Alabama's 2nd congressional district

31°38′38.5″N 86°2′41.72″W / 31.644028°N 86.0449222°W / 31.644028; -86.0449222

Alabama's 2nd congressional district
Map
Map
Interactive map of district boundaries
Representative
Area10,608 sq mi (27,470 km2)
Distribution
  • 54.71% urban
  • 45.29% rural
Population (2023)724,401[1]
Median household
income
$60,423[2]
Ethnicity
Occupation
Cook PVIR+17[3]

Alabama's 2nd congressional district is a United States congressional district in Alabama, which elects a representative to the United States House of Representatives. It includes most of the Montgomery metropolitan area, and stretches into the Wiregrass Region in the southeastern portion of the state. The district encompasses portions of Montgomery County and the entirety of Autauga, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale, Elmore, Geneva, Henry, Houston and Pike counties. Other cities in the district include Andalusia, Dothan, Greenville, and Troy.

The district is represented by Republican Barry Moore, a former Alabama state representative, who replaced Martha Roby, the retired Republican incumbent, in the 2020 election.

The 2nd is scheduled to be completely overhauled in advance of the 2024 elections, in consequence of the United States Supreme Court's decision in Allen v. Milligan, which ordered Alabama to create a second black opportunity district. Following this, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama appointed a special master to create new maps for the state, which resulted in the 2nd joining the 7th as the state's two opportunity districts.[4] Under its future configuration, this district would have been one of 19 districts that voted for Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election had they existed in such configurations while being won or held by a Republican in 2022. However, with Moore's home county of Coffee being drawn out of this district and into the 1st, and him deciding to run in that district, the district has been left with no incumbent.[5]

Character

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There are several small-to-medium-sized cities spread throughout the district. Fort Novosel and Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base are both within its bounds, as is Troy University.

White voters here were among the first in Alabama to shift from the Democratic Party; the old-line Southern Democrats in this area began splitting their tickets as early as the 1950s. Southeast Alabama is one of the most Republican districts in both Alabama and the nation. It has only supported a Democrat for president once since 1956, when Jimmy Carter carried it in 1976. In 2008, the district elected a Democrat to Congress for the first time since 1964, but it reverted to its Republican ways in 2010. At the state and local level, however, conservative Democrats continued to hold most offices as late as 2002.

White voters gave John McCain, the Republican candidate, 63.42% of the vote in 2008; Barack Obama, the Democratic candidate, received 36.05%, attracting voters beyond the substantial (and expected) African-American minority.

The district gives its congressmen very long tenures in Washington; only six people have represented it from 1923 to 2021, with five of six holding it for at least 10 years and four of six holding it for at least 15 years. Barry Moore, elected in 2021, represented the district when it was redrawn in 2023, to which he would continue his Congressional career in the neighboring 1st district.[6]

The new 2nd district takes the heavier African American communities of Butler, Macon, Monroe, Pike, and Russell counties as well as the capital Montgomery, Alabama. The district is expected to elect a Democratic representative to Congress in the 2024 elections.[7]

Recent election results from statewide races

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2023–2025 boundaries

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Year Office Results
2000 President Bush 61 - 38%
2004 President Bush 67 - 33%
2008 President McCain 63 - 36%
2012 President Romney 63 - 36%
2016 President Trump 65 - 33%
Senate Shelby 65.5% - 34.3%
2017 Senate Moore 55% - 44%
2020 President Trump 64.1 - 34.7%
Senate Tuberville 62.2% - 37.7%
2022 Senate Britt 69.6% - 28.3%

2025–2033 boundaries

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Year Office Results
2008 President Obama 54.9 - 44.1%
2012 President Obama 56.5 - 43.5%
2016 President Clinton 53.9 - 43.4%
Senate Crumpton 54.0 - 45.9%
2017 Senate Jones 65.7 - 33.3%
2018 Governor Maddox 56.5 - 43.4%
2020 President Biden 55.6 - 43.2%
Senate Jones 58.4% - 41.4%
2022 Governor Ivey 49.3 - 47.6%
Senate Boyd 49.3 - 48.8%

List of members representing the district

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Member Party Years Cong
ress
Electoral history District location
District created March 4, 1823

John McKee
(Tuscaloosa)
Democratic-Republican March 4, 1823 –
March 3, 1825
18th
19th
20th
Elected in 1823.
Re-elected in 1825.
Re-elected in 1827.
Retired.
1823–1833
"Middle district": Bibb, Blount, Franklin, Greene, Jefferson, Marengo, Marion, Morgan, Perry, Pickens, Saint Clair, Shelby, and Tuscaloosa counties
Jacksonian March 4, 1825–
March 3, 1829

Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor
(Tuscaloosa)
Jacksonian March 4, 1829 –
March 3, 1831
21st Elected in 1829.
Lost re-election.
Samuel Wright Mardis
(Montevallo)
Jacksonian March 4, 1831 –
March 3, 1833
22nd Elected in 1831.
Redistricted to the 3rd district.

