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Iowa's 2nd Congressional District

Incumbent
About the District
Census Topic Value
Population 785,353
Race

84.4% White

four.8% Black

2.iii% Asian

0.three% Native American
Ethnicity 6.2% Hispanic

Iowa's 2nd Congressional District in the U.s. House of Representatives is represented by Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R).

As of the 2022 Census, Iowa representatives represented an average of 797,592 residents. Later the 2010 Demography, each member represented 761,588 residents.

Elections

2022

See also: Iowa's second Congressional District election, 2022

General ballot

The master will occur on June vii, 2022. The general election will occur on November 8, 2022. General election candidates will exist added hither post-obit the chief.

Democratic chief election

Republican primary election

2020

Come across also: Iowa's 2d Congressional District election, 2020

General election

Democratic primary election

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

  • Newman Abuissa (D)
  • Veronica Tessler (D)
  • Joseph Kane Baker (D)

Republican master election

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

  • Mathew Hepker (R)
  • Thomas Kedley (R)

2018

Come across besides: Iowa's 2nd Congressional Commune ballot, 2018

Full general election

Autonomous primary election

Republican principal election

Withdrawn or butterfingers candidates

  • Ginny Caligiuri (R)

2016

See also: Iowa'southward 2nd Congressional Commune election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Democratic. Incumbent Dave Loebsack (D) defeated Chris Peters (R) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Neither candidate faced a master challenger in June.[1]

U.S. Firm, Iowa District 2 General Election, 2016
Political party Candidate Vote % Votes
Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Dave Loebsack Incumbent 53.7% 198,571
Republican Christopher Peters 46.2% 170,933
N/A Write-in 0.1% 528
Total Votes 370,032
Source: Iowa Secretary of State

2014

Encounter also: Iowa's 2nd Congressional District elections, 2014

The second Congressional District of Iowa held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Dave Loebsack (D) defeated Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R) in the general election.

U.Due south. House, Iowa District 2 Full general Ballot, 2014
Political party Candidate Vote % Votes
Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Dave Loebsack Incumbent 52.5% 143,431
Republican Mariannette Miller-Meeks 47.4% 129,455
Write-in Other 0.2% 443
Full Votes 273,329
Source: Iowa Secretary of Country Official Results

General election candidates


June iii, 2014, master results

2012

See also: Iowa's 2nd Congressional District elections, 2012

The 2d Congressional District of Iowa held an ballot for the U.Southward. Firm of Representatives on November 6, 2012. Incumbent Dave Loebsack won re-election in the district.[five]

U.S. Firm, Iowa Commune ii General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
Autonomous Green check mark transparent.png Dave Loebsack Incumbent 55.6% 211,863
Republican John Archer 42.5% 161,977
Contained Alan Aversa ane.9% seven,112
Total Votes 380,952
Source: Iowa Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election"

2010
On November 2, 2010, Dave Loebsack won re-ballot to the United States House. He defeated Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R), Gary Sicard (L) and Jon Tack (C) in the general election.[6]

U.South. House, Iowa District 2 General Ballot, 2010
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Dave Loebsack incumbent 51% 115,839
Republican Mariannette Miller-Meeks 45.9% 104,319
Libertarian Gary Sicard 1.9% 4,356
Constitution Jon Tack ane.1% 2,463
Northward/A Write-In 0.1% 198
Total Votes 227,175

2008
On November 4, 2008, Dave Loebsack won re-election to the United States Firm. He defeated Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R), Wendy Barth (G) and Brian White (No Party Affiliation) in the general election.[seven]

U.Southward. Firm, Iowa District 2 Full general Election, 2008
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Dave Loebsack incumbent 57.ii% 175,218
Republican Mariannette Miller-Meeks 38.8% 118,778
Dark-green Wendy Barth two.ii% vi,664
Contained Brian White 1.8% five,437
Total Votes 306,097

2006
On November 7, 2006, Dave Loebsack won election to the United States House. He defeated James A. Leach (R) in the general election.[eight]

U.Southward. Firm, Iowa Commune 2 General Election, 2006
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
Autonomous Green check mark transparent.png Dave Loebsack 51.4% 107,683
Republican James A. Leach incumbent 48.6% 101,707
Total Votes 209,390

