Virginia's 2nd congressional district
Virginia's 2nd congressional district | |
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Population (2016) | 745,816[2] |
Median household income | $66,953 |
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Cook PVI | R+3[3] |
Virginia's second congressional district is a U.S. congressional district in the Commonwealth of Virginia. It encompasses all of Accomack and Northampton Counties, portions of York County, and the cities of Virginia Beach and Williamsburg and parts of the cities of Norfolk and Hampton. Republican Scott Rigell defeated Democrat Glenn Nye in the November 2, 2010 election, and took his seat January 3, 2011 until 2017, when he was succeeded by Scott Taylor. It is currently considered one of the most competitive congressional districts in Virginia.
2016 redistricting
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The Virginia Legislature's 2012 redistricting of the adjacent 3rd district was found unconstitutional and replaced with a court-ordered redistricting on January 16, 2016 for the 2016 elections.[4][5][6][7][8]
Statewide races
Year | Office | Results |
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1996 | U.S. President | Dole 48–44%[9] |
U.S. Senator | Warner 57–43%[9] | |
1997 | Governor | Gilmore 56–42%[10] |
Lieutenant Governor | Hager 52–41%[10] | |
Attorney General | Earley 63–37%[10] | |
2000 | U.S. President | Bush 53–45%[11] |
U.S. Senator | Allen 51–49%[11] | |
2001 | Governor | Earley 50–50%[12] |
Lieutenant Governor | Katzen 52–47%[12] | |
Attorney General | Kilgore 64–36%[12] | |
2002 | U.S. Senator | Warner 84–9%[13] |
2004 | U.S. President | Bush 58–42%[14] |
2005 | Governor | Kaine 50–47%[15] |
Lieutenant Governor | Bolling 54–45%[15] | |
Attorney General | McDonnell 55–44%[15] | |
2006 | Senate | Allen 51–48%[16] |
2008 | U.S. President | Obama 50–48%[17] |
Senate | Warner 65–34%[17] | |
2009 | Governor | McDonnell 62–38%[18] |
Lieutenant Governor | Bolling 56–44%[19] | |
Attorney General | Cuccinelli 60–40%[19] | |
2012 | U.S. President | Obama 50–48%[20] |
Senate | Kaine 52–48%[20] | |
2016 | U.S. President | Trump 48–45%[21] |
2017 | Governor | Northam 51-47%[22] |
List of representatives
Representative | Party | Years | Electoral history |
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Anti-Administration | March 4, 1789 – June 1, 1792 |
Resigned |
Vacant | June 2, 1792 – March 4, 1793 | ||
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Anti-Administration | March 4, 1793 – March 4, 1795 |
Lost re-election |
Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1795 – March 4, 1797 | ||
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Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1797 – March 4, 1803 |
Redistricted to the 4th district |
James Stephenson | Federalist | March 4, 1803 – March 4, 1805 |
Lost re-election |
John Morrow | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1805 – March 4, 1809 |
Lost re-election |
James Stephenson | Federalist | March 4, 1809 – March 4, 1811 |
Lost re-election |
John Baker | Federalist | March 4, 1811 – March 4, 1813 |
Lost re-election |
Francis White | Federalist | March 4, 1813 – March 4, 1815 |
Lost re-election |
Magnus Tate | Federalist | March 4, 1815 – March 4, 1817 |
Retired |
Edward Colston | Federalist | March 4, 1817 – March 4, 1819 |
Lost re-election |
Thomas Van Swearingen | Federalist | March 4, 1819 – August 19, 1822 |
Died |
Vacant | August 19, 1822 – October 28, 1822 | ||
James Stephenson | Federalist | October 28, 1822 – March 4, 1823 |
Redistricted to the 16th district |
Arthur Smith | Crawford Republican | March 4, 1823 – March 4, 1825 |
Retired |
James Trezvant | Jacksonian | March 4, 1825 – March 4, 1831 |
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Jacksonian | March 4, 1831 – January 11, 1837 |
Resigned |
Vacant | January 12, 1837 – March 4, 1837 | ||
Francis E. Rives | Democratic | March 4, 1837 – March 4, 1841 |
Retired |
George B. Cary | Democratic | March 4, 1841 – March 4, 1843 |
Retired |
George C. Dromgoole | Democratic | March 4, 1843 – April 27, 1847 |
Died |
Vacant | April 27, 1847 – August 5, 1847 | ||
Richard K. Meade | Democratic | August 5, 1847 – March 4, 1853 |
Lost re-election |
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Democratic | March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1861 |
Retired |
Vacant | March 4, 1861 – January 26, 1870 |
Civil War | |
James H. Platt, Jr. | Republican | January 27, 1870 – March 4, 1875 |
