Virginia's 2nd congressional district
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Virginia's 2nd congressional district | ||
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Virginia's 2nd congressional district - since January 3, 2013. | ||
Current Representative | Scott Rigell (R–Virginia Beach) | |
Population (2000) | 643,510 | |
Median income | $44,193 | |
Ethnicity | 69.2% White, 21.8% Black, 4.1% Asian, 4.4% Hispanic, 0.4% Native American, 0.6% other | |
Cook PVI | R+2[1] |
Virginia's second congressional district is a U.S. congressional district in the Commonwealth of Virginia. It encompasses all of Accomack and Northampton Counties and the City of Virginia Beach 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. It is currently considered one of the most competitive congressional districts in Virginia.
Contents
- 1 Statewide races
- 2 List of representatives
- 3 Election results
- 3.1 1980 election
- 3.2 1982 election
- 3.3 1984 election
- 3.4 1986 election
- 3.5 1988 election
- 3.6 1990 election
- 3.7 1992 election
- 3.8 1994 election
- 3.9 1996 election
- 3.10 1998 election
- 3.11 2000 election
- 3.12 2002 election
- 3.13 2004 election
- 3.14 2006 election
- 3.15 2008 election
- 3.16 2010 election
- 3.17 2012 election
- 3.18 2014 election
- 4 Historical district boundaries
- 5 See also
- 6 References
Statewide races
Year | Office | Results |
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1996 | U.S. President | Dole 48 - 44%[2] |
U.S. Senator | Warner 57 - 43%[2] | |
1997 | Governor | Gilmore 56 - 42%[3] |
Lieutenant Governor | Hager 52 - 41%[3] | |
Attorney General | Earley 63 - 37%[3] | |
2000 | U.S. President | Bush 53 - 45%[4] |
U.S. Senator | Allen 51 - 49%[4] | |
2001 | Governor | Earley 50 - 50%[5] |
Lieutenant Governor | Katzen 52 - 47%[5] | |
Attorney General | Kilgore 64 - 36%[5] | |
2002 | U.S. Senator | Warner 84 - 9%[6] |
2004 | U.S. President | Bush 58 - 42%[7] |
2005 | Governor | Kaine 50 - 47%[8] |
Lieutenant Governor | Bolling 54 - 45%[8] | |
Attorney General | McDonnell 55 - 44%[8] | |
2006 | Senate | Allen 51 - 48%[9] |
2008 | U.S. President | Obama 50 - 48%[10] |
Senate | Warner 65 - 34%[10] | |
2009 | Governor | McDonnell 62 - 38%[11] |
Lieutenant Governor | Bolling 56 - 44%[12] | |
Attorney General | Cuccinelli 60 - 40%[12] | |
2012 | U.S. President | Obama 50 - 48%[13] |
Senate | Kaine 52 - 48%[13] |
List of representatives
Representative | Party | Years | Electoral history |
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John Brown | Anti-Administration | March 4, 1789 – June 1, 1792 |
Resigned |
Vacant | June 2, 1792 – March 4, 1793 |
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Andrew Moore | Anti-Administration | March 4, 1793 – March 4, 1795 |
Lost re-election |
Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1795 – March 4, 1797 |
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David Holmes | 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 |
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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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John Y. Mason | Jacksonian | March 4, 1831 – January 11, 1837 |
Resigned |
Vacant | January 12, 1837 – March 4, 1837 |
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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 |
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Richard K. Meade | Democratic | August 5, 1847 – March 4, 1853 |
Lost re-election |
John S. Millson | 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 |
John Goode, Jr. | Democratic | March 4, 1875 – March 4, 1881 |
Lost re-election |
John F. Dezendorf | Republican | March 4, 1881 – March 4, 1883 |
Retired |
Harry Libbey | Readjuster | March 4, 1883 – March 4, 1885 |
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Republican | March 4, 1885 – March 4, 1887 |
Lost re-election | |
George E. Bowden | Republican | March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1891 |
Lost re-election |
John W. Lawson | Democratic | March 4, 1891 – March 4, 1893 |
Retired |
100px D. Gardiner Tyler | Democratic | March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1897 |
Lost re-election |
William A. Young | Democratic | March 4, 1897 – April 26, 1898 |
Election invalidated |
100px Richard A. Wise | Republican | April 26, 1898 – March 4, 1899 |
Lost re-election |
William A. Young | Democratic | March 4, 1899 – March 12, 1900 |
Election invalidated |
100px Richard A. Wise | Republican | March 12, 1900 – December 21, 1900 |
Died |
Vacant | December 21, 1900 – March 3, 1901 |
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100px Harry L. Maynard | Democratic | March 4, 1901 – March 4, 1911 |
Lost re-election |
Edward E. Holland | Democratic | March 4, 1911 – March 4, 1921 |
Retired |
Joseph T. Deal | 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 |
100px Norman R. Hamilton | 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 |
