Iowa's_2nd_congressional_district
Iowa's 2nd congressional district
U.S. House district for Iowa
Iowa's 2nd congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Iowa that covers most of its northeastern part. It includes Cedar Rapids, Dubuque, Waterloo, and Grinnell.
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Population (2022) | 793,421 | ||
Median household income | $67,862[1] | ||
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Cook PVI | R+4[2] |
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The district is represented by Republican Ashley Hinson.
Election results from statewide races:
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Office | Year | District result | Winner | |
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Statewide | Nationwide | |||
President | 2000 | Al Gore 53% – George W. Bush 43% | Gore | Bush |
2004 | John Kerry 55% – George W. Bush 44% | Bush | ||
2008 | Barack Obama 60% – John McCain 38% | Obama | Obama | |
2012 | Barack Obama 56% – Mitt Romney 43% | |||
2016 | Donald Trump 49% – Hillary Clinton 44% | Trump | Trump | |
2020 | Donald Trump 51% – Joe Biden 47% | Biden | ||
U.S. Senator | 2014 | Joni Ernst 49% – Bruce Braley 47% | Ernst | n/a |
2016 | Chuck Grassley 56.2% – Patty Judge 39.4% | Grassley | ||
2020 | Joni Ernst 49.2% – Theresa Greenfield 47.7% | Ernst | ||
2022 | Chuck Grassley 54.6% – Michael Franken 45.3% | Grassley | ||
Governor | 2014 | Terry Branstad 57% – Jack Hatch 40% | Branstad | |
2018 | Fred Hubbell 50.7% – Kim Reynolds 47.3% | Reynolds |
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More information Year, Winner ...
Year | Winner | Loser | Percentage | ||||
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Party affiliation | Candidate | Votes | Party affiliation | Candidate | Votes | ||
1920 | Republican | Harry E. Hull | 50,160 | Farmer–Labor | F. B. Althouse | 6,058 | 89% – 11% |
1922 | 27,450 | Democratic | Wayne G. Cook | 25,620 | 51% – 48% | ||
1924 | Fred Dickinson Letts | 49,117 | Ralph U. Thompson | 32,893 | 60% – 40% | ||
1926 | 29,200 | J. P. Gallagher | 19,612 | 60% – 40% | |||
1928 | 49,690 | Frank Z. Titzell | 37,344 | 57% – 43% | |||
1930 | Democratic | Bernhard M. Jacobsen | 30,008 | Republican | F. D. Letts | 24,113 | 55% – 45% |
1932 | 71,914 | Frank W. Elliott | 50,636 | 59% – 41% | |||
1934 | 60,654 | Martin B. Andelfinger | 39,047 | 63% – 35% | |||
1936 | William S. Jacobsen | 70,923 | Charles Penningroth | 55,255 | 53% – 41% | ||
1938 | 48,155 | Alfred C. Mueller | 47,535 | 50% – 49% | |||
1940 | 75,774 | W. A. McCullough | 69,298 | 52% – 48% | |||
1942 | Republican | Henry O. Talle | 62,290 | Democratic | William S. Jacobsen | 46,310 | 57% – 43% |
1944 | 86,903 | George C. Classen | 68,489 | 56% – 44% | |||
1946 | 60,111 | Richard V. Bernhart | 41,544 | 59% – 41% | |||
1948 | 82,139 | T. W. Mullaney | 60,272 | 57% – 42% | |||
1950 | 79,066 | Eugene J. Kean | 55,359 | 59% – 41% | |||
1952 | 114,553 | T. W. Mullaney | 69,421 | 62% – 38% | |||
1954 | 72,231 | Ruben V. Austin | 58,092 | 55% – 46% | |||
1956 | 95,999 | Leonard G. Wolf | 90,843 | 51% – 49% | |||
1958 | Democratic | Leonard G. Wolf | 67,022 | Republican | Henry O. Talle | 64,073 | 51% – 49% |
1960 | Republican | James E. Bromwell | 108,137 | Democratic | Leonard G. Wolf | 97,608 | 53% – 47% |
1962 | 67,475 | Frank W. Less | 60,296 | 53% – 47% | |||
1964 | Democratic | John C. Culver | 97,470 | Republican | James E. Bromwell | 89,299 | 52% – 48% |
1966 | 76,281 | Robert M. L. Johnson | 65,079 | 54% – 46% | |||
1968 | 103,651 | Tom Riley | 84,634 | 55% – 45% | |||
1970 | 84,049 | Cole McMartin | 54,934 | 60% – 40% | |||
1972 | 115,489 | Theodore R. Ellsworth | 79,667 | 59% – 41% | |||
1974 | Michael T. Blouin | 73,416 | Tom Riley | 69,088 | 51% – 48% | ||
1976 | 102,980 | 100,344 | 50% – 49% | ||||
1978 | Republican | Thomas J. Tauke | 72,644 | Democratic | Michael T. Blouin | 65,450 | 52% – 47% |
1980 | 111,587 | Steve Sovern | 93,175 | 54% – 45% | |||
1982 | 99,478 | Brent Appel | 69,539 | 59% – 41% | |||
1984 | 136,839 | Joe Welsh | 77,335 | 64% – 36% | |||
1986 | 88,708 | Eric Tabor | 55,903 | 61% – 39% | |||
1988 | 113,543 | 86,438 | 58% – 43% | ||||
1990 | Jim Nussle | 82,650 | 81,008 | 50% – 49% | |||
1992 | 134,536 | David R. Nagle | 131,570 | 50% – 49% | |||
1994 | 111,076 | 86,087 | 56% – 43% | ||||
1996 | 127,827 | Donna L. Smith | 109,731 | 53% – 46% | |||
1998 | 104,613 | Rob Tully | 83,405 | 55% – 44% | |||
2000 | 139,906 | Donna L. Smith | 110,327 | 55% – 44% | |||
2002 | Jim Leach | 108,130 | Julie Thomas | 94,767 | 52% – 46% | ||
2004 | 176,684 | Dave Franker | 117,405 | 59% – 39% | |||
2006 | Democratic | Dave Loebsack | 107,097 | Republican | Jim Leach | 101,386 | 51% – 49% |
2008 | 173,639 | Mariannette Miller-Meeks | 118,040 | 57% – 38% | |||
2010 | 115,839 | 104,319 | 50% – 45% | ||||
2012 | 211,863 | John Archer | 161,977 | 55% – 42% | |||
2014 | 143,431 | Mariannette Miller-Meeks | 129,455 | 52% – 47% | |||
2016 | 198,571 | Christopher Peters | 170,933 | 53% – 46% | |||
2018 | 171,120 | 133,051 | 54% – 42% | ||||
2020 | Republican | Mariannette Miller-Meeks | 196,864 | Democratic | Rita Hart | 196,858 | 49.910% – 49.908% |
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- "Election Statistics". 2005. Archived from the original on July 25, 2007.
