Mississippi's 2nd congressional district

Mississippi's 2nd congressional district
Mississippi's 2nd congressional district
	Mississippi's 2nd congressional district since January 3, 2013
Representative
	Bennie Thompson; D–Bolton
Area	14,519.68 sq mi (37,605.8 km2)
Distribution	62.67% urban; 37.33% rural;
Population (2019)	692,452
Median household; income	$37,372
Ethnicity	67.0% Black; 30.1% White; 1.9% Hispanic; 0.5% Asian; 0.5% Native American;
Cook PVI	D+14

Mississippi's 2nd congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Mississippi. The district is in almost all of western Mississippi. It includes most of Jackson, Greenville and Vicksburg, Clarksdale, Greenwood, and Clinton. The district's border goes along the Mississippi River. The people who live in the district elect a person to represent the district in the United States House of Representatives. The district's current representative is Democrat Bennie Thompson.

Election history[change | change source]

2000 United States House of Representatives elections in Mississippi: District 2
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Bennie Thompson (Incumbent)	112,777	65.07
	Republican	Hardy Caraway	54,090	31.21
	Libertarian	William G. Chipman	4,305	2.48
	Reform	Lee F. Dilworth	2,135	1.23
Turnout			173,307
Majority			58,687	33.86

2002 United States House of Representatives elections in Mississippi: District 2
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Bennie Thompson (Incumbent)	89,913	55.14	-9.93
	Republican	Clinton B. LeSueur	69,711	42.75	+11.54
	Reform	Lee F. Dilworth	3,426	2.10	+0.87
Turnout			163,050
Majority			20,202	12.39

2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Mississippi: District 2
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Bennie Thompson (Incumbent)	154,626	58.38	+3.24
	Republican	Clinton B. LeSueur	107,647	40.64	-2.11
	Reform	Shawn O'Hara	2,596	0.98	-1.12
Turnout			264,869
Majority			46,979	17.74

2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Mississippi: District 2
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Bennie Thompson (Incumbent)	100,168	64.27	+5.89
	Republican	Yvonne R. Brown	55,672	35.73	-4.91
Turnout			155,832
Majority			44,496	28.55

2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Mississippi: District 2
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Bennie Thompson (Incumbent)	201,606	69.05	+4.78
	Republican	Richard Cook	90,364	30.95	-4.78
Turnout			291,970
Majority			111,242	38.10

2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Mississippi: District 2
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bennie Thompson (Incumbent)	105,327	61.47
	Republican	Bill Marcy	64,499	37.64
	Reform	Ashley Norwood	1,530	0.89
Total votes			171,356	100.00
	Democratic hold

2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Mississippi: District 2
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bennie Thompson (Incumbent)	214,978	67.13
	Republican	Bill Marcy	99,160	30.96
	Independent	Cobby Williams	4,605	1.44
	Reform	Lajena Williams	1,501	0.47
Total votes			320,244	100.00
	Democratic hold

2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Mississippi: District 2
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bennie Thompson (Incumbent)	100,688	67.7
	Independent	Troy Ray	36,465	24.5
	Reform	Shelley Shoemake	11,493	7.7
Total votes			148,646	100.00
	Democratic hold

2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Mississippi: District 2
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bennie Thompson (Incumbent)	192,343	67.1
	Republican	John Bouie II	83,542	29.1
	Independent	Troy Ray	6,918	2.4
	Reform	Johnny McLeod	3,823	1.3
Total votes			286,626	100.00
	Democratic hold

2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Mississippi: District 2
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bennie Thompson (Incumbent)	158,921	71.8
	Independent	Troy Ray	48,104	21.7
	Reform	Irving Harris	14,354	6.5
Total votes			221,379	100.00
	Democratic hold

2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Mississippi: District 2
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bennie Thompson (Incumbent)	196,331	66.2
	Republican	Brian Flowers	101,037	33.9
Total votes			297,368	100.00
	Democratic hold

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 "My Congressional District".
↑ "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.