Florida's 2nd congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Florida. The district consists of the eastern part of the Florida Panhandle along with much of the Big Bend region along the Emerald Coast. It straddles both the Eastern and Central time zones. It includes 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.
| Florida's 2nd congressional district | |
|---|---|
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023 | |
| Representative | |
| Area | 12,871[1] sq mi (33,340 km2) |
| Distribution |
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| Population (2023) | 799,012[3] |
| Median household income | $63,306[4] |
| Ethnicity |
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| Cook PVI | R+8[5] |
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Characteristics
editFlorida's 2nd Congressional District is the largest congressional district in Florida by land area and consists of all of Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Madison, Taylor, Wakulla, and Washington counties, as well as portions of Walton 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
editThis section needs to be updated. (October 2013) |
| Election results from statewide races | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Office | Results |
| 1992 | President | Clinton 42.5 - 37.8% |
| Senator | Graham 70.7 - 29.3% | |
| 1994 | Senator | Mack 68.6 - 31.4% |
| Governor | Chiles 55.9 - 44.1% | |
| 1996 | President | Clinton 47.9 - 41.5% |
| 1998 | Senator | Graham 70.9 - 29.1% |
| Governor | Bush 52.5 - 47.5% | |
| 2000 | President | Bush 49.2 - 48.4% |
| 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% |
| Senate | Rubio 65.8 - 30.5% | |
| 2020 | President | Trump 67.0 - 32.0% |
Voter registration
edit| Voter Registration and Party Enrollment as of February 20, 2024[9] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Voters | Percentage | |
| Republican | 218,080 | 42.98% | |
| Democratic | 187,805 | 37.01% | |
| No Party Affiliation | 84,548 | 17.90% | |
Composition
edit| # | County | Seat | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Bay | Panama City | 190,769 |
| 13 | Calhoun | Blountstown | 13,470 |
| 37 | Franklin | Apalachicola | 12,594 |
| 39 | Gadsden | Quincy | 43,833 |
| 45 | Gulf | Port St. Joe | 15,693 |
| 59 | Holmes | Bonifay | 19,944 |
| 63 | Jackson | Marianna | 48,622 |
| 65 | Jefferson | Monticello | 15,450 |
| 73 | Leon | Tallahassee | 296,913 |
| 77 | Liberty | Bristol | 7,706 |
| 79 | Madison | Madison | 18,519 |
| 123 | Taylor | Perry | 21,682 |
| 129 | Wakulla | Crawfordville | 36,449 |
| 131 | Walton | DeFuniak Springs | 86,354 |
| 133 | Washington | Chipley | 25,602 |
Cities with 10,000 or more people
edit- Tallahassee – 196,169
- Panama City – 32,939
- Bradfordville – 19,183
- Lynn Haven – 18,695
- Panama City Beach – 18,094
- Upper Grand Lagoon – 15,778
- Callaway – 13,045
2,500-10,000 people
edit- Springfield – 8,075
- Quincy – 7,970
- Perry – 7,059
- Marianna – 6,245
- DeFuniak Springs – 5,919
- Crawfordville – 4,853
- Lower Grand Lagoon – 4,398
- Laguna Beach – 4,330
- Woodville – 4,097
- Chipley – 3,660
- Midway – 3,537
- Port St. Joe – 3,357
- Cedar Grove – 3,148
- Chattahoochee – 2,955
- Madison – 2,912
- Pretty Bayou – 2,911
- Bonifay – 2,759
- Eastpoint – 2,614
- Carrabelle – 2,606
- Monticello – 2,589
List of members representing the district
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Election results
edit2002
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Allen Boyd* | 152,164 | 67% | |
| Republican | Tom McGurk | 75,275 | 33% | |
| Total votes | 227,439 | 100% | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratic hold | ||||
2004
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Allen Boyd* | 201,577 | 62% | |
| Republican | Bev Kilmer | 125,399 | 38% | |
| Total votes | 326,976 | 100% | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratic hold | ||||
2006
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Allen Boyd* | 100% | ||
| Total votes | 100% | |||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratic hold | ||||
2008
edit| 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 | ||||
| Democratic hold | ||||
2010
edit| 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 | ||||||
| Republican gain from Democratic | ||||||
2012
edit| 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 | ||||
| Republican hold | ||||
2014
edit| 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
edit| 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 | ||||||
| Republican gain from Democratic | ||||||
2018
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Neal Dunn (Incumbent) | 199,335 | 67.4% | |
| Democratic | Bob Rackleff | 96,233 | 32.6% | |
| Total votes | 295,568 | 100% | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republican hold | ||||
2020
edit| 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
edit| 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
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2013–2017 -
2017–2023
References
edit- 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
edit- ^ "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. July 12, 2022. 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 May 1, 2024.
- ^ "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".