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North Carolina's 2nd congressional district

U.S. House district for North Carolina

North Carolina's 2nd congressional district is a congressional district in central North Carolina.

North Carolina's 2nd congressional district
North Carolina's 2nd congressional district (in light green) since January 3, 2021
Representative
  Deborah Ross
D–Raleigh
Distribution
  • 62.82% urban
  • 37.18% rural
Population (2019)888,547[1]
Median household
income		$75,366[2]
Ethnicity
Cook PVID+9[3]

Its current representative is Democrat Deborah Ross.

Election results

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2002

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US House election, 2002: North Carolina District 2[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Bob Etheridge 100,121 65.36
Republican Joseph L. Ellen 50,965 33.27
Libertarian Gary Minter 2,098 1.37
Total votes 153,184 100

2004

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US House election, 2004: North Carolina District 2[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Bob Etheridge 145,079 62.3
Republican Billy J. Creech 87,811 37.7
Total votes 232,890 100

2006

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US House election, 2006: North Carolina District 2[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Bob Etheridge 85,993 66.53
Republican Dan Mansell 43,271 33.47
Total votes 129,264 100

2008

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US House election, 2008: North Carolina District 2[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Bob Etheridge 199,730 66.93
Republican Dan Mansell 93,323 31.27
Libertarian Will Adkins 5,377 1.8
Total votes 298,430 100

2010

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US House election, 2010: North Carolina District 2[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Renee Ellmers 93,876 49.47
Democratic Bob Etheridge 92,393 48.69
Libertarian Tom Rose 3,505 1.85
Total votes 189,774 100

2012

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US House election, 2012: North Carolina District 2[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Renee Ellmers 174,066 55.9
Democratic Steve Wilkins 128,973 41.42
Libertarian Brian Irving 8,358 2.68
Total votes 311,397 100

2014

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US House election, 2014: North Carolina District 2[10]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Renee Ellmers 122,128 58.83
Democratic Clay Aiken 85,479 41.17
Total votes 207,607 100

2016

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US House election, 2016: North Carolina District 2[11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican George Holding 221,485 56.71
Democratic John P. McNeil 169,082 43.29
Total votes 390,567 100

2018

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US House election, 2018: North Carolina District 2[12]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican George Holding 170,072 51.3
Democratic Linda Coleman 151,977 45.8
Libertarian Jeff Matemu 9,655 2.9
Total votes 331,704 100.0

2020

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US House election, 2020: North Carolina District 2
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Deborah K. Ross 310,979 63.0
Republican Alan Swain 172,019 34.8
Libertarian Jeff Matemu 10,827 2.2
Total votes 493,870 100.0

List of representatives

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Member Party Years Cong

ress

Electoral history District location
 Hugh Williamson Anti-Administration March 19, 1790 –

March 3, 1791

1st Elected in 1790.

Redistricted to the 4th district.

1790–1791"Edenton and New Bern division"
 Nathaniel Macon Anti-Administration March 4, 1791 –

March 3, 1793

2nd Elected in 1791.

Redistricted to the 5th district.

1791–1793"Centre division"
Matthew Locke Anti-Administration March 4, 1793 –

March 3, 1795

3rd
4th
5th 		Elected in 1793.

Re-elected in 1795. Re-elected in 1796. Lost re-election.

1793–1803[Data unknown/missing.]
Democratic-Republican March 4, 1795 –

March 3, 1799

Archibald Henderson Federalist March 4, 1799 –

March 3, 1803

6th
7th 		Elected in 1798.

Re-elected in 1800. Redistricted to the 12th district.

Willis Alston Democratic-Republican March 4, 1803 –

March 3, 1815

8th
9th
10th
11th
12th
13th 		Redistricted from the 9th district and re-elected in 1803.

Re-elected in 1804. Re-elected in 1806. Re-elected in 1808. Re-elected in 1810. Re-elected in 1813. Retired.

