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Florida's 2nd congressional district

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Florida's 2nd congressional district
Florida's 2nd congressional district - since January 3, 2017.
Representative
Area12,871[1] sq mi (33,340 km2)
Distribution
  • 51.34% urban[2]
  • 48.66% rural
Population (2016)720,418[3]
Median household
income		$48,838[4]
Ethnicity
Cook PVIR+18[5]

Florida's 2nd congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Florida. The district consists of the eastern part of the Florida Panhandle along with much of the Big Bend region along the Emerald Coast. It straddles both the Eastern and Central time zones. It is anchored in Panama City and includes many of the suburbs of Tallahassee, the state capital. With 49% of its residents living in rural areas, it is the least urbanized district in the state, and voters are generally conservative.

The district is represented by Republican Neal Dunn.

Characteristics

Florida's 2nd Congressional District is the largest congressional district in Florida by land area and consists of all of Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gilchrist, Gulf, Jackson, Lafayette, Levy, Liberty, Suwannee, Taylor, Wakulla and Washington counties, and portions of Columbia, Holmes, Jefferson, Leon and Marion counties.

Most of the territory now in the 2nd was the 9th District from 1963 to 1983; it has been the 2nd since 1983. For most of its existence, the 2nd and its predecessors were centered in Tallahassee, the state capital and county seat of Leon County. While the adjacent 1st and 3rd congressional districts had become the most conservative districts in the state by the 1990s, the 2nd District was historically more of a swing district. With a large population of students, government workers and university faculty, Tallahassee was far more liberal than the rest of the district. Democrat Barack Obama received 62 percent of the Leon County vote in the 2008 presidential election, but Republican John McCain received 54 percent of the 2nd district's vote overall.[6] The district had become somewhat friendlier to Republicans when conservative-leaning Panama City was shifted from the 1st District.

The district was significantly redrawn in a court-ordered redistricting that took effect for the 2016 election, following a lawsuit that challenged the district as gerrymandered, preventing African Americans from being able to elect representatives of their choice although they comprised a significant part of the population in the state. Under the new map, most of Tallahassee, along with nearly all of the 2nd's black residents, were drawn into the 5th District.

To make up for the loss in population, the 2nd was shifted slightly to the south to take in territory previously in the nearby 3rd and 11th districts. On paper, the new 2nd was more than 12 points more Republican than its predecessor. Mitt Romney had carried the old 2nd in 2012 although he received only 52 percent of the vote.[7] By comparison, Romney would have carried the new 2nd with 64 percent of the vote in 2012, making it on paper the third-most Republican district in the state.[8]

Voting

Election results from statewide races
Year Office Results
1992 President Clinton 42.5 - 37.8%
Senator Graham 70.7 - 29.3%
1994 Senator Mack 68.6 - 31.4%
Governor Chiles 55.9 - 44.1%
1996 President Clinton 47.9 - 41.5%
1998 Senator Graham 70.9 - 29.1%
Governor Bush 52.5 - 47.5%
2000 President Bush 49.2 - 48.4%
Senator Nelson 56.7 - 43.3%
2004 President Bush 54 - 46%
2008 President McCain 54 - 45%
2012 President Romney 52 - 47%
2016 President Trump 66.2 - 30.2%
Senate Rubio 65.8 - 30.5%


Voter registration

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Voter Registration and Party Enrollment as of February 18, 2020[9]
Party Voters Percentage
Republican 226,442 46.79%
Democratic 167,715 34.66%
No Party Affiliation 84,548 17.47%

List of members representing the district

See also: United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, 2010 § District 2*
Representative Party Years Cong
ress 		Electoral history
District created March 4, 1875

Josiah T. Walls 		Republican March 4, 1875 –
April 19, 1876 		44th Redistricted from the at-large district.

Lost contested election

Jesse J. Finley 		Democratic April 19, 1876 –
March 3, 1877 		44th Won contested election

Horatio Bisbee Jr. 		Republican March 4, 1877 –
February 20, 1879 		45th Lost contested election

Jesse J. Finley 		Democratic February 20, 1879 –
March 3, 1879 		45th Won contested election

Noble A. Hull 		Democratic March 4, 1879 –
January 22, 1881 		46th Lost contested election

Horatio Bisbee Jr. 		Republican January 22, 1881 –
March 3, 1881 		46th Won contested election

Jesse J. Finley 		Democratic March 4, 1881 –
June 1, 1882 		47th Lost contested election

Horatio Bisbee Jr. 		Republican June 1, 1882 –
March 3, 1885 		47th
48th 		Won contested election

Charles Dougherty 		Democratic March 4, 1885 –
March 3, 1889 		49th
50th 		[data missing]

Robert Bullock 		Democratic March 4, 1889 –
March 3, 1893 		51st
52nd 		[data missing]

Charles M. Cooper 		Democratic March 4, 1893 –
March 3, 1897 		53rd
54th 		[data missing]

Robert W. Davis 		Democratic March 4, 1897 –
March 3, 1905 		55th
56th
57th
58th 		[data missing]

Frank Clark 		Democratic March 4, 1905 –
March 3, 1925 		59th
60th
61st
62nd
63rd
64th
65th
66th
67th
68th 		[data missing]

Robert A. Green 		Democratic March 4, 1925 –
January 3, 1943 		69th
70th
71st
72nd
73rd
74th
75th
76th
77th 		Redistricted to the at-large district.

