Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district

Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district
Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district
	Interactive map of district boundaries, with Dane County highlighted in red
Representative
	Mark Pocan; D–Vermont
Area	3,511.41 sq mi (9,094.5 km2)
Distribution	75.65% urban; 24.35% rural;
Population (2019)	773,663
Median household; income	$72,036
Ethnicity	82% White; 7% Hispanic; 4% Asian; 4% Black; 3% other; 0% Native American;
Cook PVI	D+18

Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district is a congressional district of the United States House of Representatives in southern Wisconsin, covering Dane County, Iowa County, Lafayette County, Sauk County and Green County, as well as portions of Richland County and Rock County.^[4] The district includes Madison, the state's capital, its suburbs and some of the surrounding areas.

The district is currently represented by Democrat Mark Pocan, who succeeded current Senator Tammy Baldwin in 2013.

Historically, the district has tilted Democratic, due largely to the presence of heavily Democratic Madison. It was a swing district for much of the 1990s and early 2000s. and was held by a Republican from 1991 to 1999. However, since the 2000s round of redistricting, only the Milwaukee-based 4th District is considered more Democratic. John Kerry won the district in 2004 with 62% of the vote. Barack Obama also swept the district in 2008 with 69% of the vote to John McCain's 30%.

List of members representing the district[]

Member	Party	Date	Cong ress	Electoral history
District created June 9, 1848
Mason C. Darling	Democratic	June 9, 1848 – March 3, 1849	30th	Elected to the short term in 1848. Retired.
Orsamus Cole	Whig	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851	31st	Elected to the regular term in 1848. Lost re-election.
Ben C. Eastman	Democratic	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1855	32nd 33rd	Elected in 1850. Re-elected in 1852. Retired.
Cadwallader C. Washburn	Republican	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1861	34th 35th 36th	Elected in 1854. Re-elected in 1856. Re-elected in 1858. Retired.
Luther Hanchett	Republican	March 4, 1861 – November 24, 1862	37th	Elected in 1860. Died.
Vacant		November 24, 1862 – January 26, 1863
Walter D. McIndoe	Republican	January 26, 1863 – March 3, 1863		Elected to finish Hanchett's term. Redistricted to the 6th district.
Ithamar Sloan	Republican	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1867	38th 39th	Elected in 1862. Re-elected in 1864. Retired.
Benjamin F. Hopkins	Republican	March 4, 1867 – January 1, 1870	40th 41st	Elected in 1866. Re-elected in 1868. Died.
Vacant		January 1, 1870 – February 23, 1870	41st
David Atwood	Republican	February 23, 1870 – March 3, 1871	41st	Elected to finish Hopkins's term. Retired.
Gerry Whiting Hazelton	Republican	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1875	42nd 43rd	Elected in 1870. Re-elected in 1872. Retired.
Lucien B. Caswell	Republican	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1883	44th 45th 46th 47th	Elected in 1874. Re-elected in 1876. Re-elected in 1878. Re-elected in 1880. Lost renomination.
Daniel H. Sumner	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885	48th	Elected in 1882. Retired.
Edward S. Bragg	Democratic	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887	49th	Elected in 1884. Lost renomination.
Richard W. Guenther	Republican	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889	50th	Redistricted from the 6th district and re-elected in 1886. Retired.
Charles Barwig	Democratic	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1895	51st 52nd 53rd	Elected in 1888. Re-elected in 1890. Re-elected in 1892. Lost re-election.
Edward Sauerhering	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1899	54th 55th	Elected in 1894. Re-elected in 1896. Retired.
Herman Dahle	Republican	March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1903	56th 57th	Elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Lost renomination.
Henry Cullen Adams	Republican	March 4, 1903 – July 9, 1906	58th 59th	Elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Died.
Vacant		July 9, 1906 – September 4, 1906	59th
John M. Nelson	Republican	September 4, 1906 – March 3, 1913	59th 60th 61st 62nd	Elected to finish Adams's term. Re-elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Redistricted to the 3rd district.
Michael E. Burke	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1917	63rd 64th	Redistricted from the 6th district and re-elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. Lost re-election.
Edward Voigt	Republican	March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1927	65th 66th 67th 68th 69th	Elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Retired.
Charles A. Kading	Republican	March 4, 1927 – March 3, 1933	70th 71st 72nd	Elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Lost renomination.
Charles W. Henney	Democratic	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935	73rd	Elected in 1932. Lost re-election.
Harry Sauthoff	Progressive	January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1939	74th 75th	Elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Lost re-election.
Charles Hawks Jr.	Republican	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941	76th	Elected in 1938. Lost re-election.
Harry Sauthoff	Progressive	January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1945	77th 78th	Elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Lost re-election.
Robert Kirkland Henry	Republican	January 3, 1945 – November 20, 1946	79th	Elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946 but died before next term began.
Vacant		November 20, 1946 – April 22, 1947	79th 80th
Glenn Robert Davis	Republican	April 22, 1947 – January 3, 1957	80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th	Elected to finish Henry's term. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Retired to run for U.S. senator.
Donald Edgar Tewes	Republican	January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1959	85th	Elected in 1956. Lost re-election.
Robert Kastenmeier	Democratic	January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1991	86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st	Elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Lost re-election.
Scott L. Klug	Republican	January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1999	102nd 103rd 104th 105th	Elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Retired.
Tammy Baldwin	Democratic	January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2013	106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th	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. Retired to run for U.S. senator.
Mark Pocan	Democratic	January 3, 2013 – present	113th 114th 115th 116th 117th	Elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020.

