Iowa's 2nd congressional district

Iowa's 2nd congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Iowa that covers most of its southeastern part. It includes Davenport, Iowa City, Muscatine, Clinton, Burlington, Ottumwa, Fort Madison, Oskaloosa, Bettendorf, Newton and Pella. The bulk of its vote is cast in Iowa City and the Iowa side of the Quad Cities.

Iowa's 2nd congressional district
Iowa's 2nd congressional district since January 3, 2013
Representative	Mariannette Miller-Meeks R–Ottumwa
Distribution	66.06% urban 33.94% rural
Population (2019)	782,989
Median household income	$59,569[1]
Ethnicity	85% White[2] 6% Hispanic 4% Black 2% Asian 0% Native American
Cook PVI	D+1[3]

The district is represented by Republican Mariannette Miller-Meeks.

Statewide races since 2000

Election results from statewide races:

Office	Year	District	Statewide	Nationwide
President	2000	Al Gore 53% – George W. Bush 43%	Gore	Bush
	2004	John Kerry 55% – George W. Bush 44%	Bush
	2008	Barack Obama 60% – John McCain 38%	Obama	Obama
	2012	Barack Obama 56% – Mitt Romney 43%
	2016	Donald Trump 49% – Hillary Clinton 44%	Trump	Trump
	2020	Donald Trump 51% – Joe Biden 47%		Biden
U.S. Senator	2014	Joni Ernst 49% – Bruce Braley 47%	Ernst	n/a
Governor	2014	Terry Branstad 57% – Jack Hatch 40%	Branstad
	2018	Fred Hubbell 50.72% – Kim Reynolds 47.29%	Reynolds

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Term	Cong ress	Electoral history
District created March 4, 1847
Shepherd Leffler	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.
Lincoln Clark	Democratic	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853	32nd	Elected in 1850. Lost re-election.
John P. Cook	Whig	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	33rd	Elected in 1852. Retired.
James Thorington	Whig	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	34th	Elected in 1854. Lost Republican nomination and retired.
Timothy Davis	Republican	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859	35th	Elected in 1856. Retired.
William Vandever	Republican	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863	36th 37th	Elected in 1858. Re-elected in 1860. Retired.[lower-alpha 1]
Hiram Price	Republican	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1869	38th 39th 40th	Elected in 1862. Re-elected in 1864. Re-elected in 1866. Retired.
William Smyth	Republican	March 4, 1869 – September 30, 1870	41st	Elected in 1868. Died.
Vacant		September 30, 1870 – December 6, 1870
William P. Wolf	Republican	December 6, 1870 – March 3, 1871		Elected to finish Smyth's term. Retired.
Aylett R. Cotton	Republican	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1875	42nd 43rd	Elected in 1870. Re-elected in 1872. Lost renomination.[lower-alpha 2]
John Q. Tufts	Republican	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877	44th	Elected in 1874. Retired.
Hiram Price	Republican	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1881	45th 46th	Elected in 1876. Re-elected in 1878. Retired.
Sewall S. Farwell	Republican	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883	47th	Elected in 1880. Lost re-election.
Jeremiah H. Murphy	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887	48th 49th	Elected in 1882. Re-elected in 1884. Lost renomination.
Walter I. Hayes	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.
George M. Curtis	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1899	54th 55th	Elected in 1894. Re-elected in 1896. Retired.
Joseph R. Lane	Republican	March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1901	56th	Elected in 1898. Retired.
John N. W. Rumple	Republican	March 4, 1901 – January 31, 1903	57th	Elected in 1900. Retired and died before next term.
Vacant		January 31, 1903 – March 3, 1903
Martin J. Wade	Democratic	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905	58th	Elected in 1902. Lost re-election.
Albert F. Dawson	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	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	Democratic	February 10, 1914 – March 3, 1915		Elected to finish Pepper's term. Retired.
Harry E. Hull	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	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	Democratic	March 4, 1931 – June 30, 1936	72nd 73rd 74th	Elected in 1930. Re-elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Died.
Vacant		June 30, 1936 – January 3, 1937	74th
William S. Jacobsen	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	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.
Leonard G. Wolf	Democratic	January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1961	86th	Elected in 1958. Lost re-election.
James E. Bromwell	Republican	January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1965	87th 88th	Elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Lost re-election.
John Culver	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.
Mike Blouin	Democratic	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1979	94th 95th	Elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Lost re-election.
Tom Tauke	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.
Jim Nussle	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.
Jim Leach	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.
Dave Loebsack	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.
Mariannette Miller-Meeks	Republican	January 3, 2021 – Present	117th	Elected in 2020.

