Georgia's 2nd congressional district

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.

"GA-2" redirects here. For the state route, see Georgia State Route 2.

Georgia's 2nd congressional district
Georgia's 2nd congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Representative	Sanford Bishop D–Albany
Distribution	65.75% urban[1] 34.25% rural
Population (2016)	672,244[2]
Median income	$37,569[3]
Ethnicity	51.86% black 42.25% white 4.92% Hispanic 1.29% Asian 0.29% Native American
Cook PVI	D+6[4]

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 the seat 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 presidential elections

Year	Office	Results
2000	President	Al Gore 52% - George W. Bush 48%
2004	President	George W. Bush 50% - John Kerry 50%
2008	President	Barack Obama 54% - John McCain 46%
2012	President	Barack Obama 58.6% - Mitt Romney 40.8%
2016	President	Hillary Clinton 55% - Donald Trump 43.3%
2018	Governor	Stacey Abrams 56% - Brian Kemp 44%

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]
		March 4, 1791 – March 3, 1793			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	[data unknown/missing]	1845–1853 [data unknown/missing]
Alfred Iverson Sr.	Democratic	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849	30th	[data unknown/missing]
Marshall J. Wellborn	Democratic	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851	31st	[data unknown/missing]
James Johnson	Unionist	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853	32nd	[data unknown/missing]
Alfred H. Colquitt	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	33rd	[data unknown/missing]
Martin J. Crawford	Democratic	March 4, 1855 – January 23, 1861	34th 35th 36th	Withdrew.
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	[data unknown/missing]
Vacant		March 4, 1869 – December 22, 1870
Richard H. Whiteley	Republican	December 22, 1870 – March 3, 1875	41st 42nd 43rd	installed after Nelson Tift was not permitted to qualify
William E. Smith	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1881	44th 45th 46th	[data unknown/missing]
Henry G. Turner	Democratic	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1893	47th 48th 49th 50th 51st 52nd	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 11th district.
Benjamin E. Russell	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1897	53rd 54th	[data unknown/missing]
James M. Griggs	Democratic	March 4, 1897 – January 5, 1910	55th 56th 57th 58th 59th 60th 61st	[data unknown/missing] Died.
Vacant		January 5, 1910 – February 6, 1910
Seaborn Roddenbery	Democratic	February 6, 1910 – September 25, 1913	61st 62nd 63rd	[data unknown/missing] Died.
Vacant		September 25, 1913 – November 4, 1913
Frank Park	Democratic	November 4, 1913 – March 3, 1925	63rd 64th 65th 66th 67th 68th	[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	[data unknown/missing] Died.
Vacant		December 24, 1952 – February 4, 1953
J. L. Pilcher	Democratic	February 4, 1953 – January 3, 1965	83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th	[data unknown/missing]
Maston E. O'Neal Jr.	Democratic	January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1971	89th 90th 91st	[data unknown/missing]
Dawson Mathis	Democratic	January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1981	92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th	[data unknown/missing]
Charles F. Hatcher	Democratic	January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1993	97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd	[data unknown/missing]
Sanford Bishop	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2003	103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th 116th	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 D. Bishop, Jr.*	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 D. Bishop, Jr.*	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 D. Bishop, Jr.*	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 D. Bishop, Jr.*	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 D. Bishop, Jr.*	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 D. Bishop, Jr.*	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 D. Bishop, Jr.*	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 D. Bishop, Jr.*	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 D. Bishop, Jr.*	135,709	59.56
	Republican	Herman West Jr.	92,132	40.44
Total votes			227,841	100.00
	Democratic hold

See also

• Georgia's congressional districts
• List of United States congressional districts

References

1. https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/cd_state.html
2. https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=13&cd=02
3. https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=13&cd=02
4. "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
5. Justice Department approves Georgia's political maps. Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Last accessed 2011-12-27
6. https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/x920fx75n
7. https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/rr171z522
8. http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/GA/63991/184321/en/summary.html
9. http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/GA/91639/Web02-state.216038/#/cid/30200

• 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

• PDF map of Georgia's 2nd district at nationalatlas.gov
• Georgia's 2nd district at GovTrack.us