Alabama's 2nd congressional district

Alabama's 2nd congressional district
Alabama's 2nd congressional district
	Alabama's 2nd congressional district since January 3, 2013
Representative
	Barry Moore; R–Enterprise
Area	10,608 sq mi (27,470 km2)
Distribution	54.71% urban; 45.29% rural;
Population (2021)	690,107
Median household; income	$49,565
Ethnicity	62.5% White; 30.9% Black; 3.3% Hispanic; 1.7% Two or more races; 1.1% Asian; 0.5% other;
Occupation	55.1% White-collar; 29.5% Blue-collar; 15.4% Gray-collar;
Cook PVI	R+17

Coordinates: 31°38′38.5″N 86°2′41.72″W / 31.644028°N 86.0449222°W / 31.644028; -86.0449222

Alabama's 2nd congressional district is a United States congressional district in Alabama, which elects a representative to the United States House of Representatives. It includes most of the Montgomery metropolitan area, and stretches into the Wiregrass Region in the southeastern portion of the state. The district encompasses portions of Montgomery County and the entirety of Autauga, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale, Elmore, Geneva, Henry, Houston and Pike counties. Other cities in the district include Andalusia, Dothan, Greenville, and Troy.

The district is represented by Republican Barry Moore, a former Alabama state representative, who replaced Martha Roby, the retired Republican incumbent, in the 2020 election.

Character

There are several small-to-medium-sized cities spread throughout the district. Fort Rucker and Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base are both within its bounds, as is Troy University.

White voters here were among the first in Alabama to shift from the Democratic Party; the old-line Southern Democrats in this area began splitting their tickets as early as the 1950s. Today, the district is one of the most Republican districts in both Alabama and the nation. It has only supported a Democrat for president once since 1956, when Jimmy Carter carried it in 1976. In 2008, the district elected a Democrat to Congress for the first time since 1964, but it reverted to its Republican ways in 2010. At the state and local level, however, conservative Democrats continued to hold most offices as late as 2002.

White voters gave John McCain, the Republican candidate, 63.42% of the vote in 2008; Barack Obama, the Democratic candidate, received 36.05%, attracting voters beyond the substantial (and expected) African-American minority.

The district gives its congressmen very long tenures in Washington; only seven people have represented it since 1923, with all but one holding it for at least 10 years and four holding it for at least 15 years.

Recent election results from statewide races

Year	Office	Results
2000	President	Bush 61 - 38%
2004	President	Bush 67 - 33%
2008	President	McCain 63 - 36%
2012	President	Romney 63 - 36%
2016	President	Trump 65 - 33%
2016	Senate	Shelby 65.5% - 34.3%
2020	President	Trump 64 - 35%

