Missouri's 2nd congressional district
Missouri's second congressional district is in the eastern portion of the state, primarily consisting of the suburbs south and west of St. Louis, including Arnold, Town and Country, Wildwood, Chesterfield, and Oakville.[3] The district includes portions of St. Louis, Jefferson and St. Charles counties.[4] Following redistricting in 2010, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that the district now included more Democratic-leaning voters than it had its 2001–2010 boundaries, but still leaned Republican as a whole.[5] The latest U.S. Census Electorate Profile for the 2nd congressional district estimates there are 581,131 citizens of voting age living in 293,984 households.[6]
Missouri's 2nd congressional district | |||
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Missouri's 2nd congressional district since January 3, 2013 | |||
Representative |
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Median income | $79,497[1] | ||
Ethnicity | |||
Cook PVI | R+8[2] |
Its current representative is Republican Ann Wagner. Wagner faced Democrat Cort VanOstran, Libertarian Larry A. Kirk and the Green Party's David Justus Arnold in the 2018 general election.[7]
List of members representing the district
Member | Party | Years | Cong ress |
Electoral history | District location |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
District created March 4, 1847 | |||||
John Jameson |
Democratic | March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849 |
30th | [data unknown/missing] | 1847–1853 [data unknown/missing] |
William Van Ness Bay | Democratic | March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851 |
31st | [data unknown/missing] | |
Gilchrist Porter |
Whig | March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853 |
32nd | [data unknown/missing] | |
Alfred W. Lamb | Democratic | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 |
33rd | [data unknown/missing] | 1853–1863 [data unknown/missing] |
Gilchrist Porter |
Opposition | March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857 |
34th | [data unknown/missing] | |
Thomas L. Anderson |
Know Nothing | March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859 |
35th 36th |
[data unknown/missing] | |
Independent Democratic | March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861 | ||||
James S. Rollins |
Constitutional Union | March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863 |
37th | [data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 9th district. | |
Henry T. Blow |
Unconditional Unionist | March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865 |
38th 39th |
[data unknown/missing] | 1863–1873 [data unknown/missing] |
Republican | March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867 | ||||
Carman A. Newcomb |
Republican | March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1869 |
40th | [data unknown/missing] | |
Gustavus A. Finkelnburg |
Republican | March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871 |
41st 42nd |
[data unknown/missing] | |
Liberal Republican | March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873 | ||||
Erastus Wells |
Democratic | March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1877 |
43rd 44th |
Redistricted from the 1st district. [data unknown/missing] |
1873–1883 [data unknown/missing] |
Nathan Cole |
Republican | March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879 |
45th | [data unknown/missing] | |
Erastus Wells |
Democratic | March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881 |
46th | [data unknown/missing] | |
Thomas Allen |
Democratic | March 4, 1881 – April 8, 1882 |
47th | [data unknown/missing] Died. | |
Vacant | April 8, 1882 – December 15, 1882 | ||||
James H. McLean |
Republican | December 15, 1882 – March 3, 1883 |
Elected November 7, 1882 to finish Allen's term[8] and seated December 15, 1882. Redistricted the same day to the 9th district and lost election to the next term. | ||
Armstead M. Alexander | Democratic | March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885 |
48th | Elected in 1882.[9] [data unknown/missing] |
1883–1883 [data unknown/missing] |
John B. Hale | Democratic | March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887 |
49th | [data unknown/missing] | |
Charles H. Mansur |
Democratic | March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1893 |
50th 51st 52nd |
[data unknown/missing] | |
Uriel S. Hall |
Democratic | March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1897 |
53rd 54th |
[data unknown/missing] | 1893–1903 [data unknown/missing] |
Robert N. Bodine |
Democratic | March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1899 |
55th | [data unknown/missing] | |
William W. Rucker |
Democratic | March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1923 |
56th 57th 58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd 63rd 64th 65th 66th 67th |
[data unknown/missing] | |
1903–1913 [data unknown/missing] | |||||
1913–1923 [data unknown/missing] | |||||
Ralph F. Lozier |
Democratic | March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1933 |
68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd |
[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the at-large district. |
1923–1933 [data unknown/missing] |
District inactive | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935 |
73rd | All representatives elected At-large on a general ticket. | ||
William L. Nelson |
Democratic | January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1943 |
74th 75th 76th 77th |
[data unknown/missing] | 1935–1943 [data unknown/missing] |
Max Schwabe | Republican | January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1949 |
78th 79th 80th |
[data unknown/missing] | 1943–1953 [data unknown/missing] |
Morgan M. Moulder |
Democratic | January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1953 |
81st 82nd |
[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 11th district. | |
Thomas B. Curtis |
Republican | January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1969 |
