Iowa's 2nd congressional district

Iowa's 2nd congressional district
	Iowa's 2nd congressional district since January 3, 2013
	Dave Loebsack; D–Iowa City
Distribution	66.06% urban; 33.94% rural;
Population (2018 est.)	783,983
Median income	$55,239[1]
Ethnicity	85[2]% white; 4% black; 2% Asian; 6% Hispanic; 0% Native American;
Cook PVI	D+1[3]

Iowa's 2nd congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Iowa that covers most of its southeastern part. It includes Davenport, Iowa City, Muscatine, Clinton, Burlington, Ottumwa, Fort Madison, Oskaloosa, Bettendorf, Newton and Pella. The district is currently represented by Democrat Dave Loebsack, who has been in office since 2007.

Redistricting

On June 22, 2001, the Iowa General Assembly passed a plan to redistrict the state of Iowa. The plan went into effect in 2002 for the 108th U.S. Congress. The prior redistricting plan was effective from 1992 to 2001.[4]

Recent election results in statewide races

Year	Office	Results
2000	President	Gore 53% – Bush 43%
2004	President	Kerry 55% – Bush 44%
2008	President	Obama 60% – McCain 38%
2012	President	Obama 56% – Romney 43%
2016	President	Trump 49% – Clinton 45%

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Term	Cong ress	Electoral history
District created		March 4, 1847
Shepherd Leffler	Democratic	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1851	30th 31st	Redistricted from the at-large district and re-elected in 1846. [data unknown/missing]
Lincoln Clark	Democratic	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853	32nd	[data unknown/missing]
John P. Cook	Whig	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	33rd	[data unknown/missing]
James Thorington	Whig	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	34th	[data unknown/missing]
Timothy Davis	Republican	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859	35th	[data unknown/missing]
William Vandever	Republican	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863	36th 37th	[data unknown/missing]
Hiram Price	Republican	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1869	38th 39th 40th	[data unknown/missing]
William Smyth	Republican	March 4, 1869 – September 30, 1870	41st	[data unknown/missing] Died.
Vacant		September 30, 1870 – December 6, 1870
William P. Wolf	Republican	December 6, 1870 – March 3, 1871		Elected to finish Smyth's term. [data unknown/missing]
Aylett R. Cotton	Republican	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1875	42nd 43rd	[data unknown/missing]
John Q. Tufts	Republican	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877	44th	[data unknown/missing]
Hiram Price	Republican	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1881	45th 46th	[data unknown/missing]
Sewall S. Farwell	Republican	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883	47th	[data unknown/missing]
Jeremiah H. Murphy	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887	48th 49th	[data unknown/missing]
Walter I. Hayes	Democratic	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1895	50th 51st 52nd 53rd	[data unknown/missing]
George M. Curtis	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1899	54th 55th	[data unknown/missing]
Joseph R. Lane	Republican	March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1901	56th	[data unknown/missing]
John N. W. Rumple	Republican	March 4, 1901 – January 31, 1903	57th	[data unknown/missing] Died.
Vacant		January 31, 1903 – March 3, 1903	57th
Martin J. Wade	Democratic	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905	58th	[data unknown/missing]
Albert F. Dawson	Republican	March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1911	59th 60th 61st	[data unknown/missing]
Irvin S. Pepper	Democratic	March 4, 1911 – December 22, 1913	62nd 63rd	[data unknown/missing] Died.
Vacant		December 22, 1913 – February 10, 1914	63rd
Henry Vollmer	Democratic	February 10, 1914 – March 3, 1915	63rd	Elected to finish Pepper's term. [data unknown/missing]
Harry E. Hull	Republican	March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1925	64th 65th 66th 67th 68th	[data unknown/missing]
F. Dickinson Letts	Republican	March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1931	69th 70th 71st	[data unknown/missing]
Bernhard M. Jacobsen	Democratic	March 4, 1931 – June 30, 1936	72nd 73rd 74th	[data unknown/missing] Died.
Vacant		June 30, 1936 – January 3, 1937	74th
William S. Jacobsen	Democratic	January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1943	75th 76th 77th	[data unknown/missing]
Henry O. Talle	Republican	January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1959	78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th	Redistricted from the 4th district and reelected in 1942.
Leonard G. Wolf	Democratic	January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1961	86th	[data unknown/missing]
James E. Bromwell	Republican	January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1965	87th 88th	[data unknown/missing]
John Culver	Democratic	January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1975	89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd	[data unknown/missing]
Mike Blouin	Democratic	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1979	94th 95th	[data unknown/missing]
Tom Tauke	Republican	January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1991	96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st	[data unknown/missing]
Jim Nussle	Republican	January 3, 1991 – January 3, 2003	102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 1st district.
Jim Leach	Republican	January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2007	108th 109th	Redistricted from the 1st district and reelected in 2002.
Dave Loebsack	Democratic	January 3, 2007 – Present	110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th 116th	Elected in 2006. Not running for re-election in 2020.

