Kansas' 2nd congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S.
state">U.S. state of Kansas. It includes most of the eastern part of Kansas. The size of the district is less than a quarter of the state. The state capital of Topeka and the city of Lawrence are both in this district.
Kansas's 2nd congressional district | |||
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Representative |
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Distribution |
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Population (2015) | 715,752 | ||
Median household income | $53,483 | ||
Ethnicity |
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Cook PVI | R+10 |
The representative for this district is Republican Steve Watkins. He was elected on November 6, 2018.
Member | Party | Years in office | Cong ress | Residence | Electoral history |
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District created | March 4, 1875 | ||||
John R. Goodin | Democratic | March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877 | 44th | Humboldt | [Data unknown/missing.] |
Dudley C. Haskell | Republican | March 4, 1877 – December 16, 1883 | 45th 46th 47th | Lawrence | [Data unknown/missing.] Died. |
Vacant | December 16, 1883 – March 21, 1884 | 47th | |||
Edward H. Funston | Republican | March 21, 1884 – August 2, 1894 | 47th 48th 49th 50th 51st 52nd 53rd | Iola | [Data unknown/missing.] Lost contested election. |
Horace L. Moore | Democratic | August 2, 1894 – March 3, 1895 | 53rd | Lawrence | Won contested election. [Data unknown/missing.] |
Orrin L. Miller | Republican | March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897 | 54th | Lawrence | [Data unknown/missing.] |
Mason S. Peters | Populist | March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1899 | 55th | Kansas City | [Data unknown/missing.] |
Justin D. Bowersock | Republican | March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1907 | 56th 57th 58th 59th | Lawrence | [Data unknown/missing.] |
Charles F. Scott | Republican | March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1911 | 60th | Iola | Redistricted from the at-large district. [Data unknown/missing.] |
Alexander C. Mitchell | Republican | March 4, 1911 – July 7, 1911 | 61st | Lawrence | [Data unknown/missing.] Died. |
Vacant | July 7, 1911 – November 7, 1911 | 61st | |||
Joseph Taggart | Democratic | November 7, 1911 – March 3, 1917 | 61st 62nd 63rd 64th | Kansas City | [Data unknown/missing.] |
Edward C. Little | Republican | March 4, 1917 – June 27, 1924 | 65th 66th 67th 68th | Kansas City | [Data unknown/missing.] Died. |
Vacant | June 27, 1924 – November 4, 1924 | 68th | |||
Ulysses S. Guyer | Republican | November 4, 1924 – March 3, 1925 | Kansas City | [Data unknown/missing.] | |
Chauncey B. Little | Democratic | March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1927 | 69th | Olathe | [Data unknown/missing.] |
Ulysses S. Guyer | Republican | March 4, 1927 – June 5, 1943 | 70th 71st 72nd 73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th 78th | Kansas City | [Data unknown/missing.] Died. |
Vacant | June 5, 1943 – September 14, 1943 | 78th | |||
Errett P. Scrivner | Republican | September 14, 1943 – January 3, 1959 | 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th | Kansas City | [Data unknown/missing.] |
Newell A. George | Democratic | January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1961 | 86th | Kansas City | [Data unknown/missing.] |
Robert F. Ellsworth | Republican | January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1963 | 87th | Lawrence | [Data unknown/missing.] Redistricted to the 3rd district. |
William H. Avery | Republican | January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965 | 88th | Wakefield | Redistricted from the 1st district. Retired to run for Governor of Kansas. |
Chester L. Mize | Republican | January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1971 | 89th 90th 91st | Atchison | [Data unknown/missing.] |
William Robert Roy | Democratic | January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1975 | 92nd 93rd | Topeka | [Data unknown/missing.] |
