North Carolina's 2nd congressional district
| North Carolina's 2nd congressional district | |||
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 North Carolina's 2nd congressional district (in light green) since January 3, 2021 | |||
| Representative |
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| Distribution |
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| Population (2019) | 888,547[1] | ||
| Median household income | $75,366[2] | ||
| Ethnicity |
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| Cook PVI | D+9[3] | ||
North Carolina's 2nd congressional district is a congressional district in central North Carolina.
Its current representative is Democrat Deborah Ross.
Election results
[change | change source]2002
[change | change source]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Bob Etheridge | 100,121 | 65.36 | |
| Republican | Joseph L. Ellen | 50,965 | 33.27 | |
| Libertarian | Gary Minter | 2,098 | 1.37 | |
| Total votes | 153,184 | 100 | ||
2004
[change | change source]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Bob Etheridge | 145,079 | 62.3 | |
| Republican | Billy J. Creech | 87,811 | 37.7 | |
| Total votes | 232,890 | 100 | ||
2006
[change | change source]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Bob Etheridge | 85,993 | 66.53 | |
| Republican | Dan Mansell | 43,271 | 33.47 | |
| Total votes | 129,264 | 100 | ||
2008
[change | change source]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Bob Etheridge | 199,730 | 66.93 | |
| Republican | Dan Mansell | 93,323 | 31.27 | |
| Libertarian | Will Adkins | 5,377 | 1.8 | |
| Total votes | 298,430 | 100 | ||
2010
[change | change source]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Renee Ellmers | 93,876 | 49.47 | |
| Democratic | Bob Etheridge | 92,393 | 48.69 | |
| Libertarian | Tom Rose | 3,505 | 1.85 | |
| Total votes | 189,774 | 100 | ||
2012
[change | change source]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Renee Ellmers | 174,066 | 55.9 | |
| Democratic | Steve Wilkins | 128,973 | 41.42 | |
| Libertarian | Brian Irving | 8,358 | 2.68 | |
| Total votes | 311,397 | 100 | ||
2014
[change | change source]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Renee Ellmers | 122,128 | 58.83 | |
| Democratic | Clay Aiken | 85,479 | 41.17 | |
| Total votes | 207,607 | 100 | ||
2016
[change | change source]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | George Holding | 221,485 | 56.71 | |
| Democratic | John P. McNeil | 169,082 | 43.29 | |
| Total votes | 390,567 | 100 | ||
2018
[change | change source]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | George Holding | 170,072 | 51.3 | |
| Democratic | Linda Coleman | 151,977 | 45.8 | |
| Libertarian | Jeff Matemu | 9,655 | 2.9 | |
| Total votes | 331,704 | 100.0 | ||
2020
[change | change source]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Deborah K. Ross | 310,979 | 63.0 | |
| Republican | Alan Swain | 172,019 | 34.8 | |
| Libertarian | Jeff Matemu | 10,827 | 2.2 | |
| Total votes | 493,870 | 100.0 | ||
List of representatives
[change | change source]| Member | Party | Years | Cong
ress |
Electoral history | District location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Hugh Williamson
|
Anti-Administration | March 19, 1790 –
March 3, 1791 |
1st | Elected in 1790.
Redistricted to the 4th district. |
1790–1791"Edenton and New Bern division" |
 Nathaniel Macon
|
Anti-Administration | March 4, 1791 –
March 3, 1793 |
2nd | Elected in 1791.
Redistricted to the 5th district. |
1791–1793"Centre division" |
| Matthew Locke | Anti-Administration | March 4, 1793 –
March 3, 1795 |
3rd 4th 5th |
Elected in 1793.
Re-elected in 1795. Re-elected in 1796. Lost re-election. |
1793–1803[Data unknown/missing.] |
| Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1795 –
March 3, 1799 | ||||
| Archibald Henderson | Federalist | March 4, 1799 –
March 3, 1803 |
6th 7th |
Elected in 1798.
Re-elected in 1800. Redistricted to the 12th district. | |
| Willis Alston | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1803 –
March 3, 1815 |
8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th |
Redistricted from the 9th district and re-elected in 1803.
