Kentucky's 2nd congressional district

Kentucky's 2nd congressional district
Kentucky's 2nd congressional district
	Kentucky's 2nd congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Representative	Brett Guthrie; R–Bowling Green
Distribution	50.23% rural; 49.77% urban;
Population (2019)	774,897
Median household; income	$53,496
Ethnicity	89.03% White; 5.84% Black; 3.17% Hispanic; 1.46% Asian; 0.38% Native American;
Cook PVI	R+19

Kentucky's 2nd congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Kentucky. Located in west central Kentucky, the district includes Bowling Green, Owensboro, and Elizabethtown. The district has not seen an incumbent defeated since 1884.

The district is currently represented by Republican Brett Guthrie.

Former Representative Democrat William Natcher is noted for holding the record for most consecutive roll call votes in the history of Congress - more than 18,000 votes.

Characteristics

The district is similar in character to the 1st district. While Democrats still hold most local offices in the district, they tend to be very conservative on social issues, a trend that leads them to vote Republican in most national elections.

As of June 2016, there were 532,145 registered voters: 267,853 (50.33%) Democrats, 222,631 (41.84%) Republicans, and 29,501 (5.54%) "Others". All of the "Others" included 11,071 (2.08%) Independents, 843 (0.16%) Libertarians, 146 (0.02%) Greens, 65 (0.01%) Constitutionalists, 16 (0.003%) Reforms, and 19 (0.003%) Socialists.^[5]

Until January 1, 2006, Kentucky did not track party affiliation for registered voters who were neither Democratic nor Republican.^[6] The Kentucky voter registration card does not explicitly list anything other than Democratic Party, Republican Party, or Other, with the "Other" option having a blank line and no instructions on how to register as something else.^[7]

Kentucky counties within the 2nd congressional district: Barren, Boyle, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler, Daviess, Edmonson, Garrard, Grayson, Green, Hancock, Hardin, Hart, Jessamine (partial), LaRue, Meade, Mercer, Nelson, Spencer (partial), Warren, Washington (partial)

Recent presidential elections

Election results from presidential races
Year	Office	Results
2000	President	Bush 62 - 37%
2004	President	Bush 65 - 34%
2008	President	McCain 61 - 38%
2012	President	Romney 63 - 35%
2016	President	Trump 68 - 27%
2020	President	Trump 67 - 30%

