Missouri's 2nd congressional district
Missouri's second congressional district is in the eastern portion of the state, primarily consisting of the suburbs south and west of St. Louis, including Arnold, Town and Country, Wildwood, Chesterfield, and Oakville.[3] The district includes portions of St. Louis, Jefferson and St. Charles counties.[4] Following redistricting in 2010, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that the district now included more Democratic-leaning voters than it had its 2001–2010 boundaries, but still leaned Republican as a whole.[5] The latest U.S. Census Electorate Profile for the 2nd congressional district estimates there are 581,131 citizens of voting age living in 293,984 households.[6]
Missouri's 2nd congressional district | |||
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Missouri's 2nd congressional district since January 3, 2013 | |||
Representative |
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Population (2019) | 751,926 | ||
Median household income | $88,684[1] | ||
Ethnicity | |||
Cook PVI | R+8[2] |
Its current representative is Republican Ann Wagner. Wagner faced Democrat Cort VanOstran, Libertarian Larry A. Kirk and the Green Party's David Justus Arnold in the 2018 general election.[7]
List of members representing the district
Member | Party | Years | Cong ress |
Electoral history | District location |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
District created March 4, 1847 | |||||
John Jameson |
Democratic | March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849 |
30th | Elected in 1846. Retired. |
1847–1853 [data unknown/missing] |
William Van Ness Bay | Democratic | March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851 |
31st | Elected in 1848. Retired. | |
Gilchrist Porter |
Whig | March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853 |
32nd | Elected in 1850. Lost re-election. | |
Alfred W. Lamb | Democratic | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 |
33rd | Elected in 1852. Retired. |
1853–1863 [data unknown/missing] |
Gilchrist Porter |
Opposition | March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857 |
34th | Elected in 1854. Retired. | |
Thomas L. Anderson |
Know Nothing | March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859 |
35th 36th |
Elected in 1856. Re-elected in 1858. Retired. | |
Independent Democratic | March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861 | ||||
James S. Rollins |
Constitutional Union | March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863 |
37th | Elected in 1860. Redistricted to the 9th district. | |
Henry T. Blow |
Unconditional Unionist | March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865 |
38th 39th |
Elected in 1862. Re-elected in 1864. Retired. |
1863–1873 [data unknown/missing] |
Republican | March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867 | ||||
Carman A. Newcomb |
Republican | March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1869 |
40th | Elected in 1866. Retired. | |
Gustavus A. Finkelnburg |
Republican | March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871 |
41st 42nd |
Elected in 1868. Re-elected in 1870. Retired. | |
Liberal Republican | March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873 | ||||
Erastus Wells |
Democratic | March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1877 |
43rd 44th |
Redistricted from the 1st district and re-elected in 1872. Re-elected in 1874. Lost re-election. |
1873–1883 [data unknown/missing] |
Nathan Cole |
Republican | March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879 |
45th | Elected in 1876. Lost re-election. | |
Erastus Wells |
Democratic | March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881 |
46th | Elected in 1878. Retired. | |
Thomas Allen |
Democratic | March 4, 1881 – April 8, 1882 |
47th | Elected in 1880. Died. | |
Vacant | April 8, 1882 – December 15, 1882 | ||||
James H. McLean |
Republican | December 15, 1882 – March 3, 1883 |
Elected to finish Allen's term.[8] and seated December 15, 1882. Redistricted the same day to the 9th district and lost election to the next term. | ||
Armstead M. Alexander | Democratic | March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885 |
48th | Elected in 1882.[9] Lost renomination. |
1883–1893 [data unknown/missing] |
John B. Hale |
Democratic | March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887 |
49th | Elected in 1884. Lost renomination and lost re-election as an Independent.. | |
