Louisiana's 2nd congressional district
Louisiana's 2nd congressional district | ||
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Louisiana's 2nd congressional district - since January 3, 2013. | ||
Current Representative | Cedric Richmond (D–New Orleans) | |
Cook PVI | D+22[1] |
Louisiana's 2nd congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The district contains nearly all of the city of New Orleans and stretches west and north to Baton Rouge.
The district is currently represented by Democrat Cedric Richmond.
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History
Louisiana gained the 2nd Congressional District in 1823 as part of the 18th United States Congress. At first it comprised New Orleans and significant populations from surrounding areas, but it has incrementally been compacted into being mostly within the city of New Orleans per se. It has also historically been among the most safely Democratic seats in the country. It remained in Democratic hands from 1891 until Republican nominee Joseph Cao upset Democratic incumbent Bill Jefferson in 2008 for the term beginning in January 2009. Like most congressional seats in the South, this district consistently voted Democratic from the time of Reconstruction until the 1960s. Since then, its position as an unassailable Democratic seat is due to its configuration as a "Majority-Minority" district created as a result of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to ensure minority voters have a chance to elect representatives of their own choice to Congress, and to guard against adverse racially-motivated gerrymandering. It has been drawn as a black-majority district since 1983. It is currently the only black-majority district containing any territory west of the Mississippi River.
The district's previous incumbent, Joseph Cao, became not only the first Republican to represent the 2nd Congressional District and most of New Orleans in over a century, but also America's first Vietnamese-American U.S. Representative. He was the only Republican in the 111th Congress representing a predominantly African American district.
For most of the time from 1983 to 2013, the district contained nearly all of the city of New Orleans (except for a small portion is located in the neighboring 1st Congressional District), and some of its suburbs. From 2003 to 2013, it also included the West Bank portion of Jefferson Parish and South South Kenner.[2] After the 2010 census, it was pushed slightly to the west, picking up a portion of Baton Rouge.
List of representatives
Representative | Party | Term | Electoral history |
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District created | March 4, 1823 | ||
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Adams-Clay Democratic- Republican |
March 4, 1823 – March 4, 1825 |
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Adams | March 4, 1825 – March 4, 1829 |
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Anti- Jacksonian |
March 4, 1829 – March 4, 1831 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] | |
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Jacksonian | March 4, 1831 – March 4, 1835 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
75px Eleazer Wheelock Ripley | Jacksonian | March 4, 1835 – March 4, 1837 |
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Democratic | March 4, 1837 – March 4, 1839 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] | |
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Whig | March 4, 1839 – March 4, 1841 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
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Democratic | March 4, 1841 – March 4, 1843 |
Redistricted to the 3rd district |
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Democratic | March 4, 1843 – March 4, 1845 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
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Democratic | March 4, 1845 – March 4, 1849 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
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Whig | March 4, 1849 – August 17, 1850 |
Resigned to become United States Secretary of War |
Vacant | August 17, 1850 – December 5, 1850 |
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Whig | December 5, 1850 – March 4, 1851 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
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Whig | March 4, 1851 – March 4, 1853 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
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Whig | March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1855 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
75px Miles Taylor | Democratic | March 4, 1855 – February 5, 1861 |
Withdrew due to onset of Civil War |
Vacant | February 5, 1861 – December 3, 1862 |
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Unionist | December 3, 1862 – March 4, 1863 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
Louisiana's secession during the Civil War | March 4, 1863– July 18, 1868 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] | |
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Democratic | July 18, 1868 – August 26, 1868 |
Died after serving 5 weeks |
Vacant | August 26, 1868 – March 4, 1869 |
House left seat vacant due to election dispute | |
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Republican | March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1875 |
Lost re-election |
75px Ezekiel John Ellis | Democratic | March 4, 1875 – March 4, 1885 |
Retired from Congress, returned to law practice |
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Republican | March 3, 1885 – March 15, 1886 |
Died |
Vacant | March 15, 1886 – December 9, 1886 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] | |