1803–1813"North Carolina Congressional District Map (1803-13)".[13]
1813–1823"North Carolina Congressional District Map (1813-43)".[13]
Joseph H. Bryan Democratic-Republican March 4, 1815 –

March 3, 1819

14th
15th 		Elected in 1815.

Re-elected in 1817. [Data unknown/missing.]

 Hutchins G. Burton Democratic-Republican March 4, 1819 –

March 3, 1823

16th
17th
18th 		Elected in 1819.

Re-elected in 1821. Resigned when elected Governor of North Carolina.

Democratic-Republican March 4, 1823 –

March 23, 1824

1823–1833"North Carolina Congressional District Map (1813-43)".[13]
Vacant March 24, 1824 –

January 18, 1825

18th
George Outlaw Democratic-Republican January 19, 1825 –

March 3, 1825

Elected January 6, 1825 to finish Burton's term and seated January 19, 1825.

Lost re-election.

Willis Alston Jacksonian March 4, 1825 –

March 3, 1831

19th
20th
21st 		Elected in 1825.

Re-elected in 1827. Re-elected in 1829. Retired.

Vacant March 4, 1831 –

May 12, 1831

22nd
 John Branch Jacksonian May 12, 1831 –

March 3, 1833

Elected to finish the vacant term.

Retired.

Jesse A. Bynum Jacksonian March 4, 1833 –

March 3, 1837

23rd
24th
25th
26th 		[Data unknown/missing.] 1833–1843"North Carolina Congressional District Map (1813-43)".[13]
Democratic March 4, 1837 –

March 3, 1841

John Daniel Democratic March 4, 1841 –

March 3, 1843

27th [Data unknown/missing.]Redistricted to the 7th district.
 Daniel M. Barringer Whig March 4, 1843 –

March 3, 1847

28th
29th 		[Data unknown/missing.]Redistricted to the 3rd district. 1843–1853[Data unknown/missing.]
 Nathaniel Boyden Whig March 4, 1847 –

March 3, 1849

30th [Data unknown/missing.]Retired.
Joseph P. Caldwell Whig March 4, 1849 –

March 3, 1853

31st
32nd 		[Data unknown/missing.]Retired.
 Thomas H. Ruffin Democratic March 4, 1853 –

March 3, 1861

33rd
34th
35th
36th 		[Data unknown/missing.] 1853–1863[Data unknown/missing.]
Vacant March 3, 1861 –

July 25, 1868

37th
38th
39th
40th 		Civil War and Reconstruction
 David Heaton Republican July 25, 1868 –

June 25, 1870

40th
41st 		[Data unknown/missing.]Died. 1863–1873[Data unknown/missing.]
Vacant June 26, 1870 –

December 4, 1870

41st
Joseph Dixon Republican December 5, 1870 –

March 3, 1871

[Data unknown/missing.]Retired.
Charles Thomas Republican March 4, 1871 –

March 3, 1875

42nd
43rd 		[Data unknown/missing.]Lost renomination.
1873–1883[Data unknown/missing.]
 John A. Hyman Republican March 4, 1875 –

March 3, 1877

44th [Data unknown/missing.]Lost renomination to immediate past governor
 Curtis H. Brogden Republican March 4, 1877 –

March 3, 1879

45th [Data unknown/missing.]Retired.
William H. Kitchin Democratic March 4, 1879 –

March 3, 1881

46th [Data unknown/missing.]Lost re-election.
 Orlando Hubbs Republican March 4, 1881 –

March 3, 1883

47th [Data unknown/missing.]Retired.
 James E. O'Hara Republican March 4, 1883 –

March 3, 1887

48th
49th 		[Data unknown/missing.]Lost re-election. 1883–1893[Data unknown/missing.]
 Furnifold M. Simmons Democratic March 4, 1887 –

March 3, 1889

50th [Data unknown/missing.]Lost re-election.
 Henry P. Cheatham Republican March 4, 1889 –

March 3, 1893

51st
52nd 		[Data unknown/missing.]Lost re-election.
 Frederick A. Woodard Democratic March 4, 1893 –

