Iowa's 2nd congressional district | |||
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![]() Iowa's 2nd congressional district since January 3, 2013 | |||
Representative |
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Distribution |
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Population (2018 est.) | 783,983 | ||
Median income | $55,239[1] | ||
Ethnicity | |||
Cook PVI | D+1[3] |
Iowa's 2nd congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Iowa that covers most of its southeastern part. It includes Davenport, Iowa City, Muscatine, Clinton, Burlington, Ottumwa, Fort Madison, Oskaloosa, Bettendorf, Newton and Pella. The district is currently represented by Democrat Dave Loebsack, who has been in office since 2007.
Recent election results in statewide races
Year | Office | Results |
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2000 | President | Al Gore 53% – George W. Bush 43% |
2004 | President | John Kerry 55% – George W. Bush 44% |
2008 | President | Barack Obama 60% – John McCain 38% |
2012 | President | Barack Obama 56% – Mitt Romney 43% |
2014 | Senate | Joni Ernst 49% – Bruce Braley 47% |
2014 | Governor | Terry Branstad 57% – Jack Hatch 40% |
2016 | President | Donald Trump 49% – Hillary Clinton 44% |
2018 | Governor | Fred Hubbell 51% – Kim Reynolds 47% |
List of members representing the district
Recent election results
Year | Winner | Second | Percentage | ||||
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Party affiliation | Candidate | Votes | Party affiliation | Candidate | Votes | ||
1920 | Republican | Harry E. Hull | 50,160 | Farmer-Labor | F. B Althouse | 6,058 | 89% – 11% |
1922 | Republican | Harry E. Hull | 27,450 | Democratic | Wayne G. Cook | 25,620 | 51% – 48% |
1924 | Republican | Fred Dickinson Letts | 49,117 | Democratic | Ralph U. Thompson | 32,893 | 60% – 40% |
1926 | Republican | Fred Dickinson Letts | 29,200 | Democratic | J. P. Gallagher | 19,612 | 60% – 40% |
1928 | Republican | Fred Dickinson Letts | 49,690 | Democratic | Frank Z. Titzell | 37,344 | 57% – 43% |
1930 | Democratic | Bernhard M. Jacobsen | 30,008 | Republican | F. D. Letts | 24,113 | 55% – 45% |
1932 | Democratic | Bernhard M. Jacobsen | 71,914 | Republican | Frank W. Elliott | 50,636 | 59% – 41% |
1934 | Democratic | Bernhard M. Jacobsen | 60,654 | Republican | Martin B. Andelfinger | 39,047 | 63% – 35% |
1936 | Democratic | William S. Jacobsen | 70,923 | Republican | Charles Penningroth | 55,255 | 53% – 41% |
1938 | Democratic | William S. Jacobsen | 48,155 | Republican | Alfred C. Mueller | 47,535 | 50% – 49% |
1940 | Democratic | William S. Jacobsen | 75,774 | Republican | W. A. McCullough | 69,298 | 52% – 48% |
1942 | Republican | Henry O. Talle | 62,290 | Democratic | William S. Jacobsen | 46,310 | 57% – 43% |
1944 | Republican | Henry O. Talle | 86,903 | Democratic | George C. Classen | 68,489 | 56% – 44% |
1946 | Republican | Henry O. Talle | 60,111 | Democratic | Richard V. Bernhart | 41,544 | 59% – 41% |
1948 | Republican | Henry O. Talle | 82,139 | Democratic | T. W. Mullaney | 60,272 | 57% – 42% |
1950 | Republican | Henry O. Talle | 79,066 | Democratic | Eugene J. Kean | 55,359 | 59% – 41% |
1952 | Republican | Henry O. Talle | 114,553 | Democratic | T. W. Mullaney | 69,421 | 62% – 38% |
