Kentucky's 2nd congressional district
Kentucky's 2nd congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Kentucky. The district is in the middle part of the state. The cities in the district are Bowling Green, Owensboro, and Elizabethtown. The people who live in the district elect a person to represent the district in the United States House of Representatives. The district is currently represented by Republican Brett Guthrie. In the district no incumbent representative has lost an election since 1884.
| Kentucky's 2nd congressional district | |||
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 Kentucky's 2nd congressional district - since January 3, 2013. | |||
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| Population (2019) | 774,897[1] | ||
| Median income | $53,496[2] | ||
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| Cook PVI | R+19[3] | ||
Election history
2002
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| style="background-color: Template:United States political party color; width: 2px;" | | Republican | Ron Lewis (Incumbent) | 122,773 | 69.64% |
| style="background-color: Template:United States political party color; width: 2px;" | | [[Democratic Party (US)|Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shortname]] | David Lynn Williams | 51,431 | 29.17% |
| Libertarian | Robert Guy Dyer | 2,084 | 1.18% | |
| Total votes | 176,288 | 100.00% | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| style="background-color: Template:United States political party color" | | Republican hold | |||
2004
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| style="background-color: Template:United States political party color; width: 2px;" | | Republican | Ron Lewis (Incumbent) | 185,394 | 67.92% |
| style="background-color: Template:United States political party color; width: 2px;" | | [[Democratic Party (US)|Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shortname]] | Adam Smith | 87,585 | 32.08% |
| Total votes | 272,979 | 100.00% | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| style="background-color: Template:United States political party color" | | Republican hold | |||
2006
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| style="background-color: Template:United States political party color; width: 2px;" | | Republican | Ron Lewis (Incumbent) | 118,548 | 55.41% |
| style="background-color: Template:United States political party color; width: 2px;" | | [[Democratic Party (US)|Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shortname]] | Mike Weaver | 95,415 | 44.59% |
| Total votes | 213,963 | 100.00% | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| style="background-color: Template:United States political party color" | | Republican hold | |||
2008
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| style="background-color: Template:United States political party color; width: 2px;" | | Republican | Brett Guthrie | 158,936 | 52.57% |
| style="background-color: Template:United States political party color; width: 2px;" | | [[Democratic Party (US)|Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shortname]] | David E. Boswell | 143,379 | 47.43% |
| Total votes | 302,315 | 100.00% | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| style="background-color: Template:United States political party color" | | Republican hold | |||
2010
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| style="background-color: Template:United States political party color; width: 2px;" | | Republican | Brett Guthrie (Incumbent) | 155,906 | 67.89% |
| style="background-color: Template:United States political party color; width: 2px;" | | [[Democratic Party (US)|Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shortname]] | Ed Marksberry | 73,749 | 28.75% |
| Total votes | 229,655 | 100.00% | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| style="background-color: Template:United States political party color" | | Republican hold | |||
2012
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| style="background-color: Template:United States political party color; width: 2px;" | | Republican | Brett Guthrie (Incumbent) | 181,508 | 64.30% |
| style="background-color: Template:United States political party color; width: 2px;" | | [[Democratic Party (US)|Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shortname]] | David Lynn Williams | 89,541 | 31.72% |
| style="background-color: Template:United States political party color; width: 2px;" | | Independent | Andrew R. Beacham | 6,304 | 2.23% |
| Libertarian | Craig Astor | 4,914 | 1.74% | |
| Total votes | 282,267 | 100.00% | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| style="background-color: Template:United States political party color" | | Republican hold | |||
2014
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| style="background-color: Template:United States political party color; width: 2px;" | | Republican | Brett Guthrie (Incumbent) | 156,936 | 69.19% |
| style="background-color: Template:United States political party color; width: 2px;" | | [[Democratic Party (US)|Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shortname]] | Ron Leach | 69,898 | 30.81% |
| Total votes | 226,834 | 100.00% | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| style="background-color: Template:United States political party color" | | Republican hold | |||
2016
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| style="background-color: Template:United States political party color; width: 2px;" | | Republican | Brett Guthrie (Incumbent) | 251,823 | 100.00% |
| Total votes | 251,823 | 100.00% | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| style="background-color: Template:United States political party color" | | Republican hold | |||
2018
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| style="background-color: Template:United States political party color; width: 2px;" | | Republican | Brett Guthrie (Incumbent) | 171,700 | 66.7% |
| style="background-color: Template:United States political party color; width: 2px;" | | [[Democratic Party (US)|Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shortname]] | Hank Linderman | 79,964 | 31.1% |
| style="background-color: Template:United States political party color; width: 2px;" | | Independent | Thomas Loecken | 5,681 | 2.2% |
| Total votes | 257,345 | 100.0% | ||
| style="background-color: Template:United States political party color" | | Republican hold | |||
2020
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Brett Guthrie (incumbent) | 255,735 | 70.9 | |
| Democrat | Hank Linderman | 94,643 | 26.3 | |
| Libertarian | Robert Lee Perry | 7,588 | 2.1 | |
| [[Populist Party (United States)|Template:Populist Party (United States)/meta/shortname]] | Lewis Carter | 2,431 | 0.7 | |
| style="background-color: Template:Write-in/meta/color; width: 2px;" | | Write-in | 2 | 0.0 | |
| Total votes | 360,399 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
Kentucky's 2nd Congressional District Media
Kentucky's 2nd congressional district (since 2023)
Judicial portrait of John Boyle, c. 1834.
Oil on canvas portrait of Henry Clay by Henry F. Darby (1829-1897) *Height: 49.25 inches (125.1 cm)*Width: 39.75 inches (101 cm)*Signature (lower right corner): H. F. DARBY Cat. no. 32.00002.000
Portrait of Henry Clay
Kentucky governor and senator Thomas Metcalfe
Kentucky Congressman and Iowa Governor John Chambers
Kentucky Congressman Edward Rumsey
Beverly L. Clarke, US Representative from Kentucky
Samuel O. Peyton, Representative from Kentucky cropped
Brigadier General James S. Jackson
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References
- ↑ Bureau, Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
- ↑ Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ Geography, US Census Bureau. "Congressional Districts Relationship Files (state-based)". www.census.gov. Archived from the original on 2017-07-17. Retrieved 2018-02-11.