Georgia's 2nd congressional district

Georgia's 2nd congressional district
Georgia's 2nd congressional district
	Georgia's 2nd congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Representative
	Sanford Bishop; D–Albany
Distribution	65.75% urban; 34.25% rural;
Population (2019)	671,831
Median household; income	$39,728
Ethnicity	51.6% Black; 40.5% White; 4.6% Hispanic; 1.6% Two or more races; 1.1% Asian; 0.5% other;
Cook PVI	D+6

Georgia's 2nd congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Georgia. The district is currently represented by Democrat Sanford D. Bishop, Jr., though the district's boundaries have been redrawn following the 2010 census, which granted an additional congressional seat to Georgia.^[5] The first election using the new district boundaries (listed below) were the 2012 congressional elections.

One of the largest districts by size, it comprises much of the southwestern portion of the state of Georgia. Much of the district is rural, although the district has a number of small cities and medium-sized towns, such as Albany, Americus, Bainbridge, and Thomasville, as well as most of Columbus and most of Macon. The district is also the historic and current home of President Jimmy Carter.

The district is one of the most consistently Democratic in the country, as Democrats have held it since 1875.

Counties[]

Baker
Bibb (Partial, see also 8th district)
Calhoun
Chattahoochee
Clay
Crawford
Crisp
Decatur
Dooly
Dougherty
Early
Grady
Lee
Macon
Marion
Miller
Mitchell
Muscogee (Partial, see also 3rd district)
Peach
Quitman
Randolph
Schley
Seminole
Stewart
Sumter
Talbot
Taylor
Terrell
Webster

Recent results in statewide elections[]

Year	Office	Results
2000	President	Al Gore 52% - George W. Bush 48%
2004	President	George W. Bush 54% - John Kerry 46%
2008	President	Barack Obama 54% - John McCain 46%
2012	President	Barack Obama 59% - Mitt Romney 41%
2016	President	Hillary Clinton 55% - Donald Trump 43%
2018	Governor	Stacey Abrams 56% - Brian Kemp 44%
2020	President	Joe Biden 56% - Donald Trump 43%

List of members representing the district[]

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	District location
Abraham Baldwin	Anti-Administration	March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1791	1st 2nd	Elected in 1789. Re-elected in 1791. Redistricted to the at-large district.	1789–1791 "Middle district": Burke, Camden, Chatham, Effingham, Glynn, Greene, Liberty, Richmond, Washington, and Wilkes counties^[6]
Abraham Baldwin	Anti-Administration	March 4, 1791 – March 3, 1793	1st 2nd		1791–1793 "Middle district": Burke, Columbia, Richmond, and Washington counties^[7]
District not in use		March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1827
John Forsyth	Jacksonian	March 4, 1827 – November 7, 1827	20th	Redistricted from the at-large district and re-elected in 1826. Resigned.	1827–1829 [data unknown/missing]
Vacant		November 7, 1827 – November 17, 1827
Richard H. Wilde	Jacksonian	November 17, 1827 – March 3, 1829		Elected November 17, 1827 to finish Forsyth's term and seated January 14, 1828. Redistricted to the at-large district.
District not in use		March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1845
Seaborn Jones	Democratic	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847	29th	Elected in 1844. [data unknown/missing]	1845–1853 [data unknown/missing]
Alfred Iverson Sr.	Democratic	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849	30th	Elected in 1846. [data unknown/missing]
Marshall J. Wellborn	Democratic	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851	31st	Elected in 1848. [data unknown/missing]
James Johnson	Unionist	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853	32nd	Elected in 1851. [data unknown/missing]
Alfred H. Colquitt	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	33rd	Elected in 1853. [data unknown/missing]	1853–1861 [data unknown/missing]
Martin J. Crawford	Democratic	March 4, 1855 – January 23, 1861	34th 35th 36th	Elected in 1855. Re-elected in 1857. Re-elected in 1859. Withdrew.	1853–1861 [data unknown/missing]
Vacant		January 23, 1861 – July 25, 1868	36th 37th 38th 39th 40th	Civil War and Reconstruction
Nelson Tift	Democratic	July 25, 1868 – March 3, 1869	40th	Elected in 1868 to finish term. [data unknown/missing]	1868–1873 [data unknown/missing]
Vacant		March 4, 1869 – December 22, 1870	41st
Richard H. Whiteley	Republican	December 22, 1870 – March 3, 1875	41st 42nd 43rd	. Re-elected in 1872. [data unknown/missing]
1873–1883 [data unknown/missing]			41st 42nd 43rd	. Re-elected in 1872. [data unknown/missing]
	William E. Smith	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1881	44th 45th 46th	Elected in 1874. Re-elected in 1876. Re-elected in 1878. [data unknown/missing]
	Henry G. Turner	Democratic	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1893	47th 48th 49th 50th 51st 52nd	Elected in 1880. Re-elected in 1882. Re-elected in 1884. Re-elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1888. Re-elected in 1890. Redistricted to the 11th district.
1883–1893 [data unknown/missing]				47th 48th 49th 50th 51st 52nd
Benjamin E. Russell	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1897	53rd 54th	Elected in 1892. Re-elected in 1894. [data unknown/missing]	1893–1903 [data unknown/missing]
James M. Griggs	Democratic	March 4, 1897 – January 5, 1910	55th 56th 57th 58th 59th 60th 61st	Elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Re-elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Died.	1893–1903 [data unknown/missing]
1903–1913 [data unknown/missing]			55th 56th 57th 58th 59th 60th 61st
	Vacant		January 5, 1910 – February 6, 1910	61st
	Seaborn Roddenbery	Democratic	February 6, 1910 – September 25, 1913	61st 62nd 63rd	Elected to finish Griggs's term. Re-elected in 1910. Re-elected in 1912. Died.
1913–1923 [data unknown/missing]				61st 62nd 63rd
	Vacant		September 25, 1913 – November 4, 1913	63rd
	Frank Park	Democratic	November 4, 1913 – March 3, 1925	63rd 64th 65th 66th 67th 68th	Elected to finish Roddenbery's term. Re-elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. [data unknown/missing]
1923–1933 [data unknown/missing]				63rd 64th 65th 66th 67th 68th
1923–1933 [data unknown/missing]	Edward E. Cox	Democratic	March 4, 1925 – December 24, 1952	69th 70th 71st 72nd 73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd	Elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Re-elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Died.
1933–1943 [data unknown/missing]
1943–1953 [data unknown/missing]
1943–1953 [data unknown/missing]	Vacant		December 24, 1952 – February 4, 1953	82nd 83rd
1953–1963 [data unknown/missing]				82nd 83rd
1953–1963 [data unknown/missing]	J. L. Pilcher	Democratic	February 4, 1953 – January 3, 1965	83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th	Elected to finish Cox's term. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. [data unknown/missing]
1963–1973 [data unknown/missing]				83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th
	Maston E. O'Neal Jr.	Democratic	January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1971	89th 90th 91st	Elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. [data unknown/missing]
	Dawson Mathis	Democratic	January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1981	92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th	Elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. [data unknown/missing]
1973–1983 [data unknown/missing]				92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th
1973–1983 [data unknown/missing]	Charles F. Hatcher	Democratic	January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1993	97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd	Elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. [data unknown/missing]
1983–1993 [data unknown/missing]				97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd
Sanford Bishop	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2003	103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th 116th 117th	Elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Incumbent.	1993–2003 [data unknown/missing]
		January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2007			2003–2007
		January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2013			2007–2013
		January 3, 2013 – present			2013–present