Lost re-election |
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Democratic | March 4, 1875 – March 4, 1881 |
Lost re-election |
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Republican | March 4, 1881 – March 4, 1883 |
Retired |
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Readjuster | March 4, 1883 – March 4, 1885 |
[data missing] |
Republican | March 4, 1885 – March 4, 1887 |
Lost re-election | |
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Republican | March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1891 |
Lost re-election |
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Democratic | March 4, 1891 – March 4, 1893 |
Retired |
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Democratic | March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1897 |
Lost re-election |
William A. Young | Democratic | March 4, 1897 – April 26, 1898 |
Election invalidated |
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Republican | April 26, 1898 – March 4, 1899 |
Lost re-election |
William A. Young | Democratic | March 4, 1899 – March 12, 1900 |
Election invalidated |
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Republican | March 12, 1900 – December 21, 1900 |
Died |
Vacant | December 21, 1900 – March 3, 1901 | ||
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Democratic | March 4, 1901 – March 4, 1911 |
Lost re-election |
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Democratic | March 4, 1911 – March 4, 1921 |
Retired |
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Democratic | March 4, 1921 – March 4, 1929 |
Lost re-election |
Menalcus Lankford | Republican | March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1933 |
Lost re-election |
District eliminated March 4, 1933 | |||
District recreated: January 3, 1935 | |||
Colgate W. Darden, Jr. | Democratic | January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1937 |
Lost re-election |
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Democratic | January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939 |
Lost re-election |
Colgate W. Darden, Jr. | Democratic | January 3, 1939 – March 1, 1941 |
Ran for Governor of Virginia |
Vacant | March 1, 1941 – April 8, 1941 | ||
Winder R. Harris | Democratic | April 8, 1941 – September 15, 1944 |
Resigned |
Vacant | September 15, 1944 – November 7, 1944 | ||
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Democratic | November 7, 1944 – January 3, 1947 |
Lost re-election |
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Democratic | January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1969 |
Retired |
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Republican | January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1987 |
Retired |
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Democratic | January 3, 1987 – January 3, 2001 |
Retired |
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Republican | January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2005 |
Retired |
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Republican | January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2009 |
Lost re-election |
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Democratic | January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2011 |
Lost re-election |
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Republican | January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2017 |
Retired |
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Republican | January 3, 2017 – Present |
First elected in 2016 |
Recent election results
1980 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | G. William Whitehurst (Incumbent) | 97,319 | 89.84% | |
Independent | Kenneth P. Morrison | 11,003 | 10.16% | |
Write-in | 6 | 0.01% | ||
Total votes | 108,328 | 100% | ||
Republican hold |
1982 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | G. William Whitehurst (Incumbent) | 78,108 | 99.88% | |
Write-in | 97 | 0.12% | ||
Total votes | 78,205 | 100% | ||
Republican hold |
1984 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | G. William Whitehurst (Incumbent) | 136,632 | 99.81% | |
Write-in | 256 | 0.19% | ||
Total votes | 136,888 | 100% | ||
Republican hold |
1986 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Democratic | Owen B. Pickett | 54,491 | 49.46% | |||
Republican | A. J. "Joe" Canada | 46,137 | 41.88% | |||
Independent | Stephen P. Shao | 9,492 | 8.62% | |||
Write-in | 49 | 0.04% | ||||
