West Virginia's 2nd congressional district
West Virginia's 2nd congressional district | |||
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Representative |
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Population (2022) | 898,343 | ||
Median household income | $59,773[1] | ||
Ethnicity |
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Cook PVI | R+22[2] |
West Virginia's 2nd congressional district consists of the northern half of the state. It contains Barbour, Berkeley, Brooke, Doddridge, Grant, Hampshire, Hancock, Hardy, Harrison, Jefferson, Lewis, Marion, Marshall, Mineral, Monongalia, Morgan, Ohio, Pleasants, Preston, Randolph, Ritchie, Taylor, Tucker, Tyler, Upshur, Wetzel, and Wood counties.[3]
The district is currently represented by
The legislature placed both the previous 1st district congressman David McKinley and the previous 2nd district congressman Alex Mooney in the new 2nd district, setting up a Republican primary race between Mooney and McKinley.[4] In the Republican Primary held on May 10, 2022, Mooney, who was endorsed by Donald Trump, easily defeated McKinley, who was endorsed by Democrat Joe Manchin 54% to 36%, with three minor candidates receiving the balance. [5] Mooney then easily won the general election.
History
The second district as originally formed in 1863 included Taylor, Marion, Monongalia, Preston, Tucker, Barbour, Upshur, Webster, Pocahontas, Randolph, Pendleton, Hardy, Hampshire, Berkeley, and Morgan counties (Jefferson county's status in the state was still in dispute, and Grant and Mineral counties were still part of other counties, but the modern territory of all was also included). It was essentially the successor of Virginia's 10th congressional district. The district was unchanged for 1882.
In 1902, the district was changed to Monongalia, Preston, Tucker, Taylor, Barbour, Tucker, Randolph, Pendleton, Grant, Hardy, Mineral, Hampshire, Morgan, Berkeley, and Jefferson counties. The district was unchanged for 1916. Taylor was removed for 1934. The district was again unchanged for 1954. In 1962 Upshur, Webster, Pocahontas, and Greenbrier counties were added. In 1972, Lewis, Monroe, Summers, and Fayette were added. In 1982, Barbour was added.
1992 saw the district consist of Berkeley, Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Glimer, Hampshire, Hardy, Jackson, Jefferson, Kanawha, Lewis, Mason, Morgan, Nicholas, Pendleton, Putnam, Randolph, Roane, Upshur, and Wirt counties. In 2002, Gilmer and Nicholas were removed and for the election cycle beginning in 2012, Mason was removed.[6]
Responding to the 2020 census, the district was reconstituted to contain Barbour, Berkeley, Brooke, Doddridge, Grant, Hampshire, Hancock, Hardy, Harrison, Jefferson, Lewis, Marion, Marshall, Mineral, Monongalia, Morgan, Ohio, Pleasants, Preston, Randolph, Ritchie, Taylor, Tucker, Tyler, Upshur, Wetzel, and Wood.[7]
Election results from statewide races
Election results from statewide races | ||
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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% |
Governor | Justice 48 - 43% | |
2018 | Senate | Manchin 50 - 46% |
2020 | President | Trump 65 - 33% |
Senate | Capito 69 - 29% | |
Governor | Justice 59 - 33% |
List of members representing the district
Member | Party | Dates | Cong ress |
Electoral history |
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District established December 7, 1863 | ||||
William G. Brown Sr. (Kingwood) |
Unconditional Unionist | December 7, 1863 – March 3, 1865 |
38th | Elected in 1863 .Retired. |
George R. Latham (Grafton) |
Unconditional Unionist | March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867 |
39th | Elected in 1864 .Retired. |
Bethuel Kitchen (Martinsburg) |
Republican | March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1869 |
40th | Elected in 1866 .Retired. |
James McGrew (Kingwood) |
Republican | March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1873 |
41st 42nd |
Re-elected in 1870 .Retired. |
John Hagans (Morgantown) |
Republican | March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875 |
43rd | Elected in 1872. .
Lost re-election as an Independent |
Charles J. Faulkner (Martinsburg) |
Democratic | March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877 |
44th | run for U.S. senator .
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Benjamin F. Martin (Pruntytown) |
Democratic | March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1881 |
45th 46th |
Re-elected in 1878 .Lost renomination. |
John B. Hoge (Martinsburg) |
Democratic | March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883 |
47th | Elected in 1880 .Retired. |
William Lyne Wilson (Charles Town) |
Democratic | March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1895 |
48th 49th 50th 51st 52nd 53rd |
Re-elected in 1892 .Lost re-election. |
Alston G. Dayton (Philippi) |
Republican | March 4, 1895 – March 16, 1905 |
54th 55th 56th 57th 58th 59th |
Re-elected in 1904.
