Florida's 2nd congressional district

Florida's 2nd congressional district
Florida's 2nd congressional district
	Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative
	Neal Dunn; R–Panama City
Area	12,871 sq mi (33,340 km2)
Distribution	51.34% urban; 48.66% rural;
Population (2022)	792,422
Median household; income	$57,516
Ethnicity	63.3% White; 22.5% Black; 7.1% Hispanic; 4.2% Two or more races; 2.1% Asian; 0.8% other;
Cook PVI	R+8

Florida's 2nd congressional district is a

Tallahassee, the state capital, and Panama City. With 49% of its residents living in rural areas, it is the least urbanized district in the state, and voters are generally conservative. The district is represented by Republican Neal Dunn

of Panama City.

Characteristics

Florida's 2nd Congressional District is the largest congressional district in Florida by land area and consists of all of Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gulf, Jackson, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Taylor, Wakulla, Washington counties, portions of Holmes and Lafayette.

Most of the territory now in the 2nd was the 9th District from 1963 to 1983; it has been the 2nd since 1983. For most of its existence, the 2nd and its predecessors were centered in Tallahassee, the state capital and county seat of Leon County. While the adjacent 1st and 3rd congressional districts had become the most conservative districts in the state by the 1990s, the 2nd District was historically more of a swing district. With a large population of students, government workers and university faculty, Tallahassee was far more liberal than the rest of the district. Democrat Barack Obama received 62 percent of the Leon County vote in the 2008 presidential election, but Republican John McCain received 54 percent of the 2nd district's vote overall.^[6] The district had become somewhat friendlier to Republicans when conservative-leaning Panama City was shifted from the 1st District.

The district was significantly redrawn in a court-ordered redistricting that took effect for the 2016 election, following a lawsuit that challenged the district as gerrymandered, preventing African Americans from being able to elect representatives of their choice although they comprised a significant part of the population in the state. Under the new map, most of Tallahassee, along with nearly all of the 2nd's black residents, were drawn into the 5th District.

To make up for the loss in population, the 2nd was shifted slightly to the south to take in territory previously in the nearby 3rd and 11th districts. On paper, the new 2nd was more than 12 points more Republican than its predecessor. Mitt Romney had carried the old 2nd in 2012 although he received only 52 percent of the vote.^[7] By comparison, Romney would have carried the new 2nd with 64 percent of the vote in 2012, making it on paper the third-most Republican district in the state.^[8]

Voting

Election results from statewide races
Year	Office	Results
1992	President	Clinton 42.5 - 37.8%
1992	Senator	Graham 70.7 - 29.3%
1994	Senator	Mack 68.6 - 31.4%
1994	Governor	Chiles 55.9 - 44.1%
1996	President	Clinton 47.9 - 41.5%
1998	Senator	Graham 70.9 - 29.1%
1998	Governor	Bush 52.5 - 47.5%
2000	President	Bush 49.2 - 48.4%
2000	Senator	Nelson 56.7 - 43.3%
2004	President	Bush 54 - 46%
2008	President	McCain 54 - 45%
2012	President	Romney 52 - 47%
2016	President	Trump 66.2 - 30.6%
2016	Senate	Rubio 65.8 - 30.5%
2020	President	Trump 67.0 - 32.0%

Voter registration

Voter Registration and Party Enrollment as of February 18, 2020^[9]
Party		Voters	Percentage
	Republican	226,442	46.79%
	Democratic	167,715	34.66%
	No Party Affiliation	84,548	17.47%

