Virginia's 2nd congressional district | |
---|---|
Representative | |
Distribution |
|
Population (2023) | 789,864 [2] |
Median household income | $91,706 [3] |
Ethnicity |
|
Cook PVI | R+2 [4] |
Virginia's second congressional district is a U.S. congressional district in the Commonwealth of Virginia. It currently encompasses all of the counties of Accomack, Northampton, and Isle of Wight; all of the independent cities of Virginia Beach, Suffolk, and Franklin; part of the independent city of Chesapeake; and part of Southampton County. However, its boundaries have changed greatly over the centuries; it initially encompassed what became West Virginia after the American Civil War. It is considered among the nation's most competitive congressional districts.
The district has a significant military presence. [5] The Hampton Roads area is considered to be a military town. [6]
Republican Scott Rigell defeated Democrat Glenn Nye in the November 2, 2010, election, and took his seat January 3, 2011, serving until 2017, when he was succeeded by Scott Taylor. In the November 6, 2018, election, Democrat Elaine Luria defeated Republican Scott Taylor. In 2022, Luria was defeated by Republican Jen Kiggans.
The responsibility of drawing maps for congressional and state legislative districts passed from the Virginia Redistricting Commission (VRC) to the Supreme Court of Virginia in November 2021. The Supreme Court completed redistricting in December 2021, which was used for the 2022 elections. [7]
Year | Office | Results [8] [9] |
---|---|---|
2008 | President | McCain 51% - 48% |
2012 | President | Romney 52% - 48% |
2016 | President | Trump 50% - 44% |
2017 | Governor | Northam 50% - 48% |
Lt. Governor | Vogel 52% - 48% | |
Attorney General | Donley Adams 51% - 49% | |
2018 | Senate | Kaine 53% - 45% |
2020 | President | Biden 50% - 48% |
Senate | Warner 52% - 48% | |
2021 | Governor | Youngkin 55% - 44% |
Lt. Governor | Sears 56% - 44% | |
Attorney General | Miyares 55% - 45% | |
2024 | President | Trump 49.3% - 49.1% |
Senate | Kaine 51% - 49% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | G. William Whitehurst (Incumbent) | 97,319 | 89.84% | |
Independent | Kenneth P. Morrison | 11,003 | 10.16% | |
Write-in | 6 | 0.01% | ||
Total votes | 108,328 | 100% | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | G. William Whitehurst (Incumbent) | 78,108 | 99.88% | |
Write-in | 97 | 0.12% | ||
Total votes | 78,205 | 100% | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | G. William Whitehurst (Incumbent) | 136,632 | 99.81% | |
Write-in | 256 | 0.19% | ||
Total votes | 136,888 | 100% | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Owen B. Pickett | 54,491 | 49.46% | |||
Republican | A. Joe Canada Jr. | 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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Owen B. Pickett (Incumbent) | 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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Owen B. Pickett (Incumbent) | 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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Owen B. Pickett (Incumbent) | 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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Owen B. Pickett (Incumbent) | 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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Owen B. Pickett (Incumbent) | 106,215 | 64.77% | |
Republican | John F. Tate | 57,586 | 35.11% | |
Write-in | 195 | 0.12% | ||
Total votes | 163,996 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Owen B. Pickett (Incumbent) | 67,975 | 94.29% | |
Write-in | 4,116 | 5.71% | ||
Total votes | 72,091 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Edward L. Schrock (Incumbent) | 103,807 | 83.15% | |
Green | D. C. Amarasinghe | 20,589 | 16.49% | |
Write-in | 450 | 0.36% | ||
Total votes | 124,846 | 100% | ||
Republican hold |
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Thelma D. Drake (Incumbent) | 88,777 | 51.27% | |
Democratic | Phil Kellam | 83,901 | 48.45% | |
Write-in | 481 | 0.28% | ||
Total votes | 173,159 | 100% | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Glenn Nye | 141,857 | 52.40% | |||
Republican | Thelma D. Drake (Incumbent) | 128,486 | 47.46% | |||
Write-in | 368 | 0.14% | ||||
Total votes | 270,711 | 100% | ||||
Democratic gain from Republican |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | E. Scott Rigell | 88,340 | 53.12% | |||
Democratic | Glenn Nye (Incumbent) | 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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | E. Scott Rigell (Incumbent) | 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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | E. Scott Rigell (Incumbent) | 101,558 | 58.68% | |
Democratic | Suzanne Patrick | 71,178 | 41.13% | |
Write-in | 324 | 0.19% | ||
Total votes | 173,060 | 100% | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Scott Taylor | 190,475 | 61.33% | |
Democratic | Shaun D. Brown | 119,440 | 38.46% | |
Write-in | 652 | 0.21% | ||
Total votes | 310,567 | 100.00% | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Elaine Luria | 139,571 | 51.05% | |||
Republican | Scott Taylor (Incumbent) | 133,458 | 48.81% | |||
Write-in | 371 | 0.14% | ||||
Total votes | 273,400 | 100.00% | ||||
Democratic gain from Republican |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Elaine Luria (Incumbent) | 185,733 | 51.55% | |
Republican | Scott Taylor | 165,031 | 45.81% | |
Independent | David Foster | 9,170 | 2.55% | |
Write-in | 343 | 0.10% | ||
Total votes | 360,277 | 100.00% | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Jen Kiggans | 153,328 | 51.6% | |
Democratic | Elaine Luria (Incumbent) | 143,219 | 48.2% | |
Write-in | 449 | 0.2% | ||
Total votes | 296,996 | 100.00% | ||
Republican gain from Democratic |
The Virginia Second District started in 1788 covering the counties of Mercer, Jefferson, Fayette, Bourbon, Lincoln, Nelson and Madison. [15]
The 5th congressional district of Tennessee is a congressional district in Middle Tennessee. It has been represented by Republican Andy Ogles since January 2023.
