Arkansas's 2nd congressional district
Arkansas's 2nd congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Arkansas. The district is in the middle of Arkansas. The state capital called Little Rock is in the district. The counties of Van Buren Conway, Perry, Saline, Pulaski, White, Faulkner are in this district. The people who live in the district elect a person to represent the district in the United States House of Representatives. Republican French Hill became the representative in 2014
| Arkansas's 2nd congressional district | |||
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| Representative |
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| Area | 6,045 sq mi (15,660 km2) | ||
| Distribution |
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| Population (2019) | 767,662[1] | ||
| Median income | $53,600[2] | ||
| Ethnicity |
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| Cook PVI | R+7[3] | ||
Election history
| Election results from presidential races | ||
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| Year | Office | Results |
| 2000 | President | Bush 49–48% |
| 2004 | President | Bush 51–48% |
| 2008 | President | McCain 54–44% |
| 2012 | President | Romney 55–43% |
| 2016 | President | Trump 52–42% |
| 2020 | President | Trump 53–44% |
2002
| Arkansas's 2nd Congressional District House Election, 2002 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Vic Snyder | 142,752 | 93% | ||
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Political party/W' not found. | Ed Garner | 10,874 | 7% | ||
| Majority | 131,878 | 86% | |||
| Total votes | 153,626 | 100.00% | |||
| Democrat hold | |||||
2004
| Arkansas’s 2nd Congressional District House Election, 2004 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Vic Snyder | 160,834 | 58% | ||
| Republican | Marvin Parks | 115,655 | 42% | ||
| Majority | 45,179 | 16% | |||
| Total votes | 276,493 | 100.00% | |||
| Democrat hold | |||||
2006
| Arkansas’s 2nd Congressional District House Election, 2006 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Vic Snyder | 124,871 | 61% | ||
| Republican | Andy Mayberry | 81,432 | 39% | ||
| Majority | 43,439 | 21% | |||
| Total votes | 206,303 | 100.00% | |||
| Democrat hold | |||||
2008
| Arkansas's 2nd Congressional District House Election, 2008 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Vic Snyder | 212,303 | 77% | ||
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Political party/G' not found. | Deb McFarland | 64,398 | 23% | ||
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Political party/W' not found. | Danial Suits | 665 | 0.24% | ||
| Majority | 147,905 | 53% | |||
| Total votes | 277,366 | 100.00% | |||
| Democrat hold | |||||
2010
| Arkansas's 2nd Congressional District House Election, 2010 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Republican | Tim Griffin | 122,091 | 58% | ||
| Democratic | Joyce Elliott | 80,687 | 38% | ||
| Independent | Lance Levi | 4,421 | 2% | ||
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Political party/G' not found. | Lewis Kennedy | 3,599 | 2% | ||
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Political party/W' not found. | Write-ins | 54 | 0.03% | ||
| Majority | 41,404 | 20% | |||
| Total votes | 210,852 | 100.00% | |||
| Republican gain from Democratic | |||||
2012
| Arkansas's 2nd Congressional District House Election, 2012 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Republican | Tim Griffin | 158,175 | 55% | ||
| Democratic | Herb Rule | 113,156 | 39% | ||
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Political party/G' not found. | Barbara Ward | 8,566 | 3% | ||
| Libertarian | Chris Hayes | 6,701 | 2% | ||
| Majority | 45,019 | 16% | |||
| Total votes | 286,598 | 100.00% | |||
| Republican hold | |||||
2014
| Arkansas's 2nd Congressional District House Election, 2014 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Republican | French Hill | 123,073 | 52% | ||
| Democratic | Pat Hays | 103,477 | 44% | ||
| Libertarian | Debbie Standiford | 10,590 | 4% | ||
| Majority | 19,596 | 8% | |||
| Total votes | 237,140 | 100.00% | |||
| Republican hold | |||||
2016
| Arkansas’s 2nd Congressional District House Election, 2016[4] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Republican | French Hill | 176,472 | 58.34% | ||
| Democratic | Dianne Curry | 111,347 | 36.81% | ||
| Libertarian | Chris Hayes | 14,342 | 4.74% | ||
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Political party/W' not found. | Write-ins | 303 | 0.10% | ||
| Majority | 65,125 | 21.53% | |||
| Total votes | 302,464 | 100.00% | |||
| Republican hold | |||||
2018
The 2018 election was held on November 6, 2018.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | French Hill (incumbent) | 132,125 | 52.1 | |
| Democrat | Clarke Tucker | 116,135 | 45.8 | |
| Libertarian | Joe Swafford | 5,193 | 2.1 | |
| Total votes | 253,453 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
2020
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | French Hill (incumbent) | 184,093 | 55.4 | |
| Democrat | Joyce Elliott | 148,410 | 44.6 | |
| Total votes | 332,503 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
Arkansas's 2nd Congressional District Media
Arkansas's 2nd congressional district (since 2023)
- Edward A. Warren, Representative from Arkansas, Thirty-fifth Congress, half-length portrait LCCN2010649414 (cropped).jpg
Edward A. Warren, Representative from Arkansas, Thirty-fifth Congress, half-length portrait LCCN2010649414 (cropped)
- Albert Rust (Arkansas Congressman).jpg
Albert Rust (Arkansas Congressman)
- Edward A. Warren, Representative from Arkansas, Thirty-fifth Congress, half-length portrait LCCN2010649414 (cropped).jpg
Edward A. Warren, Representative from Arkansas, Thirty-fifth Congress, half-length portrait LCCN2010649414 (cropped)
- Albert Rust (Arkansas Congressman).jpg
Albert Rust (Arkansas Congressman)
- James M. Hinds.jpg
James M. Hinds from family archive
- IMAG0928 James Thomas Jim Tom Elliott adj.jpg
IMAG0928 James Thomas Jim Tom Elliott adj
- OPSnyder.jpg
Hon. Oliver P. Snyder of Ark.
References
- ↑ Bureau, Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
- ↑ "My Congressional District".
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "2016 election results".