Recent election results[]

2012[]

Wisconsin 2nd Congressional District 2012^[5]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mark Pocan	265,422	67.90
	Republican	Chad Lee	124,683	31.90
	Write-In	Joe Kopsick	6	0.00
	none	Scattering	787	0.20
Total votes			390,898	100.0

2014[]

Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district, 2014^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mark Pocan (incumbent)	224,920	68.4
	Republican	Peter Theron	103,619	31.5
	N/A	Write-ins	308	0.1
Total votes			328,847	100.0
	Democratic hold

2016[]

Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district, 2016^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mark Pocan (incumbent)	273,537	68.7
	Republican	Peter Theron	124,044	31.2
	N/A	Write-ins	479	0.1
Total votes			398,060	100.0
	Democratic hold

2018[]

Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district, 2018^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mark Pocan (incumbent)	309,116	97.4
	Republican	Joey Wayne Reed (write-in)	29	0.0
	Independent	Rick Cruz (write-in)	8	0.0
	Democratic	Bradley Jason Burt (write-in)	1	0.0
	N/A	Write-ins	8,141	2.6
Total votes			317,295	100.0
	Democratic hold

2020[]

Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district, 2020^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mark Pocan (incumbent)	318,523	69.7
	Republican	Peter Theron	138,306	30.2
	Write-in		376	0.1
Total votes			457,205	100.0
	Democratic hold

Election results from presidential races[]

Election results from presidential races
Year	Office	Results
2000	President	Al Gore 58% – George W. Bush 36%
2004	President	John Kerry 62% – George W. Bush 37%
2008	President	Barack Obama 69% – John McCain 30%
2012	President	Barack Obama 68% – Mitt Romney 31%
2016	President	Hillary Clinton 66% – Donald Trump 29%
2020	President	Joe Biden 69% – Donald Trump 29%

References[]

^ Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
^ "Census profile: Congressional District 2, WI". Census Reporter.
^ "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
^ "Official Wisconsin redistricting" (PDF).^{[dead link]}
^ "Wisconsin Government Accountability Board County by County Congress Seats" (PDF). State of Wisconsin Government Accountability Board. November 21, 2012. Retrieved April 4, 2013.
^ Scatterings votes are included as they were reported to the Clerk of the House of Representatives"Election Statistics US House of Representatives - 2012". Karen Haas, Clerk of the United States House of Representatives. February 28, 2013. Retrieved March 31, 2013.
^ "Wisconsin Statewide Results General Election - November 4, 2014 Official Results". Wisconsin Secretary of State. November 4, 2014. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
^ "Wisconsin Elections Commission". Wisconsin Elections Commission. November 8, 2016. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
^ Johnson, Cheryl L. (February 28, 2019). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 6, 2018". Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
^ "Canvass Results for 2020 General Election" (PDF). Wisconsin Elections Commission. Retrieved December 2, 2020.

External links[]

2nd Congressional District of Wisconsin
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

Coordinates: 42°59′05″N 89°45′04″W / 42.98472°N 89.75111°W / 42.98472; -89.75111

[1] Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.

[2] "Census profile: Congressional District 2, WI". Census Reporter.

[Cook-3] "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.

[4] "Official Wisconsin redistricting" (PDF).^{[dead link]}

[WGAB-5] "Wisconsin Government Accountability Board County by County Congress Seats" (PDF). State of Wisconsin Government Accountability Board. November 21, 2012. Retrieved April 4, 2013.

[ScatNote-6] Scatterings votes are included as they were reported to the Clerk of the House of Representatives"Election Statistics US House of Representatives - 2012". Karen Haas, Clerk of the United States House of Representatives. February 28, 2013. Retrieved March 31, 2013.

[Generalelection-7] "Wisconsin Statewide Results General Election - November 4, 2014 Official Results". Wisconsin Secretary of State. November 4, 2014. Retrieved January 16, 2015.

[General-8] "Wisconsin Elections Commission". Wisconsin Elections Commission. November 8, 2016. Retrieved December 2, 2016.

[clerk2018-9] Johnson, Cheryl L. (February 28, 2019). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 6, 2018". Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. Retrieved April 27, 2019.

[WIgenr-10] "Canvass Results for 2020 General Election" (PDF). Wisconsin Elections Commission. Retrieved December 2, 2020.

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