Virginia's 2nd congressional district

Virginia's 2nd congressional district
Virginia's 2nd congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Current Representative		Scott Rigell (R–Virginia Beach)
Population (2000)	643,510
Median income	$44,193
Ethnicity	69.2% White, 21.8% Black, 4.1% Asian, 4.4% Hispanic, 0.4% Native American, 0.6% other
Cook PVI	R+2^[1]

Virginia's second congressional district is a U.S. congressional district in the Commonwealth of Virginia. It encompasses all of Accomack and Northampton Counties and the City of Virginia Beach and parts of the cities of Norfolk and Hampton. Republican Scott Rigell defeated Democrat Glenn Nye in the November 2, 2010 election, and took his seat January 3, 2011. It is currently considered one of the most competitive congressional districts in Virginia.

Statewide races

Year	Office	Results
1996	U.S. President	Dole 48 - 44%^[2]
1996	U.S. Senator	Warner 57 - 43%^[2]
1997	Governor	Gilmore 56 - 42%^[3]
	Lieutenant Governor	Hager 52 - 41%^[3]
	Attorney General	Earley 63 - 37%^[3]
2000	U.S. President	Bush 53 - 45%^[4]
2000	U.S. Senator	Allen 51 - 49%^[4]
2001	Governor	Earley 50 - 50%^[5]
	Lieutenant Governor	Katzen 52 - 47%^[5]
	Attorney General	Kilgore 64 - 36%^[5]
2002	U.S. Senator	Warner 84 - 9%^[6]
2004	U.S. President	Bush 58 - 42%^[7]
2005	Governor	Kaine 50 - 47%^[8]
	Lieutenant Governor	Bolling 54 - 45%^[8]
	Attorney General	McDonnell 55 - 44%^[8]
2006	Senate	Allen 51 - 48%^[9]
2008	U.S. President	Obama 50 - 48%^[10]
2008	Senate	Warner 65 - 34%^[10]
2009	Governor	McDonnell 62 - 38%^[11]
	Lieutenant Governor	Bolling 56 - 44%^[12]
	Attorney General	Cuccinelli 60 - 40%^[12]
2012	U.S. President	Obama 50 - 48%^[13]
2012	Senate	Kaine 52 - 48%^[13]