Election results[]

2002[]

Georgia's 2nd Congressional District Election (2002)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sanford Bishop*	102,925	100.00
Total votes			143,700	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

2004[]

Georgia's 2nd Congressional District Election (2004)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sanford Bishop*	129,984	66.79
	Republican	Dave Eversman	64,645	33.21
Total votes			194,629	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

2006[]

Georgia's 2nd Congressional District Election (2006)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sanford Bishop*	88,662	67.87
	Republican	Bradley Hughes	41,967	32.13
Total votes			130,629	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

2008[]

Georgia's 2nd Congressional District Election (2008)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sanford Bishop*	158,447	68.95
	Republican	Lee Ferrell	71,357	31.05
Total votes			229,804	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

2010[]

Georgia's 2nd Congressional District Election (2010)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sanford Bishop*	86,520	51.44
	Republican	Mike Keown	81,673	48.56
Total votes			168,193	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

2012[]

Georgia 2nd Congressional District Election (2012)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sanford Bishop*	162,751	63.78
	Republican	John House	92,410	36.78
Total votes			255,161	100
	Democratic hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}

2014[]

Georgia's 2nd Congressional District Election (2014)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sanford Bishop*	96,363	59.15
	Republican	Greg Duke	66,357	40.85
Total votes			162,720	100.00
	Democratic hold

2016[]

Georgia's 2nd Congressional District Election (2016)^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sanford Bishop*	148,543	61.23
	Republican	Greg Duke	94,056	38.77
Total votes			242,599	100.00
	Democratic hold

2018[]

Georgia's 2nd Congressional District Election (2018)^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sanford Bishop*	135,709	59.56
	Republican	Herman West Jr.	92,132	40.44
Total votes			227,841	100.00
	Democratic hold

2020[]

Georgia's 2nd Congressional District Election (2020)^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sanford Bishop*	161,397	59.12
	Republican	Don Cole	111,620	40.88
Total votes			273,017	100.00
	Democratic hold

References[]

^ "Congressional Districts Relationship Files (State-based) - Geography - U.S. Census Bureau". Archived from the original on April 2, 2013.
^ "My Congressional District".
^ "My Congressional District".
^ "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
^ Justice Department approves Georgia's political maps. Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Last accessed 2011-12-27
^ "A New Nation Votes".
^ "A New Nation Votes".
^ "GA - Election Results".
^ "Election Night Reporting".
^ Raffensperger, Brad. "November 3, 2020 General Election Official Results - Totals include all Absentee and Provisional Ballots". Georgia Secretary of State. Retrieved November 22, 2020.

Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

External links[]

Coordinates: 31°48′55″N 84°25′07″W / 31.81528°N 84.41861°W / 31.81528; -84.41861

[1] "Congressional Districts Relationship Files (State-based) - Geography - U.S. Census Bureau". Archived from the original on April 2, 2013.

[2] "My Congressional District".

[3] "My Congressional District".

[Cook-4] "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.

[justiceapproval-5] Justice Department approves Georgia's political maps. Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Last accessed 2011-12-27

[6] "A New Nation Votes".

[7] "A New Nation Votes".

[8] "GA - Election Results".

[9] "Election Night Reporting".

[General-10] Raffensperger, Brad. "November 3, 2020 General Election Official Results - Totals include all Absentee and Provisional Ballots". Georgia Secretary of State. Retrieved November 22, 2020.

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