John McKinley
(Florence)
Jacksonian March 4, 1833 –
March 3, 1835
23rd Elected in 1833.
Retired.
1833–1841

Joshua L. Martin
(Athens)
Jacksonian March 4, 1835 –
March 3, 1837
24th
25th
Elected in 1835
Democratic March 4, 1837 –
March 3, 1839
Re-elected in 1837.
Retired.

David Hubbard
(Courtland)
Democratic March 4, 1839 –
March 3, 1841
26th Elected in 1839.
Redistricted to the at-large district and lost re-election.
District inactive March 3, 1841 –
March 3, 1843
27th All representatives elected at-large.
James Edwin Belser
(Montgomery)
Democratic March 4, 1843 –
March 3, 1845
28th Elected in 1843.
Retired.
1843–1855

Henry Washington Hilliard
(Montgomery)
Whig March 4, 1845 –
March 3, 1851
29th
30th
31st
Elected in 1845.
Re-elected in 1847.
Re-elected in 1849.
Retired.
James Abercrombie
(Girard)
Whig March 4, 1851 –
March 3, 1855
32nd
33rd
Elected in 1851.
Re-elected in 1853.
Retired.

Eli Sims Shorter
(Eufaula)
Democratic March 4, 1855 –
March 3, 1859
34th
35th
Elected in 1855.
Re-elected in 1857.
Retired.
1855–1863

James L. Pugh
(Eufaula)
Democratic March 4, 1859 –
January 21, 1861
36th Elected in 1859.
Withdrew due to Civil War.
Vacant January 21, 1861 –
July 21, 1868
36th
37th
38th
39th
40th
Civil War and Reconstruction

Charles Waldron Buckley
(Montgomery)
Republican July 21, 1868 –
March 3, 1873
40th
41st
42nd
Elected to finish the partial term.
Re-elected in 1868.
Re-elected in 1870.
Retired.
1863–1877

James T. Rapier
(Montgomery)
Republican March 4, 1873 –
March 3, 1875
43rd Elected in 1872.
Lost re-election.

Jeremiah Norman Williams
(Clayton)
Democratic March 4, 1875 –
March 3, 1877
44th Elected in 1874.
Redistricted to the 3rd district.

Hilary A. Herbert
(Montgomery)
Democratic March 4, 1877 –
March 3, 1893
45th
46th
47th
48th
49th
50th
51st
52nd
Elected in 1876.
Re-elected in 1878.
Re-elected in 1880.
Re-elected in 1882.
Re-elected in 1884.
Re-elected in 1886.
Re-elected in 1888.
Re-elected in 1890.
Retired.
1877–1893

Jesse F. Stallings
(Greenville)
Democratic March 4, 1893 –
March 3, 1901
53rd
54th
55th
56th
Elected in 1892.
Re-elected in 1894.
Re-elected in 1896.
Re-elected in 1898.
Retired.
1893–1933

Ariosto A. Wiley
(Montgomery)
Democratic March 4, 1901 –
June 17, 1908
57th
58th
59th
60th
Elected in 1900.
Re-elected in 1902.
Re-elected in 1904.
Re-elected in 1906.
Died.
Vacant June 17, 1908 –
November 3, 1908
60th

Oliver C. Wiley
(Troy)
Democratic November 3, 1908 –
March 3, 1909
Elected to finish his brother's term.
Retired.

S. Hubert Dent Jr.(Montgomery)
Democratic March 4, 1909 –
March 3, 1921
61st
62nd
63rd
64th
65th
66th
Elected in 1908.
Re-elected in 1910.
Re-elected in 1912.
Re-elected in 1914.
Re-elected in 1916.
Re-elected in 1918.
Lost renomination.

John R. Tyson
(Montgomery)
Democratic March 4, 1921 –
March 27, 1923
67th
68th
Elected in 1920.
Re-elected in 1922.
Died.
Vacant March 27, 1923 –
August 14, 1923
68th

J. Lister Hill
(Montgomery)
Democratic August 14, 1923 –
January 11, 1938
68th
69th
70th
71st
72nd
73rd
74th
75th
Elected to finish Tyson's term.
Re-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.
Resigned when appointed U.S. Senator.
1933–1963
Vacant January 11, 1938 –
June 14, 1938
75th

George M. Grant
(Troy)
Democratic June 14, 1938 –
January 3, 1963
75th
76th
77th
78th
79th
80th
81st
82nd
83rd
84th
85th
86th
87th
Elected to finish Hill's term.
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.
Re-elected in 1954.
Re-elected in 1956.
Re-elected in 1958.
Re-elected in 1960.
Redistricted to the At-large district.
District inactive January 3, 1963 –
January 3, 1965
88th All representatives elected at-large.