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	Location
Alexander D. Orr	Anti-Administration	November 8, 1792 – March 3, 1795	3rd 4th 5th	Elected September 7, 1792. Re-elected in 1793. Re-elected in 1795. Retired.	1792–1797: "Northern district": Bourbon, Fayette, Mason, Scott, and Woodford counties
Alexander D. Orr	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1797	3rd 4th 5th
John Fowler	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1797 – March 3, 1803	6th 7th 8th	Elected in 1797. Re-elected in 1799. Re-elected in 1801. Redistricted to the 5th district.	1797–1803: "Northern district": Bourbon, Campbell, Clark, Fayette, Franklin, Harrison, Mason, Scott, and Woodford counties
John Boyle	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1809	9th 10th 11th	Elected in 1803. Re-elected in 1804. Re-elected in 1806. Retired.	1803–1813 [data missing]
Samuel McKee	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1813	12th	Elected in 1808. Re-elected in 1810. Redistricted to the 7th district.	1803–1813 [data missing]
Henry Clay	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1813 – January 19, 1814	13th	Redistricted from the 5th district and re-elected in 1812. Resigned to accept a position as diplomatic envoy to Great Britain.	1813–1823 [data missing]
Vacant		January 19, 1814 – March 29, 1814
Joseph H. Hawkins	Democratic-Republican	March 29, 1814 – March 3, 1815		Elected to finish Clay's term. Retired.
Vacant		March 3, 1815 – October 30, 1815	14th	Henry Clay was re-elected in 1814, but the Governor declared the seat vacant as Clay was out of the country.
Henry Clay	Democratic-Republican	October 30, 1815 – March 3, 1821	14th 15th 16th	Elected to finish his vacant term. Re-elected in 1816. Re-elected in 1818. Retired.
Samuel H. Woodson	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823	17th	Elected in 1820. Redistricted to the 7th district.
Thomas Metcalfe	Democratic-Republican	March 3, 1823 – March 3, 1825	18th 19th 20th	Redistricted from the 4th district and re-elected in 1822. Re-elected in 1824. Re-elected in 1827. Resigned to run for Governor of Kentucky.	1823–1833 Bourbon, Bracken, Mason, Nicholas counties
Thomas Metcalfe	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – June 1, 1828	18th 19th 20th
Vacant		June 1, 1828 – December 1, 1828	20th
John Chambers	Anti-Jacksonian	December 1, 1828 – March 3, 1829	20th	Elected to finish Metcalfe's term. Retired.
Nicholas D. Coleman	Jacksonian	March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831	21st	Elected in 1829. Retired.
Thomas A. Marshall	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833	22nd	Elected in 1831. Redistricted to the 12th district.
Albert G. Hawes	Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837	23rd 24th	Redistricted from the 11th district and re-elected in 1833. Re-elected in 1835. Retired.	1833–1843 [data missing]
Edward Rumsey	Whig	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839	25th	Elected in 1837. Retired.
Philip Triplett	Whig	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843	26th 27th	Elected in 1839. Re-elected in 1841. Retired.
Willis Green	Whig	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845	28th	Redistricted from the 6th district and re-elected in 1843. Retired.	1843–1853 [data missing]
John H. McHenry	Whig	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847	29th	Elected in 1845. Renominated but withdrew prior to election.
Beverly L. Clarke	Democratic	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849	30th	Elected in 1847. Retired to become a delegate to the state constitutional convention.
James L. Johnson	Whig	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851	31st	Elected in 1849. Renominated but declined.
Benjamin E. Grey	Whig	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1855	32nd 33rd	Elected in 1851. Re-elected in 1853. Lost re-election.
Benjamin E. Grey	Whig	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1855	32nd 33rd	Elected in 1851. Re-elected in 1853. Lost re-election.	1853–1863 [data missing]
John P. Campbell Jr.	Know Nothing	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	34th	Elected in 1855. Renominated but declined.
Samuel Peyton	Democratic	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1861	35th 36th	Elected in 1857. Re-elected in 1859. Lost renomination.
James S. Jackson	Unionist	March 4, 1861 – December 13, 1861	37th	Elected in 1861. Resigned to enter the Union Army.
Vacant		December 13, 1861 – December 1, 1862	37th
George H. Yeaman	Unionist	December 1, 1862 – March 3, 1865	37th 38th	Elected to finish Jackson's term. Re-elected in 1863. Lost re-election.
George H. Yeaman	Unionist	December 1, 1862 – March 3, 1865	37th 38th		1863–1873 [data missing]
Burwell C. Ritter	Democratic	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867	39th	Elected in 1865. Retired.
Vacant		March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1869	40th	John Y. Brown was elected in 1867 but the seat was declared vacant due to Brown's alleged disloyalty during the Civil War, and the district refused to elect anyone to fill the vacancy.