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	District location
District created March 4, 1823
John McKee	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	18th 19th 20th	Elected in 1823. Re-elected in 1825. Re-elected in 1827. Retired.	1823–1833 "Middle district": Bibb, Blount, Franklin, Greene, Jefferson, Marengo, Marion, Morgan, Perry, Pickens, Saint Clair, Shelby, and Tuscaloosa counties
John McKee	Jacksonian	March 4, 1825– March 3, 1829	18th 19th 20th
Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor	Jacksonian	March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831	21st	Elected in 1829. Lost re-election.
Samuel Wright Mardis	Jacksonian	March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833	22nd	Elected in 1831. Redistricted to the 3rd district.
John McKinley	Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835	23rd	Elected in 1833. Retired.	1833–1841
Joshua L. Martin	Jacksonian	March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837	24th 25th	Elected in 1835
Joshua L. Martin	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839	24th 25th	Re-elected in 1837. Retired.
David Hubbard	Democratic	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841	26th	Elected in 1839. Redistricted to the at-large district and lost re-election.
District inactive, all representatives elected at-large.		March 3, 1841 – March 3, 1843	27th
James Edwin Belser	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845	28th	Elected in 1843. Retired.	1843–1855
Henry Washington Hilliard	Whig	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1851	29th 30th 31st	Elected in 1845. Re-elected in 1847. Re-elected in 1849. Retired.
James Abercrombie	Whig	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1855	32nd 33rd	Elected in 1851. Re-elected in 1853. Retired.
Eli Sims Shorter	Democratic	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1859	34th 35th	Elected in 1855. Re-elected in 1857. Retired.	1855–1863
James L. Pugh	Democratic	March 4, 1859 – January 21, 1861	36th	Elected in 1859. Withdrew due to Civil War.	1855–1863
Vacant		January 21, 1861 – July 21, 1868	36th 37th 38th 39th 40th	Civil War and Reconstruction
Charles Waldron Buckley	Republican	July 21, 1868 – March 3, 1873	40th 41st 42nd	Elected to finish the partial term. Re-elected in 1868. Re-elected in 1870. Retired.	1863–1877
James T. Rapier	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	43rd	Elected in 1872. Lost re-election.
Jeremiah Norman Williams	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877	44th	Elected in 1874. Redistricted to the 3rd district.
Hilary A. Herbert	Democratic	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1893	45th 46th 47th 48th 49th 50th 51st 52nd	Elected in 1876. Re-elected in 1878. Re-elected in 1880. Re-elected in 1882. Re-elected in 1884. Re-elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1888. Re-elected in 1890. Retired.	1877–1893
Jesse F. Stallings	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1901	53rd 54th 55th 56th	Elected in 1892. Re-elected in 1894. Re-elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Retired.	1893–1933
Ariosto A. Wiley	Democratic	March 4, 1901 – June 17, 1908	57th 58th 59th 60th	Elected in 1900. Re-elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Died.
Vacant		June 17, 1908 – November 3, 1908	60th
Oliver C. Wiley	Democratic	November 3, 1908 – March 3, 1909	60th	Elected to finish his brother's term. Retired.
S. Hubert Dent Jr.	Democratic	March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1921	61st 62nd 63rd 64th 65th 66th	Elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Re-elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. Lost renomination.
John R. Tyson	Democratic	March 4, 1921 – March 27, 1923	67th 68th	Elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Died.
Vacant		March 27, 1923 – August 14, 1923	68th
J. Lister Hill	Democratic	August 14, 1923 – January 11, 1938	68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd 73rd 74th 75th	Elected to finish Tyson's term. Re-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. Resigned when appointed U.S. Senator.
J. Lister Hill	Democratic	August 14, 1923 – January 11, 1938	68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd 73rd 74th 75th		1933–1963
Vacant		January 11, 1938 – June 14, 1938	75th
George M. Grant	Democratic	June 14, 1938 – January 3, 1963	75th 76th 77th 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th	Elected to finish Hill's term. 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. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Redistricted to the At-large district.
District inactive, all representatives elected at-large on a general ticket.		January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965	88th
William Louis Dickinson	Republican	January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1993	89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd	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. Re-elected in 1990. Retired.	1965–1973
William Louis Dickinson	Republican	January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1993			1973–1993
Terry Everett	Republican	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2009	103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th	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. Retired.	1993–2003
Terry Everett	Republican	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2009	103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th		2003–2013
Bobby Bright	Democratic	January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2011	111th	Elected in 2008. Lost re-election.
Martha Roby	Republican	January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2021	112th 113th 114th 115th 116th	Elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Retired.
Martha Roby	Republican	January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2021	112th 113th 114th 115th 116th		2013–present
Barry Moore	Republican	January 3, 2021 – Present	117th	Elected in 2020.	2013–present

Recent election results

These are the results from the previous ten election cycles in Alabama's 2nd district.^[5]

2002

2002 Alabama's 2nd congressional district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Terry Everett (incumbent)	129,233	68.75%
	Democratic	Charles Woods	55,495	29.52%
	Libertarian	Floyd Shackelford	2,948	1.57%
	Write-in		289	0.15%
Total votes			187,965	100%
	Republican hold

2004

2004 Alabama's 2nd congressional district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Terry Everett (incumbent)	177,086	71.42%
	Democratic	Charles D. "Chuck" James	70,562	28.46%
	Write-in		299	0.12%
Total votes			247,947	100%
	Republican hold

2006

2006 Alabama's 2nd congressional district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Terry Everett (incumbent)	124,302	69.47%
	Democratic	Charles D. "Chuck" James	54,450	30.43%
	Write-in		167	0.09%
Total votes			178,919	100%
	Republican hold

