Georgia's 2nd congressional district

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
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative
  Sanford Bishop
D–Albany
Distribution
  • 65.75% urban[1]
  • 34.25% rural
Population (2022)755,007[2]
Median household
income		$48,779[3]
Ethnicity
Cook PVID+3[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+3, 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]

Counties

Recent results in statewide elections
Year Office Results
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%
2022 Governor Stacey Abrams 52% - Brian Kemp 48%

List of members representing the district
Member Party Years Cong
ress		 Electoral history District location
District created March 4, 1789

Abraham Baldwin
(Savannah)		 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 inactive March 4, 1793 –
March 3, 1827

John Forsyth
(Augusta)		 Jacksonian March 4, 1827 –
November 7, 1827		 20th Redistricted from the at-large district and re-elected in 1826.
Resigned.		 1827–1829
[data missing]
Vacant November 7, 1827 –
November 17, 1827

Richard H. Wilde
(Augusta)		 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 inactive March 4, 1829 –
March 3, 1845
Seaborn Jones
(Columbus)		 Democratic March 4, 1845 –
March 3, 1847		 29th Elected in 1844.
[data missing]		 1845–1853
[data missing]

Alfred Iverson Sr.
(Columbus)		 Democratic March 4, 1847 –
March 3, 1849		 30th Elected in 1846.
[data missing]
Marshall J. Wellborn
(Columbus)		 Democratic March 4, 1849 –
March 3, 1851		 31st Elected in 1848.
[data missing]

James Johnson
(Columbus)		 Unionist March 4, 1851 –
March 3, 1853		 32nd Elected in 1851.
[data missing]

Alfred H. Colquitt
(Newton)		 Democratic March 4, 1853 –
March 3, 1855		 33rd Elected in 1853.
[data missing]		 1853–1861
[data missing]

Martin J. Crawford
(Columbus)		 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
(Albany)		 Democratic July 25, 1868 –
March 3, 1869		 40th Elected in 1868 to finish term.
[data missing]		 1868–1873
[data missing]
Vacant March 4, 1869 –
December 22, 1870		 41st

Richard H. Whiteley
(Bainbridge)		 Republican December 22, 1870 –
March 3, 1875		 41st
42nd
43rd		 Installed after Nelson Tift was not permitted to qualify.
Re-elected in 1872.
[data missing]
1873–1883
[data missing]

William E. Smith
(Albany)		 Democratic March 4, 1875 –
March 3, 1881		 44th
45th
46th		 Elected in 1874.
Re-elected in 1876.
Re-elected in 1878.
[data missing]

Henry G. Turner
(Quitman)		 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 missing]

Benjamin E. Russell
(Bainbridge)		 Democratic March 4, 1893 –
March 3, 1897		 53rd
54th		 Elected in 1892.
Re-elected in 1894.
[data missing]		 1893–1903
[data missing]

James M. Griggs
(Dawson)		 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 missing]
Vacant January 5, 1910 –
February 6, 1910		 61st

Seaborn Roddenbery
(Thomasville)		 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 missing]
Vacant September 25, 1913 –
November 4, 1913		 63rd

Frank Park
(Sylvester)		 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 missing]
1923–1933
[data missing]

Edward E. Cox
(Camilla)		 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 missing]
1943–1953
[data missing]
Vacant December 24, 1952 –
February 4, 1953		 82nd
83rd
1953–1963
[data missing]

J. L. Pilcher
(Meigs)		 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 missing]
1963–1973
[data missing]

Maston E. O'Neal Jr.
(Bainbridge)		 Democratic January 3, 1965 –
January 3, 1971		 89th
90th
91st		 Elected in 1964.
Re-elected in 1966.
Re-elected in 1968.
[data missing]

Dawson Mathis
(Albany)		 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 missing]
1973–1983
[data missing]

Charles F. Hatcher
(Albany)		 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 missing]
1983–1993
[data missing]

Sanford Bishop
(Albany)		 Democratic January 3, 1993 –
present		 103rd
104th
105th
106th
107th
108th
109th
110th
111th
112th
113th
114th
115th
116th
117th
118th		 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 missing]
2003–2007
2007–2013
2013–2023
2023–2025

Election results

2002
Georgia's 2nd Congressional District Election (2002)
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Sanford Bishop* 102,925 100.00
Total votes 143,700 100.00
Turnout {{{votes}}}
Democratic hold

2004
Georgia's 2nd Congressional District Election (2004)
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Sanford Bishop* 129,984 66.79
Republican Dave Eversman 64,645 33.21
Total votes 194,629 100.00
Turnout {{{votes}}}
Democratic hold

2006
Georgia's 2nd Congressional District Election (2006)
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Sanford Bishop* 88,662 67.87
Republican Bradley Hughes 41,967 32.13
Total votes 130,629 100.00
Turnout {{{votes}}}
Democratic hold

2008
Georgia's 2nd Congressional District Election (2008)
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Sanford Bishop* 158,447 68.95
Republican Lee Ferrell 71,357 31.05
Total votes 229,804 100.00
Turnout {{{votes}}}
Democratic hold

2010
Georgia's 2nd Congressional District Election (2010)
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Sanford Bishop* 86,520 51.44
Republican Mike Keown 81,673 48.56
Total votes 168,193 100.00
Turnout {{{votes}}}
Democratic hold

2012
Georgia 2nd Congressional District Election (2012)
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Sanford Bishop* 162,751 63.78
Republican John House 92,410 36.78
Total votes 255,161 100
Democratic hold

2014
Georgia's 2nd Congressional District Election (2014)
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Sanford Bishop* 96,363 59.15
Republican Greg Duke 66,357 40.85
Total votes 162,720 100.00
Democratic hold

2016
Georgia's 2nd Congressional District Election (2016)[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Sanford Bishop* 148,543 61.23
Republican Greg Duke 94,056 38.77
Total votes 242,599 100.00
Democratic hold

2018
Georgia's 2nd Congressional District Election (2018)[10]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Sanford Bishop* 135,709 59.56
Republican Herman West Jr. 92,132 40.44
Total votes 227,841 100.00
Democratic hold

2020
Georgia's 2nd Congressional District Election (2020)[11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Sanford Bishop* 161,397 59.12
Republican Don Cole 111,620 40.88
Total votes 273,017 100.00
Democratic hold

2022
Georgia's 2nd Congressional District Election (2022)
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Sanford Bishop* 132,675 54.97
Republican Chris West 108,665 45.03
Total votes 241,340 100.00
Democratic hold

See also

References
  1. "Congressional Districts Relationship Files (State-based) - Geography - U.S. Census Bureau". Archived from the original on April 2, 2013.
  2. "My Congressional District".
  3. "My Congressional District".
  4. "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. July 12, 2022. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
  5. Justice Department approves Georgia's political maps Archived January 7, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Last accessed 2011-12-27
  6. Mitchell, Tia. "Redistricting puts southwest Georgia congressional district into play for GOP". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. ISSN 1539-7459. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  7. "A New Nation Votes".
  8. "A New Nation Votes".
  9. "GA - Election Results".
  10. "Election Night Reporting".
  11. Raffensperger, Brad. "November 3, 2020 General Election Official Results - Totals include all Absentee and Provisional Ballots". Georgia Secretary of State. Retrieved November 22, 2020.

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