Re-elected in 1804. Re-elected in 1806. Re-elected in 1808. Re-elected in 1810. Re-elected in 1813. Retired. |
1803–1813"North Carolina Congressional District Map (1803-13)".[13] |
| 1813–1823"North Carolina Congressional District Map (1813-43)".[13] | |||||
| Joseph H. Bryan | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1815 –
March 3, 1819 |
14th 15th |
Elected in 1815.
Re-elected in 1817. [Data unknown/missing.] | |
 Hutchins G. Burton
|
Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1819 –
March 3, 1823 |
16th 17th 18th |
Elected in 1819.
Re-elected in 1821. Resigned when elected Governor of North Carolina. | |
| Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1823 –
March 23, 1824 |
1823–1833"North Carolina Congressional District Map (1813-43)".[13] | |||
| Vacant | March 24, 1824 –
January 18, 1825 |
18th | |||
| George Outlaw | Democratic-Republican | January 19, 1825 –
March 3, 1825 |
Elected January 6, 1825 to finish Burton's term and seated January 19, 1825.
Lost re-election. | ||
| Willis Alston | Jacksonian | March 4, 1825 –
March 3, 1831 |
19th 20th 21st |
Elected in 1825.
Re-elected in 1827. Re-elected in 1829. Retired. | |
| Vacant | March 4, 1831 –
May 12, 1831 |
22nd | |||
 John Branch
|
Jacksonian | May 12, 1831 –
March 3, 1833 |
Elected to finish the vacant term.
Retired. | ||
| Jesse A. Bynum | Jacksonian | March 4, 1833 –
March 3, 1837 |
23rd 24th 25th 26th |
[Data unknown/missing.] | 1833–1843"North Carolina Congressional District Map (1813-43)".[13] |
| Democratic | March 4, 1837 –
March 3, 1841 | ||||
| John Daniel | Democratic | March 4, 1841 –
March 3, 1843 |
27th | [Data unknown/missing.]Redistricted to the 7th district. | |
 Daniel M. Barringer
|
Whig | March 4, 1843 –
March 3, 1847 |
28th 29th |
[Data unknown/missing.]Redistricted to the 3rd district. | 1843–1853[Data unknown/missing.] |
 Nathaniel Boyden
|
Whig | March 4, 1847 –
March 3, 1849 |
30th | [Data unknown/missing.]Retired. | |
| Joseph P. Caldwell | Whig | March 4, 1849 –
March 3, 1853 |
31st 32nd |
[Data unknown/missing.]Retired. | |
 Thomas H. Ruffin
|
Democratic | March 4, 1853 –
March 3, 1861 |
33rd 34th 35th 36th |
[Data unknown/missing.] | 1853–1863[Data unknown/missing.] |
| Vacant | March 3, 1861 –
July 25, 1868 |
37th 38th 39th 40th |
Civil War and Reconstruction | ||
 David Heaton
|
Republican | July 25, 1868 –
June 25, 1870 |
40th 41st |
[Data unknown/missing.]Died. | 1863–1873[Data unknown/missing.] |
| Vacant | June 26, 1870 –
December 4, 1870 |
41st | |||
| Joseph Dixon | Republican | December 5, 1870 –
March 3, 1871 |
[Data unknown/missing.]Retired. | ||
| Charles Thomas | Republican | March 4, 1871 –
March 3, 1875 |
42nd 43rd |
[Data unknown/missing.]Lost renomination. | |
| 1873–1883[Data unknown/missing.] | |||||
 John A. Hyman
|
Republican | March 4, 1875 –
March 3, 1877 |
44th | [Data unknown/missing.]Lost renomination to immediate past governor | |
_portrait.jpg) Curtis H. Brogden
|
Republican | March 4, 1877 –
March 3, 1879 |
45th | [Data unknown/missing.]Retired. | |
| William H. Kitchin | Democratic | March 4, 1879 –
March 3, 1881 |
46th | [Data unknown/missing.]Lost re-election. | |
 Orlando Hubbs
|
Republican | March 4, 1881 –
March 3, 1883 |
47th | [Data unknown/missing.]Retired. | |
 James E. O'Hara
|
Republican | March 4, 1883 –
March 3, 1887 |
48th 49th |
[Data unknown/missing.]Lost re-election. | 1883–1893[Data unknown/missing.] |
 Furnifold M. Simmons
|
Democratic | March 4, 1887 –
March 3, 1889 |
50th | [Data unknown/missing.]Lost re-election. | |
 Henry P. Cheatham
|
Republican | March 4, 1889 –
March 3, 1893 |
51st 52nd |
[Data unknown/missing.]Lost re-election. | |
 Frederick A. Woodard
|
Democratic | March 4, 1893 –
March 3, 1897 |
53rd 54th |
[Data unknown/missing.]Lost re-election. | 1893–1903[Data unknown/missing.] |
 George H. White
|
Republican | March 4, 1897 –
March 3, 1901 |
55th 56th |
[Data unknown/missing.]Retired after state passage of 1900 disfranchisement constitution, which suppressed black voters for more than 60 years | |
 Claude Kitchin
|
Democratic | March 4, 1901 –
May 31, 1923 |
57th 58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd 63rd 64th 65th 66th 67th 68th |
[Data unknown/missing.]Died. | |
| 1903–1913[Data unknown/missing.] | |||||
| 1913–1933[Data unknown/missing.] | |||||
| Vacant | May 31, 1923 –
November 5, 1923 |
68th | |||
 John H. Kerr
|
Democratic | November 6, 1923 –
January 3, 1953 |
68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd 73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd |
Elected to finish Kitchens's term.