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Winder R. Harris | Democratic | April 8, 1941 – September 15, 1944 |
Resigned |
Vacant | September 15, 1944 – November 7, 1944 |
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Ralph H. Daughton | Democratic | November 7, 1944 – January 3, 1947 |
Lost re-election |
100px Porter Hardy, Jr. | Democratic | January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1969 |
Retired |
G. William Whitehurst | Republican | January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1987 |
Retired |
100px Owen B. Pickett | Democratic | January 3, 1987 – January 3, 2001 |
Retired |
Edward L. Schrock | Republican | January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2005 |
Retired |
Thelma D. Drake | Republican | January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2009 |
Lost re-election |
100px Glenn C. Nye III | Democratic | January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2011 |
Lost re-election |
Scott Rigell | Republican | January 3, 2011 – present |
First elected in 2010 |
Election results
1980 election
Virginia's 2nd Congressional District election, 1980 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | G. William Whitehurst (inc.) | 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
Virginia's 2nd Congressional District election, 1982 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | G. William Whitehurst (inc.) | 78,108 | 99.88 | |
Write-in | 97 | 0.12 | ||
Total votes | 78,205 | 100 | ||
Republican hold |
1984 election
Virginia's 2nd Congressional District election, 1984 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | G. William Whitehurst (inc.) | 136,632 | 99.81 | |
Write-in | 256 | 0.19 | ||
Total votes | 136,888 | 100 | ||
Republican hold |
1986 election
Virginia's 2nd Congressional District election, 1986 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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
Virginia's 2nd Congressional District election, 1988 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Owen B. Pickett (inc.) | 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
Virginia's 2nd Congressional District election, 1990 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Owen B. Pickett (inc.) | 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
Virginia's 2nd Congressional District election, 1992 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Owen B. Pickett (inc.) | 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
Virginia's 2nd Congressional District election, 1994 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Owen B. Pickett (inc.) | 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
Virginia's 2nd Congressional District election, 1996 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Owen B. Pickett (inc.) | 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
Virginia's 2nd Congressional District election, 1998 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Owen B. Pickett (inc.) | 67,975 | 94.29 | |
Write-in | 4,116 | 5.71 | ||
Total votes | 72,091 | 100 | ||
Democratic hold |
2000 election
Virginia's 2nd Congressional District election, 2000 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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
Virginia's 2nd Congressional District election, 2002 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Edward L. Schrock (inc.) | 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
Virginia's 2nd Congressional District election, 2004 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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
Virginia's 2nd Congressional District election, 2006 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Thelma D. Drake (inc.) | 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
Virginia's 2nd Congressional District election, 2008 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
Democratic | Glenn Nye | 141,857 | 52.40 | |||
Republican | Thelma D. Drake (inc.) | 128,486 | 47.46 | |||
Write-in | 368 | 0.14 | ||||
Total votes | 270,711 | 100 | ||||
Democratic gain from Republican |
2010 election
Virginia's 2nd Congressional District election, 2010 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
Republican | E. Scott Rigell | 88,340 | 53.12 | |||
Democratic | Glenn Nye (inc.) | 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
Virginia's 2nd Congressional District election, 2012 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | E. Scott Rigell (inc.) | 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
Virginia's 2nd Congressional District election, 2014 [14] | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | E. Scott Rigell (inc.) | 101,558 | 58.68 | |
Democratic | Suzanne Patrick | 71,178 | 41.13 | |
Write-in | 324 | 0.19 | ||
Total votes | 173,060 | 100 | ||
Republican hold |
Historical district boundaries
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
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