West Virginia's 3rd congressional district is an obsolete U.S. congressional district in southern West Virginia. At various times the district covered different parts of the state, but in its final form included the state's second-largest city, Huntington; included Bluefield, Princeton, and Beckley; and has a long history of coal mining, forestry, and farming.
West Virginia's 1st congressional district is currently located in the southern half of the state.
New Jersey's 9th congressional district is an urban congressional district in the U.S. state of New Jersey, and was represented in Congress by Democrat Bill Pascrell until his death in 2024, first elected in 1996 from the old 8th district. The 9th district consists largely of municipalities in Bergen and Passaic Counties.
New Jersey's 5th congressional district is represented by Democrat Josh Gottheimer, who has served in Congress since 2017. The district stretches across the entire northern border of the state and contains most of Bergen County, as well as parts of Passaic County and Sussex County.
Washington's 3rd congressional district encompasses the southernmost portion of Western Washington. It includes the counties of Lewis, Pacific, Wahkiakum, Cowlitz, Clark, and Skamania; as well as a small portion of southern Thurston county.
South Carolina's 1st congressional district is a coastal congressional district in South Carolina, represented by Republican Nancy Mace since January 3, 2021. She succeeded Democrat Joe Cunningham, having defeated him in the 2020 election. Cunningham was the first Democrat to represent the district since the 1980s.
South Carolina's 7th congressional district is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in South Carolina, established in 2011 following apportionment of another seat to the state in the redistricting cycle following the 2010 census. It is located in the Pee Dee region, and includes all of Chesterfield, Darlington, Dillon, Georgetown, Horry, Marion, and Marlboro Counties and most of Florence County. The district is represented by Republican Russell Fry who was elected in 2022 and took office on January 3, 2023.
Virginia's seventh congressional district is a United States congressional district in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The district is currently represented by Democrat Eugene Vindman since January 3, 2025.
Virginia's 11th congressional district is a U.S. congressional district in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Situated in the Northern Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C., the district comprises most of Fairfax County and the entirety of Fairfax City. The district is represented by Democrat Gerry Connolly.
Virginia's 10th congressional district is a U.S. congressional district in the Commonwealth of Virginia. It is represented by Democrat Suhas Subramanyam, who was first elected in 2024.
Virginia's ninth congressional district is a United States congressional district in the Commonwealth of Virginia, covering much of the southwestern part of the state. The 9th is Virginia's second-largest district in area, covering 9,113.87 square miles. It has been represented by Republican Morgan Griffith since 2011. He took office after defeating 14-term incumbent Democrat Rick Boucher. With a Cook Partisan Voting Index rating of R+23, it is the most Republican district in Virginia.
Virginia's first congressional district is a United States congressional district in the commonwealth of Virginia.
Virginia's third congressional district is a United States congressional district in the Commonwealth of Virginia, serving the independent cities of Norfolk, Newport News, Hampton, Portsmouth and part of the independent city of Chesapeake. The district is represented by Democrat Bobby Scott. VA-03 is majority-minority and has a plurality Black electorate, and is heavily Democratic.
Virginia's fourth congressional district is a United States congressional district in the state of Virginia, taking in most of the area between Richmond and the North Carolina state line. It covers all or part of the counties of Brunswick, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Henrico, Prince George, Southampton, Surry, and Sussex, and all or part of the independent cities of Colonial Heights, Emporia, Hopewell, Petersburg, and Richmond. The district is currently represented by Democrat Jennifer McClellan, who was elected to the seat after she defeated Republican Leon Benjamin in the February 21, 2023, special election, caused by the death of incumbent Donald McEachin (D) on November 28, 2022.
Virginia's fifth congressional district is a United States congressional district in the commonwealth of Virginia. The 5th district includes the majority of Southside Virginia, though it stretches as far as the Richmond suburbs. Within the district are the cities of Charlottesville, Danville, and Lynchburg.
Virginia's sixth congressional district is a United States congressional district in the Commonwealth of Virginia. It covers much of the west-central portion of the state, including Roanoke and most of the Shenandoah Valley. The current representative is Ben Cline (R), who has held the seat since the 2019 retirement of incumbent Republican Bob Goodlatte.
North Carolina's 4th congressional district is located in the central region of the state. The district includes all of Alamance County, Durham County, Granville County, Orange County, and Person County, as well as a portion of Caswell County. With a Cook Partisan Voting Index rating of D+16, it is the most Democratic district in North Carolina.
North Carolina's 5th congressional district covers the central western portion of North Carolina from the Appalachian Mountains to the northern suburbs of the Piedmont Triad as well as the bulk of the city of Greensboro. The district borders Tennessee and Virginia, with the bulk of its territory in the mountains; it stretches just far enough to include much the of Greensboro metro.
The 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia were held on November 8, 2022, to elect the 11 U.S. representatives from the state of Virginia, one from each of the state's 11 congressional districts. The elections coincide with other elections to the House of Representatives. Pursuant to state law, primaries organized through the Department of Elections were held on June 21, 2022. However, some Republican firehouse primaries were held on dates as late as May 21, 2022.