Indiana's 2nd congressional district

Indiana's 2nd congressional district
Indiana's 2nd congressional district
	Indiana's 2nd congressional district since January 3, 2023
Representative	Rudy Yakym; R–Granger
Area	3,679 sq mi (9,530 km2)
Distribution	72.90% urban; 27.10% rural;
Population (2023)	750,086
Median household; income	$65,840
Ethnicity	75.9% White; 11.3% Hispanic; 6.6% Black; 4.0% Two or more races; 1.5% Asian; 0.7% other;
Cook PVI	R+14

Indiana's 2nd congressional district is an electoral district for the U.S. Congress in Northern Indiana. It includes South Bend, Elkhart, and Warsaw.

Prior to 2002, the 2nd congressional district covered east central Indiana, including most of the territory now in the 6th district. However, following the 2000 U.S. census redistricting, the district was moved to replace most of what had been the 3rd district.^[3]

On November 8, 2022, Republican candidate Rudy Yakym won both the general election and the special election to complete the rest of incumbent representative Jackie Walorski's term after Walorski died in a car accident August 3, 2022.^[4]

Election results from presidential races

Year	Office	Results
2000	President	George W. Bush 53% – Al Gore 45%
2004	President	George W. Bush 56% – John Kerry 43%
2008	President	Barack Obama 49.6% – John McCain 49.3%
2012	President	Mitt Romney 56.1% – Barack Obama 42.1%
2016	President	Donald Trump 59.3% – Hillary Clinton 36.1%
2020	President	Donald Trump 59.3% – Joe Biden 38.9%

Composition

#	County	Seat	Population
17	Cass	Logansport	37,540
39	Elkhart	Goshen	206,890
49	Fulton	Rochester	20,327
85	Kosciusko	Warsaw	80,826
87	LaPorte	La Porte	111,675
99	Marshall	Plymouth	46,322
103	Miami	Peru	35,647
131	Pulaski	Winamac	12,485
141	St. Joseph	South Bend	272,234
149	Starke	Knox	23,258
169	Wabash	Wabash	30,828

Under its borders from 2023 to 2033, Indiana's 2nd congressional district is located in Northern Indiana. It includes Elkhart, Fulton, Marshall, Miami, Pulaski, St. Joseph, Starke and Wabash counties in full, most of Kosciusko and La Porte counties, as well as half of Cass County. From 2013 to 2023, the 2nd district had the same borders except that Cass County was entirely in the 4th district.

La Porte County is split between this district and the 1st district. They are partitioned by Indiana West 500N and Indiana South/North 600W. The 2nd district takes in part of the city of LaPorte, and the 15 townships of Hanna, Johnson, Hudson, Scipio, Union, Washington, Prairie, Pleasant, Noble, Lincoln, Clinton, Center, Dewey, Wills, Center, and Kankakee.

Kosciusko County is split between this district and the 3rd district. They are partitioned by Indiana S 1000 W35, North 200W and West 700N. The 2nd district takes in the city of Warsaw, and the 14 townships of Clay, Etna, Franklin, Harrison, Jackson, Jefferson, Lake, Monroe, Plain, Prairie, Scott, Seward, Van Buren, and Wayne.

Cass County is split between this district and the 4th district. They are partitioned roughly by Indiana S Co Rd 200E, Indiana S Co Rd 500E, Indiana N Co Rd 50E, and Indiana N Co Rd 600W. The 2nd district takes in part of the city of Logansport, and the seven townships of Adams, Bethlehem, Clay, Harrison, Jackson, Miami, Tipton, and part of the township of Deer Creek.

Cities of 10,000 or more people

South Bend – 103,453
Elkhart – 53,923
Mishawaka – 51,063
Goshen – 34,517
La Porte – 22,471
Logansport – 18,366
Warsaw – 15,804
Peru – 11,073
Wabash – 10,440
Plymouth – 10,214

2,500 – 10,000 people

Nappanee – 6,949
Dunlap – 6,442
Rochester – 6,270
North Manchester – 5,277
Winona Lake – 5,053
Simonton Lake – 4,710
Bremen – 4,696
Middlebury – 3,466
Knox – 3,662
Syracuse – 3,079
Bourbon – 2,861