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Years	Electoral history
John Brown	Anti-Administration	March 4, 1789 – June 1, 1792	Resigned
Vacant		June 2, 1792 – March 4, 1793
Andrew Moore	Anti-Administration	March 4, 1793 – March 4, 1795	Lost re-election
Andrew Moore	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1795 – March 4, 1797	Lost re-election
David Holmes	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1797 – March 4, 1803	Redistricted to the 4th district
James Stephenson	Federalist	March 4, 1803 – March 4, 1805	Lost re-election
John Morrow	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1805 – March 4, 1809	Lost re-election
James Stephenson	Federalist	March 4, 1809 – March 4, 1811	Lost re-election
John Baker	Federalist	March 4, 1811 – March 4, 1813	Lost re-election
Francis White	Federalist	March 4, 1813 – March 4, 1815	Lost re-election
Magnus Tate	Federalist	March 4, 1815 – March 4, 1817	Retired
Edward Colston	Federalist	March 4, 1817 – March 4, 1819	Lost re-election
Thomas Van Swearingen	Federalist	March 4, 1819 – August 19, 1822	Died
Vacant		August 19, 1822 – October 28, 1822
James Stephenson	Federalist	October 28, 1822 – March 4, 1823	Retired
Arthur Smith	Crawford Republican	March 4, 1823 – March 4, 1825	Retired
James Trezvant	Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 4, 1831	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John Y. Mason	Jacksonian	March 4, 1831 – January 11, 1837	Resigned
Vacant		January 12, 1837 – March 4, 1837
Francis E. Rives	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 4, 1841	Retired
George B. Cary	Democratic	March 4, 1841 – March 4, 1843	Retired
George C. Dromgoole	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – April 27, 1847	Died
Vacant		April 27, 1847 – August 5, 1847
Richard K. Meade	Democratic	August 5, 1847 – March 4, 1853	Lost re-election
John S. Millson	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1861	Retired
Vacant		March 4, 1861 – January 26, 1870	Civil War
James H. Platt, Jr.	Republican	January 27, 1870 – March 4, 1875	Lost re-election
John Goode, Jr.	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 4, 1881	Lost re-election
John F. Dezendorf	Republican	March 4, 1881 – March 4, 1883	Retired
Harry Libbey	Readjuster	March 4, 1883 – March 4, 1885	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Harry Libbey	Republican	March 4, 1885 – March 4, 1887	Lost re-election
George E. Bowden	Republican	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1891	Lost re-election
John W. Lawson	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 4, 1893	Retired
D. Gardiner Tyler	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1897	Lost re-election
William A. Young	Democratic	March 4, 1897 – April 26, 1898	Election invalidated
Richard A. Wise	Republican	April 26, 1898 – March 4, 1899	Lost re-election
William A. Young	Democratic	March 4, 1899 – March 12, 1900	Election invalidated
Richard A. Wise	Republican	March 12, 1900 – December 21, 1900	Died
Vacant		December 21, 1900 – March 3, 1901
Harry L. Maynard	Democratic	March 4, 1901 – March 4, 1911	Lost re-election
Edward E. Holland	Democratic	March 4, 1911 – March 4, 1921	Retired
Joseph T. Deal	Democratic	March 4, 1921 – March 4, 1929	Lost re-election
Menalcus Lankford	Republican	March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1933	Lost re-election
District eliminated March 4, 1933
District recreated: January 3, 1935
Colgate W. Darden, Jr.	Democratic	January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1937	Lost re-election
Norman R. Hamilton	Democratic	January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939	Lost re-election
Colgate W. Darden, Jr.	Democratic	January 3, 1939 – March 1, 1941	Ran for Governor of Virginia
Vacant		March 1, 1941 – April 8, 1941
Winder R. Harris	Democratic	April 8, 1941 – September 15, 1944	Resigned
Vacant		September 15, 1944 – November 7, 1944
Ralph H. Daughton	Democratic	November 7, 1944 – January 3, 1947	Lost re-election
Porter Hardy, Jr.	Democratic	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1969	Retired
G. William Whitehurst	Republican	January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1987	Retired
Owen B. Pickett	Democratic	January 3, 1987 – January 3, 2001	Retired
Edward L. Schrock	Republican	January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2005	Retired
Thelma D. Drake	Republican	January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2009	Lost re-election
Glenn C. Nye III	Democratic	January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2011	Lost re-election
Scott Rigell	Republican	January 3, 2011 – present	First elected in 2010

Election results

1980 election

Virginia's 2nd Congressional District election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	G. William Whitehurst (inc.)	97,319	89.84
	Independent	Kenneth P. Morrison	11,003	10.16
	Write-in		6	0.01
Total votes			108,328	100
	Republican hold

1982 election

Virginia's 2nd Congressional District election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	G. William Whitehurst (inc.)	78,108	99.88
	Write-in		97	0.12
Total votes			78,205	100
	Republican hold

1984 election

Virginia's 2nd Congressional District election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	G. William Whitehurst (inc.)	136,632	99.81
	Write-in		256	0.19
Total votes			136,888	100
	Republican hold

1986 election

Virginia's 2nd Congressional District election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Owen B. Pickett	54,491	49.46
	Republican	A. J. "Joe" Canada	46,137	41.88
	Independent	Stephen P. Shao	9,492	8.62
	Write-in		49	0.04
Total votes			110,169	100
	Democratic gain from Republican

1988 election

Virginia's 2nd Congressional District election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Owen B. Pickett (inc.)	106,666	60.53
	Republican	Jerry R. Curry	62,564	35.51
	Independent	Stephen P. Shao	4,255	2.41
	Independent	Robert A. Smith	2,691	1.53
	Write-in		32	0.02
Total votes			176,208	100
	Democratic hold

1990 election

Virginia's 2nd Congressional District election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Owen B. Pickett (inc.)	55,179	74.95
	Independent	Harry G. Broskie	15,915	21.62
	Write-in		2,524	3.43
Total votes			73,618	100
	Democratic hold