List of members representing the district

Representative	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history
District created March 4, 1875
Josiah T. Walls (Gainesville)	Republican	March 4, 1875 – April 19, 1876	44th	Redistricted from the at-large district. Lost contested election
Jesse J. Finley (Jacksonville)	Democratic	April 19, 1876 – March 3, 1877	44th	Won contested election. [data missing]
Horatio Bisbee Jr. (Jacksonville)	Republican	March 4, 1877 – February 20, 1879	45th	Lost contested election.
Jesse J. Finley (Jacksonville)	Democratic	February 20, 1879 – March 3, 1879	45th	Won contested election. [data missing]
Noble A. Hull (Sanford)	Democratic	March 4, 1879 – January 22, 1881	46th	Lost contested election
Horatio Bisbee Jr. (Jacksonville)	Republican	January 22, 1881 – March 3, 1881	46th	Won contested election. [data missing]
Jesse J. Finley (Jacksonville)	Democratic	March 4, 1881 – June 1, 1882	47th	Lost contested election
Horatio Bisbee Jr. (Jacksonville)	Republican	June 1, 1882 – March 3, 1885	47th 48th	Won contested election. Re-elected in 1882. [data missing]
Charles Dougherty (Port Orange )	Democratic	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1889	49th 50th	Elected in 1884. Re-elected in 1886. [data missing]
Robert Bullock (Ocala)	Democratic	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1893	51st 52nd	Elected in 1888. Re-elected in 1890. [data missing]
Charles M. Cooper (Jacksonville)	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1897	53rd 54th	Elected in 1892. Re-elected in 1894. [data missing]
Robert W. Davis (Palatka)	Democratic	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1905	55th 56th 57th 58th	Re-elected in 1902. [data missing ]
Frank Clark (Gainesville)	Democratic	March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1925	59th 60th 61st 62nd 63rd 64th 65th 66th 67th 68th	Re-elected in 1922. [data missing ]
Robert A. Green (Starke)	Democratic	March 4, 1925 – January 3, 1943	69th 70th 71st 72nd 73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th	Re-elected in 1940. Redistricted to the at-large district .
Emory H. Price (Jacksonville)	Democratic	January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1949	78th 79th 80th	Re-elected in 1946. [data missing ]
Charles E. Bennett (Jacksonville )	Democratic	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1967	81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th	Re-elected in 1964. Redistricted to the 3rd district .
Don Fuqua (Altha)	Democratic	January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1987	90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th	Re-elected in 1984. [data missing ]
James W. Grant (Madison)	Democratic	January 3, 1987 – February 21, 1989	100th 101st	Re-elected in 1988 . Lost re-election.
James W. Grant (Madison)	Republican	February 21, 1989 – January 3, 1991	101st	Re-elected in 1988 . Lost re-election.
Pete Peterson (Marianna)	Democratic	January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1997	102nd 103rd 104th	Re-elected in 1994 . Retired.
Allen Boyd (Monticello)	Democratic	January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2011	105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th	Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008 . Lost re-election.
Steve Southerland (Panama City )	Republican	January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2015	112th 113th	Elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Lost re-election.
Gwen Graham (Tallahassee)	Democratic	January 3, 2015 – January 3, 2017	114th	Elected in 2014. Retired.
Neal Dunn (Panama City)	Republican	January 3, 2017 – present	115th 116th 117th 118th	Elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022.

Election results

2002

Florida's 2nd Congressional District Election (2002)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Allen Boyd*	152,164	67%
	Republican	Tom McGurk	75,275	33%
Total votes			227,439	100%
Turnout			{{{votes}}}
	Democratic hold

2004

Florida's 2nd Congressional District Election (2004)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Allen Boyd*	201,577	62%
	Republican	Bev Kilmer	125,399	38%
Total votes			326,976	100%
Turnout			{{{votes}}}
	Democratic hold

2006

Florida's 2nd Congressional District Election (2006)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Allen Boyd*		100%
Total votes				100%
Turnout			{{{votes}}}
	Democratic hold

2008

Florida's 2nd Congressional District Election (2008)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Allen Boyd*	216,804	62%
	Republican	Mark Mulligan	133,404	38%
	No party	Others	159	0.05
Total votes			350,367	100%
Turnout			{{{votes}}}
	Democratic hold