2008

2008 Alabama's 2nd congressional district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bobby Bright	144,368	50.23%
	Republican	Jay Love	142,578	49.61%
	Write-in		448	0.16%
Total votes			287,394	100%
	Democratic gain from Republican

2010

2010 Alabama's 2nd congressional district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Martha Roby	111,645	50.97%
	Democratic	Bobby Bright (incumbent)	106,865	48.79%
	Write-in		518	0.24%
Total votes			219,028	100%
	Republican gain from Democratic

2012

2012 Alabama's 2nd congressional district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Martha Roby (incumbent)	180,591	63.60%
	Democratic	Therese Ford	103,092	36.31%
	Write-in		270	0.10%
Total votes			283,953	100%
	Republican hold

2014

2014 Alabama's 2nd congressional district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Martha Roby (incumbent)	113,103	67.34%
	Democratic	Erick Wright	54,692	32.56%
	Write-in		157	0.09%
Total votes			167,952	100%
	Republican hold

2016

2016 Alabama's 2nd congressional district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Martha Roby (incumbent)	134,886	48.75%
	Democratic	Nathan Mathis	112,089	40.51%
	Write-in		29,709	10.74%
Total votes			276,684	100%
	Republican hold

2018

2018 Alabama's 2nd congressional district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Martha Roby (incumbent)	138,879	61.39%
	Democratic	Tabitha Isner	86,931	38.43%
	Write-in		420	0.19%
Total votes			226,230	100%
	Republican hold

2020

2020 Alabama's 2nd congressional district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Barry Moore	197,996	65.22%
	Democratic	Phyllis Harvey-Hall	105,286	34.68%
	Write-in		287	0.10%
Total votes			303,569	100%
	Republican hold

Notes

Alabama will hold their Primary Elections on May 24, 2022. Should no candidate receive 50% of the Primary Election vote, than a Primary Runoff Election will be held on June 21, 2022.^[6] There are currently only five declared candidates for Alabama's 2nd Congressional District for the 2022 Election Cycle.^[7]^[8]

2022 Alabama's 2nd Congressional District Primary Elections
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Republican	Barry Moore *	TBD	TBD
Democratic	Phyllis Harvey-Hall	TBD	TBD
Democratic	Vimal Patel	TBD	TBD
Democratic	Terell Anderson	TBD	TBD
Democratic	Jack Slate	TBD	TBD

The incumbent office holder is denoted by an *.

References

Specific

^ "Congressional Districts | 113th 114th Congress Demographics | Urban Rural Patterns".
^ "My Congressional District".
^ "My Congressional District".
^ "Introducing the 2022 Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index". The Cook Political Report. June 8, 2022. Retrieved June 12, 2022.
^ "AL - District 02". Our Campaigns. Retrieved September 11, 2021.
^ Secretary of State, Alabama (October 12, 2021). "Administrative Calendar -- 2022 Statewide Election" (PDF). Alabama Secretary of State. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 13, 2021. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
^ Gunzburger, Ron. "Politics1 - Online Guide to Alabama Elections, Candidates & Politics". politics1.com. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
^ "Alabama's 2nd Congressional District election, 2022". Ballotpedia. Retrieved January 26, 2022.

General

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
A New Nation Votes
"AL - District 02 - History". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved September 22, 2020.

External links

[1] "Congressional Districts | 113th 114th Congress Demographics | Urban Rural Patterns".

[2] "My Congressional District".

[3] "My Congressional District".

[Cook-4] "Introducing the 2022 Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index". The Cook Political Report. June 8, 2022. Retrieved June 12, 2022.

[5] "AL - District 02". Our Campaigns. Retrieved September 11, 2021.

[6] Secretary of State, Alabama (October 12, 2021). "Administrative Calendar -- 2022 Statewide Election" (PDF). Alabama Secretary of State. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 13, 2021. Retrieved January 26, 2022.

[7] Gunzburger, Ron. "Politics1 - Online Guide to Alabama Elections, Candidates & Politics". politics1.com. Retrieved January 26, 2022.

[8] "Alabama's 2nd Congressional District election, 2022". Ballotpedia. Retrieved January 26, 2022.

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