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Iowa's 2nd congressional district

Iowa's 2nd congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Iowa that covers most of its northeastern part. It includes Cedar Rapids, Dubuque, Waverly, Waterloo, and Grinnell.

Iowa's 2nd congressional district
Map
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative
Distribution
  • 66.06% urban
  • 33.94% rural
Population (2023)791,219
Median household
income
$69,384[1]
Ethnicity
Cook PVIR+4[2]

The district is represented by Republican Ashley Hinson.

Statewide races since 2000

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Election results from statewide races:

Office Year District result Winner
Statewide Nationwide
President 2000 Al Gore 53% – George W. Bush 43% Gore Bush
2004 John Kerry 55% – George W. Bush 44% Bush
2008 Barack Obama 60% – John McCain 38% Obama Obama
2012 Barack Obama 56% – Mitt Romney 43%
2016 Donald J. Trump 49% – Hillary Clinton 44% Trump Trump
2020 Donald J. Trump 51% – Joe Biden 47% Biden
U.S. Senator 2014 Joni Ernst 49% – Bruce Braley 47% Ernst n/a
2016 Chuck Grassley 56.2% – Patty Judge 39.4% Grassley
2020 Joni Ernst 49.2% – Theresa Greenfield 47.7% Ernst
2022 Chuck Grassley 54.6% – Michael Franken 45.3% Grassley
Governor 2014 Terry Branstad 57% – Jack Hatch 40% Branstad
2018 Kim Reynolds 50.7% – Fred Hubbell 47.3% Reynolds

Composition

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The 2nd district includes all of the following counties:

# County Seat Population
5 Allamakee Waukon 14,074
11 Benton Vinton 25,796
13 Black Hawk Waterloo 130,471
17 Bremer Waverly 25,307
19 Buchanan Independence 20,691
23 Butler Allison 14,172
33 Cerro Gordo Mason City 42,406
37 Chickasaw New Hampton 11,658
43 Clayton Elkader 16,969
55 Delaware Manchester 17,600
61 Dubuque Dubuque 98,887
65 Fayette West Union 19,210
67 Floyd Charles City 15,326
75 Grundy Grundy Center 12,384
83 Hardin Eldora 16,463
89 Howard Cresco 9,376
113 Linn Cedar Rapids 228,972
131 Mitchell Osage 10,518
157 Poweshiek Montezuma 18,453
171 Tama Toledo 16,833
191 Winneshiek Decorah 19,815
195 Worth Northwood 7,297

Cities and CDPs with 10,000 or more people

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2,500 – 10,000 people

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List of members representing the district

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Member Party Term Cong
ress
Electoral history Location
District created March 4, 1847
 
Shepherd Leffler
(Burlington)
Democratic March 4, 1847 –
March 3, 1851
30th
31st
Redistricted from the at-large district and re-elected in 1846.
Re-elected in 1848.
Retired.
1847–1849
[data missing]
1849–1859
[data missing]
 
Lincoln Clark
(Dubuque)
Democratic March 4, 1851 –
March 3, 1853
32nd Elected in 1850.
Lost re-election.
 
John P. Cook
(Davenport)
Whig March 4, 1853 –
March 3, 1855
33rd Elected in 1852.
Retired.
 
James Thorington
(Davenport)
Whig March 4, 1855 –
March 3, 1857
34th Elected in 1854.
Lost renomination.
 
Timothy Davis
(Dubuque)
Republican March 4, 1857 –
March 3, 1859
35th Elected in 1856.
Retired.
 
William Vandever
(Dubuque)
Republican March 4, 1859 –
March 3, 1863
36th
37th
Elected in 1858.
Re-elected in 1860.
Retired.[a]
1859–1863
[data missing]
 
Hiram Price
(Davenport)
Republican March 4, 1863 –
March 3, 1869
38th
39th
40th
Elected in 1862.
Re-elected in 1864.
Re-elected in 1866.
Retired.
1863–1873
[data missing]
 
William Smyth
(Marion)
Republican March 4, 1869 –
September 30, 1870
41st Elected in 1868.
Died.
Vacant September 30, 1870 –
December 6, 1870
 
William P. Wolf
(Tipton)
Republican December 6, 1870 –
March 3, 1871
Elected to finish Smyth's term.
Retired.
 
