Iowa's 2nd congressional district
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Iowa's 2nd congressional district | ||
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Iowa's 2nd congressional district - since January 3, 2013. | ||
Current Representative | David Loebsack (D–Iowa City) | |
Distribution | 66.06% urban, 33.94% rural | |
Population (2000) | 585,241[1] | |
Median income | $40,121[1] | |
Ethnicity | 93.7% White, 2.0% Black, 1.5% Asian, 2.7% Hispanic, 0.2% Native American | |
Cook PVI | D+4[2] |
Iowa's 2nd congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Iowa that generally covers most of the southeastern part of the state including Davenport, Iowa City, Muscatine, Clinton, Burlington, and Fort Madison.
The district is currently represented by Democrat Dave Loebsack.
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Redistricting
On June 22, 2001, the Iowa Legislature passed a plan to redistrict the state of Iowa. The plan went into effect in 2002 for the 108th U.S. Congress. The prior redistricting plan was effective from 1992-2001.[3]
List of representatives
Representative | Party | Term | District Residence | Note |
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District created
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March 4, 1847 | |||
Shepherd Leffler | Democratic | March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1851 | Redistricted from the At-large district | |
Lincoln Clark | Democratic | March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853 | ||
John P. Cook | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 | |||
James Thorington | March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857 | |||
Timothy Davis | Republican | March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859 | ||
William Vandever | Republican | March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863 | ||
Hiram Price | Republican | March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1869 | ||
William Smyth | Republican | March 4, 1869 – September 30, 1870 | Died | |
Vacant
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September 30, 1870 - December 6, 1870 | |||
William P. Wolf | Republican | December 6, 1870 – March 3, 1871 | ||
Aylett R. Cotton | Republican | March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1875 | ||
John Q. Tufts | Republican | March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877 | ||
Hiram Price | Republican | March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1881 | ||
Sewall S. Farwell | Republican | March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883 | ||
Jeremiah H. Murphy | Democratic | March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887 | ||
Walter I. Hayes | Democratic | March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1895 | ||
George M. Curtis | Republican | March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1899 | ||
Joseph R. Lane | Republican | March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1901 | ||
John N. W. Rumple | Republican | March 4, 1901 – January 31, 1903 | Died | |
Vacant
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January 31, 1903 - March 4, 1903 | |||
75px Martin J. Wade | Democratic | March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905 | ||
Albert F. Dawson | Republican | March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1911 | ||
Irvin S. Pepper | Democratic | March 4, 1911 – December 22, 1913 | Died | |
Vacant
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December 22, 1913 - February 10, 1914 | |||
Henry Vollmer | Democratic | February 10, 1914 – March 3, 1915 | ||
Harry E. Hull | Republican | March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1925 | ||
F. Dickinson Letts | Republican | March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1931 | ||
Bernhard M. Jacobsen | Democratic | March 4, 1931 – June 30, 1936 | Died | |
Vacant
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June 30, 1936 - January 3, 1937 | |||
William S. Jacobsen | Democratic | January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1943 | ||
Henry O. Talle | Republican | January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1959 | Redistricted from the 4th district | |
Leonard G. Wolf | Democratic | January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1961 | ||
James E. Bromwell | Republican | January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1965 | ||
John Culver | Democratic | January 3, 1965 - January 3, 1975 | ||
Mike Blouin | Democratic | January 3, 1975 - January 3, 1979 | ||
75px Tom Tauke | Republican | January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1991 | ||
75px Jim Nussle | Republican | January 3, 1991 – January 3, 2003 | Redistricted to the 1st district | |
Jim Leach | Republican | January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2007 | Redistricted from the 1st district | |
David Loebsack | Democratic | January 3, 2007 - Present | Incumbent |
Historical Election Results
Recent Election Results
2002
Iowa's 2nd Congressional District Election (2002) | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold |
2004
Iowa's 2nd Congressional District Election (2004) | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | James A. Leach* | 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 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold |
2006
Iowa's 2nd Congressional District Election (2006) | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
Democratic | Dave Loebsack | 107,683 | 51.38 | |||
Republican | James A. Leach* | 101,707 | 48.53 | |||
No party | Others | 196 | 0.09% | |||
Total votes | 209,586 | 100.00 | ||||
Voter turnout | % | |||||
Democratic gain from Republican |
2008
Iowa's 2nd Congressional District Election (2008) | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Dave Loebsack* | 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 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold |
2010
Iowa's 2nd Congressional District Election (2010) | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Dave Loebsack* | 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 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold |
2012
Iowa's 2nd Congressional District Election (2012) | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Dave Loebsack* | 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 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold |
Living former Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Iowa's 2nd congressional district
As of May 2015[update], five former members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Iowa's 2nd congressional district are alive.
Representative | Term of office | Date of birth (and age) |
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John Culver | 1965–1975 | August 8, 1932 |
Mike Blouin | 1975–1979 | November 7, 1945 |
Tom Tauke | 1979–1991 | October 11, 1950 |
Jim Nussle | 1991–2003 | June 27, 1960 |
Jim Leach | 2003–2007 | October 15, 1942 |
Historical district boundaries
See also
References
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