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Iowa's 2nd congressional district

Iowa's 2nd congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S state of Iowa. It is in the southeast part of the state. The district includes the cities of Davenport, Iowa City, Muscatine, Clinton, Burlington, Ottumwa, Fort Madison, Oskaloosa, Bettendorf, Newton and Pella. 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 Mariannette Miller-Meeks who changed the district from Democrat to Republican after the Democrat retired. She won the election by 6 votes.

Iowa's 2nd congressional district
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Iowa's 2nd congressional district since January 3, 2013
Representative
  Mariannette Miller-Meeks
R–Ottumwa
Distribution
  • 66.06% urban
  • 33.94% rural
Population (2019)782,989
Median income$59,569[1]
Ethnicity
Cook PVIR+4[2]

Election history

Office Year District Statewide Nationwide
President 2000 Al Gore 53% – George W. Bush 43% Gore Bush
2004 John Kerry 55% – George W. Bush 44% Bush
2008 Barack Obama 60% – John McCain 38% Obama Obama
2012 Barack Obama 56% – Mitt Romney 43%
2016 Donald Trump 49% – Hillary Clinton 44% Trump Trump
2020 Donald Trump 51% – Joe Biden 47% Biden
U.S. Senator 2014 Joni Ernst 49% – Bruce Braley 47% Ernst n/a
Governor 2014 Terry Branstad 57% – Jack Hatch 40% Branstad
2018 Fred Hubbell 50.72% – Kim Reynolds 47.29% Reynolds

2002

Main page: 2002 United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa
2002 Iowa's 2nd congressional district election
Party Candidate Votes %
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color; width: 2px;" | Republican Jim Leach 108,130 52.19%
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color; width: 2px;" | [[Democratic Party (US)|Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shortname]] 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%
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color" | Republican hold

2004

2004 Iowa's 2nd congressional district election
Party Candidate Votes %
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color; width: 2px;" | Republican Jim Leach (incumbent) 176,684 58.92%
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color; width: 2px;" | [[Democratic Party (US)|Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shortname]] 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%
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color" | Republican hold

2006

Main page: 2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa
2006 Iowa's 2nd congressional district election
Party Candidate Votes %
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color; width: 2px;" | [[Democratic Party (US)|Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shortname]] Dave Loebsack 107,683 51.38%
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color; width: 2px;" | Republican Jim Leach (incumbent) 101,707 48.53%
No party Others 196 0.09%
Total votes 209,586 100.00%
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color" | [[Democratic Party (US)|Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shortname]] gain from Republican

2008

Main page: 2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa
2008 Iowa's 2nd congressional district election
Party Candidate Votes %
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color; width: 2px;" | [[Democratic Party (US)|Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shortname]] Dave Loebsack (incumbent) 175,218 57.19%
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color; width: 2px;" | Republican Mariannette Miller-Meeks 118,778 38.77%
Green Wendy Barth 6,664 2.18%
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color; width: 2px;" | Independent Brian White 5,437 1.78%
No party Others 261 0.09%
Total votes 306,358 100.00%
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color" | [[Democratic Party (US)|Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shortname]] hold

2010

Main page: 2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa
2010 Iowa's 2nd congressional district election
Party Candidate Votes %
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color; width: 2px;" | [[Democratic Party (US)|Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shortname]] Dave Loebsack (incumbent) 115,839 50.99%
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color; width: 2px;" | 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%
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color" | [[Democratic Party (US)|Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shortname]] hold

2012

Main page: 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa
2012 Iowa's 2nd congressional district election
Party Candidate Votes %
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color; width: 2px;" | [[Democratic Party (US)|Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shortname]] Dave Loebsack (incumbent) 211,863 55.57%
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color; width: 2px;" | Republican John Archer 161,977 42.48%
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color; width: 2px;" | Independent Alan Aversa 7,112 1.87%
No party Others 323 0.08%
Total votes 381,275 100.00%
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color" | [[Democratic Party (US)|Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shortname]] hold

2014

Main page: 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa
2014 Iowa's 2nd congressional district election
Party Candidate Votes %
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color; width: 2px;" | [[Democratic Party (US)|Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shortname]] Dave Loebsack (incumbent) 143,431 52.5%
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color; width: 2px;" | Republican Mariannette Miller-Meeks 129,455 47.4%
Write-ins 443 0.2%
Total votes 273,329 100%
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color" | [[Democratic Party (US)|Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shortname]] hold

2016

Main page: 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa
File:Iowa's2ndcongressionaldistrict2016electionresultsbycounty.png
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 %
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color; width: 2px;" | [[Democratic Party (US)|Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shortname]] Dave Loebsack (incumbent) 198,571 53.7%
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color; width: 2px;" | Republican Christopher Peters 170,933 46.2%
Write-ins 528 0.1%
Total votes 370,032 100.00%
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color" | [[Democratic Party (US)|Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shortname]] hold

2018

Main page: 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa
2018 Iowa's 2nd congressional district election[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color; width: 5px;" | [[Democratic Party (US)|Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shortname]] 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%
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color" | [[Democratic Party (US)|Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shortname]] hold Swing +4.7

2020

Main page: 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa
2020 Iowa's 2nd congressional district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mariannette Miller-Meeks 196,864 49.910
Democrat Rita Hart 196,858 49.908
Total votes 394,439 100.0
Republican gain from Democratic

Iowa's 2nd Congressional District Media

  • Iowa's 2nd congressional district (since 2023)

  • Shepherd Leffler (Iowa Congressman).jpg

    Shepherd Leffler (Iowa Congressman)

  • Lincoln Clark (Iowa Congressman).jpg

    Lincoln Clark (Iowa Congressman)

  • John Parsons Cook (Iowa Congressman) 2.jpg

    John Parsons Cook (Iowa Congressman) 2

  • James Thorington - History of Iowa.jpg

    James Thorington - History of Iowa

  • Timothy Davis (Iowa Congressman).jpg

    Timothy Davis (Iowa Congressman)

  • William Vandever - Brady-Handy (cropped).jpg

    William Vandever - Brady-Handy (cropped)

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    WSmyth
  • William Penn Wolf (Iowa Congressman).jpg

    William Penn Wolf (Iowa Congressman)

References

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