83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th |
Redistricted from the 12th district. [data unknown/missing] |
1953–1963 [data unknown/missing] |
1963–1973 [data unknown/missing] | |||||
James W. Symington |
Democratic | January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1977 |
91st 92nd 93rd 94th |
[data unknown/missing] | |
1973–1983 [data unknown/missing] | |||||
Robert A. Young |
Democratic | January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1987 |
95th 96th 97th 98th 99th |
[data unknown/missing] | |
1983–1993 [data unknown/missing] | |||||
Jack Buechner |
Republican | January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1991 |
100th 101st |
[data unknown/missing] | |
Joan Kelly Horn |
Democratic | January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1993 |
102nd | [data unknown/missing] | |
Jim Talent |
Republican | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2001 |
103rd 104th 105th 106th |
[data unknown/missing] Retired to run for Governor of Missouri. |
1993–2003 [data unknown/missing] |
Todd Akin |
Republican | January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2013 |
107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th |
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. | |
2003–2013 | |||||
Ann Wagner |
Republican | January 3, 2013 – present |
113th 114th 115th 116th |
Elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. |
2013–present |
Election results from presidential races
Year | Office | Results | Political parties that won the district |
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2000 | President | George W. Bush 59 - Al Gore 39% | Republican Party (United States) |
2004 | President | George W. Bush 60 - John Kerry 40% | Republican Party (United States) |
2008 | President | John McCain 55 - Barack Obama 44% | Republican Party (United States) |
2012 | President | Mitt Romney 57 - Barack Obama 41% | Republican Party (United States) |
2016 | President | Donald Trump 53 - Hillary Clinton 42% | Republican Party (United States) |
Election results
1998
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | James M. Talent (Incumbent) | 142,313 | 70.0% | ||
Democratic | John Ross | 57,565 | 28.3% | ||
Libertarian | Brian K. Lundy | 3,331 | 1.6% | ||
Independent | William Warner | 50 | .0% | ||
Total votes | 203,259 | 100% | |||
Majority | 81,367 | 40.0% | |||
Turnout | |||||
Republican hold | Swing |
2000
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Todd Akin | 164,926 | 55.3% | ||
Democratic | Ted House | 126,441 | 42.4% | ||
Green | Mike Odell | 2,907 | 1.0% | ||
Libertarian | James Higgins | 2,524 | 0.8% | ||
Reform | Richard J. Gimpelson | 1,265 | 0.4% | ||
Total votes | 298,062 | 100% | |||
Majority | 31,790 | 10.7% | |||
Turnout | |||||
Republican hold | Swing |
2002
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Todd Akin (Incumbent) | 167,057 | 67.1% | + 11.8 | |
Democratic | John Hogan | 77,223 | 31.0% | - 11.4 | |
Libertarian | Daria R. Maloney | 4,548 | 1.8% | + 1.0 | |
Total votes | 248,828 | 100% | |||
Majority | 85,286 | 34.3% | |||
Turnout | |||||
Republican hold | Swing |
2004
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Todd Akin (Incumbent) | 228,725 | 65.4% | - 1.7 | |
Democratic | George D. Weber | 115,366 | 33.0% | + 2.0 | |
Libertarian | Daria R. Maloney | 4,822 | 1.4% | - 0.4 | |
Constitution | David Leefe | 954 | 0.3% | ||
Total votes | 349,867 | 100% | |||
Majority | 107,583 | 30.7% | |||
Turnout | |||||
Republican hold | Swing |
2006
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Todd Akin (Incumbent) | 176,452 | 61.3% | - 4.1 | |
Democratic | George D. Weber | 105,242 | 36.6% | + 3.6 | |
Libertarian | Tamara A. Millay | 5,923 | 2.1% | + 0.7 | |
Total votes | 287,617 | 100% | |||
Majority | 65,287 | 22.7% | |||
Turnout | |||||
Republican hold | Swing |
2008
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Todd Akin (Incumbent) | 232,276 | 62.3% | + 1.0 | |
Democratic | William C. (Bill) Haas | 132,068 | 35.4% | - 1.2 | |
Libertarian | Thomas L. Knapp | 8,628 | 2.3% | + 0.2 | |
Total votes | 372,972 | 100% | |||
Majority | 91,580 | 24.6% | |||
Turnout | |||||
Republican hold | Swing |
2010
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Todd Akin (Incumbent) | 180,481 | 67.9% | + 5.6 | |
Democratic | Arthur Lieber | 77,467 | 29.2% | - 6.2 | |
Libertarian | Steve Mosbacher | 7,677 | 2.9% | + 0.6 | |
Independent | Patrick M. Cannon | 7 | 0.0% | n/a | |
Total votes | 265,632 | 100% | |||
Majority | 95,330 | 35.9% | |||
Turnout | |||||
Republican hold | Swing |
2012
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Ann Wagner | 236,971 | 60.1% | - 7.6 | |
Democratic | Glenn Koenen | 146,272 | 37.1% | + 7.9 | |
Libertarian | Bill Slantz | 9,193 | 2.3% | - 0.6 | |
Constitution | Anatol Zorikova | 2,012 | 0.5% | + 0.5 | |
Total votes | 394,448 | 100% | |||
Majority | 90,699 | 23.0% | |||
Turnout | |||||
Republican hold | Swing |
2014
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Ann Wagner (Incumbent) | 147, 819 | 64.1% | + 4.0 | |
Democratic | Arthur Lieber | 75,384 | 32.6% | - 4.5 | |
Libertarian | Bill Slantz | 7,542 | 3.3% | + 1.0 | |
Total votes | 231,117 | 100% | |||
Majority | 72,453 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Republican hold | Swing |
2016
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Ann Wagner (Incumbent) | 241,954 | 58.6% | - 5.5 | |
Democratic | Bill Otto | 155,689 | 37.7% | + 5.1 | |
Libertarian | Jim Higgins | 11,758 | 2.8% | - 0.5 | |
Green | David Justus Arnold | 3,605 | 0.9% | + 0.9 | |
Total votes | 413,296 | 100% | |||
Majority | 86,265 | 20.9% | |||
Turnout | |||||
Republican hold | Swing |
2018
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Ann Wagner (Incumbent) | 192,477 | 51.2% | - 7.4 | |
Democratic | Cort VanOstran | 177,611 | 47.2% | + 9.5 | |
Libertarian | Larry A. Kirk | 4,229 | 1.1% | - 1.7 | |
Green | David Justus Arnold | 1,740 | 0.5% | - 0.4 | |
Total votes | 376,066 | 100% | |||
Majority | 14,866 | 4% | |||
Turnout | |||||
Republican hold | Swing |
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