Alabama's 2nd congressional district
31°38′38.5″N 86°2′41.72″W / 31.644028°N 86.0449222°W
| Alabama's 2nd congressional district | |
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Interactive map of district boundaries | |
| Representative | |
| Area | 10,608 sq mi (27,470 km2) |
| Population (2022) | 723,094[1] |
| Median household income | $57,561[2] |
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| Cook PVI | R+17[3] |
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.
The 2nd is scheduled to be completely overhauled in advance of the 2024 elections, in consequence of the United States Supreme Court's decision in Allen v. Milligan, which ordered Alabama to create a second black opportunity district. Following this, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama appointed a special master to create new maps for the state, which resulted in the 2nd joining the 7th as the state's two opportunity districts.[4] Under its future configuration, this district would have been one of 19 districts that voted for Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election had they existed in such configurations while being won or held by a Republican in 2022. However, with Moore's home county of Coffee being drawn out of this district and into the 1st, and him deciding to run in that district, the district has been left with no incumbent.[5]
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There are several small-to-medium-sized cities spread throughout the district. Fort Novosel 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 edit
List of members representing the district edit
Recent election results edit
These are the results from the previous ten election cycles in Alabama's 2nd district.[6]
2002 edit
| 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 edit
| 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 edit
| 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 edit
| 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 edit
| 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 edit
| 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 edit
| 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 edit
| 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 edit
| 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 edit
| 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 | ||||
2022 edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Barry Moore (incumbent) | 137,460 | 69.1% | |
| Democratic | Phyllis Harvey-Hall | 58,014 | 29.2% | |
| Libertarian | Jonathan Realz | 3,396 | 1.7% | |
| Total votes | 198,870 | 100% | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
See also edit
References edit
- Specific
- ^ "My Congressional District".
- ^ "My Congressional District".
- ^ "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
- ^ Timm, Jane C. (October 5, 2023). "Alabama gets a court-ordered congressional map with a second Black district". NBC News. Retrieved October 5, 2023.
- ^ Everett, Grayson (September 26, 2023). "Carl announces reelection bid after Fed-proposed map signals primary with Moore". Yellowhammer News. Retrieved September 26, 2023.
- ^ "AL - District 02". Our Campaigns. Retrieved September 11, 2021.
- 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.
- A New Nation Votes
- "AL - District 02 - History". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved September 22, 2020.
External links edit
- CNN coverage of the 2008 election
- CNN coverage of the 2006 election
- CNN coverage of the 2004 election
- CNN coverage of the 2002 election
- CNN coverage of the 2000 election