Arkansas's 2nd congressional district

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Arkansas's 2nd congressional district
Arkansas's 2nd congressional district (since 2023).svg
Arkansas's 2nd congressional district
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative
Area6,045 sq mi (15,660 km2)
Distribution
  • 66.2% urban
  • 33.8% rural
Population (2023)774,027 [1]
Median household
income
$64,738 [2]
Ethnicity
Cook PVI R+9 [3]

Arkansas's 2nd congressional district is a congressional district located in the central part of the U.S. state of Arkansas and includes most of the state capital of Little Rock, its suburbs, and surrounding areas. The district leans Republican, with a Cook Partisan Voting Index rating of R+9. However, due to the influence of heavily Democratic Little Rock, it is still considered the least Republican congressional district in Arkansas, which has an all-Republican congressional delegation. [3]

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It is represented in the United States House of Representatives by Republican French Hill who has represented the district since January, 2015.

The district has been based on the state capital Little Rock since the 1960 United States census.

Composition

The 2nd congressional district consists of the entirety of the following counties, with the exception of Pulaski County, which it shares with the 1st and 4th districts. Pulaski County municipalities within the 2nd district include portions of Little Rock (shared with the 4th district), portions of North Little Rock (shared with the 1st district), and the entirety of Jacksonville, Gibson, Sherwood, Maumelle, Roland, Cammack Village, and College Station.

#CountySeatPopulation
23 Cleburne Heber Springs 25,445
29 Conway Morrilton 21,077
45 Faulkner Conway 129,951
105 Perry Perryville 10,184
119 Pulaski Little Rock 400,009
125 Saline Benton 129,574
141 Van Buren Clinton 16,142
145 White Searcy 78,452

Cities and CDPs with 10,000 or more people

2,500 – 10,000 people

Recent election results from statewide races

YearOfficeResults [4] [5]
2008 President McCain 56% - 42%
2012 President Romney 58% - 42%
2016 President Trump 55% - 39%
Senate Boozman 53% - 43%
2018 Governor Hutchinson 61% - 37%
Lt. Governor Griffin 60% - 37%
Attorney General Rutledge 56% - 41%
2020 President Trump 55% - 42%
Senate Cotton 60% - 40%
2022 Senate Boozman 59% - 38%
Governor Huckabee Sanders 56% - 43%