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Democratic | December 9, 1886 – March 4, 1887 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
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Democratic | March 4, 1887 – March 4, 1889 |
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75px Hamilton D. Coleman | Republican | March 4, 1889 – March 4, 1891 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
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Democratic | March 4, 1891 – March 4, 1893 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
75px Robert Charles Davey | Democratic | March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1895 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
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Democratic | March 4, 1895 – March 4, 1897 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
75px Robert Charles Davey | Democratic | March 4, 1897 – December 26, 1908 |
Died |
Vacant | December 26, 1908 – March 30, 1909 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] | |
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Democratic | March 30, 1909 – July 18, 1910 |
Died |
Vacant | July 18, 1910 – November 8, 1910 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] | |
75px H. Garland Dupré | Democratic | November 8, 1910 – February 21, 1924 |
Died |
Vacant | February 21, 1924 – April 22, 1924 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] | |
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Democratic | April 22, 1924 – March 4, 1931 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
75px Paul H. Maloney | Democratic | March 4, 1931 – December 15, 1940 |
Resigned |
Vacant | December 15, 1940 – January 3, 1941 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] | |
75px Hale Boggs | Democratic | January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943 |
Lost re-nomination |
75px Paul H. Maloney | Democratic | January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1947 |
Retired from Congress |
75px Hale Boggs | Democratic | January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1973 |
Presumed dead after private plane went missing over Alaska October 16, 1972. Seat declared vacant at beginning of the 93rd Congress. |
Vacant | January 3, 1973 – March 20, 1973 |
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Democratic | March 20, 1973 – January 3, 1991 |
First elected to finish her husband's term Retired |
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Democratic | January 3, 1991 – January 3, 2009 |
Lost re-election |
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Republican | January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2011 |
Elected in 2008 Lost re-election |
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Democratic | January 3, 2011 – Present |
First elected in 2010 |
Recent Election Results
2002
Louisiana's 2nd Congressional District Election (2002) | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | William J. Jefferson* | 90,310 | 63.53 | |
Democratic | Irma Muse Dixon | 28,480 | 20.03 | |
Republican | Silky Sullivan | 15,440 | 10.86 | |
Democratic | Clarence "Buddy" Hunt | 4,137 | 2.91 | |
Libertarian | Wayne Clement | 3,789 | 2.67 | |
Total votes | 142,156 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold |
2004
Louisiana's 2nd Congressional District Election (2004) | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | William J. Jefferson* | 173,510 | 79.01 | |
Republican | Art Schwertz | 46,097 | 20.99 | |
Total votes | 219,607 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold |
2006
Louisiana's 2nd Congressional District General Election (2006) | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | William J. Jefferson* | 28,283 | 30.08 | |
Democratic | Karen Carter Peterson | 20,364 | 21.66 | |
Democratic | Derrick D.T. Shepherd | 16,799 | 17.87 | |
Republican | Joe Lavigne | 12,511 | 13.31 | |
Democratic | Troy A. Carter | 11,304 | 12.02 | |
Republican | Eric T. Bradley | 1,159 | 1.23 | |
Democratic | Regina Bartholomew | 1,125 | 1.20 | |
Total votes | 91,545 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold |
Louisiana's 2nd Congressional District General Election RUNOFF (December 9, 2006) | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | William J. Jefferson* | 35,153 | 56.55 | |
Democratic | Karen Carter Peterson | 27,011 | 43.45 | |
Total votes | 62,164 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold |
2008
Louisiana's 2nd Congressional District Election (December 6, 2008) | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
Republican | Joseph Cao | 33,132 | 49.54 | |||
Democratic | William J. Jefferson* | 31,318 | 46.83 | |||
Green | Malik Rahim | 1,883 | 2.82 | |||
Libertarian | Gregory W. Kahn | 549 | 0.82 | |||
Total votes | 66,882 | 100.00 | ||||
Voter turnout | % | |||||
Republican gain from Democratic |
2010
Louisiana's 2nd Congressional District Election (2010) | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
Democratic | Cedric Richmond* | 83,705 | 64.59 | |||
Republican | Joseph Cao* | 43,378 | 33.47 | |||
Independent | Anthony Marquize | 1,876 | 1.45 | |||
Independent | Jack Radosta | 645 | 0.50 | |||
Total votes | 129,604 | 100.00 | ||||
Voter turnout | % | |||||
Democratic gain from Republican |
2012
Louisiana's 2nd Congressional District Election (2012) | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Democratic | Cedric Richmond* | 158,501 | 55.20 | |
Democratic | Gary Landrieu | 71,916 | 25.00 | |
Republican | Dwayne Bailey | 38,801 | 13.50 | |
Republican | Josue Larose | 11,345 | 3.90 | |
Libertarian | Caleb Trotter | 6,791 | 2.40 | |
Total votes | 287,354 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Democratic hold |
Historical district boundaries
See also
References
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