| Nebraska's 2nd congressional district | ||
|---|---|---|
| Current Representative | Lee Terry (R–Omaha) | |
| Distribution | 97.86% urban, 2.14% rural | |
| Population (2000) | 570,421 | |
| Median income | $45,235 | |
| Ethnicity | 82.3% White, 10.2% Black, 1.8% Asian, 6.3% Hispanic, 0.6% Native American, 0.2% other | |
| Cook PVI | R+6 | |
Nebraska's 2nd congressional district encompasses the core of the Omaha metropolitan area. It includes all of Douglas County, which includes Omaha, and the urbanized areas of Sarpy County. In the United States House of Representatives, it is currently represented by Lee Terry, a Republican.
Nebraska and Maine are the only two states in the United States which distribute their electoral votes for president based on presidential candidates' performance in their respective congressional districts in addition to their statewide performance. The statewide popular vote winner for president receives two electoral votes, and the winner of each of Nebraska's congressional districts—there are currently three such districts—receives an electoral vote from the respective district.
While the rest of the state's electorate is heavily aligned towards the Republican Party, the 2nd district—centered as it is on the city of Omaha—is more closely divided between the two main parties—Republican and Democratic.
In the 2008 United States presidential election, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama targeted the district as a strategy of breaking a potential electoral-vote tie.[1] He won the district's electoral vote by a margin of 3,325 votes over his chief general election opponent, Republican John McCain.[2] However, McCain won Nebraska's statewide popular vote, as well as the district-wide popular vote for the other two Nebraska congressional districts, thus receiving four electoral votes from Nebraska.[2]
Obama's victory in the second district meant that Nebraska's electoral delegation was split for the first time ever. It also marked the first Nebraskan electoral vote for a Democrat since 1964.[2]
| Congress | Representative | Party | Years of Service | District Home | Notes |
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| District created | March 4, 1883 | ||||
| 48th | James Laird | Republican | March 4, 1883 - August 17, 1889 | Died | |
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| 51st | |||||
| Gilbert L. Laws | Republican | December 2, 1889 - March 4, 1891 | |||
| 52nd | William A. McKeighan | Populist | March 4, 1891 - March 4, 1893 | Redistricted to the 5th district | |
| 53rd | David Henry Mercer | Republican | March 4, 1893 - March 4, 1903 | ||
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| 58th | Gilbert M. Hitchcock | Democratic | March 4, 1903 - March 4, 1905 | ||
| 59th | John L. Kennedy | Republican | March 4, 1905 - March 4, 1907 | ||
| 60th | Gilbert M. Hitchcock | Democratic | March 4, 1907 - March 4, 1911 | ||
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| 62nd | Charles O. Lobeck | Democratic | March 4, 1911 - March 4, 1919 | ||
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| 66th | Albert W. Jefferis | Republican | March 4, 1919 - March 4, 1923 | ||
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| 68th | Willis G. Sears | Republican | March 4, 1923 - March 4, 1931 | ||
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| 72nd | H. Malcolm Baldrige | Republican | March 4, 1931 - March 4, 1933 | ||
| 73rd | Edward R. Burke | Democratic | March 4, 1933 - January 3, 1935 | ||
| 74th | Charles F. McLaughlin | Democratic | January 3, 1935 - January 3, 1943 | ||
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| 78th | Howard H. Buffett | Republican | January 3, 1943 - January 3, 1949 | ||
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| 81st | Eugene D. O'Sullivan | Democratic | January 3, 1949 - January 3, 1951 | ||
| 82nd | Howard H. Buffett | Republican | January 3, 1951 - January 3, 1953 | ||
| 83rd | Roman L. Hruska | Republican | January 3, 1953 - November 8, 1954 | Resigned after being elected to the US Senate | |
| 84th | Jackson B. Chase | Republican | January 3, 1955 - January 3, 1957 | ||
| 85th | Glenn Cunningham | Republican | January 3, 1957 - January 3, 1971 | ||
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| 92nd | John Y. McCollister | Republican | January 3, 1971 - January 3, 1977 | ||
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| 95th | John Joseph Cavanaugh III | Democratic | January 3, 1977 - January 3, 1981 | ||
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| 97th | Hal Daub, Jr. | Republican | January 3, 1981 - January 3, 1989 | ||
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| 101st | Peter Hoagland | Democratic | January 3, 1989 - January 3, 1995 | ||
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| 104th | Jon L. Christensen | Republican | January 3, 1995 - January 3, 1999 | ||
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| 106th | Lee Terry | Republican | January 3, 1999 – Present | Incumbent | |
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