March 3, 1897

53rd
54th 		[Data unknown/missing.]Lost re-election. 1893–1903[Data unknown/missing.]
 George H. White Republican March 4, 1897 –

March 3, 1901

55th
56th 		[Data unknown/missing.]Retired after state passage of 1900 disfranchisement constitution, which suppressed black voters for more than 60 years
 Claude Kitchin Democratic March 4, 1901 –

May 31, 1923

57th
58th
59th
60th
61st
62nd
63rd
64th
65th
66th
67th
68th 		[Data unknown/missing.]Died.
1903–1913[Data unknown/missing.]
1913–1933[Data unknown/missing.]
Vacant May 31, 1923 –

November 5, 1923

68th
 John H. Kerr Democratic November 6, 1923 –

January 3, 1953

68th
69th
70th
71st
72nd
73rd
74th
75th
76th
77th
78th
79th
80th
81st
82nd 		Elected to finish Kitchens's term.

Lost renomination.

1933–1943[Data unknown/missing.]
1943–1953[Data unknown/missing.]
 L. H. Fountain Democratic January 3, 1953 –

January 3, 1983

83rd
84th
85th
86th
87th
88th
89th
90th
91st
92nd
93rd
94th
95th
96th
97th 		[Data unknown/missing.]Retired. 1953–1963[Data unknown/missing.]
1963–1973[Data unknown/missing.]
1973–1983[Data unknown/missing.]
 Tim Valentine Democratic January 3, 1983 –

January 3, 1995

98th
99th
100th
101st
102nd
103rd 		[Data unknown/missing.]Retired. 1983–1993[Data unknown/missing.]
1993–2003[Data unknown/missing.]
 David Funderburk Republican January 3, 1995 –

January 3, 1997

104th [Data unknown/missing.]Lost re-election.
 Bob Etheridge Democratic January 3, 1997 –

January 3, 2011

105th
106th
107th
108th
109th
110th
111th 		[Data unknown/missing.]Lost re-election.
2003–2013 
 Renee Ellmers Republican January 3, 2011 –

January 3, 2017

112th
113th
114th 		[Data unknown/missing.]Lost renomination.
2013–2017 
 George Holding Republican January 3, 2017 –

January 3, 2021

115th
116th 		Redistricted from the 13th district

Retired after Redistricting.

2017–2021 
 Deborah Ross Democratic January 3, 2021 –

Present

117th Elected in 2020.
2021-Present 

References

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  1. ↑ Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
  2. ↑ Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
  3. ↑ "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
  4. ↑ "11/05/2002 Official General Election Results - Statewide". North Carolina State Board of Elections. November 15, 2002. Retrieved December 24, 2017.
  5. ↑ "11/02/2004 Official General Election Results - Statewide". North Carolina State Board of Elections. November 12, 2004. Retrieved December 24, 2017.
  6. ↑ "11/07/2006 Official General Election Results - Statewide". North Carolina State Board of Elections. November 17, 2006. Retrieved December 24, 2017.
  7. ↑ "11/04/2008 Official General Election Results - Statewide". North Carolina State Board of Elections. November 14, 2008. Retrieved December 24, 2017.
  8. ↑ "11/02/2010 Official General Election Results - Statewide". North Carolina State Board of Elections. November 12, 2010. Retrieved December 24, 2017.
  9. ↑ "11/06/2012 Official General Election Results - Statewide". North Carolina State Board of Elections. November 16, 2012. Retrieved December 24, 2017.
  10. ↑ "11/04/2014 Official General Election Results - Statewide". North Carolina State Board of Elections. November 25, 2014. Retrieved December 24, 2017.
  11. ↑ "11/06/2016 Official General Election Results - Statewide". North Carolina State Board of Elections. December 13, 2016. Retrieved December 24, 2017.
  12. ↑ "District 2, North Carolina State Board of Elections & Ethics Enforcement". North Carolina State Board of Elections & Ethics Enforcement. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 "Data Courtesy of Jeffrey B. Lewis, Brandon DeVine, and Lincoln Pritcher with Kenneth C. Martis". United States Congressional District Shapefiles.
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