Emory H. Price 		Democratic January 3, 1943 –
January 3, 1949 		78th
79th
80th 		[data missing]

Charles E. Bennett 		Democratic January 3, 1949 –
January 3, 1967 		81st
82nd
83rd
84th
85th
86th
87th
88th
89th 		Redistricted to the 3rd district.

Don Fuqua 		Democratic January 3, 1967 –
January 3, 1987 		90th
91st
92nd
93rd
94th
95th
96th
97th
98th
99th 		Redistricted from the 9th district.

James W. Grant 		Democratic January 3, 1987 –
February 21, 1989 		100th
101st 		Lost re-election.
Republican February 21, 1989 –
January 3, 1991 		101st

Pete Peterson 		Democratic January 3, 1991 –
January 3, 1997 		102nd
103rd
104th 		Retired.

Allen Boyd 		Democratic January 3, 1997 –
January 3, 2011 		105th
106th
107th
108th
109th
110th
111th 		Lost re-election.

Steve Southerland 		Republican January 3, 2011 –
January 3, 2015 		112th
113th 		Lost re-election.

Gwen Graham 		Democratic January 3, 2015 –
January 3, 2017 		114th Retired.

Neal Dunn 		Republican January 3, 2017 –
Present 		115th
116th
117th
118th 		Incumbent

Election results

2002

Florida's 2nd Congressional District Election (2002)
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Allen Boyd* 152,164 67%
Republican Tom McGurk 75,275 33%
Total votes 227,439 100%
Turnout  
Democratic hold

2004

Florida's 2nd Congressional District Election (2004)
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Allen Boyd* 201,577 62%
Republican Bev Kilmer 125,399 38%
Total votes 326,976 100%
Turnout  
Democratic hold

2006

Florida's 2nd Congressional District Election (2006)
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Allen Boyd* 100%
Total votes 100%
Turnout  
Democratic hold

2008

Florida's 2nd Congressional District Election (2008)
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Allen Boyd* 216,804 62%
Republican Mark Mulligan 133,404 38%
No party Others 159 0.05
Total votes 350,367 100%
Turnout  
Democratic hold

2010

Florida's 2nd Congressional District Election (2010)
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Steve Southerland 136,371 54%
Democratic Allen Boyd* 105,211 41%
Independent Paul Crandall McKain 7,135 3%
Independent Dianne J. Berryhill 5,705 2%
No party Others 16 0
Total votes 254,438 100%
Turnout  
Republican gain from Democratic

2012

Florida's 2nd Congressional District Election (2012)
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Steve Southerland* 175,856 53%
Democratic Alfred Lawson, Jr. 157,634 47%
No party Floyd Patrick Miller 228 0.01
Total votes 333,718 100%
Turnout  
Republican hold

2014

Florida's 2nd Congressional District Election, (2014)[10]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Gwen Graham 126,096 50.5%
Republican Steve Southerland* 123,262 49.3%
Write-in Luther Lee 422 0.2%
Total votes 249,780 100%
Democratic gain from Republican

2016

Florida's 2nd Congressional District Election (2016)
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Neal Dunn 231,163 67%
Democratic Walter Dartland 102,801 30%
Libertarian Rob Lapham 9,395 3%
No party Others 3 0
Total votes 343,362 100%
Turnout  
Republican gain from Democratic

2018

Florida's 2nd Congressional District Election (2018)[11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Neal Dunn 199,335 67.4%
Democratic Bob Rackleff 96,233 32.6%
Total votes 295,568 100%
Turnout  
Republican hold

Historical district boundaries

  • 2013 - 2017
    2013 - 2017
  • 2003 - 2013
    2003 - 2013

References

  • Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  • Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  • Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

Notes

  1. ^ "Congressional Plan--SC14-1905 (Ordered by The Florida Supreme Court, 2-December-2015)" (PDF). Florida Senate Committee on Reapportionment. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
  2. ^ Geography, US Census Bureau. "Congressional Districts Relationship Files (state-based)". www.census.gov.
  3. ^ 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)
  4. ^ https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=12&cd=02
  5. ^ "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
  6. ^ "2008 Florida: Presidential County Results". The New York Times.
  7. ^ "Daily Kos Elections 2008 & 2012 presidential election results for congressional districts used in 2012 & 2014 elections". google.com.
  8. ^ "Florida election results by 2016 congressional districts". google.com.
  9. ^ "Bookclosing Reports - Regular - Division of Elections - Florida Department of State". dos.myflorida.com. Retrieved 2020-04-29.
  10. ^ "November 4, 2014 General Election Official Results". Florida Department of State Division of Elections. Archived from the original on 24 January 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2015. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  11. ^ https://ballotpedia.org/Florida's_2nd_Congressional_District_election,_2018

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