West Virginia's 2nd congressional district
West Virginia's 2nd congressional district is a congressional district in the state of West Virginia. The congressional district was made on December 7, 1863. The district elects a person to represent the district in the United States House of Representatives. The district is currently represented by Republican Alex Mooney. It includes the capital city of West Virginia, Charleston. The district starts at the Ohio River and ends at the Potomac River.
| West Virginia's 2nd congressional district | |||
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 West Virginia's 2nd congressional district - since January 3, 2013. | |||
| Representative |
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| Population (2019) | 623,039 | ||
| Median income | $52,166[1] | ||
| Ethnicity |
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| Cook PVI | R+17[2] | ||
Election history
| Election results from presidential races | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Office | Results |
| 2000 | President | Bush 54 - 44% |
| 2004 | President | Bush 57 - 42% |
| 2008 | President | McCain 55 - 44% |
| 2012 | President | Romney 60 - 38% |
| 2016 | President | Trump 66 - 29% |
| 2020 | President | Trump 65 - 33% |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Shelley Moore Capito | 108,769 | 48.49 | |||
| Democrat | Jim Humphreys | 103,003 | 45.92 | |||
| Libertarian | John Brown | 12,543 | 5.59 | |||
| Total votes | 224,315 | 100.00 | ||||
| Republican gain from Democrat | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Shelley Moore Capito (incumbent) | 98,276 | 60.04 | |
| Democrat | Jim Humphreys | 65,400 | 39.96 | |
| Total votes | 163,676 | 100.00 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Shelley Moore Capito (incumbent) | 147,676 | 57.46 | |
| Democrat | Erik Wells | 106,131 | 41.29 | |
| [[Mountain Party|Template:Mountain Party/meta/shortname]] | Julian Martin | 3,218 | 1.25 | |
| Total votes | 257,025 | 100.00 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Shelley Moore Capito (incumbent) | 94,110 | 57.18 | |
| Democrat | Mike Callaghan | 70,470 | 42.82 | |
| Total votes | 164,580 | 100.00 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Shelley Moore Capito (incumbent) | 147,334 | 57.07 | |
| Democrat | Anne Barth | 110,819 | 42.92 | |
| Write-ins | 16 | 0.01 | ||
| Total votes | 258,169 | 100.00 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Shelley Moore Capito (incumbent) | 126,814 | 68.46 | |
| Democrat | Virginia Lynch Graf | 55,001 | 29.69 | |
| Constitution | Phil Hudok | 3,431 | 1.85 | |
| Total votes | 185,246 | 100.00 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Shelley Moore Capito (incumbent) | 158,206 | 69.8 | |
| Democrat | Howard Swint | 68,560 | 30.2 | |
| Total votes | 226,766 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Alex X. Mooney | 72,619 | 47.1 | |
| Democrat | Nick Casey | 67,687 | 43.9 | |
| Libertarian | Davy Jones | 7,682 | 5.0 | |
| style="background-color: Template:Independent (United States)/meta/color; width: 2px;" | | [[Independent (United States)|Template:Independent (United States)/meta/shortname]] | Ed Rabel | 6,250 | 4.0 |
| Total votes | 154,238 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Alex Mooney (incumbent) | 140,807 | 58.2 | |
| Democrat | Mark Hunt | 101,207 | 41.8 | |
| Total votes | 242,014 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Alex Mooney (incumbent) | 110,504 | 53.9 | |
| Democrat | Talley Sergent | 88,011 | 43.0 | |
| [[Mountain Party|Template:Mountain Party/meta/shortname]] | Daniel Lutz | 6,277 | 3.1 | |
| Total votes | 204,792 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Alex Mooney (incumbent) | 172,195 | 63.1 | |
| Democrat | Cathy Kunkel | 100,799 | 36.9 | |
| Total votes | 272,994 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
West Virginia's 2nd Congressional District Media
William G. Brown, Sr., US Representative from West Virginia
West Virginia politician George R. Latham.
Illustration from "The Fortieth Congress of the United States: Historical and Biographical" by William Horatio Barnes
West Virginia politician en:James McGrew.
West Virginia politician John Hagans.
Charles J. Faulkner 1806-1884 - Brady-Handy
Martin, Hon. Benjamin Franklin of W.Va.
John B. Hoge, US Representative from West Virginia
William Lyne Wilson
Alston Gordon Dayton in 1896
References
- ↑ "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.