2004
On Nov 2, 2004, James A. Leach won re-ballot to the United States House. He defeated Dave Franker (D) and Kevin Litten (L) in the general election.[9]

U.S. Business firm, Iowa Commune two Full general Election, 2004
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
Republican Green check mark transparent.png James A. Leach incumbent 58.9% 176,684
Democratic Dave Franker 39.ii% 117,405
Libertarian Kevin Litten 1.9% v,586
N/A Write-in 0.1% 206
Total Votes 299,881

2002
On November v, 2002, James A. Leach won ballot to the United States Business firm. He defeated Julie Thomas (D) and Kevin Litten (L) in the full general ballot.[ten]

U.Southward. House, Iowa District ii Full general Election, 2002
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
Republican Green check mark transparent.png James A. Leach 52.2% 108,130
Democratic Julie Thomas 45.seven% 94,767
Libertarian Kevin Litten 2% 4,178
N/A Write-in 0% 96
Total Votes 207,171

2000
On November 7, 2000, Jim Nussle won re-election to the Us Business firm. He defeated Donna Fifty. Smith (D) and Albert W. Schoeman (L) in the general election.[11]

U.Due south. House, Iowa District two Full general Election, 2000
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
Republican Green check mark transparent.png Jim Nussle 55.4% 139,906
Democratic Donna 50. Smith 43.seven% 110,327
Libertarian Albert Westward. Shoeman 0.9% 2,288
Due north/A Write-in 0% 46
Total Votes 252,567

Commune map

Redistricting

2020-2021

See as well: Redistricting in Iowa subsequently the 2022 demography

On November 4, 2021, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) signed new congressional and state legislative maps into constabulary after the state's Legislative Services Agency had proposed them on Oct 21, 2021. The Iowa legislature approved the maps on October 28, 2021, by a vote of 48-1 in the state Senate and 93-two in the state Firm.[12] The legislature could only vote to approve or turn down the maps and could not make any amendments. These maps accept effect for Iowa's 2022 congressional and legislative elections.

Upon signing the maps, Gov. Reynolds issued the following statement, "Today I signed the bipartisan redistricting maps into law. I am confident in how the process played out—simply as the police force intended, and I believe these new districts will adequately and accurately represent the citizens of Iowa for the next decade."[13] Bloomberg Government's Greg Giroux said this virtually Iowa's congressional redistricting program, "The map, drafted by the state's nonpartisan legislative agency, created three districts where Donald Trump would've narrowly defeated Joe Biden in the 2022 election and a fourth that's heavily Republican...The map paired the homes of Reps. Cindy Axne (D) and Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R) in the politically competitive 3rd Commune, which takes most of its population from Axne's current district in and around Des Moines."[14]

This map takes effect for Iowa's 2022 congressional elections.

Below are the congressional maps in effect before and later on the 2022 redistricting cycle.

Iowa Congressional Districts
until January two, 2023

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Iowa Congressional Districts
starting January 3, 2023

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How does redistricting in Iowa work? The Legislative Services Agency prepares redistricting plans for approval past the Iowa State Legislature. According to All Most Redistricting, the Legislative Services Agency (LSA) consists of "ceremonious servants committed to nonpartisanship and otherwise charged with tasks like legal and fiscal analysis of land legislation and country government oversight." The LSA is assisted by a commission, which consists of the following members:[15]

  1. ane member selected past the majority leader of the Iowa State Senate
  2. one member selected by the majority leader of the Iowa Firm of Representatives
  3. ane member selected by the minority leader of the Iowa Country Senate
  4. one fellow member selected by the minority leader of the Iowa House of Representatives
  5. one member selected by the beginning four members

The members of this commission cannot "hold partisan public function or an office in a political political party, and none may exist a relative or employee of a federal or state legislator (or the legislature as a whole)."[15]

