Iowa's 2nd congressional district

Iowa's 2nd congressional district
Iowa's 2nd congressional district
	Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative	Ashley Hinson; R–Marion
Distribution	66.06% urban; 33.94% rural;
Population (2023)	791,219
Median household; income	$69,384
Ethnicity	85.9% White; 4.6% Black; 3.8% Hispanic; 3.3% Two or more races; 1.5% Asian; 0.8% other;
Cook PVI	R+4

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.

The district is represented by Republican Ashley Hinson.

Statewide races since 2000

Election results from statewide races:

Office	Year	District result	Winner
Office	Year	District result	Statewide	Nationwide
President	2000	Al Gore 53% – George W. Bush 43%	Gore	Bush
	2004	John Kerry 55% – George W. Bush 44%	Bush	Bush
	2008	Barack Obama 60% – John McCain 38%	Obama	Obama
	2012	Barack Obama 56% – Mitt Romney 43%	Obama	Obama
	2016	Donald J. Trump 49% – Hillary Clinton 44%	Trump	Trump
	2020	Donald J. Trump 51% – Joe Biden 47%	Trump	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
Governor	2018	Kim Reynolds 50.7% – Fred Hubbell 47.3%	Reynolds

Composition

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

Cedar Rapids – 137,710
Waterloo – 67,314
Dubuque – 59,667
Marion – 41,535
Cedar Falls – 40,713
Mason City – 27,338
Waverly – 10,394

2,500 – 10,000 people

Grinnell – 9,564
Clear Lake – 7,687
Decorah – 7,587
Charles City – 7,396
Hiawatha – 7,183
Independence – 6,064
Asbury – 5,943
Oelwein – 5,920
Iowa Falls – 5,106
Manchester – 5,065
Vinton – 4,938
Evansdale – 4,561
Mount Vernon – 4,527
Dyersville – 4,477
Cresco – 3,888
Waukon – 3,827
Osage – 3,627
New Hampton – 3,494
Robins – 3,353
Tama – 3,130
Fairfax – 2,828
Grundy Center – 2,796
Eldora – 2,663
Center Point – 2,579
Hudson – 2,546
Jesup – 2,508

List of members representing the district

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]
Shepherd Leffler (Burlington)	Democratic	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1851	30th 31st		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]
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	57th
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	63rd	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.
Bernhard M. Jacobsen (Clinton)	Democratic	March 4, 1931 – June 30, 1936	72nd 73rd 74th		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.
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.	1963–1973 [data missing]
John Culver (Cedar Rapids)	Democratic	January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1975	89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd		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.
Tom Tauke (Dubuque)	Republican	January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1991	96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st		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.	1983–1993 [data missing]
Jim Nussle (Manchester)	Republican	January 3, 1991 – January 3, 2003	102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th		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.	2003–2013
Dave Loebsack (Iowa City)	Democratic	January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2021	110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th 116th		2013–2023
Mariannette Miller-Meeks (Ottumwa)	Republican	January 3, 2021 – January 3, 2023	117th	Elected in 2020. Redistricted to the 1st district.	2013–2023
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

^ Service effectively ended in 1861 when promoted to Major General, but did not officially resign.
^ 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

2020 election

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

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

References

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

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