Charles H. Mansur |
Democratic | March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1893 |
50th 51st 52nd |
Elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1888. Re-elected in 1890. Lost renomination. | |
Uriel S. Hall |
Democratic | March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1897 |
53rd 54th |
Elected in 1892. Re-elected in 1894. Retired. |
1893–1903 [data unknown/missing] |
Robert N. Bodine |
Democratic | March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1899 |
55th | Elected in 1896. Lost renomination. | |
William W. Rucker |
Democratic | March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1923 |
56th 57th 58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd 63rd 64th 65th 66th 67th |
Elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Re-elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Re-elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Lost renomination. | |
1903–1913 [data unknown/missing] | |||||
1913–1923 [data unknown/missing] | |||||
Ralph F. Lozier |
Democratic | March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1933 |
68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd |
Elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Redistricted to the at-large district. |
1923–1933 [data unknown/missing] |
District inactive | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935 |
73rd | All representatives elected At-large on a general ticket. | ||
William L. Nelson |
Democratic | January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1943 |
74th 75th 76th 77th |
Elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Lost re-election. |
1935–1943 [data unknown/missing] |
Max Schwabe | Republican | January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1949 |
78th 79th 80th |
Elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Lost re-election. |
1943–1953 [data unknown/missing] |
Morgan M. Moulder |
Democratic | January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1953 |
81st 82nd |
Elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Redistricted to the 11th district. | |
Thomas B. Curtis |
Republican | January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1969 |
83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th |
Redistricted from the 12th district and re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Retired to run for U.S. senator. |
1953–1963 [data unknown/missing] |
1963–1973 [data unknown/missing] | |||||
James W. Symington |
Democratic | January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1977 |
91st 92nd 93rd 94th |
Elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Retired to run for U.S. senator. | |
1973–1983 [data unknown/missing] | |||||
Robert A. Young |
Democratic | January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1987 |
95th 96th 97th 98th 99th |
Elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Lost re-election. | |
1983–1993 [data unknown/missing] | |||||
Jack Buechner |
Republican | January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1991 |
100th 101st |
Elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Lost re-election. | |
Joan Kelly Horn |
Democratic | January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1993 |
102nd | Elected in 1990. Lost re-election. | |
Jim Talent |
Republican | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2001 |
103rd 104th 105th 106th |
Elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Retired to run for Governor of Missouri. |
1993–2003 [data unknown/missing] |
Todd Akin |
Republican | January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2013 |
107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th |
Elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Retired to run for U.S. Senator. | |
2003–2013 | |||||
Ann Wagner |
Republican | January 3, 2013 – present |
113th 114th 115th 116th 117th |
Elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. |
2013–present |
Election results from presidential races
Year | Office | Results | Political parties that won the district |
---|---|---|---|
2000 | President | George W. Bush 59 - Al Gore 39% | Republican Party (United States) |
2004 | President | George W. Bush 60 - John Kerry 40% | Republican Party (United States) |
2008 | President | John McCain 55 - Barack Obama 44% | Republican Party (United States) |
2012 | President | Mitt Romney 57 - Barack Obama 41% | Republican Party (United States) |