1954 | Republican | Henry O. Talle | 72,231 | Democratic | Ruben V. Austin | 58,092 | 55% – 46% |
1956 | Republican | Henry O. Talle | 95,999 | Democratic | Leonard G. Wolf | 90,843 | 51% – 49% |
1958 | Democratic | Leonard G. Wolf | 67,022 | Republican | Henry O. Talle | 64,073 | 51% – 49% |
1960 | Republican | James E. Bromwell | 108,137 | Democratic | Leonard G. Wolf | 97,608 | 53% – 47% |
1962 | Republican | James E. Bromwell | 67,475 | Democratic | Frank W. Less | 60,296 | 53% – 47% |
1964 | Democratic | John C. Culver | 97,470 | Republican | James E. Bromwell | 89,299 | 52% – 48% |
1966 | Democratic | John C. Culver | 76,281 | Republican | Robert M. L. Johnson | 65,079 | 54% – 46% |
1968 | Democratic | John C. Culver | 103,651 | Republican | Tom Riley | 84,634 | 55% – 45% |
1970 | Democratic | John C. Culver | 84,049 | Republican | Cole McMartin | 54,934 | 60% – 40% |
1972 | Democratic | John C. Culver | 115,489 | Republican | Theodore R. Ellsworth | 79,667 | 59% – 41% |
1974 | Democratic | Michael T. Blouin | 73,416 | Republican | Tom Riley | 69,088 | 51% – 48% |
1976 | Democratic | Michael T. Blouin | 102,980 | Republican | Tom Riley | 100,344 | 50% – 49% |
1978 | Republican | Thomas J. Tauke | 72,644 | Democratic | Michael T. Blouin | 65,450 | 52% – 47% |
1980 | Republican | Thomas J. Tauke | 111,587 | Democratic | Steve Sovern | 93,175 | 54% – 45% |
1982 | Republican | Thomas J. Tauke | 99,478 | Democratic | Brent Appel | 69,539 | 59% – 41% |
1984 | Republican | Thomas J. Tauke | 136,839 | Democratic | Joe Welsh | 77,335 | 64% – 36% |
1986 | Republican | Thomas J. Tauke | 88,708 | Democratic | Eric Tabor | 55,903 | 61% – 39% |
1988 | Republican | Thomas J. Tauke | 113,543 | Democratic | Eric Tabor | 86,438 | 58% – 43% |
1990 | Republican | Jim Nussle | 82,650 | Democratic | Eric Tabor | 81,008 | 50% – 49% |
1992 | Republican | Jim Nussle | 134,536 | Democratic | David R. Nagle | 131,570 | 50% – 49% |
1994 | Republican | Jim Nussle | 111,076 | Democratic | David R. Nagle | 86,087 | 56% – 43% |
1996 | Republican | Jim Nussle | 127,827 | Democratic | Donna L. Smith | 109,731 | 53% – 46% |
1998 | Republican | Jim Nussle | 104,613 | Democratic | Rob Tully | 83,405 | 55% – 44% |
2000 | Republican | Jim Nussle | 139,906 | Democratic | Donna L. Smith | 110,327 | 55% – 44% |
2002 | Republican | James A. Leach | 108,130 | Democratic | Julie Thomas | 94,767 | 52% – 46% |
2004 | Republican | James A. Leach | 176,684 | Democratic | Dave Franker | 117,405 | 59% – 39% |
2006 | Democratic | Dave Loebsack | 107,097 | Republican | James A. Leach | 101,386 | 51% – 49% |
2008 | Democratic | Dave Loebsack | 173,639 | Republican | Mariannette Miller-Meeks | 118,040 | 57% – 38% |
2010 | Democratic | Dave Loebsack | 115,839 | Republican | Mariannette Miller-Meeks | 104,319 | 50% – 45% |
2012 | Democratic | Dave Loebsack | 211,863 | Republican | John Archer | 161,977 | 55% – 42% |
2014 | Democratic | Dave Loebsack | 143,431 | Republican | Mariannette Miller-Meeks | 129,455 | 52% – 47% |
2016 | Democratic | Dave Loebsack | 198,571 | Republican | Christopher Peters | 170,933 | 53% – 46% |
2018 | Democratic | Dave Loebsack | 171,120 | Republican | Christopher Peters | 133,051 | 54% – 42% |
- "Election Statistics". 2005. Archived from the original on July 25, 2007.