Working with this commission, the LSA drafts congressional and state legislative commune lines. The maps are presented as a single bill to the country legislature, which may corroborate or reject the neb without altering it (the legislature can provide feedback). If the legislature rejects the plan, the LSA must typhoon a 2nd proposal. If the legislature rejects the second proposal, the LSA must typhoon a third, and final, ready of maps. If the legislature rejects this plan, it may then approve its own maps. Since the implementation of this process in 1980, the state legislature has never chosen non to approve an LSA proposal. Redistricting plans are also subject to gubernatorial veto. In addition, the legislature may repeal or revise the maps at any fourth dimension, though it has never done so.[15]

State law establishes the following criteria for both congressional and state legislative districts:[15]

  1. Districts must exist "convenient and contiguous."
  2. Districts must "preserve the integrity of political subdivisions like counties and cities."
  3. Districts must "to the extent consistent with other requirements, [be] reasonably compact–defined in terms of regular polygons, comparisons of length and width, and overall boundary perimeter."

In addition, state Business firm districts are required to be contained within state Senate districts "where possible, and where not in conflict with the criteria above." It is explicit in state law that district lines cannot be drawn "to favor a political party, incumbent, or other person or group."[15]

2010-2011

This is the 2nd Congressional District of Iowa subsequently the 2001 redistricting process. The current district is displayed in the infobox at the top of the folio.

See also: Redistricting in Iowa later the 2010 census

In 2011, the Iowa State Legislature re-drew the congressional districts based on updated population data from the 2010 demography.

District analysis

Run into likewise: The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index
Come across besides: FiveThirtyEight's elasticity scores

The 2017 Melt Partisan Voter Alphabetize for this commune was D+1, meaning that in the previous two presidential elections, this district's results were one per centum point more Democratic than the national average. This made Iowa's second Congressional District the 193rd almost Democratic nationally.[sixteen]

FiveThirtyEight's September 2022 elasticity score for states and congressional districts measured "how sensitive it is to changes in the national political environment." This district's elasticity score was one.17. This means that for every i point the national political mood moved toward a political party, the district was expected to motility one.17 points toward that party.[17]

District demographics

The table below presents demographic data in Congressional Districts from the U.Due south. Census Bureau. Use the drop-down boxes on the right side of the table to sort the information by characteristic information and state. The tables were provided by the American Public Media Inquiry Lab.

Come across also

  • Redistricting in Iowa
  • Iowa's 2nd Congressional District election, 2022

External links

  • GovTrack District two

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Iowa Secretary of Land, "Candidate Listing by Office," accessed March 19, 2016
  2. ↑ ii.0 2.1 QC Times "Lofgren announces 2nd Congressional District bid" accessed June 26, 2013
  3. ↑ Des Moines Register "Miller-Meeks might try over again to unseat Loebsack" accessed June 26, 2013
  4. ↑ Iowa Secretary of State Elections, "Candidate List," accessed March 15, 2014
  5. ↑ Politico, "2012 Election Map, Iowa"
  6. ↑ U.Due south. Congress Business firm Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Ballot of November 2, 2010," accessed March 28, 2013
  7. ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November iv, 2008," accessed March 28, 2013
  8. ↑ U.S. Congress Firm Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 2006," accessed March 28, 2013
  9. ↑ U.S. Congress Business firm Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Ballot of November 2, 2004," accessed March 28, 2013
  10. ↑ U.S. Congress Business firm Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 5, 2002," accessed March 28, 2013
  11. ↑ U.S. Congress Firm Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Ballot of November 7, 2000," accessed March 28, 2013
  12. ↑ Des Moines Register, "Iowa lawmakers accept second redistricting programme, setting upwardly next decade of politics," October 28, 2021
  13. ↑ Office of the Governor of Iowa, "Governor Reynolds signs bipartisan redistricting bill into constabulary," November 4, 2021
  14. ↑ Bloomberg Government, "Iowa Legislature Approves Congressional Map Giving Edge to GOP," October 29, 2021
  15. ↑ xv.0 fifteen.1 15.ii fifteen.three 15.4 All Nigh Redistricting, "Iowa," accessed Apr 21, 2015
  16. ↑ Melt Political Report, "Introducing the 2022 Melt Political Report Partisan Voter Index," April seven, 2017
  17. ↑ FiveThirtyEight, "Ballot Update: The Most (And Least) Elastic States And Districts," September six, 2018

Senators

Representatives

Republican Party (5)

Democratic Party (1)