Recent election results

Year	Winner			Second			Percentage
Year	Party affiliation	Candidate	Votes	Party affiliation	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
1920	Republican	Harry E. Hull	50,160	Farmer-Labor	F. B Althouse	6,058	89% – 11%
1922	Republican	Harry E. Hull	27,450	Democratic	Wayne G. Cook	25,620	51% – 48%
1924	Republican	Fred Dickinson Letts	49,117	Democratic	Ralph U. Thompson	32,893	60% – 40%
1926	Republican	Fred Dickinson Letts	29,200	Democratic	J. P. Gallagher	19,612	60% – 40%
1928	Republican	Fred Dickinson Letts	49,690	Democratic	Frank Z. Titzell	37,344	57% – 43%
1930	Democratic	Bernhard M. Jacobsen	30,008	Republican	F. D. Letts	24,113	55% – 45%
1932	Democratic	Bernhard M. Jacobsen	71,914	Republican	Frank W. Elliott	50,636	59% – 41%
1934	Democratic	Bernhard M. Jacobsen	60,654	Republican	Martin B. Andelfinger	39,047	63% – 35%
1936	Democratic	William S. Jacobsen	70,923	Republican	Charles Penningroth	55,255	53% – 41%
1938	Democratic	William S. Jacobsen	48,155	Republican	Alfred C. Mueller	47,535	50% – 49%
1940	Democratic	William S. Jacobsen	75,774	Republican	W. A. McCullough	69,298	52% – 48%
1942	Republican	Henry O. Talle	62,290	Democratic	William S. Jacobsen	46,310	57% – 43%
1944	Republican	Henry O. Talle	86,903	Democratic	George C. Classen	68,489	56% – 44%
1946	Republican	Henry O. Talle	60,111	Democratic	Richard V. Bernhart	41,544	59% – 41%
1948	Republican	Henry O. Talle	82,139	Democratic	T. W. Mullaney	60,272	57% – 42%
1950	Republican	Henry O. Talle	79,066	Democratic	Eugene J. Kean	55,359	59% – 41%
1952	Republican	Henry O. Talle	114,553	Democratic	T. W. Mullaney	69,421	62% – 38%
1954	Republican	Henry O. Talle	72,231	Democratic	Ruben V. Austin	58,092	55% – 46%
1956	Republican	Henry O. Talle	95,999	Democratic	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	Republican	James E. Bromwell	67,475	Democratic	Frank W. Less	60,296	53% – 47%
1964	Democratic	John C. Culver	97,470	Republican	James E. Bromwell	89,299	52% – 48%
1966	Democratic	John C. Culver	76,281	Republican	Robert M. L. Johnson	65,079	54% – 46%
1968	Democratic	John C. Culver	103,651	Republican	Tom Riley	84,634	55% – 45%
1970	Democratic	John C. Culver	84,049	Republican	Cole McMartin	54,934	60% – 40%
1972	Democratic	John C. Culver	115,489	Republican	Theodore R. Ellsworth	79,667	59% – 41%
1974	Democratic	Michael T. Blouin	73,416	Republican	Tom Riley	69,088	51% – 48%
1976	Democratic	Michael T. Blouin	102,980	Republican	Tom Riley	100,344	50% – 49%
1978	Republican	Thomas J. Tauke	72,644	Democratic	Michael T. Blouin	65,450	52% – 47%
1980	Republican	Thomas J. Tauke	111,587	Democratic	Steve Sovern	93,175	54% – 45%
1982	Republican	Thomas J. Tauke	99,478	Democratic	Brent Appel	69,539	59% – 41%
1984	Republican	Thomas J. Tauke	136,839	Democratic	Joe Welsh	77,335	64% – 36%
1986	Republican	Thomas J. Tauke	88,708	Democratic	Eric Tabor	55,903	61% – 39%
1988	Republican	Thomas J. Tauke	113,543	Democratic	Eric Tabor	86,438	58% – 43%
1990	Republican	Jim Nussle	82,650	Democratic	Eric Tabor	81,008	50% – 49%
1992	Republican	Jim Nussle	134,536	Democratic	David R. Nagle	131,570	50% – 49%
1994	Republican	Jim Nussle	111,076	Democratic	David R. Nagle	86,087	56% – 43%
1996	Republican	Jim Nussle	127,827	Democratic	Donna L. Smith	109,731	53% – 46%
1998	Republican	Jim Nussle	104,613	Democratic	Rob Tully	83,405	55% – 44%
2000	Republican	Jim Nussle	139,906	Democratic	Donna L. Smith	110,327	55% – 44%
2002	Republican	James A. Leach	108,130	Democratic	Julie Thomas	94,767	52% – 46%
2004	Republican	James A. Leach	176,684	Democratic	Dave Franker	117,405	59% – 39%
2006	Democratic	Dave Loebsack	107,097	Republican	James A. Leach	101,386	51% – 49%
2008	Democratic	Dave Loebsack	173,639	Republican	Mariannette Miller-Meeks	118,040	57% – 38%
2010	Democratic	Dave Loebsack	115,839	Republican	Mariannette Miller-Meeks	104,319	50% – 45%
2012	Democratic	Dave Loebsack	211,863	Republican	John Archer	161,977	55% – 42%
2014	Democratic	Dave Loebsack	143,431	Republican	Mariannette Miller-Meeks	129,455	52% – 47%
2016	Democratic	Dave Loebsack	198,571	Republican	Christopher Peters	170,933	53% – 46%
2018	Democratic	Dave Loebsack	171,120	Republican	Christopher Peters	133,051	54% – 42%

