Louisiana's 2nd congressional district contains nearly all of the city of New Orleans and stretches west and north to Baton Rouge. The district is currently represented by DemocratTroy Carter. With a Cook Partisan Voting Index rating of D+25, it is the only Democratic district in Louisiana.[3]
Louisiana gained a second district in 1823 as part of the 18th United States Congress. At first it comprised New Orleans and significant populations from surrounding areas. With the growth of population in the urban area, the current district is located mostly within the city of New Orleans.
Since the late 19th century, this has been historically among the most safely Democratic seats in the country, for sharply opposing reasons. During Reconstruction, most African Americans affiliated with the Republican Party and, as a majority, elected Republicans from this district.
White Democrats regained control of the district in 1891, when voter suppression of Republicans was rampant. In 1898 the Democratic-dominated state legislature had disenfranchised most blacks in the state through provisions of a new state constitution that raised barriers to voter registration, such as poll taxes and subjective literacy tests. The Democrats had maintained the political exclusion of blacks for decades. Like most congressional districts in the South, this district consistently voted Democratic from the late 19th century until the late 1960s, because the voters during that time were nearly all white Democrats. Such Democrats created what was known as the Solid South in Congress, exercising power beyond their proportion of the electorate.
From the 1960s onward, however, white conservatives began splitting their tickets and voting Republican, gradually switching outright to the GOP. At the same time, black voters regained the franchise and lent their support to Democrats. Since 1984, the district has been drawn as a black-majority district.
In 2008, after a federal grand jury indicted nine-term incumbent congressman William J. Jefferson on sixteen felony charges related to corruption the year prior, Joseph Cao was elected as the first Republican to represent the 2nd congressional district and most of New Orleans in more than a century. Cao was the first Vietnamese-AmericanU.S. Representative elected in the country. He was the only Republican in the 111th Congress to represent a district with a predominantly African-American population. Cao was heavily defeated in 2010 by state representative Cedric Richmond, and the district reverted to its Democratic ways. Richmond defeated nominal Republican challengers in 2012 and 2020, and no Republican even filed from 2014 to 2018.
For most of the period from 1983 to 2013, this district contained nearly all of the city of New Orleans (except for a small portion located in the neighboring 1st congressional district), and some of its suburbs. In 2003, it was pushed into the West Bank portion of Jefferson Parish and South Kenner, which have a higher proportion of white residents.[4] After the 2010 census, the legislature pushed the 2nd slightly to the west, picking up a portion of Baton Rouge–essentially, most of the capital's majority-black precincts.
The 2024 Allen v. Milligan decision dictated a new majority-black precinct, redrawing the 6th district. The 2nd district loses the Baton Rouge area and the northeast Orleans Parish but now represents the whole of the Iberville and Assumption Parishes, as well as Arabi and Chalmette in St. Bernard Parish.[5]
On November 3, 1868, John Willis Menard won a special election for the remainder of Mann's term in the 40th Congress, running alongside Lionel Allen Sheldon, who was running to represent the district for a full term in the 41st. Menard and Sheldon received the same number of votes and were both declared winners. But the losing candidate, Caleb S. Hunt, appealed to the U.S. House of Representatives to deny Menard the seat. The House could not reach a consensus on seating either man, so the seat was kept vacant until the 41st Congress. Menard was the first black person elected to Congress, as well as the first black person to address Congress.[6]
^He was elected along with Benjamin Franklin Flanders, assuming the seat left vacant after J. E. Bouligny's term expired in 1861. Flanders and Hahn were not seated in Congress until the last fifteen days of their terms in February 1863.
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^Geography, US Census Bureau. "Congressional Districts Relationship Files (state-based)". www.census.gov.
^ abCenter for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
^ ab"2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
^"The Political Graveyard". politicalgraveyard.com.
^Hutchinson, Piper (January 19, 2024). "Graves to lose U.S. House seat under Louisiana redistricting plan that adds minority seat". Louisiana Illuminator. Retrieved January 19, 2024.