1992 election

Virginia's 2nd Congressional District election, 1992
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Owen B. Pickett (inc.)	99,253	56.03
	Republican	J. L. Chapman IV	77,797	43.92
	Write-in		83	0.05
Total votes			177,133	100
	Democratic hold

1994 election

Virginia's 2nd Congressional District election, 1994
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Owen B. Pickett (inc.)	81,372	59.05
	Republican	J. L. Chapman IV	56,375	40.91
	Write-in		55	0.04
Total votes			137,802	100
	Democratic hold

1996 election

Virginia's 2nd Congressional District election, 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Owen B. Pickett (inc.)	106,215	64.77
	Republican	John F. Tate	57,586	35.11
	Write-in		195	0.12
Total votes			163,996	100
	Democratic hold

1998 election

Virginia's 2nd Congressional District election, 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Owen B. Pickett (inc.)	67,975	94.29
	Write-in		4,116	5.71
Total votes			72,091	100
	Democratic hold

2000 election

Virginia's 2nd Congressional District election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Edward L. Schrock	97,856	51.96
	Democratic	Jody M. Wagner	90,328	47.96
	Write-in		145	0.08
Total votes			188,329	100
	Republican gain from Democratic

2002 election

Virginia's 2nd Congressional District election, 2002
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Edward L. Schrock (inc.)	103,807	83.15
	Green	D. C. Amarasinghe	20,589	16.49
	Write-in		450	0.36
Total votes			124,846	100
	Republican hold

2004 election

Virginia's 2nd Congressional District election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Thelma D. Drake	132,946	55.08
	Democratic	David B. Ashe	108,180	44.82
	Write-in		254	0.11
Total votes			241,380	100
	Republican hold

2006 election

Virginia's 2nd Congressional District election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Thelma D. Drake (inc.)	88,777	51.27
	Democratic	Phil Kellam	83,901	48.45
	Write-in		481	0.28
Total votes			173,159	100
	Republican hold

2008 election

Virginia's 2nd Congressional District election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Glenn Nye	141,857	52.40
	Republican	Thelma D. Drake (inc.)	128,486	47.46
	Write-in		368	0.14
Total votes			270,711	100
	Democratic gain from Republican

2010 election

Virginia's 2nd Congressional District election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	E. Scott Rigell	88,340	53.12
	Democratic	Glenn Nye (inc.)	70,591	42.45
	Independent	Kenny E. Golden	7,194	4.33
	Write-in		164	0.10
Total votes			166,289	100
	Republican gain from Democratic

2012 election

Virginia's 2nd Congressional District election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	E. Scott Rigell (inc.)	166,231	53.76
	Democratic	Paul O. Hirschbiel, Jr.	142,548	46.10
	Write-in		443	0.14
Total votes			309,222	100
	Republican hold

2014 election

Virginia's 2nd Congressional District election, 2014 ^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	E. Scott Rigell (inc.)	101,558	58.68
	Democratic	Suzanne Patrick	71,178	41.13
	Write-in		324	0.19
Total votes			173,060	100
	Republican hold

Historical district boundaries

2003 - 2013

References

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↑ 4.0 4.1 "November 7th - General Election". Virginia State Board of Elections. November 20, 2000. Retrieved December 21, 2012.
↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Official Results: Governor". Virginia State Board of Elections. Retrieved December 21, 2012.
↑ "Official Results: Senate". Virginia State Board of Elections. Retrieved December 21, 2012.
↑ "November 2nd - General Election Official Results". Virginia State Board of Elections. Retrieved December 21, 2012.
↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 "November 2005 Official Results". Virginia State Board of Elections. Retrieved July 6, 2013.
↑ "November 2006 Official Results". Virginia State Board of Elections. Retrieved July 6, 2013.
↑ 10.0 10.1 "November 2008 Official Results". Virginia State Board of Elections. Retrieved December 21, 2012.
↑ "November 2009 Official Results". Virginia State Board of Elections. Retrieved July 6, 2013.
↑ 12.0 12.1 "November 2009 Official Results". Virginia State Board of Elections. Retrieved July 6, 2013.
↑ 13.0 13.1 "November 2012 Official Results". Virginia State Board of Elections. Retrieved July 6, 2013.
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