List of members representing the district

MemberPartyYearCong
ress
Electoral historyLocation
District created March 4, 1853
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Edward A. Warren
(Camden)
Democratic March 4, 1853 –
March 3, 1855
33rd Elected in 1853.
Retired. [6]
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Albert Rust
(El Dorado)
Democratic March 4, 1855 –
March 3, 1857
34th Elected in 1854.
Lost renomination.
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Edward A. Warren
(Camden)
Democratic March 4, 1857 –
March 3, 1859
35th Elected in 1856.
Retired. [6]
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Albert Rust
(Little Rock)
Democratic March 4, 1859 –
March 3, 1861
36th
VacantMarch 4, 1861 –
June 22, 1868
37th
38th
39th
40th
Civil War and Reconstruction
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James M. Hinds
(Little Rock)
Republican June 22, 1868 –
October 22, 1868
40th Elected in 1868 to finish term.
Assassinated.
VacantOctober 22, 1868 –
January 13, 1869
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James T. Elliott
(Camden)
Republican January 13, 1869 –
March 3, 1869
Elected on an unknown date to finish Hinds's term.
Seated January 13, 1869.
Retired.
Anthony A. C. Rogers
(Pine Bluff)
Democratic March 4, 1869 –
March 3, 1871
41st Elected in 1868.
Lost re-election.
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Oliver P. Snyder
(Pine Bluff)
Republican March 4, 1871 –
March 3, 1875
42nd
43rd
Elected in 1870.
Re-elected in 1872.
Lost renomination.
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William F. Slemons
(Monticello)
Democratic March 4, 1875 –
March 3, 1881
44th
45th
46th
Elected in 1874.
Re-elected in 1876.
Re-elected in 1878.
Retired.
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James Kimbrough Jones
(Washington)
Democratic March 4, 1881 –
February 19, 1885
47th
48th
Elected in 1880.
Re-elected in 1882.
Resigned when elected U.S. Senator.
VacantFebruary 19, 1885 –
March 3, 1885
48th
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Clifton R. Breckinridge
(Pine Bluff)
Democratic March 4, 1885 –
September 5, 1890
49th
50th
51st
Redistricted from the at-large district and re-elected in 1884.
Re-elected in 1886.
Lost contested election.
VacantSeptember 5, 1890 –
November 4, 1890
51st
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Clifton R. Breckinridge
(Pine Bluff)
Democratic November 4, 1890 –
August 14, 1894
51st
52nd
53rd
Elected after John M. Clayton was assassinated while 1888 contest was pending.
Re-elected in 1890.
Re-elected in 1892.
Resigned to become U.S. Minister to Russia.
VacantAugust 14, 1894 –
December 3, 1894
53rd
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John Sebastian Little
(Greenwood)
Democratic December 3, 1894 –
March 3, 1903
53rd
54th
55th
56th
57th
Elected to finish Breckinridge's term.
Re-elected in 1894.
Re-elected in 1896.
Re-elected in 1898.
Re-elected in 1900.
Redistricted to the 4th district .
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Stephen Brundidge Jr.
(Searcy)
Democratic March 4, 1903 –
March 3, 1909
58th
59th
60th
Redistricted from the 6th district and re-elected in 1902.
Re-elected in 1904.
Re-elected in 1906.
Retired to run for governor.
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William Allan Oldfield
(Batesville)
Democratic March 4, 1909 –
November 19, 1928
61st
62nd
63rd
64th
65th
66th
67th
68th
69th
70th
Elected in 1908.
Re-elected in 1910.
Re-elected in 1912.
Re-elected in 1914.
Re-elected in 1916.
Re-elected in 1918.
Re-elected in 1920.
Re-elected in 1922.
Re-elected in 1924.
Re-elected in 1926.
Re-elected in 1928.
Died.
VacantNovember 19, 1928 –
January 9, 1929
70th
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Pearl Peden Oldfield
(Batesville)
Democratic January 9, 1929 –
March 3, 1931
70th
71st
Elected to finish her husband's term.
Retired.
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John E. Miller
(Searcy)
Democratic March 4, 1931 –
November 14, 1937
72nd
73rd
74th
75th
Elected in 1930.
Re-elected in 1932.
Re-elected in 1934.
Re-elected in 1936.
Resigned when elected U.S. Senator.
VacantNovember 14, 1937 –
January 3, 1939
75th
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Wilbur Mills
(Kensett)
Democratic January 3, 1939 –
January 3, 1977
76th
77th
78th
79th
80th
81st
82nd
83rd
84th
85th
86th
87th
88th
89th
90th
91st
92nd
93rd
94th
Elected in 1938.
Re-elected in 1940.
Re-elected in 1942.
Re-elected in 1944.
Re-elected in 1946.
Re-elected in 1948.
Re-elected in 1950.
Re-elected in 1952.
Re-elected in 1954.
Re-elected in 1956.
Re-elected in 1958.
Re-elected in 1960.
Re-elected in 1962.
Re-elected in 1964.
Re-elected in 1966.
Re-elected in 1968.
Re-elected in 1970.
Re-elected in 1972.
Re-elected in 1974.
Retired.
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Jim Guy Tucker
(Little Rock)
Democratic January 3, 1977 –
January 3, 1979
95th Elected in 1976.
Retired to run for U.S. Senator.
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Ed Bethune
(Searcy)
Republican January 3, 1979 –
January 3, 1985
96th
97th
98th
Re-elected in 1978.
Re-elected in 1980.
Re-elected in 1982.
Retired to run for the U.S. Senate.
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Tommy F. Robinson
(Jacksonville)
Democratic January 3, 1985 –
July 28, 1989
99th
100th
101st
Re-elected in 1984.
Re-elected in 1986.
Re-elected in 1988.
Changed parties.
Retired to run for Governor of Arkansas.
Republican July 28, 1989 –
January 3, 1991
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Ray Thornton
(Little Rock)
Democratic January 3, 1991 –
January 1, 1997
102nd
103rd
104th
Elected in 1990.
Re-elected in 1992.
Re-elected in 1994.
Resigned to become Associate justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court.
1993–2003
[ data missing ]
VacantJanuary 1, 1997 –
January 3, 1997
104th
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Vic Snyder
(Little Rock)
Democratic January 3, 1997 –
January 3, 2011
105th
106th
107th
108th
109th
110th
111th
Elected in 1996.
Re-elected in 1998.
Re-elected in 2000.
Re-elected in 2002.
Re-elected in 2004.
Re-elected in 2006.
Re-elected in 2008.
Retired.
2003–2013
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Tim Griffin
(Little Rock)
Republican January 3, 2011 –
January 3, 2015
112th
113th
Elected in 2010.
Re-elected in 2012.
Retired to run for Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas.
2013–2023
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French Hill
(Little Rock)
Republican January 3, 2015 –
present
114th
115th
116th
117th
118th
119th
Elected in 2014.
Re-elected in 2016.
Re-elected in 2018.
Re-elected in 2020.
Re-elected in 2022
Re-elected in 2024.
2023–present
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Recent election results