^BlackPast. "(1869) John Willis Menard, "Speech Before the United States House of Representatives"". blackpast.org. Retrieved November 17, 2020. Nove
^"Special Election - U.S. House of Representatives Second Congressional District" (PDF). State of Louisiana. January 6, 2021. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
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Louisiana s 2nd congressional district contains nearly all of the city of New Orleans and stretches west and north to Baton Rouge The district is currently represented by Democrat Troy Carter With a Cook Partisan Voting Index rating of D 25 it is the only Democratic district in Louisiana 3 Louisiana s 2nd congressional districtFrom 2023 to 2025From 2025Interactive map of district boundariesRepresentative Troy CarterD New OrleansDistribution94 68 urban 1 5 42 ruralPopulation 2022 727 277 2 Median householdincome 48 015 2 Ethnicity62 2 Black28 1 White5 4 Hispanic2 6 Asian1 3 Two or more races0 4 otherCook PVID 25 3 Contents 1 History 2 Recent presidential elections 3 List of members representing the district 4 Recent election results 4 1 2002 4 2 2004 4 3 2006 4 4 2008 4 5 2010 4 6 2012 4 7 2014 4 8 2016 4 9 2018 4 10 2020 4 11 2021 special 4 12 2022 5 See also 6 Notes 7 ReferencesHistory editThis section needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources in this section Unsourced material may be challenged and removed March 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message Louisiana gained a second district in 1823 as part of the 18th United States Congress At first it comprised New Orleans and significant populations from surrounding areas With the growth of population in the urban area the current district is located mostly within the city of New Orleans Since the late 19th century this has been historically among the most safely Democratic seats in the country for sharply opposing reasons During Reconstruction most African Americans affiliated with the Republican Party and as a majority elected Republicans from this district White Democrats regained control of the district in 1891 when voter suppression of Republicans was rampant In 1898 the Democratic dominated state legislature had disenfranchised most blacks in the state through provisions of a new state constitution that raised barriers to voter registration such as poll taxes and subjective literacy tests The Democrats had maintained the political exclusion of blacks for decades Like most congressional districts in the South this district consistently voted Democratic from the late 19th century until the late 1960s because the voters during that time were nearly all white Democrats Such Democrats created what was known as the Solid South in Congress exercising power beyond their proportion of the electorate From the 1960s onward however white conservatives began splitting their tickets and voting Republican gradually switching outright to the GOP At the same time black voters regained the franchise and lent their support to Democrats Since 1984 the district has been drawn as a black majority district In 2008 after a federal grand jury indicted nine term incumbent congressman William J Jefferson on sixteen felony charges related to corruption the year prior Joseph Cao was elected as the first Republican to represent the 2nd congressional district and most of New Orleans in more than a century Cao was the first Vietnamese American U S Representative elected in the country He was the only Republican in the 111th Congress to represent a district with a predominantly African American population Cao was heavily defeated in 2010 by state representative Cedric Richmond and the district reverted to its Democratic ways Richmond defeated nominal Republican challengers in 2012 and 2020 and no Republican even filed from 2014 to 2018 For most of the period from 1983 to 2013 this district contained nearly all of the city of New Orleans except for a small portion located in the neighboring 1st congressional district and some of its suburbs In 2003 it was pushed into the West Bank portion of Jefferson Parish and South Kenner which have a higher proportion of white residents 4 After the 2010 census the legislature pushed the 2nd slightly to the west picking up a portion of Baton Rouge essentially most of the capital s majority black precincts The 2024 Allen v Milligan decision dictated a new majority black precinct redrawing the 6th district The 2nd district loses the Baton Rouge area and the northeast Orleans Parish but now represents the whole of the Iberville and Assumption Parishes as well as Arabi and Chalmette in St Bernard Parish 5 Recent presidential