2010

Florida's 2nd Congressional District Election (2010)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steve Southerland	136,371	54%
	Democratic	Allen Boyd*	105,211	41%
	Independent	Paul Crandall McKain	7,135	3%
	Independent	Dianne J. Berryhill	5,705	2%
	No party	Others	16	0
Total votes			254,438	100%
Turnout			{{{votes}}}
	Republican gain from Democratic

2012

Florida's 2nd Congressional District Election (2012)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steve Southerland*	175,856	53%
	Democratic	Alfred Lawson, Jr.	157,634	47%
	No party	Floyd Patrick Miller	228	0.01
Total votes			333,718	100%
Turnout			{{{votes}}}
	Republican hold

2014

Florida's 2nd Congressional District Election, (2014)^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gwen Graham	126,096	50.5%
	Republican	Steve Southerland*	123,262	49.3%
	Write-in	Luther Lee	422	0.2%
Total votes			249,780	100%
	Democratic gain from Republican

2016

Florida's 2nd Congressional District Election (2016)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Neal Dunn	231,163	67%
	Democratic	Walter Dartland	102,801	30%
	Libertarian	Rob Lapham	9,395	3%
	No party	Others	3	0
Total votes			343,362	100%
Turnout			{{{votes}}}
	Republican gain from Democratic

2018

Florida's 2nd Congressional District Election (2018)^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Neal Dunn (Incumbent)	199,335	67.4%
	Democratic	Bob Rackleff	96,233	32.6%
Total votes			295,568	100%
Turnout			{{{votes}}}
	Republican hold

2020

2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Neal Dunn (incumbent)	305,337	97.86%
	Independent	Kim O'Connor (write-in)	6,662	2.14%
Total votes			311,999	100.0
	Republican hold

2022

2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Neal Dunn (incumbent)	180,236	59.8%
	Democratic	Al Lawson (incumbent)	121,153	40.2%
Total votes			301,389	100.0
	Republican hold

Historical district boundaries

2003–2013
2013–2017
2017–2023

References

Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

Notes

^ "Congressional Plan--SC14-1905 (Ordered by The Florida Supreme Court, 2-December-2015)" (PDF). Florida Senate Committee on Reapportionment. Retrieved January 11, 2017.
^ "Congressional Districts Relationship Files (state-based)". www.census.gov. US Census Bureau Geography.
^ "My Congressional District". www.census.gov. Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau.
^ "My Congressional District".
^ "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
^ "2008 Florida: Presidential County Results". The New York Times.
^ "Daily Kos Elections 2008 & 2012 presidential election results for congressional districts used in 2012 & 2014 elections". google.com.
^ "Florida election results by 2016 congressional districts". google.com.
^ "Bookclosing Reports - Regular - Division of Elections - Florida Department of State". dos.myflorida.com. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
^ "November 4, 2014 General Election Official Results". Florida Department of State Division of Elections. Archived from the original on January 24, 2015. Retrieved January 1, 2015.
^ "Florida's 2nd Congressional District election, 2018".

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[1] "Congressional Plan--SC14-1905 (Ordered by The Florida Supreme Court, 2-December-2015)" (PDF). Florida Senate Committee on Reapportionment. Retrieved January 11, 2017.

[2] "Congressional Districts Relationship Files (state-based)". www.census.gov. US Census Bureau Geography.

[3] "My Congressional District". www.census.gov. Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau.

[4] "My Congressional District".

[Cook-5] "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 10, 2023.

[6] "2008 Florida: Presidential County Results". The New York Times.

[7] "Daily Kos Elections 2008 & 2012 presidential election results for congressional districts used in 2012 & 2014 elections". google.com.

[8] "Florida election results by 2016 congressional districts". google.com.

[9] "Bookclosing Reports - Regular - Division of Elections - Florida Department of State". dos.myflorida.com. Retrieved April 29, 2020.

[FL-RESULTS-10] "November 4, 2014 General Election Official Results". Florida Department of State Division of Elections. Archived from the original on January 24, 2015. Retrieved January 1, 2015.

[11] "Florida's 2nd Congressional District election, 2018".

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