William N. Sweeney	Democratic	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871	41st	Elected in 1868. Renominated but declined.
Henry D. McHenry	Democratic	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873	42nd	Elected in 1870. Retired.
John Y. Brown	Democratic	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1877	43rd 44th	Elected in 1872. Re-elected in 1874. Retired.	1873–1883 [data missing]
James A. McKenzie	Democratic	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1883	45th 46th 47th	Elected in 1876. Re-elected in 1878. Re-elected in 1880. Lost renomination.	1873–1883 [data missing]
James F. Clay	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885	48th	Elected in 1882. Lost renomination.	1883–1893 [data missing]
Polk Laffoon	Democratic	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1889	49th 50th	Elected in 1884. Re-elected in 1886. Retired.
William T. Ellis	Democratic	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1895	51st 52nd 53rd	Elected in 1888. Re-elected in 1890. Re-elected in 1892. Retired.
William T. Ellis	Democratic	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1895	51st 52nd 53rd		1893–1903 [data missing]
John D. Clardy	Democratic	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1899	54th 55th	Elected in 1894. Re-elected in 1896. Retired.
Henry D. Allen	Democratic	March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1903	56th 57th	Elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Retired.
Augustus O. Stanley	Democratic	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1915	58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd 63rd	Elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Re-elected in 1912. Retired to run for U.S. senator.	1903–1913 [data missing]
Augustus O. Stanley	Democratic	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1915	58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd 63rd		1913–1923 [data missing]
David H. Kincheloe	Democratic	March 4, 1915 – October 5, 1930	64th 65th 66th 67th 68th 69th 70th 71st	Elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Resigned when appointed to the U.S. Customs Court.	1913–1923 [data missing]
David H. Kincheloe	Democratic	March 4, 1915 – October 5, 1930	64th 65th 66th 67th 68th 69th 70th 71st		1923–1933 [data missing]
Vacant		October 5, 1930 – November 4, 1930	71st
John L. Dorsey Jr.	Democratic	November 4, 1930 – March 3, 1931	71st	Elected to finish Kincheloe's term. Retired.
Glover H. Cary	Democratic	March 4, 1931 – March 3, 1933	72nd	Elected in 1930. Redistricted to the at-large district.
District not used.		March 4, 1933 – March 3, 1935	73rd
Glover H. Cary	Democratic	March 4, 1935 – December 5, 1936	74th	Redistricted from the at-large district and re-elected in 1934. Died.	1935–1943 [data missing]
Vacant		December 5, 1936 – March 2, 1937	74th
Beverly M. Vincent	Democratic	March 2, 1937 – January 3, 1945	74th 75th 76th 77th 78th	Elected to finish Cary's term. Also elected to the next full term. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Retired.
Beverly M. Vincent	Democratic	March 2, 1937 – January 3, 1945	74th 75th 76th 77th 78th		1943–1953 [data missing]
Earle Clements	Democratic	January 3, 1945 – January 6, 1948	79th 80th	Elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Resigned when elected Governor of Kentucky.
Vacant		January 6, 1948 – April 17, 1948	80th
John A. Whitaker	Democratic	April 17, 1948 – December 15, 1951	80th 81st 82nd	Elected to finish Clements's term. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Died.
Vacant		December 15, 1951 – August 2, 1952	82nd
Garrett Withers	Democratic	August 2, 1952 – April 30, 1953	82nd 83rd	Elected to finish Whitaker's term. Re-elected later in 1952. Died.
Garrett Withers	Democratic	August 2, 1952 – April 30, 1953	82nd 83rd		1953–1963 [data missing]
William Natcher	Democratic	August 1, 1953 – March 29, 1994	83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd	Elected to finish Wither's term. 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. Re-elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Died.	1953–1963 [data missing]
					1963–1973 [data missing]
					1973–1983 [data missing]
					1983–1993 [data missing]
					1993–2003 [data missing]
Vacant		March 29, 1994 – May 24, 1994	103rd
Ron Lewis	Republican	May 24, 1994 – January 3, 2009	103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th	Elected to finish Natcher's term. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Retired.
Ron Lewis	Republican	May 24, 1994 – January 3, 2009	103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th		2003–2013
Brett Guthrie	Republican	January 3, 2009 – Present	111th 112th 113th 114th 115th 116th 117th 118th	Elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020.	2003–2013
Brett Guthrie	Republican	January 3, 2009 – Present	111th 112th 113th 114th 115th 116th 117th 118th		2013–Present Counties: Barren, Boyle, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler, Daviess, Edmonson, Garrard, Grayson, Green, Hancock, Hardin, Hart, Jessamine (partial), LaRue, Meade, Mercer, Nelson, Spencer (partial), Warren, Washington (partial)

