Missouri's 2nd congressional district

Missouri's 2nd congressional district
Missouri's 2nd congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Current Representative	Ann Wagner (R–Ballwin)
Cook PVI	R+8^[1]

Missouri's second congressional district is in the eastern portion of the state, primarily consisting of the suburbs south and west of St. Louis, including Arnold, Town and Country, Wildwood, Chesterfield, and Oakville.^[2] The district includes portions of St. Louis, Jefferson and St. Charles counties. ^[3] Following redistricting in 2010, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that the district now included more Democratic-leaning voters than it had its 2001-2010 boundaries, but still leaned Republican as a whole.^[4] The latest U.S. Census Electorate Profile for Congressional District 2 estimates there are 581,131 citizens of voting age living in 293,984 households.^[5]

Its current representative is Republican Ann Wagner.

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Years	Notes
District created March 4, 1847
John Jameson	Democratic	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849
William Van Ness Bay	Democratic	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851
Gilchrist Porter	Whig	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853
Alfred W. Lamb	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855
Gilchrist Porter	Opposition	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857
Thomas L. Anderson	Know Nothing	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859
Thomas L. Anderson	Independent Democrat	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861
James S. Rollins	Constitutional Union	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863	Redistricted to the 9th district
Henry T. Blow	Unconditional Unionist	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865
Henry T. Blow	Republican	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867
Carman A. Newcomb	Republican	March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1869
Gustavus A. Finkelnburg	Republican	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871
Gustavus A. Finkelnburg	Liberal Republican	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873
Erastus Wells	Democratic	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1877	Redistricted from the 1st district
Nathan Cole	Republican	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879
Erastus Wells	Democratic	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881
Thomas Allen	Democratic	March 4, 1881 – April 8, 1882	Died
Vacant		April 8, 1882 – December 15, 1882
James H. McLean	Republican	December 15, 1882 – March 3, 1883
Armstead M. Alexander	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885
John B. Hale	Democratic	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887
Charles H. Mansur	Democratic	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1893
Uriel S. Hall	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1897
Robert N. Bodine	Democratic	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1899
William W. Rucker	Democratic	March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1923
Ralph F. Lozier	Democratic	March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1933	Redistricted to the At-large district
March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935	District inactive, all representatives elected At-large on a general ticket
William L. Nelson	Democratic	January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1943
Max Schwabe	Republican	January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1949
Morgan M. Moulder	Democratic	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1953	Redistricted to the 11th district
Thomas B. Curtis	Republican	January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1969	Redistricted from the 12th district
James W. Symington	Democratic	January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1977
Robert A. Young	Democratic	January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1987
Jack Buechner	Republican	January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1991
Joan Kelly Horn	Democratic	January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1993
Jim Talent	Republican	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2001	Retired; later elected to United States Senate
Todd Akin	Republican	January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2013	Retired to run unsuccessfully for United States Senate
Ann Wagner	Republican	January 3, 2013 – present

Election results from presidential races

Year	Office	Results	Political parties that won the district
2000	President	George W. Bush 59 - Al Gore 39%	Republican Party (United States)
2004	President	George W. Bush 60 - John Kerry 40%	Republican Party (United States)
2008	President	John McCain 55 - Barack Obama 44%	Republican Party (United States)
2012	President	Mitt Romney 57 - Barack Obama 41%	Republican Party (United States)
2016	President	Donald Trump 53 - Hillary Clinton 42%	Republican Party (United States)

Election results

1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2004 • 2006 • 2008 • 2010 • 2012 • 2014 • 2016

1998

United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, 1998^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James M. Talent (Incumbent)	142,313	70.0%
	Democratic	John Ross	57,565	28.3%
	Libertarian	Brian K. Lundy	3,331	1.6%
	Independent	William Warner	50	.0%
Total votes			203,259	100%
Majority			81,367	40.0%
Turnout
	Republican hold		Swing

2000

United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, 2000^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Todd Akin	164,926	55.3%
	Democratic	Ted House	126,441	42.4%
	Green	Mike Odell	2,907	1.0%
	Libertarian	James Higgins	2,524	0.8%
	Reform	Richard J. Gimpelson	1,265	0.4%
Total votes			298,062	100%
Majority			31,790	10.7%
Turnout
	Republican hold		Swing

