ||
Majority | 134,819 | 53.13 | |||
Turnout | 253,755 | ||||
Republican hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Olympia Snowe (Incumbent) | 148,770 | 77.33 | ||
Democratic | Kenneth P. Hayes | 43,614 | 22.67 | ||
Majority | 105,156 | 54.66 | |||
Turnout | 192,384 | ||||
Republican hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Olympia Snowe (Incumbent) | 167,226 | 66.21 | ||
Democratic | Kenneth P. Hayes | 85,346 | 33.79 | ||
Majority | 81,880 | 32.42 | |||
Turnout | 252,572 | ||||
Republican hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Olympia Snowe (Incumbent) | 121,704 | 51.02 | ||
Democratic | Patrick K. McGowan | 116,798 | 48.97 | ||
write-ins | 20 | 0.01 | |||
Majority | 4,906 | 2.06 | |||
Turnout | 238,522 | ||||
Republican hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Olympia Snowe (Incumbent) | 153,022 | 49.13 | ||
Democratic | Patrick K. McGowan | 130,824 | 42.01 | ||
Green | Jonathan Carter | 27,526 | 8.84 | ||
write-ins | 61 | 0.02 | |||
Majority | 22,198 | 7.13 | |||
Turnout | 311,433 | ||||
Republican hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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Democratic | John Baldacci | 109,615 | 45.69 | |||
Republican | Richard A. Bennett | 97,754 | 40.75 | |||
Independent | John M. Michael | 21,117 | 8.80 | |||
Green | Charles Fitzgerald | 11,353 | 4.73 | |||
write-ins | 55 | 0.02 | ||||
Majority | 11,861 | 4.94 | ||||
Turnout | 239,894 | |||||
Democratic gain from Republican |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | John Baldacci (Incumbent) | 205,439 | 71.92 | ||
Republican | Paul R. Young | 70,856 | 24.81 | ||
Independent | Aldric Saucier | 9,294 | 3.25 | ||
write-ins | 47 | 0.02 | |||
Majority | 134,583 | 47.12 | |||
Turnout | 285,636 | ||||
Democratic hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | John Baldacci (Incumbent) | 146,202 | 76.20 | ||
Republican | Jonathan Reisman | 45,674 | 23.80 | ||
Majority | 100,528 | 52.39 | |||
Turnout | 191,876 | ||||
Democratic hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | John Baldacci (Incumbent) | 219,783 | 73.43 | ||
Republican | Richard H. Campbell | 79,522 | 26.57 | ||
Majority | 140,261 | 46.86 | |||
Turnout | 299,305 | ||||
Democratic hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Mike Michaud | 116,868 | 52.01 | |
Republican | Kevin Raye | 107,849 | 47.99 | |
Total votes | 224,717 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Mike Michaud (incumbent) | 199,303 | 58.03 | |
Republican | Brian Hamel | 135,547 | 39.47 | |
Socialist Equality | Carl Cooley | 8,586 | 2.50 | |
Total votes | 343,436 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Mike Michaud (incumbent) | 179,732 | 70.52 | |
Republican | L. Scott D'Amboise | 75,146 | 29.48 | |
Total votes | 254,878 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Mike Michaud (incumbent) | 226,274 | 67.44 | |
Republican | John Frary | 109,268 | 32.57 | |
Total votes | 335,542 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Mike Michaud (incumbent) | 147,042 | 55.13 | |
Republican | Jason J. Levesque | 119,669 | 44.87 | |
Total votes | 266,711 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold |
Historical district boundaries
See also
References
- ^ http://proximityone.com/cd113_2010_ur.htm
- ^ Associated Press (2011). "Lawsuit aims to speed Maine redistricting". Bangor Daily News. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
- ^ Russell, Eric (2011). "After long partisan fight, redistricting deal keeps boundaries much the same". Bangor Daily News. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
External links
- 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
- U.S. House of Representatives