elections editElection results from presidential racesYear Office Results2000 President Gore 76 22 2004 President Kerry 75 24 2008 President Obama 74 25 2012 President Obama 76 23 2016 President Clinton 75 22 2020 President Biden 75 23 List of members representing the district editMember Party Term Congress Electoral history LocationDistrict created March 4 1823Henry Hosford Gurley Baton Rouge Democratic Republican March 4 1823 March 3 1825 18th19th20th21st Elected in 1822 Re elected in 1824 Re elected in 1826 Re elected in 1828 Retired 1823 1833East Baton Rouge Feliciana Iberville West Baton Rouge Pointe Coupee Saint Helena Saint Tammany and Washington parishesAnti Jacksonian March 4 1825 March 3 1831 nbsp Philemon Thomas Baton Rouge Jacksonian March 4 1831 March 3 1835 22nd23rd Elected in 1830 Re elected in 1832 Retired 1833 1843 data missing nbsp Eleazer Wheelock Ripley Jackson Jacksonian March 4 1835 March 3 1837 24th25th Elected in 1834 Re elected in 1836 Retired but died before next term began Democratic March 4 1837 March 2 1839Vacant March 2 1839 March 4 1839 25thThomas Withers Chinn Baton Rouge Whig March 4 1839 March 3 1841 26th Elected in 1838 Retired nbsp John Bennett Dawson St Francisville Democratic March 4 1841 March 3 1843 27th Elected in 1840 Redistricted to the 3rd district Alcee Louis la Branche New Orleans Democratic March 4 1843 March 3 1845 28th Elected in 1842 Retired 1843 1853 data missing Bannon Goforth Thibodeaux Thibodaux Democratic March 4 1845 March 3 1849 29th30th Elected in 1844 Re elected in 1846 Retired nbsp Charles Magill Conrad New Orleans Whig March 4 1849 August 17 1850 31st Elected in 1848 Resigned to become United States Secretary of War Vacant August 17 1850 December 5 1850 nbsp Henry Adams Bullard New Orleans Whig December 5 1850 March 3 1851 Elected to finish Conrad s term Retired Joseph Aristide Landry Donaldsonville Whig March 4 1851 March 3 1853 32nd Elected in 1850 Retired Theodore Gaillard Hunt New Orleans Whig March 4 1853 March 3 1855 33rd Elected in 1852 Lost re election as a Know Nothing candidate 1853 1863 data missing nbsp Miles Taylor Donaldsonville Democratic March 4 1855 February 5 1861 34th35th36th Elected in 1854 Re elected in 1856 Re elected in 1858 Withdrew due to onset of Civil War Vacant February 5 1861 December 3 1862 36th37th Civil War nbsp Michael Hahn New Orleans Unionist December 3 1862 March 3 1863 37th Elected in 1860 a Retired Vacant March 4 1863 July 18 1868 38th39th40th Civil War and ReconstructionJames Mann New Orleans Democratic July 18 1868 August 26 1868 40th Elected to finish the vacant term Died 1868 1873 data missing Vacant August 26 1868 March 3 1869 On November 3 1868 John Willis Menard won a special election for the remainder of Mann s term in the 40th Congress running alongside Lionel Allen Sheldon who was running to represent the district for a full term in the 41st Menard and Sheldon received the same number of votes and were both declared winners But the losing candidate Caleb S Hunt appealed to the U S House of Representatives to deny Menard the seat The House could not reach a consensus on seating either man so the seat was kept vacant until the 41st Congress Menard was the first black person elected to Congress as well as the first black person to address Congress 6 nbsp Lionel Allen Sheldon New Orleans Republican March 4 1869 March 3 1875 41st42nd43rd Elected in 1868 Re elected in 1870 Re elected in 1872 Lost re election 1873 1883 data missing nbsp Ezekiel John Ellis New Orleans Democratic March 4 1875 March 3 1885 44th45th46th47th48th Elected in 1874 Re elected in 1876 Re elected in 1878 Re elected in 1880 Re elected in 1882 Retired 1883 1893 data missing nbsp Michael Hahn New Orleans Republican March 3 1885 March 15 1886 49th Elected in 1884 Died Vacant March 15 1886 December 9 1886 nbsp Nathaniel Dick Wallace New Orleans Democratic December 9 1886 March 3 1887 Elected to finish Hahn s term Retired nbsp Matthew Diamond Lagan New Orleans Democratic March 4 1887 March 3 1889 50th Elected in 1886 Retired nbsp Hamilton D Coleman New Orleans Republican March 4 1889 March 3 1891 51st Elected in 1888 Lost re election nbsp Matthew Diamond Lagan New Orleans Democratic March 4 1891 March 3 1893 52nd Elected in 1890 Retired nbsp Robert Charles Davey New Orleans Democratic March 4 1893 March 3 1895 53rd Elected in 1892 Retired 1893 1903 data missing nbsp Charles Francis Buck New Orleans Democratic March 4 1895 March 3 1897 54th Elected in 1894 Retired to run for Mayor of New Orleans nbsp Robert Charles Davey New Orleans Democratic March 4 1897 December 26 1908 55th56th57th58th59th60th Elected in 1896 Re elected in 