Aylett R. Cotton
(Lyons)
Republican March 4, 1871 –
March 3, 1875
42nd
43rd
Elected in 1870.
Re-elected in 1872.
Lost renomination.[b]
1873–1887
Cedar, Clinton, Jackson, Jones, Muscatine, and Scott counties
 
John Q. Tufts
(Wilton Junction)
Republican March 4, 1875 –
March 3, 1877
44th Elected in 1874.
Retired.
 
Hiram Price
(Davenport)
Republican March 4, 1877 –
March 3, 1881
45th
46th
Elected in 1876.
Re-elected in 1878.
Retired.
 
Sewall S. Farwell
(Monticello)
Republican March 4, 1881 –
March 3, 1883
47th Elected in 1880.
Lost re-election.
 
Jeremiah H. Murphy
(Davenport)
Democratic March 4, 1883 –
March 3, 1887
48th
49th
Elected in 1882.
Re-elected in 1884.
Lost renomination.
 
Walter I. Hayes
(Clinton)
Democratic March 4, 1887 –
March 3, 1895
50th
51st
52nd
53rd
Elected in 1886.
Re-elected in 1888.
Re-elected in 1890.
Re-elected in 1892.
Lost re-election.
1887–1933
Clinton, Iowa, Jackson, Johnson, Muscatine, and Scott counties
 
George M. Curtis
(Clinton)
Republican March 4, 1895 –
March 3, 1899
54th
55th
Elected in 1894.
Re-elected in 1896.
Retired.
 
Joseph R. Lane
(Davenport)
Republican March 4, 1899 –
March 3, 1901
56th Elected in 1898.
Retired.
 
John N. W. Rumple
(Marengo)
Republican March 4, 1901 –
January 31, 1903
57th Elected in 1900.
Retired and died before next term.
Vacant January 31, 1903 –
March 3, 1903
 
Martin J. Wade
(Iowa City)
Democratic March 4, 1903 –
March 3, 1905
58th Elected in 1902.
Lost re-election.
 
Albert F. Dawson
(Preston)
Republican March 4, 1905 –
March 3, 1911
59th
60th
61st
Elected in 1904.
Re-elected in 1906.
Re-elected in 1908.
Retired.
 
Irvin S. Pepper
(Muscatine)
Democratic March 4, 1911 –
December 22, 1913
62nd
63rd
Elected in 1910.
Re-elected in 1912.
Died.
Vacant December 22, 1913 –
February 10, 1914
63rd
 
Henry Vollmer
(Davenport)
Democratic February 10, 1914 –
March 3, 1915
Elected to finish Pepper's term.
Retired.
 
Harry E. Hull
(Williamsburg)
Republican March 4, 1915 –
March 3, 1925
64th
65th
66th
67th
68th
Elected in 1914.
Re-elected in 1916.
Re-elected in 1918.
Re-elected in 1920.
Re-elected in 1922.
Lost renomination.
 
F. Dickinson Letts
(Davenport)
Republican March 4, 1925 –
March 3, 1931
69th
70th
71st
Elected in 1924.
Re-elected in 1926.
Re-elected in 1928.
Lost re-election.
 
Bernhard M. Jacobsen
(Clinton)
Democratic March 4, 1931 –
June 30, 1936
72nd
73rd
74th
Elected in 1930.
Re-elected in 1932.
Re-elected in 1934.
Died.
1933–1943
[data missing]
Vacant June 30, 1936 –
January 3, 1937
74th
 
William S. Jacobsen
(Clinton)
Democratic January 3, 1937 –
January 3, 1943
75th
76th
77th
Elected in 1936.
Re-elected in 1938.
Re-elected in 1940.
Lost re-election.
 