Lost renomination. | |
| 1933–1943[Data unknown/missing.] | |||||
| 1943–1953[Data unknown/missing.] | |||||
 L. H. Fountain
|
Democratic | January 3, 1953 –
January 3, 1983 |
83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th |
[Data unknown/missing.]Retired. | 1953–1963[Data unknown/missing.] |
| 1963–1973[Data unknown/missing.] | |||||
| 1973–1983[Data unknown/missing.] | |||||
 Tim Valentine
|
Democratic | January 3, 1983 –
January 3, 1995 |
98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd |
[Data unknown/missing.]Retired. | 1983–1993[Data unknown/missing.] |
| 1993–2003[Data unknown/missing.] | |||||
 David Funderburk
|
Republican | January 3, 1995 –
January 3, 1997 |
104th | [Data unknown/missing.]Lost re-election. | |
 Bob Etheridge
|
Democratic | January 3, 1997 –
January 3, 2011 |
105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th |
[Data unknown/missing.]Lost re-election. | |
2003–2013
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 Renee Ellmers
|
Republican | January 3, 2011 –
January 3, 2017 |
112th 113th 114th |
[Data unknown/missing.]Lost renomination. | |
2013–2017
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 George Holding
|
Republican | January 3, 2017 –
January 3, 2021 |
115th 116th |
Redistricted from the 13th district
Retired after Redistricting. | |
2017–2021
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 Deborah Ross
|
Democratic | January 3, 2021 –
Present |
117th | Elected in 2020. | |
2021-Present
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References
[change | change source]- ↑ Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
- ↑ 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
- ↑ "11/05/2002 Official General Election Results - Statewide". North Carolina State Board of Elections. November 15, 2002. Retrieved December 24, 2017.
- ↑ "11/02/2004 Official General Election Results - Statewide". North Carolina State Board of Elections. November 12, 2004. Retrieved December 24, 2017.
- ↑ "11/07/2006 Official General Election Results - Statewide". North Carolina State Board of Elections. November 17, 2006. Retrieved December 24, 2017.
- ↑ "11/04/2008 Official General Election Results - Statewide". North Carolina State Board of Elections. November 14, 2008. Retrieved December 24, 2017.
- ↑ "11/02/2010 Official General Election Results - Statewide". North Carolina State Board of Elections. November 12, 2010. Retrieved December 24, 2017.
- ↑ "11/06/2012 Official General Election Results - Statewide". North Carolina State Board of Elections. November 16, 2012. Retrieved December 24, 2017.
- ↑ "11/04/2014 Official General Election Results - Statewide". North Carolina State Board of Elections. November 25, 2014. Retrieved December 24, 2017.
- ↑ "11/06/2016 Official General Election Results - Statewide". North Carolina State Board of Elections. December 13, 2016. Retrieved December 24, 2017.
- ↑ "District 2, North Carolina State Board of Elections & Ethics Enforcement". North Carolina State Board of Elections & Ethics Enforcement. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 "Data Courtesy of Jeffrey B. Lewis, Brandon DeVine, and Lincoln Pritcher with Kenneth C. Martis". United States Congressional District Shapefiles.