William L. Dickinson
(Montgomery)
Republican January 3, 1965 –
January 3, 1993
89th
90th
91st
92nd
93rd
94th
95th
96th
97th
98th
99th
100th
101st
102nd
Elected in 1964.
Re-elected in 1966.
Re-elected in 1968.
Re-elected in 1970.
Re-elected in 1972.
Re-elected in 1974.
Re-elected in 1976.
Re-elected in 1978.
Re-elected in 1980.
Re-elected in 1982.
Re-elected in 1984.
Re-elected in 1986.
Re-elected in 1988.
Re-elected in 1990.
Retired.
1965–1973
1973–1993

Terry Everett
(Enterprise)
Republican January 3, 1993 –
January 3, 2009
103rd
104th
105th
106th
107th
108th
109th
110th
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.
Retired.
1993–2003
2003–2013

Bobby Bright
(Montgomery)
Democratic January 3, 2009 –
January 3, 2011
111th Elected in 2008.
Lost re-election.

Martha Roby
(Montgomery)
Republican January 3, 2011 –
January 3, 2021
112th
113th
114th
115th
116th
Elected in 2010.
Re-elected in 2012.
Re-elected in 2014.
Re-elected in 2016.
Re-elected in 2018.
Retired.
2013–2023

Barry Moore
(Enterprise)
Republican January 3, 2021 –
present
117th
118th
Elected in 2020.
Re-elected in 2022.
Redistricted to the 1st district.
2023–2025

Recent election results

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These are the results from the previous ten election cycles in Alabama's 2nd district.[8]

2002

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2002 Alabama's 2nd congressional district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Terry Everett (incumbent) 129,233 68.75%
Democratic Charles Woods 55,495 29.52%
Libertarian Floyd Shackelford 2,948 1.57%
Write-in 289 0.15%
Total votes 187,965 100%
Republican hold

2004

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2004 Alabama's 2nd congressional district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Terry Everett (incumbent) 177,086 71.42%
Democratic Charles D. "Chuck" James 70,562 28.46%
Write-in 299 0.12%
Total votes 247,947 100%
Republican hold

2006

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2006 Alabama's 2nd congressional district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Terry Everett (incumbent) 124,302 69.47%
Democratic Charles D. "Chuck" James 54,450 30.43%
Write-in 167 0.09%
Total votes 178,919 100%
Republican hold

2008

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2008 Alabama's 2nd congressional district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Bobby Bright 144,368 50.23%
Republican Jay Love 142,578 49.61%
Write-in 448 0.16%
Total votes 287,394 100%
Democratic gain from Republican

2010

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2010 Alabama's 2nd congressional district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Martha Roby 111,645 50.97%
Democratic Bobby Bright (incumbent) 106,865 48.79%
Write-in 518 0.24%
Total votes 219,028 100%
Republican gain from Democratic

2012

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2012 Alabama's 2nd congressional district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Martha Roby (incumbent) 180,591 63.60%
Democratic Therese Ford 103,092 36.31%
Write-in 270 0.10%
Total votes 283,953 100%
Republican hold

2014

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2014 Alabama's 2nd congressional district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Martha Roby (incumbent) 113,103 67.34%
Democratic Erick Wright 54,692 32.56%
Write-in 157 0.09%
Total votes 167,952 100%
Republican hold

2016

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2016 Alabama's 2nd congressional district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Martha Roby (incumbent) 134,886 48.75%
Democratic Nathan Mathis 112,089 40.51%
Write-in 29,709 10.74%
Total votes 276,684 100%
Republican hold

2018

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2018 Alabama's 2nd congressional district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Martha Roby (incumbent) 138,879 61.39%
Democratic Tabitha Isner 86,931 38.43%
Write-in 420 0.19%
Total votes 226,230 100%
Republican hold

2020

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2020 Alabama's 2nd congressional district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Barry Moore 197,996 65.22%
Democratic Phyllis Harvey-Hall 105,286 34.68%
Write-in 287 0.10%
Total votes 303,569 100%
Republican hold

2022

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2022 Alabama's 2nd congressional district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Barry Moore (incumbent) 137,460 69.1%
Democratic Phyllis Harvey-Hall 58,014 29.2%
Libertarian Jonathan Realz 3,396 1.7%
Total votes 198,870 100%
Republican hold

See also

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References

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Specific
  1. ^ "My Congressional District".
  2. ^ "My Congressional District".
  3. ^ "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
  4. ^ Timm, Jane C. (October 5, 2023). "Alabama gets a court-ordered congressional map with a second Black district". NBC News. Retrieved October 5, 2023.
  5. ^ Everett, Grayson (September 26, 2023). "Carl announces reelection bid after Fed-proposed map signals primary with Moore". Yellowhammer News. Retrieved September 26, 2023.
  6. ^ Gans, Jared (March 6, 2024). "Moore defeats Carl in GOP member-on-member race in Alabama". The Hill.
  7. ^ Schonfeld, Zach (October 5, 2023). "Court picks new Alabama congressional map that heightens Black voting power". The Hill.
  8. ^ "AL - District 02". Our Campaigns. Retrieved September 11, 2021.
General
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