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 | |||
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![]() Mississippi's 2nd congressional district since January 3, 2013 | |||
Representative |
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Area | 14,519.68 sq mi (37,605.8 km2) | ||
Distribution |
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Population (2019) | 692,452[1] | ||
Median household income | $37,372[1] | ||
Ethnicity |
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Cook PVI | D+14[2] |
Election historyEdit
2000Edit
2000 United States House of Representatives elections in Mississippi: District 2 | |||||
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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 |
2002Edit
2002 United States House of Representatives elections in Mississippi: District 2 | |||||
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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 |
2004Edit
2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Mississippi: District 2 | |||||
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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 |
2006Edit
2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Mississippi: District 2 | |||||
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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 |
2008Edit
2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Mississippi: District 2 | |||||
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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 |
2010Edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 |
2012Edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 |
2014Edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 |
2016Edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 |
2018Edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 |
2020Edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Bennie Thompson (Incumbent) | 196,331 | 66.2 | |
Republican | Brian Flowers | 101,037 | 33.9 | |
Total votes | 297,368 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold |
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ 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.