Resigned when appointed as a judge of US District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia |
Vacant | March 16, 1905 – June 6, 1905 |
59th | ||
Thomas Beall Davis )
(Keyser |
Democratic | June 6, 1905 – March 3, 1907 |
Elected to finish Dayton's term .Retired. | |
George Cookman Sturgiss )
(Morgantown |
Republican | March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1911 |
60th 61st |
Re-elected in 1908 .Lost re-election. |
William Gay Brown Jr. )
(Kingwood |
Democratic | March 4, 1911 – March 9, 1916 |
62nd 63rd 64th |
Re-elected in 1914 .Died. |
Vacant | March 9, 1916 – May 9, 1916 |
64th | ||
George Meade Bowers (Martinsburg) |
Republican | May 9, 1916 – March 3, 1923 |
64th 65th 66th 67th |
Re-elected in 1920 .Lost re-election. |
Robert E. Lee Allen (Morgantown) |
Democratic | March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1925 |
68th | Elected in 1922 .Lost re-election. |
Frank Llewellyn Bowman (Morgantown) |
Republican | March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1933 |
69th 70th 71st 72nd |
Re-elected in 1930 .Lost re-election. |
Jennings Randolph (Elkins) |
Democratic | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1947 |
73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th 78th 79th |
Re-elected in 1944 .Lost re-election. |
Melvin C. Snyder (Kingwood) |
Republican | January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949 |
80th | Elected in 1946 .Lost re-election. |
Harley Orrin Staggers (Keyser) |
Democratic | January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1981 |
81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th |
Re-elected in 1978 .Retired. |
Cleve Benedict (Lewisburg) |
Republican | January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1983 |
97th | Elected in 1980. .
Retired to run for U.S. senator |
Harley O. Staggers Jr. (Keyser) |
Democratic | January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993 |
98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd |
and lost renomination. |
Bob Wise (Clendenin) |
Democratic | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2001 |
103rd 104th 105th 106th |
Redistricted from the re-elected in 1992. .
Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Retired to run for Governor of West Virginia |
Shelley Moore Capito (Charleston) |
Republican | January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2015 |
107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th |
Elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Retired to run for U.S. senator. |
Alex Mooney (Charles Town) |
Republican | January 3, 2015 – present |
114th 115th 116th 117th 118th |
Elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. Retiring at end of term to run for U.S. senator. |
Recent election results
2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Republican | Shelley Moore Capito | 108,769 | 48.49 | |||
Democratic | Jim Humphreys | 103,003 | 45.92 | |||
Libertarian | John Brown | 12,543 | 5.59 | |||
Total votes | 224,315 | 100.00 | ||||
Republican gain from Democratic |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Shelley Moore Capito (incumbent) | 98,276 | 60.04 | |
Democratic | Jim Humphreys | 65,400 | 39.96 | |
Total votes | 163,676 | 100.00 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Shelley Moore Capito (incumbent) | 147,676 | 57.46 | |
Democratic | Erik Wells | 106,131 | 41.29 | |
Mountain | Julian Martin | 3,218 | 1.25 | |
Total votes | 257,025 | 100.00 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Shelley Moore Capito (incumbent) | 94,110 | 57.18 | |
Democratic | Mike Callaghan | 70,470 | 42.82 | |
Total votes | 164,580 | 100.00 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Shelley Moore Capito (incumbent) | 147,334 | 57.07 | |
Democratic | Anne Barth
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110,819 | 42.92 | |
Write-ins | 16 | 0.01 | ||
Total votes | 258,169 | 100.00 | ||
Republican hold |
2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Shelley Moore Capito (incumbent) | 126,814 | 68.46 | |
Democratic | 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 | % | |
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Republican | Shelley Moore Capito (incumbent) | 158,206 | 69.8 | |
Democratic | Howard Swint | 68,560 | 30.2 | |
Total votes | 226,766 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Alex X. Mooney
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72,619 | 47.1 | |
Democratic | Nick Casey | 67,687 | 43.9 | |
Libertarian | Davy Jones | 7,682 | 5.0 | |
Independent
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Ed Rabel | 6,250 | 4.0 | |
Total votes | 154,238 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Alex Mooney (incumbent) | 140,807 | 58.2 | |
Democratic | Mark Hunt | 101,207 | 41.8 | |
Total votes | 242,014 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Alex Mooney (incumbent) | 110,504 | 53.9 | |
Democratic | Talley Sergent | 88,011 | 43.0 | |
Mountain | Daniel Lutz | 6,277 | 3.1 | |
Total votes | 204,792 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
2020s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Alex Mooney (incumbent) | 172,195 | 63.1 | |
Democratic | Cathy Kunkel | 100,799 | 36.9 | |
Total votes | 272,994 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Alex Mooney (incumbent) | 160,493 | 65.6 | |
Democratic | Barry Lee Wendell | 84,278 | 34.4 | |
Total votes | 244,771 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Historical district boundaries
See also
References
- Specific
- ^ "My Congressional District".
- ^ "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
- ^ "Bill Status - Complete Bill History".
- ^ "West Virginia lawmakers settle on a north-south congressional map, opening up McKinley vs Mooney". October 14, 2021.
- ^ "Mooney wallops McKinley in rare matchup of congressional incumbents". May 11, 2022.
- ^ West Virginia Blue Book (pp 535, 2012 edition)
- ^ "Bill Status - Complete Bill History".
- General
- 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