1. Service effectively ended in 1861 when promoted to Major General, but did not officially resign.
2. 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

Year	Winner			Second			Percentage
	Party affiliation	Candidate	Votes	Party affiliation	Candidate	Votes
1920	Republican	Harry E. Hull	50,160	Farmer–Labor	F. B. Althouse	6,058	89% – 11%
1922			27,450	Democratic	Wayne G. Cook	25,620	51% – 48%
1924		Fred Dickinson Letts	49,117		Ralph U. Thompson	32,893	60% – 40%
1926			29,200		J. P. Gallagher	19,612	60% – 40%
1928			49,690		Frank Z. Titzell	37,344	57% – 43%
1930	Democratic	Bernhard M. Jacobsen	30,008	Republican	F. D. Letts	24,113	55% – 45%
1932			71,914		Frank W. Elliott	50,636	59% – 41%
1934			60,654		Martin B. Andelfinger	39,047	63% – 35%
1936		William S. Jacobsen	70,923		Charles Penningroth	55,255	53% – 41%
1938			48,155		Alfred C. Mueller	47,535	50% – 49%
1940			75,774		W. A. McCullough	69,298	52% – 48%
1942	Republican	Henry O. Talle	62,290	Democratic	William S. Jacobsen	46,310	57% – 43%
1944			86,903		George C. Classen	68,489	56% – 44%
1946			60,111		Richard V. Bernhart	41,544	59% – 41%
1948			82,139		T. W. Mullaney	60,272	57% – 42%
1950			79,066		Eugene J. Kean	55,359	59% – 41%
1952			114,553		T. W. Mullaney	69,421	62% – 38%
1954			72,231		Ruben V. Austin	58,092	55% – 46%
1956			95,999		Leonard G. Wolf	90,843	51% – 49%
1958	Democratic	Leonard G. Wolf	67,022	Republican	Henry O. Talle	64,073	51% – 49%
1960	Republican	James E. Bromwell	108,137	Democratic	Leonard G. Wolf	97,608	53% – 47%
1962			67,475		Frank W. Less	60,296	53% – 47%
1964	Democratic	John C. Culver	97,470	Republican	James E. Bromwell	89,299	52% – 48%
1966			76,281		Robert M. L. Johnson	65,079	54% – 46%
1968			103,651		Tom Riley	84,634	55% – 45%
1970			84,049		Cole McMartin	54,934	60% – 40%
1972			115,489		Theodore R. Ellsworth	79,667	59% – 41%
1974		Michael T. Blouin	73,416		Tom Riley	69,088	51% – 48%
1976			102,980			100,344	50% – 49%
1978	Republican	Thomas J. Tauke	72,644	Democratic	Michael T. Blouin	65,450	52% – 47%
1980			111,587		Steve Sovern	93,175	54% – 45%
1982			99,478		Brent Appel	69,539	59% – 41%
1984			136,839		Joe Welsh	77,335	64% – 36%
1986			88,708		Eric Tabor	55,903	61% – 39%
1988			113,543			86,438	58% – 43%
1990		Jim Nussle	82,650			81,008	50% – 49%
1992			134,536		David R. Nagle	131,570	50% – 49%
1994			111,076			86,087	56% – 43%
1996			127,827		Donna L. Smith	109,731	53% – 46%
1998			104,613		Rob Tully	83,405	55% – 44%
2000			139,906		Donna L. Smith	110,327	55% – 44%
2002		Jim Leach	108,130		Julie Thomas	94,767	52% – 46%
2004			176,684		Dave Franker	117,405	59% – 39%
2006	Democratic	Dave Loebsack	107,097	Republican	Jim Leach	101,386	51% – 49%
2008			173,639		Mariannette Miller-Meeks	118,040	57% – 38%
2010			115,839			104,319	50% – 45%
2012			211,863		John Archer	161,977	55% – 42%
2014			143,431		Mariannette Miller-Meeks	129,455	52% – 47%
2016			198,571		Christopher Peters	170,933	53% – 46%
2018			171,120			133,051	54% – 42%
2020	Republican	Mariannette Miller-Meeks	196,864	Democratic	Rita Hart	196,858	49.910% – 49.908%

• "Election Statistics". 2005. Archived from the original on July 25, 2007.