2002
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | James A. Leach | 108,130 | 52.19% | |
Democratic | Julie Thomas | 94,767 | 45.74% | |
Libertarian | Kevin Litten | 4,178 | 2.02% | |
No party | Others | 96 | 0.05% | |
Total votes | 207,171 | 100.00% | ||
Republican hold |
2004
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | James A. Leach (Incumbent) | 176,684 | 58.92% | |
Democratic | Dave Franker | 117,405 | 39.15% | |
Libertarian | Kevin Litten | 5,586 | 1.86% | |
No party | Others | 206 | 0.07% | |
Total votes | 299,881 | 100.00% | ||
Republican hold |
2006
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Democratic | Dave Loebsack | 107,683 | 51.38% | |||
Republican | James A. Leach (Incumbent) | 101,707 | 48.53% | |||
No party | Others | 196 | 0.09% | |||
Total votes | 209,586 | 100.00% | ||||
Democratic gain from Republican |
2008
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Dave Loebsack (Incumbent) | 175,218 | 57.19% | |
Republican | Mariannette Miller-Meeks | 118,778 | 38.77% | |
Green | Wendy Barth | 6,664 | 2.18% | |
Independent | Brian White | 5,437 | 1.78% | |
No party | Others | 261 | 0.09% | |
Total votes | 306,358 | 100.00% | ||
Democratic hold |
2010
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Dave Loebsack (Incumbent) | 115,839 | 50.99% | |
Republican | Mariannette Miller-Meeks | 104,319 | 45.92% | |
Libertarian | Gary Joseph Sicard | 4,356 | 1.92% | |
Constitution | Jon Tack | 2,463 | 1.08% | |
No party | Others | 198 | 0.09% | |
Total votes | 227,175 | 100.00% | ||
Democratic hold |
2012
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Dave Loebsack (Incumbent) | 211,863 | 55.57% | |
Republican | John Archer | 161,977 | 42.48% | |
Independent | Alan Aversa | 7,112 | 1.87% | |
No party | Others | 323 | 0.08% | |
Total votes | 381,275 | 100.00% | ||
Democratic hold |
2014
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Dave Loebsack (Incumbent) | 143,431 | 52.5% | |
Republican | Mariannette Miller-Meeks | 129,455 | 47.4% | |
Write-ins | 443 | 0.2% | ||
Total votes | 273,329 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
2016
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Dave Loebsack (Incumbent) | 198,571 | 53.7% | |
Republican | Christopher Peters | 170,933 | 46.2% | |
Write-ins | 528 | 0.1% | ||
Total votes | 370,032 | 100.00% | ||
Democratic hold |
2018
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Democratic | Dave Loebsack (Incumbent) | 171,120 | 54.8% | +1.1 | |
Republican | Christopher Peters | 133,051 | 42.6% | -3.6 | |
Libertarian | Mark David Strauss | 6,176 | 1.98% | +1.98 | |
Independent | Daniel Clark | 1,839 | 0.59% | +0.59 | |
Write-ins | 171 | 0.05% | -0.05 | ||
Majority | 38,069 | 12.2% | |||
Turnout | 312,357 | 100% | |||
Democratic hold | Swing | +4.7 |
Historical district boundaries
See also
References
- ^ Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
- ^ "Census profile: Congressional District 2, IA". Census Reporter.
- ^ "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
- ^ "Iowa General Election 2018". Iowa Secretary of State. Retrieved November 11, 2018.
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
- Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
Coordinates: 41°12′31″N 92°08′57″W / 41.20861°N 92.14917°W