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	Location
District created March 4, 1823
Jonathan Jennings (Charlestown)	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	18th 19th 20th 21st	Redistricted from the at-large district and re-elected in 1822. Re-elected in 1824. Re-elected in 1826. Re-elected in 1828. Lost re-election.	1823–1833 Bartholomew, Clark, Crawford, Floyd, Harrison, Jackson, Jefferson, Jennings, Marion, Scott, Shelby, and Washington counties
Jonathan Jennings (Charlestown)	Anti- Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1831	18th 19th 20th 21st
John Carr (Charlestown)	Jacksonian	March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833	22nd	Elected in 1831. Redistricted to the 3rd district.
John Ewing (Vincennes)	Anti- Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835	23rd	Elected in 1833. Lost re-election.	1833–1843 [data missing]
John W. Davis (Carlisle)	Jacksonian	March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837	24th	Elected in 1835. Retired.
John Ewing (Vincennes)	Whig	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839	25th	Elected in 1837. Lost re-election.
John W. Davis (Carlisle)	Democratic	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841	26th	Elected in 1839. Lost renomination.
Richard W. Thompson (Bedford)	Whig	March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843	27th	Elected in 1841. Retired.
Thomas J. Henley (New Washington)	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1849	28th 29th 30th	Elected in 1843. Re-elected in 1845. Re-elected in 1847. Retired.	1843–1853 [data missing]
Cyrus L. Dunham (Salem)	Democratic	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853	31st 32nd	Elected in 1849. Re-elected in 1851. Redistricted to the 3rd district.	1843–1853 [data missing]
William H. English (Lexington)	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1861	33rd 34th 35th 36th	Elected in 1852. Re-elected in 1854. Re-elected in 1856. Re-elected in 1858. Retired.	1853–1863 [data missing]
James A. Cravens (Hardinsburg)	Democratic	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1865	37th 38th	Elected in 1860. Re-elected in 1862. Retired.	[data missing]
Michael C. Kerr (New Albany)	Democratic	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1873	39th 40th 41st 42nd	Elected in 1864. Re-elected in 1866. Re-elected in 1868. Re-elected in 1870. Sought election in the at-large district and lost re-election.
Simeon K. Wolfe (New Albany)	Democratic	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	43rd	Elected in 1872. Retired.
James D. Williams (Wheatland)	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – December 1, 1876	44th	Elected in 1874. Retired to run for Governor of Indiana and resigned when elected.
Vacant		December 1, 1876 – December 5, 1876
Andrew Humphreys (Linton)	Democratic	December 5, 1876 – March 3, 1877		Elected to finish Williams's term. Was not candidate for full term.
Thomas R. Cobb (Vincennes)	Democratic	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1887	45th 46th 47th 48th 49th	Elected in 1876. Re-elected in 1878. Re-elected in 1880. Re-elected in 1882. Re-elected in 1884. Retired.
John H. O'Neall (Washington)	Democratic	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1891	50th 51st	Elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1888. Retired.
John L. Bretz (Jasper)	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1895	52nd 53rd	Elected in 1890. Re-elected in 1892. Lost re-election.
Alexander M. Hardy (Washington)	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897	54th	Elected in 1894. Lost re-election.
Robert W. Miers (Bloomington)	Democratic	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1905	55th 56th 57th 58th	Elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Re-elected in 1902. Lost re-election.
John C. Chaney (Sullivan)	Republican	March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1909	59th 60th	Elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Lost re-election.
William A. Cullop (Vincennes)	Democratic	March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1917	61st 62nd 63rd 64th	Elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Re-elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. Lost re-election.
Oscar E. Bland (Linton)	Republican	March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1923	65th 66th 67th	Elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Lost re-election.
Arthur H. Greenwood (Washington)	Democratic	March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1933	68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd	Elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Redistricted to the 7th district.
George R. Durgan (Lafayette)	Democratic	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935	73rd	Elected in 1932. Lost re-election.
Vacant		January 3, 1935 – January 29, 1935	74th	Member-elect Frederick Landis died November 15, 1934.
Charles A. Halleck (Rensselaer)	Republican	January 29, 1935 – January 3, 1969	74th 75th 76th 77th 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th	Elected to finish Landis's term. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. 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. Retired.
Earl F. Landgrebe (Valparaiso)	Republican	January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1975	91st 92nd 93rd	Elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Lost re-election.
Floyd Fithian (Lafayette)	Democratic	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1983	94th 95th 96th 97th	Elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Redistricted to the 7th district and retired to run for U.S. Senator.
Philip Sharp (Muncie)	Democratic	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1995	98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd	Redistricted from the 10th district and re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Retired.
David McIntosh (Muncie)	Republican	January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2001	104th 105th 106th	Elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Retired to run for Governor of Indiana.
Mike Pence (Edinburgh)	Republican	January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2003	107th	Elected in 2000. Redistricted to the 6th district.
Chris Chocola (Bristol)	Republican	January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2007	108th 109th	Elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Lost re-election.	2003–2013
Joe Donnelly (Granger)	Democratic	January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2013	110th 111th 112th	Elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Retired to run for U.S. Senator.	2003–2013
Jackie Walorski (Elkhart)	Republican	January 3, 2013 – August 3, 2022	113th 114th 115th 116th 117th	Elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Died.	2013–2023
Vacant		August 3, 2022 – November 14, 2022	117th
Rudy Yakym (Granger)	Republican	November 14, 2022 – present	117th 118th	Elected to finish Walorski's term and also to the next term in 2022.
Rudy Yakym (Granger)	Republican	November 14, 2022 – present	117th 118th		2023–present