Henry O. Talle
(Decorah)
Republican January 3, 1943 –
January 3, 1959
78th
79th
80th
81st
82nd
83rd
84th
85th
Redistricted from the 4th district and 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.
Lost re-election.
1943–1963
[data missing]
 
Leonard G. Wolf
(Elkader)
Democratic January 3, 1959 –
January 3, 1961
86th Elected in 1958.
Lost re-election.
 
James E. Bromwell
(Cedar Rapids)
Republican January 3, 1961 –
January 3, 1965
87th
88th
Elected in 1960.
Re-elected in 1962.
Lost re-election.
1963–1973
[data missing]
 
John Culver
(Cedar Rapids)
Democratic January 3, 1965 –
January 3, 1975
89th
90th
91st
92nd
93rd
Elected in 1964.
Re-elected in 1966.
Re-elected in 1968.
Re-elected in 1970.
Re-elected in 1972.
Retired to run for U.S. senator.
1973–1983
[data missing]
 
Mike Blouin
(Dubuque)
Democratic January 3, 1975 –
January 3, 1979
94th
95th
Elected in 1974.
Re-elected in 1976.
Lost re-election.
 
Tom Tauke
(Dubuque)
Republican January 3, 1979 –
January 3, 1991
96th
97th
98th
99th
100th
101st
Elected in 1978.
Re-elected in 1980.
Re-elected in 1982.
Re-elected in 1984.
Re-elected in 1986.
Re-elected in 1988.
Retired to run for U.S. senator.
1983–1993
[data missing]
 
Jim Nussle
(Manchester)
Republican January 3, 1991 –
January 3, 2003
102nd
103rd
104th
105th
106th
107th
Elected in 1990.
Re-elected in 1992.
Re-elected in 1994.
Re-elected in 1996.
Re-elected in 1998.
Re-elected in 2000.
Redistricted to the 1st district.
1993–2003
[data missing]
 
Jim Leach
(Davenport)
Republican January 3, 2003 –
January 3, 2007
108th
109th
Redistricted from the 1st district and re-elected in 2002.
Re-elected in 2004.
Lost re-election.
2003–2013
 
 
Dave Loebsack
(Iowa City)
Democratic January 3, 2007 –
January 3, 2021
110th
111th
112th
113th
114th
115th
116th
Elected in 2006.
Re-elected in 2008.
Re-elected in 2010.
Re-elected in 2012.
Re-elected in 2014.
Re-elected in 2016.
Re-elected in 2018.
Retired.
2013–2023
 
 
Mariannette Miller-Meeks
(Ottumwa)
Republican January 3, 2021 –
January 3, 2023
117th Elected in 2020.
Redistricted to the 1st district.
 
Ashley Hinson
(Marion)
Republican January 3, 2023 –
present
118th Redistricted from the 1st district and re-elected in 2022.
Re-elected in 2024.
2023–present:
northeast quadrant of the state
 
  1. ^ Service effectively ended in 1861 when promoted to Major General, but did not officially resign.
  2. ^ Although his official congressional biography states he declined to run for a third term, newspaper reports indicate that he was an active but unsuccessful candidate for renomination.

Recent election results

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2020 election

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Iowa's 2nd congressional district election, 2020[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mariannette Miller-Meeks 196,964 49.912
Democratic Rita Hart 196,958 49.910
Write-in 703 0.178
Total votes 394,625 100.0
Republican gain from Democratic

2022 election

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Iowa's 2nd congressional district election, 2022[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ashley Hinson (incumbent) 172,181 54.1
Democratic Liz Mathis 145,940 45.8
Write-in 278 0.1
Total votes 318,399 100.0
Republican hold

Historical district boundaries

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Iowa's 2nd congressional district boundaries from 2003 to 2013

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
  2. ^ "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". The Cook Political Report. July 12, 2022. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
  3. ^ "General Election - 2020 Canvass Summary" (PDF). Iowa Secretary of State.
  4. ^ "2022 General Election - Election Canvass Summary" (PDF). Iowa Secretary of State.

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