Martha Elizabeth Keys | Democratic | January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1979 | 94th 95th | Manhattan | [Data unknown/missing.] |
James Edmund Jeffries | Republican | January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1983 | 96th 97th | Atchison | [Data unknown/missing.] |
Jim Slattery | Democratic | January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1995 | 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd | Topeka | [Data unknown/missing.] Retired to run for Governor of Kansas. |
Sam Brownback | Republican | January 3, 1995 – November 7, 1996 | 104th | Topeka | [Data unknown/missing.] Resigned November 27, 1996 retroactive to November 7, 1996 when elected U.S. Senator. |
Vacant | November 7, 1996 – November 27, 1996 | ||||
Jim Ryun | Republican | November 27, 1996 – January 3, 2007 | 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th | Topeka, then Lawrence | Elected in 1996 and seated early under the provisions of K.S.A. 25-3503[d]. Lost re-election. |
Nancy Boyda | Democratic | January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2009 | 110th | Topeka | [Data unknown/missing.] Lost re-election. |
Lynn Jenkins | Republican | January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2019 | 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th | Topeka | [Data unknown/missing.] Retired. |
Steve Watkins | Republican | January 3, 2019 – Present | 116th | Topeka | Incumbent |
Year | Office | Results |
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2000 | U.S. President | George W. Bush (R) 54 – Al Gore (D) 41% |
2004 | U.S. President | George W. Bush (R) 59 – John Kerry (D) 39% |
2008 | U.S. President | John McCain (R) 55 – Barack Obama (D) 43% |
2012 | U.S. President | Mitt Romney (R) 56 – Barack Obama (D) 42% |
2016 | U.S. President | Donald Trump (R) 56 – Hillary Clinton (D) 37% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Jim Ryun* | 126,169 | 60.45 | |
Democratic | Dan Lykins | 78,286 | 37.51 | |
Libertarian | Art Clack | 4,263 | 2.04 | |
Total votes | 208,718 | 100.00 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Jim Ryun* | 165,325 | 56.15 | |
Democratic | Nancy Boyda | 121,532 | 41.28 | |
Libertarian | Dennis Hawver | 7,579 | 2.57 | |
Total votes | 294,436 | 100.00 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Democratic | Nancy Boyda | 111,759 | 50.60 | |||
Republican | Jim Ryun* | 104,128 | 47.15 | |||
Reform | Roger Tucker | 4,980 | 2.26 | |||
Total votes | 220,867 | 100.00 | ||||
Democratic gain from Republican |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Republican | Lynn Jenkins | 155,532 | 50.61 | |||
Democratic | Nancy Boyda* | 142,013 | 46.21 | |||
Reform | Leslie Martin | 5,080 | 1.65 | |||
Libertarian | Robert Garrard | 4,683 | 1.52 | |||
Total votes | 262,027 | 100.00 | ||||
Republican gain from Democratic |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Lynn Jenkins* | 130,034 | 63.13 | |
Democratic | Cheryl Hudspeth | 66,588 | 32.33 | |
Libertarian | Robert Garrard | 9,353 | 4.54 | |
Total votes | 205,975 | 100.00 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Lynn Jenkins* | 167,463 | 57.0 | |
Democratic | Tobias Schlingensiepen | 113,735 | 38.7 | |
Libertarian | Dennis Hawver | 12,520 | 4.2 | |
Total votes | 293,718 | 100.00 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Lynn Jenkins* | 128,742 | 57.0 | |
Democratic | Margie Wakefield | 87,153 | 38.6 | |
Libertarian | Christopher Clemmons | 9,791 | 4.3 | |
Total votes | 225,686 | 99.9 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Lynn Jenkins* | 181,228 | 60.9 | |
Democratic | Britani Potter | 96,840 | 32.5 | |
Libertarian | James Houston Bales | 19,333 | 6.5 | |
Total votes | 297,401 | 99.9 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Steve Watkins | 126,099 | 47.6 | |
Democratic | Paul Davis | 123,900 | 46.8 | |
Libertarian | Kelly Standley | 21,386 | 7.2 | |
Total votes | 271,386 | 100 | ||
Republican hold |
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