1898 Re elected in 1900 Re elected in 1902 Re elected in 1904 Re elected in 1906 Re elected in 1908 but died before next term began 1903 1913 data missing Vacant December 26 1908 March 30 1909 60th61st nbsp Samuel Louis Gilmore New Orleans Democratic March 30 1909 July 18 1910 61st Elected to finish Davey s term Died Vacant July 18 1910 November 8 1910 nbsp H Garland Dupre New Orleans Democratic November 8 1910 February 21 1924 61st62nd63rd64th65th66th67th68th Elected to finish Gilmore s term Also elected to the next full term Re elected in 1912 Re elected in 1914 Re elected in 1916 Re elected in 1918 Re elected in 1920 Re elected in 1922 Died 1913 1923 data missing 1923 1933 data missing Vacant February 21 1924 April 22 1924 68th nbsp James Z Spearing New Orleans Democratic April 22 1924 March 3 1931 68th69th70th71st Elected to finish Deupre s term Re elected later in 1924 Re elected in 1926 Re elected in 1928 Lost renomination nbsp Paul H Maloney New Orleans Democratic March 4 1931 December 15 1940 72nd73rd74th75th76th Elected in 1930 Re elected in 1932 Re elected in 1934 Re elected in 1936 Re elected in 1938 Lost renomination and resigned to become collector of internal revenue for the New Orleans district 1933 1943 data missing Vacant December 15 1940 January 3 1941 76th nbsp Hale Boggs New Orleans Democratic January 3 1941 January 3 1943 77th Elected in 1940 Lost renomination nbsp Paul H Maloney New Orleans Democratic January 3 1943 January 3 1947 78th79th Elected in 1942 Re elected in 1944 Retired 1943 1953 data missing nbsp Hale Boggs New Orleans Democratic January 3 1947 January 3 1973 80th81st82nd83rd84th85th86th87th88th89th90th91st92nd 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 Re elected in 1962 Re elected in 1964 Re elected in 1966 Re elected in 1968 Re elected in 1970 Re elected posthumously in 1972 Presumed dead after private plane went missing over Alaska October 16 1972 Seat declared vacant at beginning of the 93rd Congress 1953 1963 data missing 1963 1973 data missing Vacant January 3 1973 March 20 1973 93rd 1973 1983 data missing nbsp Lindy Boggs New Orleans Democratic March 20 1973 January 3 1991 93rd94th95th96th97th98th99th100th101st Elected to finish her husband s term 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 Retired 1983 1993 data missing nbsp William J Jefferson New Orleans Democratic January 3 1991 January 3 2009 102nd103rd104th105th106th107th108th109th110th Elected in 1990 Re 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 Lost re election 1993 2003 data missing 2003 2013 nbsp nbsp Joseph Cao New Orleans Republican January 3 2009 January 3 2011 111th Elected in 2008 Lost re election nbsp Cedric Richmond New Orleans Democratic January 3 2011 January 15 2021 112th113th114th115th116th117th Elected in 2010 Re elected in 2012 Re elected in 2014 Re elected in 2016 Re elected in 2018 Re elected in 2020 Resigned to become Senior Advisor to the President 7 2013 2023 nbsp Vacant January 15 2021 May 11 2021 117th nbsp Troy Carter New Orleans Democratic May 11 2021 present 117th118th Elected to finish Richmond s term Re elected in 2022 2023 2025 nbsp Recent election results edit2002 edit Louisiana s 2nd Congressional District Election 2002 Party Candidate Votes Democratic William J Jefferson Incumbent 90 310 63 53Democratic Irma Muse Dixon 28 480 20 03Republican Silky Sullivan 15 440 10 86Democratic Clarence Buddy Hunt 4 137 2 91Libertarian Wayne Clement 3 789 2 67Total votes 142 156 100 00Turnout Democratic hold2004 edit Louisiana s 2nd Congressional District Election 2004 Party Candidate Votes Democratic William J Jefferson Incumbent 173 510 79 01Republican Art Schwertz 46 097 20 99Total votes 219 607 100 00Turnout Democratic hold2006 edit Louisiana s 2nd Congressional District General Election 2006 Party Candidate Votes Democratic William J Jefferson Incumbent 28 283 30 08Democratic Karen Carter Peterson 20 364 21 66Democratic Derrick D T Shepherd 16 799 17 87Republican Joe Lavigne 12 511 13 31Democratic Troy A Carter 11 304 12 02Republican Eric T Bradley 1 159 1 23Democratic Regina H Bartholomew 1 125 1 20Total votes 91 545 100 00Turnout Louisiana s 2nd Congressional District General Election RUNOFF December 9 2006 Party Candidate Votes Democratic William J Jefferson Incumbent 35 153 56 55Democratic Karen Carter Peterson 27 011 43 45Total votes 62 164 100 00Turnout Democratic hold2008 edit Louisiana s 2nd Congressional District Election December 6 2008 Party Candidate Votes Republican Joseph Cao 33 132 49 54Democratic William J Jefferson Incumbent 31 318 46 83Green Malik Rahim 1 883 2 82Libertarian Gregory W Kahn 549 0 82Total votes 66 882 100 