2002

United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, 2002^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Todd Akin (Incumbent)	167,057	67.1%	+ 11.8
	Democratic	John Hogan	77,223	31.0%	- 11.4
	Libertarian	Daria R. Maloney	4,548	1.8%	+ 1.0
Total votes			248,828	100%
Majority			85,286	34.3%
Turnout
	Republican hold		Swing

2004

United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, 2004^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Todd Akin (Incumbent)	228,725	65.4%	- 1.7
	Democratic	George D. Weber	115,366	33.0%	+ 2.0
	Libertarian	Daria R. Maloney	4,822	1.4%	- 0.4
	Constitution	David Leefe	954	0.3%
Total votes			349,867	100%
Majority			107,583	30.7%
Turnout
	Republican hold		Swing

2006

United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, 2006^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Todd Akin (Incumbent)	176,452	61.3%	- 4.1
	Democratic	George D. Weber	105,242	36.6%	+ 3.6
	Libertarian	Tamara A. Millay	5,923	2.1%	+ 0.7
Total votes			287,617	100%
Majority			65,287	22.7%
Turnout
	Republican hold		Swing

2008

United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, 2008^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Todd Akin (Incumbent)	232,276	62.3%	+ 1.0
	Democratic	William C. (Bill) Haas	132,068	35.4%	- 1.2
	Libertarian	Thomas L. Knapp	8,628	2.3%	+ 0.2
Total votes			372,972	100%
Majority			91,580	24.6%
Turnout
	Republican hold		Swing

2010

United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, 2010^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Todd Akin (Incumbent)	180,481	67.9%	+ 5.6
	Democratic	Arthur Lieber	77,467	29.2%	- 6.2
	Libertarian	Steve Mosbacher	7,677	2.9%	+ 0.6
	Independent	Patrick M. Cannon	7	0.0%	n/a
Total votes			265,632	100%
Majority			95,330	35.9%
Turnout
	Republican hold		Swing

2012

United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, 2012^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Ann Wagner	236,971	60.1%	- 7.6
	Democratic	Glenn Koenen	146,272	37.1%	+ 7.9
	Libertarian	Bill Slantz	9,193	2.3%	- 0.6
	Constitution	Anatol Zorikova	2,012	0.5%	+ 0.5
Total votes			394,448	100%
Majority			90,699	23.0%
Turnout
	Republican hold		Swing

2014

United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, 2014^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Ann Wagner	147, 819	64.1%	+ 4.0
	Democratic	Arthur Lieber	75,384	32.6%	- 4.5
	Libertarian	Bill Slantz	7,542	3.3%	+ 1.0
Total votes			231,117	100%
Majority			72,453
Turnout
	Republican hold		Swing

2016

United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, 2016^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Ann Wagner	241,954	58.6%	- 5.5
	Democratic	Bill Otto	155,689	37.7%	+ 5.1
	Libertarian	Jim Higgins	11,758	2.8%	- 0.5
	Green	David Justus Arnold	3,605	0.9%	+ 0.9
Total votes			413,296	100%
Majority			86,265
Turnout
	Republican hold		Swing

Historical district boundaries

2003 - 2013

References

↑ "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
↑ McDermott, Kevin. "Missouri state Rep. Otto to seek 2nd Congressional District seat". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. May 26, 2015.
↑ "Missouri's 2nd Congressional District" https://ballotpedia.org/Missouri%27s_2nd_Congressional_District#cite_note-2
↑ Wagman, Jake. "Missouri's 2nd District will see classic battle." St. Louis Post-Dispatch. July 7, 2011.
↑ "Electorate Profiles: Selected Characteristics of the Citizen, 18 and Older Population"
↑ 1998 Election Resultsī
↑ 2000 Election Results
↑ 2002 Election Resultsī
↑ 2004 Election Results
↑ 2006 Election Results
↑ 2008 Election Results
↑ 2010 Election Results
↑ 2012 Election Results
↑ 2014 Election Results
↑ 2016 Election Results

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
https://web.archive.org/web/20131013222920/http://2010.census.gov/2010census/popmap/

Missouri's congressional districts

All districts: Territory; At-large; 1st • 2nd • 3rd • 4th • 5th • 6th • 7th • 8th • 9th • 10th • 11th • 12th • 13th • 14th • 15th • 16th

The At-large and 9th-16th districts are obsolete

See also: Missouri's past and present Representatives, Senators, and Delegations; Recent U.S. House elections in Missouri: 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016

Coordinates: 38°36′11″N 90°31′56″W / 38.60306°N 90.53222°W / 38.60306; -90.53222

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