2002

Arkansas's 2nd Congressional District House Election, 2002
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Vic Snyder*142,75292.92%+35.38%
Write-In Ed Garner10,8747.08%+7.08%
Majority131,87885.84%
Total votes153,626 100.00%
Democratic hold

2004

Arkansas's 2nd Congressional District House Election, 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Vic Snyder*160,83458.17%−34.92%
Republican Marvin Parks115,65541.83%+41.83%
Majority45,17916.34%
Total votes276,493 100.00%
Democratic hold

2006

Arkansas's 2nd Congressional District House Election, 2006
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Vic Snyder*124,87160.53%
Republican Andy Mayberry81,43239.47%+2.54%
Majority43,43921.06%−2.54%
Total votes206,303 100.00%
Democratic hold

2008

Arkansas's 2nd Congressional District House Election, 2008
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Vic Snyder*212,30376.54%+16.00%
Green Deb McFarland64,39823.22%+23.22%
Write-In Danial Suits6650.24%+0.24%
Majority147,90553.32%
Total votes277,366 100.00%
Democratic hold

2010

Arkansas's 2nd Congressional District House Election, 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Tim Griffin 122,09157.90%+57.60%
Democratic Joyce Elliott 80,68738.27%−38.27%
Independent Lance Levi4,4212.10%+2.10%
Green Lewis Kennedy3,5991.71%−21.51%
Write-In Write-ins540.03%−0.21%
Majority41,40419.63%
Total votes210,852 100.00%
Republican gain from Democratic

2012

Arkansas's 2nd Congressional District House Election, 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Tim Griffin*158,17555.19%−2.71%
Democratic Herb Rule 113,15639.48%+1.21%
Green Barbara Ward8,5662.99%+1.28%
Libertarian Chris Hayes6,7012.34%+2.34%
Majority45,01915.71%
Total votes286,598 100.00%
Republican hold

2014

Arkansas's 2nd Congressional District House Election, 2014
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican French Hill 123,07351.86%−3.33%
Democratic Pat Hays 103,47743.64%+4.16%
Libertarian Debbie Standiford10,5904.50%+2.16%
Majority19,5968.22%
Total votes237,140 100.00%
Republican hold

2016

Arkansas's 2nd Congressional District House Election, 2016 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican French Hill*176,47258.34%+7.00%
Democratic Dianne Curry111,34736.81%−6.83%
Libertarian Chris Hayes14,3424.74%+0.24%
Write-In Write-ins3030.10%+0.10%
Majority65,12521.53%
Total votes302,464 100.00%
Republican hold

2018

The 2018 election was held on November 6, 2018.

Arkansas' 2nd congressional district, 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican French Hill (incumbent) 132,125 52.13
Democratic Clarke Tucker 116,13545.82
Libertarian Joe Swafford5,1932.05
Total votes253,453 100.0
Republican hold

2020

Arkansas's 2nd Congressional District House Election, 2020
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican French Hill (incumbent) 184,093 55.37
Democratic Joyce Elliott 148,41044.63
Total votes332,503 100.0
Republican hold

2022

Arkansas's 2nd Congressional District House Election, 2022 [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican French Hill (incumbent) 147,975 60.04
Democratic Quintessa Hathaway86,88735.26
Libertarian Michael White11,5844.70
Total votes246,446 100.0
Republican hold

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