2016 | President | Donald Trump 53 - Hillary Clinton 42% | Republican Party (United States) |
2020 | President | Donald Trump 49 - Joe Biden 49% | Republican Party (United States) |
Election results
1998
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | James M. Talent (Incumbent) | 142,313 | 70.0% | ||
Democratic | John Ross | 57,565 | 28.3% | ||
Libertarian | Brian K. Lundy | 3,331 | 1.6% | ||
Independent | William Warner | 50 | .0% | ||
Total votes | 203,259 | 100% | |||
Majority | 81,367 | 40.0% | |||
Turnout | |||||
Republican hold | Swing |
2000
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Todd Akin | 164,926 | 55.3% | ||
Democratic | Ted House | 126,441 | 42.4% | ||
Green | Mike Odell | 2,907 | 1.0% | ||
Libertarian | James Higgins | 2,524 | 0.8% | ||
Reform | Richard J. Gimpelson | 1,265 | 0.4% | ||
Total votes | 298,062 | 100% | |||
Majority | 31,790 | 10.7% | |||
Turnout | |||||
Republican hold | Swing |
2002
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Todd Akin (Incumbent) | 167,057 | 67.1% | + 11.8 | |
Democratic | John Hogan | 77,223 | 31.0% | - 11.4 | |
Libertarian | Daria R. Maloney | 4,548 | 1.8% | + 1.0 | |
Total votes | 248,828 | 100% | |||
Majority | 85,286 | 34.3% | |||
Turnout | |||||
Republican hold | Swing |
2004
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Todd Akin (Incumbent) | 228,725 | 65.4% | - 1.7 | |
Democratic | George D. Weber | 115,366 | 33.0% | + 2.0 | |
Libertarian | Daria R. Maloney | 4,822 | 1.4% | - 0.4 | |
Constitution | David Leefe | 954 | 0.3% | ||
Total votes | 349,867 | 100% | |||
Majority | 107,583 | 30.7% | |||
Turnout | |||||
Republican hold | Swing |
2006
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Todd Akin (Incumbent) | 176,452 | 61.3% | - 4.1 | |
Democratic | George D. Weber | 105,242 | 36.6% | + 3.6 | |
Libertarian | Tamara A. Millay | 5,923 | 2.1% | + 0.7 | |
Total votes | 287,617 | 100% | |||
Majority | 65,287 | 22.7% | |||
Turnout | |||||
Republican hold | Swing |
2008
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Todd Akin (Incumbent) | 232,276 | 62.3% | + 1.0 | |
Democratic | William C. (Bill) Haas | 132,068 | 35.4% | - 1.2 | |
Libertarian | Thomas L. Knapp | 8,628 | 2.3% | + 0.2 | |
Total votes | 372,972 | 100% | |||
Majority | 91,580 | 24.6% | |||
Turnout | |||||
Republican hold | Swing |
2010
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Todd Akin (Incumbent) | 180,481 | 67.9% | + 5.6 | |
Democratic | Arthur Lieber | 77,467 | 29.2% | - 6.2 | |
Libertarian | Steve Mosbacher | 7,677 | 2.9% | + 0.6 | |
Independent | Patrick M. Cannon | 7 | 0.0% | n/a | |
Total votes | 265,632 | 100% | |||
Majority | 95,330 | 35.9% | |||
Turnout | |||||
Republican hold | Swing |
2012
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Ann Wagner | 236,971 | 60.1% | - 7.6 | |
Democratic | Glenn Koenen | 146,272 | 37.1% | + 7.9 | |
Libertarian | Bill Slantz | 9,193 | 2.3% | - 0.6 | |
Constitution | Anatol Zorikova | 2,012 | 0.5% | + 0.5 | |
Total votes | 394,448 | 100% | |||
Majority | 90,699 | 23.0% | |||
Turnout | |||||
Republican hold | Swing |
2014
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Ann Wagner (Incumbent) | 147 819 | 64.1% | + 4.0 | |
Democratic | Arthur Lieber | 75,384 | 32.6% | - 4.5 | |
Libertarian | Bill Slantz | 7,542 | 3.3% | + 1.0 | |
Total votes | 231,117 | 100% | |||
Majority | 72,453 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Republican hold | Swing |
2016
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Ann Wagner (Incumbent) | 241,954 | 58.6% | - 5.5 | |
Democratic | Bill Otto | 155,689 | 37.7% | + 5.1 | |
Libertarian | Jim Higgins | 11,758 | 2.8% | - 0.5 | |
Green | David Justus Arnold | 3,605 | 0.9% | + 0.9 | |
Total votes | 413,296 | 100% | |||
Majority | 86,265 | 20.9% | |||
Turnout | |||||
Republican hold | Swing |
2018
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Ann Wagner (Incumbent) | 192,477 | 51.2% | - 7.4 | |
Democratic | Cort VanOstran | 177,611 | 47.2% | + 9.5 | |
Libertarian | Larry A. Kirk | 4,229 | 1.1% | - 1.7 | |
Green | David Justus Arnold | 1,740 | 0.5% | - 0.4 | |
Total votes | 376,066 | 100% | |||
Majority | 14,866 | 4% | |||
Turnout | |||||
Republican hold | Swing |
2020
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Ann Wagner (incumbent) | 233,157 | 51.9 | |
Democratic | Jill Schupp | 204,540 | 45.5 | |
Libertarian | Martin Schulte | 11,647 | 2.6 | |
Write-in | 4 | 0.0 | ||
Total votes | 449,348 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
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