Georgia's 2nd congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Georgia. The district is currently represented by Democrat Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.
Georgia's 2nd congressional district | |||
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![]() Georgia's 2nd congressional district since January 3, 2013 | |||
Representative |
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Distribution |
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Population (2021) | 672,932[2] | ||
Median household income | $44,096[3] | ||
Ethnicity |
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Cook PVI | D+6[4] |
Georgia's largest district by land area, it comprises much of the southwestern portion of the state. Much of the district is rural, although the district has a number of small cities and medium-sized towns, such as Albany, Americus, Bainbridge, and Thomasville. It also contains most of Columbus and most of Macon. The district is also the historic and current home of former President Jimmy Carter.
The 2nd district is one of the most consistently Democratic in the country, as Democrats have held it since 1875. However, it has grown far less heavily blue in recent years due to shifting demographics. With a PVI of D+6, it is the least Democratic majority-black district in the United States.
The district's boundaries were redrawn following the 2010 Census, which granted an additional congressional seat to Georgia.[5] In 2021, following the 2020 Census, the 156th Georgia General Assembly passed new congressional maps signed by Governor Kemp, and redrew this district from 51% African American to 49% African American, beginning in 2023.[6]
Year | Office | Results |
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2000 | President | Al Gore 52% - George W. Bush 48% |
2004 | President | George W. Bush 54% - John Kerry 46% |
2008 | President | Barack Obama 54% - John McCain 46% |
2012 | President | Barack Obama 59% - Mitt Romney 41% |
2016 | President | Hillary Clinton 55% - Donald Trump 43% |
2018 | Governor | Stacey Abrams 56% - Brian Kemp 44% |
2020 | President | Joe Biden 56% - Donald Trump 43% |
Member | Party | Years | Cong ress |
Electoral history | District location |
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![]() Abraham Baldwin |
Anti-Administration | March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1791 |
1st 2nd |
Elected in 1789. Re-elected in 1791. Redistricted to the at-large district. |
1789–1791 "Middle district": Burke, Camden, Chatham, Effingham, Glynn, Greene, Liberty, Richmond, Washington, and Wilkes counties[7] |
March 4, 1791 – March 3, 1793 |
1791–1793 "Middle district": Burke, Columbia, Richmond, and Washington counties[8] | ||||
District not in use | March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1827 |
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![]() John Forsyth |
Jacksonian | March 4, 1827 – November 7, 1827 |
20th | Redistricted from the at-large district and re-elected in 1826. Resigned. |
1827–1829 [data unknown/missing] |
Vacant | November 7, 1827 – November 17, 1827 | ||||
![]() Richard H. Wilde |
Jacksonian | November 17, 1827 – March 3, 1829 |
Elected November 17, 1827 to finish Forsyth's term and seated January 14, 1828. Redistricted to the at-large district. | ||
District not in use | March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1845 |
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Seaborn Jones | Democratic | March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847 |
29th | Elected in 1844. [data unknown/missing] |
1845–1853 [data unknown/missing] |
![]() Alfred Iverson Sr. |
Democratic | March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849 |
30th | Elected in 1846. [data unknown/missing] | |
Marshall J. Wellborn | Democratic | March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851 |
31st | Elected in 1848. [data unknown/missing] | |
![]() James Johnson |
Unionist | March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853 |
32nd | Elected in 1851. [data unknown/missing] | |
![]() Alfred H. Colquitt |
Democratic | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 |
33rd | Elected in 1853. [data unknown/missing] |
1853–1861 [data unknown/missing] |
![]() Martin J. Crawford |
Democratic | March 4, 1855 – January 23, 1861 |
34th 35th 36th |
Elected in 1855. Re-elected in 1857. Re-elected in 1859. Withdrew. | |
Vacant | January 23, 1861 – July 25, 1868 |
36th 37th 38th 39th 40th |
Civil War and Reconstruction | ||
![]() Nelson Tift |
Democratic | July 25, 1868 – March 3, 1869 |
40th | Elected in 1868 to finish term. [data unknown/missing] |
1868–1873 [data unknown/missing] |
Vacant | March 4, 1869 – December 22, 1870 |
41st | |||
![]() Richard H. Whiteley |
Republican | December 22, 1870 – March 3, 1875 |
41st 42nd 43rd |
Installed after Nelson Tift was not permitted to qualify. Re-elected in 1872. [data unknown/missing] | |
1873–1883 [data unknown/missing] | |||||
![]() William E. Smith |
Democratic | March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1881 |
44th 45th 46th |