2002
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Jim Leach | 108,130 | 52.19% | |
Democratic | Julie Thomas | 94,767 | 45.74% | |
Libertarian | Kevin Litten | 4,178 | 2.02% | |
No party | Others | 96 | 0.05% | |
Total votes | 207,171 | 100.00% | ||
Republican hold | ||||
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2004
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Jim Leach (incumbent) | 176,684 | 58.92% | |
Democratic | Dave Franker | 117,405 | 39.15% | |
Libertarian | Kevin Litten | 5,586 | 1.86% | |
No party | Others | 206 | 0.07% | |
Total votes | 299,881 | 100.00% | ||
Republican hold | ||||
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2006
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Democratic | Dave Loebsack | 107,683 | 51.38% | |||
Republican | Jim Leach (incumbent) | 101,707 | 48.53% | |||
No party | Others | 196 | 0.09% | |||
Total votes | 209,586 | 100.00% | ||||
Democratic gain from Republican | ||||||
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2008
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Dave Loebsack (incumbent) | 175,218 | 57.19% | |
Republican | Mariannette Miller-Meeks | 118,778 | 38.77% | |
Green | Wendy Barth | 6,664 | 2.18% | |
Independent | Brian White | 5,437 | 1.78% | |
No party | Others | 261 | 0.09% | |
Total votes | 306,358 | 100.00% | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
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2010
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Dave Loebsack (incumbent) | 115,839 | 50.99% | |
Republican | Mariannette Miller-Meeks | 104,319 | 45.92% | |
Libertarian | Gary Joseph Sicard | 4,356 | 1.92% | |
Constitution | Jon Tack | 2,463 | 1.08% | |
No party | Others | 198 | 0.09% | |
Total votes | 227,175 | 100.00% | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
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2012
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Dave Loebsack (incumbent) | 211,863 | 55.57% | |
Republican | John Archer | 161,977 | 42.48% | |
Independent | Alan Aversa | 7,112 | 1.87% | |
No party | Others | 323 | 0.08% | |
Total votes | 381,275 | 100.00% | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
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2014
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Dave Loebsack (incumbent) | 143,431 | 52.5% | |
Republican | Mariannette Miller-Meeks | 129,455 | 47.4% | |
Write-ins | 443 | 0.2% | ||
Total votes | 273,329 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
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2016
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Dave Loebsack (incumbent) | 198,571 | 53.7% | |
Republican | Christopher Peters | 170,933 | 46.2% | |
Write-ins | 528 | 0.1% | ||
Total votes | 370,032 | 100.00% | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
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2018
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Dave Loebsack (incumbent) | 171,120 | 54.8% | +1.1 | |
Republican | Christopher Peters | 133,051 | 42.6% | −3.6 | |
Libertarian | Mark David Strauss | 6,176 | 1.98% | +1.98 | |
Independent | Daniel Clark | 1,839 | 0.59% | +0.59 | |
Write-ins | 171 | 0.05% | −0.05 | ||
Majority | 38,069 | 12.2% | |||
Turnout | 312,357 | 100% | |||
Democratic hold | Swing | +4.7 | |||
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2020
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Mariannette Miller-Meeks | 196,864 | 49.912% | |
Democratic | Rita Hart | 196,858 | 49.910% | |
Total votes | 394,439 | 100.0 | ||
Republican gain from Democratic | ||||
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Rita Hart announced on March 31, 2021, that she was dropping her challenge before the House Administration Committee but maintained that her attempt to contest — which she lost by six votes —was valid.[4]
- Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
- "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". The Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
- "Iowa General Election 2018". Iowa Secretary of State. Retrieved November 11, 2018.
- Conradis, Brandon (April 1, 2021). "Republicans take victory lap after Iowa Democrat drops challenge". The Hill. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
- 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