Election results

2002

Indiana's 2nd Congressional District election (2002)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chris Chocola	95,081	50.45
	Democratic	Jill Long Thompson	86,253	45.77
	Libertarian	Sharon Metheny	7,112	3.77
Total votes			188,446	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

2004

Indiana's 2nd Congressional District election (2004)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chris Chocola (incumbent)	140,496	54.17
	Democratic	Joe Donnelly	115,513	44.54
	Libertarian	Douglas Barnes	3,346	1.29
Total votes			259,355	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

2006

Indiana's 2nd Congressional District election (2006)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe Donnelly	103,561	53.98
	Republican	Chris Chocola (incumbent)	88,300	46.02
Total votes			191,861	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic gain from Republican

2008

Indiana's 2nd Congressional District election (2008)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe Donnelly (incumbent)	187,416	67.09
	Republican	Luke Puckett	84,455	30.23
	Libertarian	Mark Vogel	7,475	2.68
Total votes			279,346	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

2010

Indiana's 2nd Congressional District election (2010)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe Donnelly (incumbent)	91,341	48.18
	Republican	Jackie Walorski	88,803	46.84
	Libertarian	Mark Vogel	9,447	4.98
Total votes			189,591	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

2012

Indiana's 2nd Congressional District election (2012)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jackie Walorski	134,033	49.01
	Democratic	Brendan Mullen	130,113	47.58
	Libertarian	Joe Ruiz	9,326	3.41
	Independent	Kenneth R. Lunce, Jr.	3	0.00
Total votes			273,475	100.00
Turnout				56
	Republican gain from Democratic

2014

Indiana's 2nd Congressional District election (2014)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jackie Walorski (incumbent)	85,583	58.94
	Democratic	Joseph Gerard Bock	55,590	38.29
	Libertarian	Jeff Petermann	4,027	2.77
Total votes			145,200	100.00
Turnout				29
	Republican hold

2016

Indiana's 2nd Congressional District election (2016)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jackie Walorski (incumbent)	164,355	59.26
	Democratic	Lynn Coleman	102,401	36.92
	Libertarian	Ron Cenkush	10,601	3.82
Total votes			277,357	100.00
Turnout				54
	Republican hold

2018

Indiana's 2nd Congressional District election (2018)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jackie Walorski (incumbent)	125,499	54.8
	Democratic	Mel Hall	103,363	45.2
	No party	Richard Wolf (Write-in)	27	0.0
Total votes			228,889	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

2020

Indiana's 2nd congressional district, 2020^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jackie Walorski (incumbent)	183,601	61.5
	Democratic	Pat Hackett	114,967	38.5
Total votes			298,568	100.0
	Republican hold

2022

Indiana's 2nd congressional district special election, 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rudy Yakym	118,997	63.3
	Democratic	Paul Steury	62,792	33.4
	Libertarian	William Henry	6,101	3.2
	Write-in	Marla Godette	143	0.1
Total votes			188,033	100.0
	Republican hold

Indiana's 2nd congressional district, 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rudy Yakym	125,222	64.6
	Democratic	Paul Steury	62,726	32.4
	Libertarian	William Henry	5,782	3.0
Total votes			193,730	100.0
	Republican hold

References

^ "My Congressional District".
^ "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. July 12, 2022. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
^ Almost all Indiana's districts have changed substantially, and most became more compact, since the redistricting following the 2010 census; – see http://www.in.gov/legislative/house_republicans/rd/pdfs/Congressional.pdf
^ "Congresswoman Jackie Walorski, three others killed in wreck near Nappanee". The Goshen News. August 3, 2022. Retrieved August 3, 2022.
^ "Indiana Election Results November 3, 2020". Indiana Election Division. Retrieved November 26, 2020.

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[1] "My Congressional District".

[Cook-2] "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. July 12, 2022. Retrieved January 10, 2023.

[3] Almost all Indiana's districts have changed substantially, and most became more compact, since the redistricting following the 2010 census; – see http://www.in.gov/legislative/house_republicans/rd/pdfs/Congressional.pdf

[4] "Congresswoman Jackie Walorski, three others killed in wreck near Nappanee". The Goshen News. August 3, 2022. Retrieved August 3, 2022.

[INgenr-5] "Indiana Election Results November 3, 2020". Indiana Election Division. Retrieved November 26, 2020.

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