Indiana's 2nd congressional district | |||
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Area | 3,679 sq mi (9,530 km2) | ||
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Population (2022) | 754,764 | ||
Median household income | $62,487 [1] | ||
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Cook PVI | R+14 [2] |
Indiana's 2nd congressional district is an electoral district for the U.S. Congress in Northern Indiana. It includes South Bend, Elkhart, and Warsaw.
Prior to 2002, the 2nd congressional district covered east central Indiana, including most of the territory now in the 6th district. However, following the 2000 U.S. census redistricting, the district was moved to replace most of what had been the 3rd district. [3]
On November 8, 2022, Republican candidate Rudy Yakym won both the general election and the special election to complete the rest of incumbent representative Jackie Walorski's term after Walorski died in a car accident August 3, 2022. [4]
Year | Office | Results |
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2000 | President | George W. Bush 53% – Al Gore 45% |
2004 | President | George W. Bush 56% – John Kerry 43% |
2008 | President | Barack Obama 49.6% – John McCain 49.3% |
2012 | President | Mitt Romney 56.1% – Barack Obama 42.1% |
2016 | President | Donald Trump 59.3% – Hillary Clinton 36.1% |
2020 | President | Donald Trump 59.3% – Joe Biden 38.9% |
# | County | Seat | Population |
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39 | Elkhart | Goshen | 206,921 |
49 | Fulton | Rochester | 20,386 |
99 | Marshall | Plymouth | 46,121 |
103 | Miami | Peru | 36,081 |
141 | St. Joseph | South Bend | 272,212 |
149 | Starke | Knox | 23,372 |
169 | Wabash | Wabash | 30,816 |
Under its borders from 2023 to 2033, Indiana's 2nd congressional district is located in Northern Indiana. It includes Elkhart, Fulton, Marshall, Miami, Pulaski, St. Joseph, Starke and Wabash Counties in full, most of Kosciusko and La Porte Counties, as well as half of Cass County. From 2013 to 2023, the 2nd district had the same borders except that Cass County was entirely in the 4th district.
La Porte County is split between this district and the 1st district. They are partitioned by Indiana West 500N and Indiana South/North 600W. The 2nd district takes in part of the city of LaPorte, and the 15 townships of Hanna, Johnson, Hudson, Scipio, Union, Washington, Prairie, Pleasant, Noble, Lincoln, Clinton, Center, Dewey, Wills, Center, and Kankakee.
Kosciusko County is split between this district and the 3rd district. They are partitioned by Indiana S 1000 W35, North 200W and West 700N. The 2nd district takes in the city of Warsaw, and the 14 townships of Clay, Etna, Franklin, Harrison, Jackson, Jefferson, Lake, Monroe, Plain, Prairie, Scott, Seward, Van Buren, and Wayne.
Cass County is split between this district and the 4th district. They are partitioned roughly by Indiana S Co Rd 200E, Indiana S Co Rd 500E, Indiana N Co Rd 50E, and Indiana N Co Rd 600W. The 2nd district takes in part of the city of Logansport, and the 7 townships of Adams, Bethlehem, Clay, Harrison, Jackson, Miami, Tipton, and part of the township of Deer Creek.
Given below are the largest cities in the district, listing every city that had at least 10,000 inhabitants as of the 2010 census.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Chris Chocola | 95,081 | 50.45 | |
Democratic | Jill Long Thompson | 86,253 | 45.77 | |
Libertarian | Sharon Metheny | 7,112 | 3.77 | |
Total votes | 188,446 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Chris Chocola (Incumbent) | 140,496 | 54.17 | |
Democratic | Joe Donnelly | 115,513 | 44.54 | |
Libertarian | Douglas Barnes | 3,346 | 1.29 | |
Total votes | 259,355 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Democratic | Joe Donnelly | 103,561 | 53.98 | |||
Republican | Chris Chocola (Incumbent) | 88,300 | 46.02 | |||
Total votes | 191,861 | 100.00 | ||||
Turnout | ||||||
Democratic gain from Republican | ||||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Joe Donnelly (Incumbent) | 187,416 | 67.09 | |
Republican | Luke Puckett | 84,455 | 30.23 | |
Libertarian | Mark Vogel | 7,475 | 2.68 | |
Total votes | 279,346 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Joe Donnelly (Incumbent) | 91,341 | 48.18 | |
Republican | Jackie Walorski | 88,803 | 46.84 | |
Libertarian | Mark Vogel | 9,447 | 4.98 | |
Total votes | 189,591 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Republican | Jackie Walorski | 134,033 | 49.01 | |||
Democratic | Brendan Mullen | 130,113 | 47.58 | |||
Libertarian | Joe Ruiz | 9,326 | 3.41 | |||
Independent | Kenneth R. Lunce, Jr. | 3 | 0.00 | |||
Total votes | 273,475 | 100.00 | ||||
Turnout | 56 | |||||
Republican gain from Democratic | ||||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Jackie Walorski (Incumbent) | 85,583 | 58.94 | |
Democratic | Joseph Gerard Bock | 55,590 | 38.29 | |
Libertarian | Jeff Petermann | 4,027 | 2.77 | |
Total votes | 145,200 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | 29 | |||
Republican hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Jackie Walorski (Incumbent) | 164,355 | 59.26 | |
Democratic | Lynn Coleman | 102,401 | 36.92 | |
Libertarian | Ron Cenkush | 10,601 | 3.82 | |
Total votes | 277,357 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | 54 | |||
Republican hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Jackie Walorski (Incumbent) | 125,499 | 54.8 | |
Democratic | Mel Hall | 103,363 | 45.2 | |
No party | Richard Wolf (Write-in) | 27 | 0.0 | |
Total votes | 228,889 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Jackie Walorski (incumbent) | 183,601 | 61.5 | |
Democratic | Pat Hackett | 114,967 | 38.5 | |
Total votes | 298,568 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Rudy Yakym | 118,997 | 63.3 | |
Democratic | Paul Steury | 62,792 | 33.4 | |
Libertarian | William Henry | 6,101 | 3.2 | |
Write-in | Marla Godette | 143 | 0.1 | |
Total votes | 188,033 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Rudy Yakym | 125,222 | 64.6 | |
Democratic | Paul Steury | 62,726 | 32.4 | |
Libertarian | William Henry | 5,782 | 3.0 | |
Total votes | 193,730 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
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