"Election Statistics". 2005. Archived from the original on July 25, 2007.

2002

2002 Iowa's 2nd congressional district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James A. 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

2004

2004 Iowa's 2nd congressional district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James A. 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

2006

2006 Iowa's 2nd congressional district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dave Loebsack	107,683	51.38%
	Republican	James A. Leach (Incumbent)	101,707	48.53%
	No party	Others	196	0.09%
Total votes			209,586	100.00%
	Democratic gain from Republican

2008

2008 Iowa's 2nd congressional district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

2010

2010 Iowa's 2nd congressional district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

2012

2012 Iowa's 2nd congressional district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

2014

2014 Iowa's 2nd congressional district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

2016

Map showing the results of the 2016 election in Iowa's second congressional district by county

2016 Iowa's 2nd congressional district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

2018

U.S. House election, 2018 House election:[5] Iowa District 2
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	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

Historical district boundaries

Iowa's 2nd congressional district boundaries from 2003 to 2013

References

Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
"Census profile: Congressional District 2, IA". Census Reporter.
"Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
"2001 Iowa Redistricting Plan". 2001. Archived from the original on October 16, 2006. Retrieved November 10, 2006.
"Iowa General Election 2018". Iowa Secretary of State. Retrieved November 11, 2018.

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

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[1] Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.

[2] "Census profile: Congressional District 2, IA". Census Reporter.

[Cook-3] "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.

[4] "2001 Iowa Redistricting Plan". 2001. Archived from the original on October 16, 2006. Retrieved November 10, 2006.

[5] "Iowa General Election 2018". Iowa Secretary of State. Retrieved November 11, 2018.