North Carolina's 2nd congressional district

North Carolina's 2nd congressional district
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
Median income	$75,366
Ethnicity	71.33% White; 20.11% Black; 1.37% Asian; 9.55% Hispanic; 0.62% Native American;
Cook PVI	D+9

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

Its current representative is Democrat Deborah Ross.

Election results

2002

US House election, 2002: North Carolina District 2^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color; width: 2px;" \|	[[Democratic Party (US)\|Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shortname]]	Bob Etheridge	100,121	65.36
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color; width: 2px;" \|	Republican	Joseph L. Ellen	50,965	33.27
	Libertarian	Gary Minter	2,098	1.37
Total votes			153,184	100

2004

US House election, 2004: North Carolina District 2^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color; width: 2px;" \|	[[Democratic Party (US)\|Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shortname]]	Bob Etheridge	145,079	62.3
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color; width: 2px;" \|	Republican	Billy J. Creech	87,811	37.7
Total votes			232,890	100

2006

US House election, 2006: North Carolina District 2^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color; width: 2px;" \|	[[Democratic Party (US)\|Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shortname]]	Bob Etheridge	85,993	66.53
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color; width: 2px;" \|	Republican	Dan Mansell	43,271	33.47
Total votes			129,264	100

2008

US House election, 2008: North Carolina District 2^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color; width: 2px;" \|	[[Democratic Party (US)\|Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shortname]]	Bob Etheridge	199,730	66.93
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color; width: 2px;" \|	Republican	Dan Mansell	93,323	31.27
	Libertarian	Will Adkins	5,377	1.8
Total votes			298,430	100

2010

US House election, 2010: North Carolina District 2^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color; width: 2px;" \|	Republican	Renee Ellmers	93,876	49.47
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color; width: 2px;" \|	[[Democratic Party (US)\|Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shortname]]	Bob Etheridge	92,393	48.69
	Libertarian	Tom Rose	3,505	1.85
Total votes			189,774	100

2012

US House election, 2012: North Carolina District 2^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color; width: 2px;" \|	Republican	Renee Ellmers	174,066	55.9
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color; width: 2px;" \|	[[Democratic Party (US)\|Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shortname]]	Steve Wilkins	128,973	41.42
	Libertarian	Brian Irving	8,358	2.68
Total votes			311,397	100

2014

US House election, 2014: North Carolina District 2^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color; width: 2px;" \|	Republican	Renee Ellmers	122,128	58.83
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color; width: 2px;" \|	[[Democratic Party (US)\|Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shortname]]	Clay Aiken	85,479	41.17
Total votes			207,607	100

2016

US House election, 2016: North Carolina District 2^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color; width: 2px;" \|	Republican	George Holding	221,485	56.71
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color; width: 2px;" \|	[[Democratic Party (US)\|Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shortname]]	John P. McNeil	169,082	43.29
Total votes			390,567	100

2018

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

2020

US House election, 2020: North Carolina District 2
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democrat	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

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	District location
Hugh Williamson	style="background:Template:United States political party color" \|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	style="background:Template:United States political party color" \|Anti-Administration	March 4, 1791 – March 3, 1793	2nd	Elected in 1791. Redistricted to the 5th district.	1791–1793"Centre division"
Matthew Locke	style="background:Template:United States political party color" \|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.]
Matthew Locke	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1799	3rd 4th 5th
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]
Willis Alston	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1815	8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th		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.
Hutchins G. Burton	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1823 – March 23, 1824	16th 17th 18th		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	18th	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	22nd	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]
Jesse A. Bynum	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1841	23rd 24th 25th 26th	[Data unknown/missing.]
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	1853–1863[Data unknown/missing.]
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	41st	[Data unknown/missing.]Retired.
Charles Thomas	Republican	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1875	42nd 43rd	[Data unknown/missing.]Lost renomination.
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.]
Tim Valentine	Democratic	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1995	98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd	[Data unknown/missing.]Retired.	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.
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.	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.	2013–2017
George Holding	Republican	January 3, 2017 – January 3, 2021	115th 116th		2017–2021
Deborah Ross	Democratic	January 3, 2021 – Present	117th	Elected in 2020.	2017–2021
Deborah Ross	Democratic	January 3, 2021 – Present	117th	Elected in 2020.	2021-Present

North Carolina's 2nd Congressional District Media

North Carolina's 2nd congressional district (2023–2025)
North Carolina's 2nd congressional district (since 2025)
Archibald Henderson ca. 1822
Hutchins Gordon Burton, 1824 - 1827 From the Barden Collection, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, NC.
Portrait of Daniel Moreau Barringer from Biographical History of North Carolina, Volume I, 1905, page 99
Thomas Ruffin - Brady-Handy

References

↑ Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "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.
↑ "11/05/2002 Official General Election Results - Statewide". North Carolina State Board of Elections. November 15, 2002. Retrieved December 24, 2017.
↑ "11/02/2004 Official General Election Results - Statewide". North Carolina State Board of Elections. November 12, 2004. Retrieved December 24, 2017.
↑ "11/07/2006 Official General Election Results - Statewide". North Carolina State Board of Elections. November 17, 2006. Retrieved December 24, 2017.
↑ "11/04/2008 Official General Election Results - Statewide". North Carolina State Board of Elections. November 14, 2008. Retrieved December 24, 2017.
↑ "11/02/2010 Official General Election Results - Statewide". North Carolina State Board of Elections. November 12, 2010. Retrieved December 24, 2017.
↑ "11/06/2012 Official General Election Results - Statewide". North Carolina State Board of Elections. November 16, 2012. Retrieved December 24, 2017.
↑ "11/04/2014 Official General Election Results - Statewide". North Carolina State Board of Elections. November 25, 2014. Retrieved December 24, 2017.
↑ "11/06/2016 Official General Election Results - Statewide". North Carolina State Board of Elections. December 13, 2016. Retrieved December 24, 2017.
↑ "District 2, North Carolina State Board of Elections & Ethics Enforcement". North Carolina State Board of Elections & Ethics Enforcement. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
↑ ^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.

[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.

[Cook-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.

[cdmaps.polisci.ucla.edu-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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