Recent election results

2002

2002 Kentucky's 2nd congressional district election)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ron Lewis (Incumbent)	122,773	69.64%
	Democratic	David Lynn Williams	51,431	29.17%
	Libertarian	Robert Guy Dyer	2,084	1.18%
Total votes			176,288	100.00%
Turnout
	Republican hold

2004

2004 Kentucky's 2nd congressional district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ron Lewis (Incumbent)	185,394	67.92%
	Democratic	Adam Smith	87,585	32.08%
Total votes			272,979	100.00%
Turnout
	Republican hold

2006

2006 Kentucky's 2nd congressional district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ron Lewis (Incumbent)	118,548	55.41%
	Democratic	Mike Weaver	95,415	44.59%
Total votes			213,963	100.00%
Turnout
	Republican hold

2008

2008 Kentucky's 2nd congressional district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brett Guthrie	158,936	52.57%
	Democratic	David E. Boswell	143,379	47.43%
Total votes			302,315	100.00%
Turnout
	Republican hold

2010

2010 Kentucky's 2nd congressional district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brett Guthrie (Incumbent)	155,906	67.89%
	Democratic	Ed Marksberry	73,749	28.75%
Total votes			229,655	100.00%
Turnout
	Republican hold

2012

2012 Kentucky's 2nd congressional district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brett Guthrie (Incumbent)	181,508	64.30%
	Democratic	David Lynn Williams	89,541	31.72%
	Independent	Andrew R. Beacham	6,304	2.23%
	Libertarian	Craig Astor	4,914	1.74%
Total votes			282,267	100.00%
Turnout
	Republican hold

2014

2014 Kentucky's 2nd congressional district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brett Guthrie (Incumbent)	156,936	69.19%
	Democratic	Ron Leach	69,898	30.81%
Total votes			226,834	100.00%
Turnout
	Republican hold

2016

2016 Kentucky's 2nd congressional district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brett Guthrie (Incumbent)	251,823	100.00%
Total votes			251,823	100.00%
Turnout
	Republican hold

2018

2018 Kentucky's 2nd congressional district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brett Guthrie (Incumbent)	171,700	66.7%
	Democratic	Hank Linderman	79,964	31.1%
	Independent	Thomas Loecken	5,681	2.2%
Total votes			257,345	100.0%
	Republican hold

2020

2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Kentucky
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brett Guthrie (incumbent)	255,735	70.9
	Democratic	Hank Linderman	94,643	26.3
	Libertarian	Robert Lee Perry	7,588	2.1
	Populist	Lewis Carter	2,431	0.7
	Write-in		2	0.0
Total votes			360,399	100.0
	Republican hold

References

^ Geography, US Census Bureau. "Congressional Districts Relationship Files (state-based)". www.census.gov. Archived from the original on 2017-07-17. Retrieved 2018-02-11.
^ Bureau, Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
^ "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
^ "Voter Stats" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-29.
^ "Kentucky Administrative Regulations 31KAR4:150". Kentucky Legislative Research Commission. November 2005. Retrieved 2014-02-06.
^ "Register To Vote". Kentucky State Board of Elections. August 2003. Retrieved 2014-02-06.

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[1] Geography, US Census Bureau. "Congressional Districts Relationship Files (state-based)". www.census.gov. Archived from the original on 2017-07-17. Retrieved 2018-02-11.

[2] Bureau, Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[3] Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.

[Cook-4] "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.

[5] "Voter Stats" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-29.

[31KAR4:150-6] "Kentucky Administrative Regulations 31KAR4:150". Kentucky Legislative Research Commission. November 2005. Retrieved 2014-02-06.

[KYvoterReg-7] "Register To Vote". Kentucky State Board of Elections. August 2003. Retrieved 2014-02-06.

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Kentucky's 2nd congressional district
Kentucky's 2nd congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Representative	Brett Guthrie R–Bowling Green
Distribution	50.23% rural^[1] 49.77% urban
Population (2019)	774,897^[2]
Median household income	$53,496^[3]
Ethnicity	89.03% White 5.84% Black 3.17% Hispanic 1.46% Asian 0.38% Native American
Cook PVI	R+19^[4]