00Turnout Republican gain from Democratic2010 edit Louisiana s 2nd Congressional District Election 2010 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Cedric Richmond 83 705 64 59Republican Joseph Cao Incumbent 43 378 33 47Independent Anthony Marquize 1 876 1 45Independent Jack Radosta 645 0 50Total votes 129 604 100 00Turnout Democratic gain from Republican2012 edit Louisiana s 2nd Congressional District Election 2012 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Cedric Richmond Incumbent 158 501 55 20Democratic Gary Landrieu 71 916 25 00Republican Dwayne Bailey 38 801 13 50Republican Josue Larose 11 345 3 90Libertarian Caleb Trotter 6 791 2 40Total votes 287 354 100 00Turnout Democratic hold2014 edit Louisiana s 2nd Congressional District Election 2014 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Cedric Richmond Incumbent 152 201 68 69Democratic Gary Landrieu 37 805 17 06No Party David Brooks 16 327 7 37Libertarian Samuel Davenport 15 237 6 88Total votes 221 570 100 00Turnout 47 6Democratic hold2016 edit Louisiana s 2nd Congressional District Election 2016 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Cedric Richmond Incumbent 198 289 69 75Democratic Kip Holden 57 125 20 10Democratic Kenneth Cutno 28 855 10 15Total votes 284 269 100 00Turnout 67 7Democratic hold2018 edit Louisiana s 2nd Congressional District Election 2018 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Cedric Richmond Incumbent 190 182 80 6Independent Jesse Schmidt 20 465 8 7Independent Belden Noonie Man Batiste 17 260 7 3Independent Shawndra Rodriguez 8 075 3 4Total votes 235 982 100 0Democratic hold2020 edit Louisiana s 2nd Congressional District Election 2020 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Cedric Richmond Incumbent 201 636 63 61Republican David Schilling 47 575 15 01Democratic Glenn Adrain Harris 33 684 10 63Republican Sheldon Vincent Sr 15 565 4 91Independent Belden Noonie Man Batiste 12 268 3 87Independent Colby James 6 254 1 97Total votes 316 982 100 0Democratic hold2021 special edit Louisiana s 2nd Congressional District Special Election March 20 2021 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Troy Carter 34 402 36 38Democratic Karen Carter Peterson 21 673 22 92Democratic Gary Chambers Jr 20 163 21 31Republican Claston Bernard 9 237 9 77Republican Chelsea Ardoin 3 218 3 40Republican Greg Lirette 2 349 2 48Republican Sheldon C Vincent Sr 754 0 80Democratic Desiree Ontiveros 699 0 74Independent Belden Noonie Man Batiste 598 0 63Democratic Harold John 403 0 43Libertarian Mindy McConnell 323 0 34Democratic J Christopher Johnson 288 0 30Democratic Jenette M Porter 244 0 26Democratic Lloyd M Kelly 122 0 13No party preference Brandon Jolicoeur 94 0 10Total votes 94 567 100 00Louisiana s 2nd Congressional District Special Election RUNOFF April 24 2021 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Troy Carter 48 513 55 25Democratic Karen Carter Peterson 39 297 44 75Total votes 87 810 100 00Democratic hold2022 edit Louisiana s 2nd Congressional District Election 2022 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Troy Carter incumbent 158 120 77 1Republican Dan Lux 46 927 22 9Total votes 205 047 100 00Democratic holdSee also edit nbsp United States portalLouisiana s congressional districts List of United States congressional districtsNotes edit He was elected along with Benjamin Franklin Flanders assuming the seat left vacant after J E Bouligny s term expired in 1861 Flanders and Hahn were not seated in Congress until the last fifteen days of their terms in February 1863 References editSpecific Geography US Census Bureau Congressional Districts Relationship Files state based www census gov a b Center for New Media amp Promotion CNMP US Census Bureau My Congressional District www census gov a b 2022 Cook PVI District Map and List Cook Political Report Retrieved January 10 2023 The Political Graveyard politicalgraveyard com Hutchinson Piper January 19 2024 Graves to lose U S House seat under Louisiana redistricting plan that adds minority seat Louisiana Illuminator Retrieved January 19 2024 BlackPast 1869 John Willis Menard Speech Before the United States House of Representatives blackpast org Retrieved November 17 2020 Nove Special Election U S House of Representatives Second Congressional District PDF State of Louisiana January 6 2021 Retrieved January 15 2021 GeneralMartis 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 30 02 48 N 90 34 07 W 30 04667 N 90 56861 W 30 04667 90 56861 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Louisiana 27s 2nd congressional district amp oldid 1209343208, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
