Mississippi's 2nd congressional district
U.S. House district for Mississippi
Mississippi's 2nd congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Mississippi. The district is in almost all of western Mississippi. It includes most of Jackson, Greenville and Vicksburg, Clarksdale, Greenwood, and Clinton. The district's border goes along the Mississippi River. The people who live in the district elect a person to represent the district in the United States House of Representatives. The district's current representative is Democrat Bennie Thompson.
Mississippi's 2nd congressional district | |||
---|---|---|---|
![]() Mississippi's 2nd congressional district since January 3, 2013 | |||
Representative |
| ||
Area | 14,519.68 sq mi (37,605.8 km2) | ||
Distribution |
| ||
Population (2019) | 692,452[1] | ||
Median household income | $37,372[1] | ||
Ethnicity |
| ||
Cook PVI | D+14[2] |
Election history change
2000 change
2000 United States House of Representatives elections in Mississippi: District 2 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Democratic | Bennie Thompson (Incumbent) | 112,777 | 65.07 | ||
Republican | Hardy Caraway | 54,090 | 31.21 | ||
Libertarian | William G. Chipman | 4,305 | 2.48 | ||
Reform | Lee F. Dilworth | 2,135 | 1.23 | ||
Turnout | 173,307 | ||||
Majority | 58,687 | 33.86 |
2002 change
2002 United States House of Representatives elections in Mississippi: District 2 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Democratic | Bennie Thompson (Incumbent) | 89,913 | 55.14 | -9.93 | |
Republican | Clinton B. LeSueur | 69,711 | 42.75 | +11.54 | |
Reform | Lee F. Dilworth | 3,426 | 2.10 | +0.87 | |
Turnout | 163,050 | ||||
Majority | 20,202 | 12.39 |
2004 change
2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Mississippi: District 2 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Democratic | Bennie Thompson (Incumbent) | 154,626 | 58.38 | +3.24 | |
Republican | Clinton B. LeSueur | 107,647 | 40.64 | -2.11 | |
Reform | Shawn O'Hara | 2,596 | 0.98 | -1.12 | |
Turnout | 264,869 | ||||
Majority | 46,979 | 17.74 |
2006 change
2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Mississippi: District 2 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Democratic | Bennie Thompson (Incumbent) | 100,168 | 64.27 | +5.89 | |
Republican | Yvonne R. Brown | 55,672 | 35.73 | -4.91 | |
Turnout | 155,832 | ||||
Majority | 44,496 | 28.55 |
2008 change
2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Mississippi: District 2 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Democratic | Bennie Thompson (Incumbent) | 201,606 | 69.05 | +4.78 | |
Republican | Richard Cook | 90,364 | 30.95 | -4.78 | |
Turnout | 291,970 | ||||
Majority | 111,242 | 38.10 |
2010 change
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Bennie Thompson (Incumbent) | 105,327 | 61.47 | |
Republican | Bill Marcy | 64,499 | 37.64 | |
Reform | Ashley Norwood | 1,530 | 0.89 | |
Total votes | 171,356 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
2012 change
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Bennie Thompson (Incumbent) | 214,978 | 67.13 | |
Republican | Bill Marcy | 99,160 | 30.96 | |
Independent | Cobby Williams | 4,605 | 1.44 | |
Reform | Lajena Williams | 1,501 | 0.47 | |
Total votes | 320,244 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
2014 change
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Bennie Thompson (Incumbent) | 100,688 | 67.7 | |
Independent | Troy Ray | 36,465 | 24.5 | |
Reform | Shelley Shoemake | 11,493 | 7.7 | |
Total votes | 148,646 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
2016 change
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Bennie Thompson (Incumbent) | 192,343 | 67.1 | |
Republican | John Bouie II | 83,542 | 29.1 | |
Independent | Troy Ray | 6,918 | 2.4 | |
Reform | Johnny McLeod | 3,823 | 1.3 | |
Total votes | 286,626 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
2018 change
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Bennie Thompson (Incumbent) | 158,921 | 71.8 | |
Independent | Troy Ray | 48,104 | 21.7 | |
Reform | Irving Harris | 14,354 | 6.5 | |
Total votes | 221,379 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
2020 change
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Bennie Thompson (Incumbent) | 196,331 | 66.2 | |
Republican | Brian Flowers | 101,037 | 33.9 | |
Total votes | 297,368 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
References change
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "My Congressional District".
- ↑ "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.