2002

2002 Iowa's 2nd congressional district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Leach	108,130	52.19%
	Democratic	Julie Thomas	94,767	45.74%
	Libertarian	Kevin Litten	4,178	2.02%
	No party	Others	96	0.05%
Total votes			207,171	100.00%
	Republican hold

2004

2004 Iowa's 2nd congressional district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Leach (incumbent)	176,684	58.92%
	Democratic	Dave Franker	117,405	39.15%
	Libertarian	Kevin Litten	5,586	1.86%
	No party	Others	206	0.07%
Total votes			299,881	100.00%
	Republican hold

2006

2006 Iowa's 2nd congressional district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dave Loebsack	107,683	51.38%
	Republican	Jim Leach (incumbent)	101,707	48.53%
	No party	Others	196	0.09%
Total votes			209,586	100.00%
	Democratic gain from Republican

2008

2008 Iowa's 2nd congressional district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dave Loebsack (incumbent)	175,218	57.19%
	Republican	Mariannette Miller-Meeks	118,778	38.77%
	Green	Wendy Barth	6,664	2.18%
	Independent	Brian White	5,437	1.78%
	No party	Others	261	0.09%
Total votes			306,358	100.00%
	Democratic hold

2010

2010 Iowa's 2nd congressional district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dave Loebsack (incumbent)	115,839	50.99%
	Republican	Mariannette Miller-Meeks	104,319	45.92%
	Libertarian	Gary Joseph Sicard	4,356	1.92%
	Constitution	Jon Tack	2,463	1.08%
	No party	Others	198	0.09%
Total votes			227,175	100.00%
	Democratic hold

2012

2012 Iowa's 2nd congressional district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dave Loebsack (incumbent)	211,863	55.57%
	Republican	John Archer	161,977	42.48%
	Independent	Alan Aversa	7,112	1.87%
	No party	Others	323	0.08%
Total votes			381,275	100.00%
	Democratic hold

2014

2014 Iowa's 2nd congressional district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dave Loebsack (incumbent)	143,431	52.5%
	Republican	Mariannette Miller-Meeks	129,455	47.4%
	Write-ins		443	0.2%
Total votes			273,329	100%
	Democratic hold

2016

Map showing the results of the 2016 election in Iowa's second congressional district by county

2016 Iowa's 2nd congressional district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dave Loebsack (incumbent)	198,571	53.7%
	Republican	Christopher Peters	170,933	46.2%
	Write-ins		528	0.1%
Total votes			370,032	100.00%
	Democratic hold

2018

2018 Iowa's 2nd congressional district election[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Dave Loebsack (incumbent)	171,120	54.8%	+1.1
	Republican	Christopher Peters	133,051	42.6%	−3.6
	Libertarian	Mark David Strauss	6,176	1.98%	+1.98
	Independent	Daniel Clark	1,839	0.59%	+0.59
	Write-ins		171	0.05%	−0.05
Majority			38,069	12.2%
Turnout			312,357	100%
	Democratic hold		Swing	+4.7

2020

2020 Iowa's 2nd congressional district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mariannette Miller-Meeks	196,864	49.910
	Democratic	Rita Hart	196,858	49.908
Total votes			394,439	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

Historical district boundaries

Iowa's 2nd congressional district boundaries from 2003 to 2013

See also

• Iowa's congressional districts
• List of United States congressional districts

References

1. Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
2. "Census profile: Congressional District 2, IA". Census Reporter.
3. "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
4. "Iowa General Election 2018". Iowa Secretary of State. Retrieved November 11, 2018.

• Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present