Total votes | 110,169 | 100% | ||||
Democratic gain from Republican |
1988 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Owen B. Pickett (Incumbent) | 106,666 | 60.53% | |
Republican | Jerry R. Curry | 62,564 | 35.51% | |
Independent | Stephen P. Shao | 4,255 | 2.41% | |
Independent | Robert A. Smith | 2,691 | 1.53% | |
Write-in | 32 | 0.02% | ||
Total votes | 176,208 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
1990 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Owen B. Pickett (Incumbent) | 55,179 | 74.95% | |
Independent | Harry G. Broskie | 15,915 | 21.62% | |
Write-in | 2,524 | 3.43% | ||
Total votes | 73,618 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
1992 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Owen B. Pickett (Incumbent) | 99,253 | 56.03% | |
Republican | J. L. Chapman IV | 77,797 | 43.92% | |
Write-in | 83 | 0.05% | ||
Total votes | 177,133 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
1994 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Owen B. Pickett (Incumbent) | 81,372 | 59.05% | |
Republican | J. L. Chapman IV | 56,375 | 40.91% | |
Write-in | 55 | 0.04% | ||
Total votes | 137,802 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
1996 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Owen B. Pickett (Incumbent) | 106,215 | 64.77% | |
Republican | John F. Tate | 57,586 | 35.11% | |
Write-in | 195 | 0.12% | ||
Total votes | 163,996 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
1998 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Owen B. Pickett (Incumbent) | 67,975 | 94.29% | |
Write-in | 4,116 | 5.71% | ||
Total votes | 72,091 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
2000 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Republican | Edward L. Schrock | 97,856 | 51.96% | |||
Democratic | Jody M. Wagner | 90,328 | 47.96% | |||
Write-in | 145 | 0.08% | ||||
Total votes | 188,329 | 100% | ||||
Republican gain from Democratic |
2002 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Edward L. Schrock (Incumbent) | 103,807 | 83.15% | |
Green | D. C. Amarasinghe | 20,589 | 16.49% | |
Write-in | 450 | 0.36% | ||
Total votes | 124,846 | 100% | ||
Republican hold |
2004 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Thelma D. Drake | 132,946 | 55.08% | |
Democratic | David B. Ashe | 108,180 | 44.82% | |
Write-in | 254 | 0.11% | ||
Total votes | 241,380 | 100% | ||
Republican hold |
2006 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Thelma D. Drake (Incumbent) | 88,777 | 51.27% | |
Democratic | Phil Kellam | 83,901 | 48.45% | |
Write-in | 481 | 0.28% | ||
Total votes | 173,159 | 100% | ||
Republican hold |
2008 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Democratic | Glenn Nye | 141,857 | 52.40% | |||
Republican | Thelma D. Drake (Incumbent) | 128,486 | 47.46% | |||
Write-in | 368 | 0.14% | ||||
Total votes | 270,711 | 100% | ||||
Democratic gain from Republican |
2010 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Republican | E. Scott Rigell | 88,340 | 53.12% | |||
Democratic | Glenn Nye (Incumbent) | 70,591 | 42.45% | |||
Independent | Kenny E. Golden | 7,194 | 4.33% | |||
Write-in | 164 | 0.10% | ||||
Total votes | 166,289 | 100% | ||||
Republican gain from Democratic |
2012 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | E. Scott Rigell (Incumbent) | 166,231 | 53.76% | |
Democratic | Paul O. Hirschbiel, Jr. | 142,548 | 46.10% | |
Write-in | 443 | 0.14% | ||
Total votes | 309,222 | 100% | ||
Republican hold |
2014 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | E. Scott Rigell (Incumbent) | 101,558 | 58.68% | |
Democratic | Suzanne Patrick | 71,178 | 41.13% | |
Write-in | 324 | 0.19% | ||
Total votes | 173,060 | 100% | ||
Republican hold |
2016 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Scott Taylor | 190,475 | 61.33% | |
Democratic | Shaun D. Brown | 119,440 | 38.46% | |
Write-in | 652 | 0.21% | ||
Total votes | 310,567 | 100.00% | ||
Republican hold |
Historical district boundaries
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See also
- Virginia's congressional districts
- List of United States congressional districts
- United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia, 2008#District 2
- Virginia's 2nd congressional district election, 2006
References
- ^ Geography, US Census Bureau. "Congressional Districts Relationship Files (state-based)". www.census.gov.
- ^ Bureau, Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
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