Iowa's 2nd congressional district
U.S. House district in Southeastern Iowa
Iowa's 2nd congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S state of Iowa. It is in the southeast part of the state. The district includes the cities of Davenport, Iowa City, Muscatine, Clinton, Burlington, Ottumwa, Fort Madison, Oskaloosa, Bettendorf, Newton and Pella. The people who live in the district elect a person to represent the district in the United States House of Representatives. The district is currently represented by Republican Mariannette Miller-Meeks who changed the district from Democrat to Republican after the Democrat retired. She won the election by 6 votes.
| Iowa's 2nd congressional district | |||
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 Iowa's 2nd congressional district since January 3, 2013 | |||
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| Distribution |
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| Population (2019) | 782,989 | ||
| Median household income | $59,569[1] | ||
| Ethnicity | |||
| Cook PVI | R+4[3] | ||
Election history
change| Office | Year | District | Statewide | Nationwide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| President | 2000 | Al Gore 53% – George W. Bush 43% | Gore | Bush |
| 2004 | John Kerry 55% – George W. Bush 44% | Bush | ||
| 2008 | Barack Obama 60% – John McCain 38% | Obama | Obama | |
| 2012 | Barack Obama 56% – Mitt Romney 43% | |||
| 2016 | Donald Trump 49% – Hillary Clinton 44% | Trump | Trump | |
| 2020 | Donald Trump 51% – Joe Biden 47% | Biden | ||
| U.S. Senator | 2014 | Joni Ernst 49% – Bruce Braley 47% | Ernst | n/a |
| Governor | 2014 | Terry Branstad 57% – Jack Hatch 40% | Branstad | |
| 2018 | Fred Hubbell 50.72% – Kim Reynolds 47.29% | Reynolds |
2002
change| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Jim 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
change| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Jim 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
change| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Dave Loebsack | 107,683 | 51.38% | |||
| Republican | Jim Leach (incumbent) | 101,707 | 48.53% | |||
| No party | Others | 196 | 0.09% | |||
| Total votes | 209,586 | 100.00% | ||||
| Democratic gain from Republican | ||||||
2008
change| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
change| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
change| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
change| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
change
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
change| 2018 Iowa's 2nd congressional district election[4] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| 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 | |||
2020
change| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Mariannette Miller-Meeks | 196,864 | 49.910 | |
| Democratic | Rita Hart | 196,858 | 49.908 | |
| Total votes | 394,439 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican gain from Democratic | ||||
References
change- ↑ Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
- ↑ "Census profile: Congressional District 2, IA". Census Reporter.
- ↑ "Introducing the 2021 Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index".
- ↑ "Iowa General Election 2018". Iowa Secretary of State. Retrieved November 11, 2018.