Kansas's 2nd congressional district

U.S. House district in eastern Kansas

Kansas' 2nd congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Kansas. It includes most of the eastern part of Kansas. The size of the district is less than a quarter of the state. The state capital of Topeka and the city of Lawrence are both in this district.

Kansas's 2nd congressional district
Kansas' 2nd congressional district – since January 3, 2013.
Representative
  Steve Watkins
RTopeka
Distribution
  • 59.73% urban
  • 40.27% rural
Population (2015)715,752
Median household
income
$53,483[1]
Ethnicity
Cook PVIR+10[2]

The representative for this district is Republican Steve Watkins. He was elected on November 6, 2018.

List of members representing the district

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Member Party Years in office Cong
ress
Residence Electoral history
District created March 4, 1875
 
John R. Goodin
Democratic March 4, 1875 –
March 3, 1877
44th Humboldt [Data unknown/missing.]
 
Dudley C. Haskell
Republican March 4, 1877 –
December 16, 1883
45th
46th
47th
Lawrence [Data unknown/missing.]
Died.
Vacant December 16, 1883 –
March 21, 1884
47th
 
Edward H. Funston
Republican March 21, 1884 –
August 2, 1894
47th
48th
49th
50th
51st
52nd
53rd
Iola [Data unknown/missing.]
Lost contested election.
 
Horace L. Moore
Democratic August 2, 1894 –
March 3, 1895
53rd Lawrence Won contested election.
[Data unknown/missing.]
 
Orrin L. Miller
Republican March 4, 1895 –
March 3, 1897
54th Lawrence [Data unknown/missing.]
 
Mason S. Peters
Populist March 4, 1897 –
March 3, 1899
55th Kansas City [Data unknown/missing.]
 
Justin D. Bowersock
Republican March 4, 1899 –
March 3, 1907
56th
57th
58th
59th
Lawrence [Data unknown/missing.]
 
Charles F. Scott
Republican March 4, 1907 –
March 3, 1911
60th Iola Redistricted from the at-large district.
[Data unknown/missing.]
 
Alexander C. Mitchell
Republican March 4, 1911 –
July 7, 1911
61st Lawrence [Data unknown/missing.]
Died.
Vacant July 7, 1911 –
November 7, 1911
61st
 
Joseph Taggart
Democratic November 7, 1911 –
March 3, 1917
61st
62nd
63rd
64th
Kansas City [Data unknown/missing.]
 
Edward C. Little
Republican March 4, 1917 –
June 27, 1924
65th
66th
67th
68th
Kansas City [Data unknown/missing.]
Died.
Vacant June 27, 1924 –
November 4, 1924
68th
 
Ulysses S. Guyer
Republican November 4, 1924 –
March 3, 1925
Kansas City [Data unknown/missing.]
 
Chauncey B. Little
Democratic March 4, 1925 –
March 3, 1927
69th Olathe [Data unknown/missing.]
 
Ulysses S. Guyer
Republican March 4, 1927 –
June 5, 1943
70th
71st
72nd
73rd
74th
75th
76th
77th
78th
Kansas City [Data unknown/missing.]
Died.
Vacant June 5, 1943 –
September 14, 1943
78th
 
Errett P. Scrivner
Republican September 14, 1943 –
January 3, 1959
78th
79th
80th
81st
82nd
83rd
84th
85th
Kansas City [Data unknown/missing.]
 
Newell A. George
Democratic January 3, 1959 –
January 3, 1961
86th Kansas City [Data unknown/missing.]
 
Robert F. Ellsworth
Republican January 3, 1961 –
January 3, 1963
87th Lawrence [Data unknown/missing.]
Redistricted to the 3rd district.
 
William H. Avery
Republican January 3, 1963 –
January 3, 1965
88th Wakefield Redistricted from the 1st district.
Retired to run for Governor of Kansas.
 
Chester L. Mize
Republican January 3, 1965 –
January 3, 1971
89th
90th
91st
Atchison [Data unknown/missing.]
 
William Robert Roy
Democratic January 3, 1971 –
January 3, 1975
92nd
93rd
Topeka [Data unknown/missing.]
 
Martha Elizabeth Keys
Democratic January 3, 1975 –
January 3, 1979
94th
95th
Manhattan [Data unknown/missing.]
 
James Edmund Jeffries
Republican January 3, 1979 –
January 3, 1983
96th
97th
Atchison [Data unknown/missing.]
 