Elected in 1874. Re-elected in 1876. Re-elected in 1878. [data unknown/missing] | |
![]() Henry G. Turner |
Democratic | March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1893 |
47th 48th 49th 50th 51st 52nd |
Elected in 1880. Re-elected in 1882. Re-elected in 1884. Re-elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1888. Re-elected in 1890. Redistricted to the 11th district. | |
1883–1893 [data unknown/missing] | |||||
![]() Benjamin E. Russell |
Democratic | March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1897 |
53rd 54th |
Elected in 1892. Re-elected in 1894. [data unknown/missing] |
1893–1903 [data unknown/missing] |
![]() James M. Griggs |
Democratic | March 4, 1897 – January 5, 1910 |
55th 56th 57th 58th 59th 60th 61st |
Elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Re-elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Died. | |
1903–1913 [data unknown/missing] | |||||
Vacant | January 5, 1910 – February 6, 1910 |
61st | |||
![]() Seaborn Roddenbery |
Democratic | February 6, 1910 – September 25, 1913 |
61st 62nd 63rd |
Elected to finish Griggs's term. Re-elected in 1910. Re-elected in 1912. Died. | |
1913–1923 [data unknown/missing] | |||||
Vacant | September 25, 1913 – November 4, 1913 |
63rd | |||
![]() Frank Park |
Democratic | November 4, 1913 – March 3, 1925 |
63rd 64th 65th 66th 67th 68th |
Elected to finish Roddenbery's term. Re-elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. [data unknown/missing] | |
1923–1933 [data unknown/missing] | |||||
![]() Edward E. Cox |
Democratic | March 4, 1925 – December 24, 1952 |
69th 70th 71st 72nd 73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd |
Elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Re-elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Died. | |
1933–1943 [data unknown/missing] | |||||
1943–1953 [data unknown/missing] | |||||
Vacant | December 24, 1952 – February 4, 1953 |
82nd 83rd |
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1953–1963 [data unknown/missing] | |||||
![]() J. L. Pilcher |
Democratic | February 4, 1953 – January 3, 1965 |
83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th |
Elected to finish Cox's term. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. [data unknown/missing] | |
1963–1973 [data unknown/missing] | |||||
![]() Maston E. O'Neal Jr. |
Democratic | January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1971 |
89th 90th 91st |
Elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. [data unknown/missing] | |
![]() Dawson Mathis |
Democratic | January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1981 |
92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th |
Elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. [data unknown/missing] | |
1973–1983 [data unknown/missing] | |||||
![]() Charles F. Hatcher |
Democratic | January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1993 |
97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd |
Elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. [data unknown/missing] | |
1983–1993 [data unknown/missing] | |||||
![]() Sanford Bishop |
Democratic | January 3, 1993 – present |
103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th 116th 117th |
Elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-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. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. |
1993–2003 [data unknown/missing] |
2003–2007![]() | |||||
2007–2013![]() | |||||
2013–present![]() |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Sanford Bishop* | 102,925 | 100.00 | |
Total votes | 143,700 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Sanford Bishop* | 129,984 | 66.79 | |
Republican | Dave Eversman | 64,645 | 33.21 | |
Total votes | 194,629 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Sanford Bishop* | 88,662 | 67.87 | |
Republican | Bradley Hughes | 41,967 | 32.13 | |
Total votes | 130,629 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Sanford Bishop* | 158,447 | 68.95 | |
Republican | Lee Ferrell | 71,357 | 31.05 | |
Total votes | 229,804 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Sanford Bishop* | 86,520 | 51.44 | |
Republican | Mike Keown | 81,673 | 48.56 | |
Total votes | 168,193 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Sanford Bishop* | 162,751 | 63.78 | |
Republican | John House | 92,410 | 36.78 | |
Total votes | 255,161 | 100 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Sanford Bishop* | 96,363 | 59.15 | |
Republican | Greg Duke | 66,357 | 40.85 | |
Total votes | 162,720 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Sanford Bishop* | 148,543 | 61.23 | |
Republican | Greg Duke | 94,056 | 38.77 | |
Total votes | 242,599 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Sanford Bishop* | 135,709 | 59.56 | |
Republican | Herman West Jr. | 92,132 | 40.44 | |
Total votes | 227,841 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Sanford Bishop* | 161,397 | 59.12 | |
Republican | Don Cole | 111,620 | 40.88 | |
Total votes | 273,017 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
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