Jim Slattery
Democratic January 3, 1983 –
January 3, 1995
98th
99th
100th
101st
102nd
103rd
Topeka [Data unknown/missing.]
Retired to run for Governor of Kansas.
 
Sam Brownback
Republican January 3, 1995 –
November 7, 1996
104th Topeka [Data unknown/missing.]
Resigned November 27, 1996 retroactive to November 7, 1996 when elected U.S. Senator.
Vacant November 7, 1996 –
November 27, 1996
 
Jim Ryun
Republican November 27, 1996 –
January 3, 2007
104th
105th
106th
107th
108th
109th
Topeka, then Lawrence Elected in 1996 and seated early under the provisions of K.S.A. 25-3503[d].[3]
Lost re-election.
 
Nancy Boyda
Democratic January 3, 2007 –
January 3, 2009
110th Topeka [Data unknown/missing.]
Lost re-election.
 
Lynn Jenkins
Republican January 3, 2009 –
January 3, 2019
111th
112th
113th
114th
115th
Topeka [Data unknown/missing.]
Retired.
 
Steve Watkins
Republican January 3, 2019 –
Present
116th Topeka Incumbent

Recent election results from statewide races

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Year Office Results
2000 U.S. President George W. Bush (R) 54 – Al Gore (D) 41%
2004 U.S. President George W. Bush (R) 59 – John Kerry (D) 39%
2008 U.S. President John McCain (R) 55 – Barack Obama (D) 43%
2012 U.S. President Mitt Romney (R) 56 – Barack Obama (D) 42%
2016 U.S. President Donald Trump (R) 56 – Hillary Clinton (D) 37%

Recent election results

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Kansas's 2nd Congressional District Election (2002)
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jim Ryun* 126,169 60.45
Democratic Dan Lykins 78,286 37.51
Libertarian Art Clack 4,263 2.04
Total votes 208,718 100.00
Republican hold
Kansas's 2nd Congressional District Election (2004)
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jim Ryun* 165,325 56.15
Democratic Nancy Boyda 121,532 41.28
Libertarian Dennis Hawver 7,579 2.57
Total votes 294,436 100.00
Republican hold
Kansas's 2nd Congressional District Election (2006)
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Nancy Boyda 111,759 50.60
Republican Jim Ryun* 104,128 47.15
Reform Roger Tucker 4,980 2.26
Total votes 220,867 100.00
Democratic gain from Republican
Kansas's 2nd Congressional District Election (2008)
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Lynn Jenkins 155,532 50.61
Democratic Nancy Boyda* 142,013 46.21
Reform Leslie Martin 5,080 1.65
Libertarian Robert Garrard 4,683 1.52
Total votes 262,027 100.00
Republican gain from Democratic
Kansas's 2nd Congressional District Election (2010)
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Lynn Jenkins* 130,034 63.13
Democratic Cheryl Hudspeth 66,588 32.33
Libertarian Robert Garrard 9,353 4.54
Total votes 205,975 100.00
Republican hold
Kansas's 2nd Congressional District Election (2012)
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Lynn Jenkins* 167,463 57.0
Democratic Tobias Schlingensiepen 113,735 38.7
Libertarian Dennis Hawver 12,520 4.2
Total votes 293,718 100.00
Republican hold
Kansas's 2nd Congressional District Election (2014)[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Lynn Jenkins* 128,742 57.0
Democratic Margie Wakefield 87,153 38.6
Libertarian Christopher Clemmons 9,791 4.3
Total votes 225,686 99.9
Republican hold
Kansas's 2nd Congressional District Election (2016) [5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Lynn Jenkins* 181,228 60.9
Democratic Britani Potter 96,840 32.5
Libertarian James Houston Bales 19,333 6.5
Total votes 297,401 99.9
Republican hold
Kansas's 2nd Congressional District Election (2018) [6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Steve Watkins 126,099 47.6
Democratic Paul Davis 123,900 46.8
Libertarian Kelly Standley 21,386 7.2
Total votes 271,386 100
Republican hold

Historical district boundaries

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2003 – 2013
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References

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  1. "My Congressional District".
  2. "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
  3. "K.S.A. 25-3503[d]". Retrieved February 3, 2019.
  4. http://www.sos.ks.gov/elections/14elec/2014%20General%20Election%20Official%20Results.pdf
  5. https://www.sos.ks.gov/elections/16elec/2016_General_Election_Official_Results.pdf
  6. https://www.sos.ks.gov/elections/16elec/2018_General_Election_Official_Results.pdf

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