Georgia's 2nd congressional district

Georgia's 2nd congressional district
Georgia's 2nd congressional district
	Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative	Sanford Bishop; D–Albany
Distribution	65.75% urban; 34.25% rural;
Population (2023)	757,219
Median household; income	$50,621
Ethnicity	49.0% Black; 39.9% White; 5.9% Hispanic; 3.1% Two or more races; 1.3% Asian; 0.7% other;
Cook PVI	D+3

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 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]

Composition

#	County	Seat	Population
7	Baker	Newton	2,743
21	Bibb	Macon	156,512
37	Calhoun	Morgan	5,457
53	Chattahoochee	Cusseta	8,661
61	Clay	Fort Gaines	2,853
79	Crawford	Knoxville	12,277
87	Decatur	Bainbridge	29,087
93	Dooly	Vienna	10,981
95	Dougherty	Albany	82,645
99	Early	Blakely	10,563
131	Grady	Cairo	26,066
177	Lee	Leesburg	33,872
193	Macon	Oglethorpe	11,817
197	Marion	Buena Vista	7,440
201	Miller	Colquitt	5,747
205	Mitchell	Camilla	21,114
215	Muscogee	Columbus	201,877
225	Peach	Fort Valley	28,805
239	Quitman	Georgetown	2,280
243	Randolph	Cuthbert	6,078
249	Schley	Ellaville	4,526
253	Seminole	Donalsonville	9,092
259	Stewart	Lumpkin	4,674
261	Sumter	Americus	28,890
263	Talbot	Talbotton	5,718
269	Taylor	Butler	7,758
273	Terrell	Dawson	8,718
275	Thomas	Thomasville	45,649
307	Webster	Preston	2,337

Cities with 10,000 or more people

Columbus – 206,922
Macon – 156,337
Warner Robins – 80,308
Albany – 68,089
Perry – 20,624
Thomasville – 18,881
Americus – 16,230
Bainbridge – 14,468
Cairo – 10,179

2,500-10,000 people

Cusseta – 9,565
Fort Valley – 8,780
Centerville – 8,228
Byron – 5,702
Blakely – 5,371
Camilla – 5,187
Dawson – 4,414
Pelham – 3,507
Leesburg – 3,480
Cuthbert – 3,143
Unadilla – 3,118
Montezuma – 3,047
Vienna – 2,928
Putney – 2,869
Donalsonville – 2,833

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]
Abraham Baldwin (Savannah)	Anti-Administration	March 4, 1791 – March 3, 1793	1st 2nd		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)	Constitutional Union	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.	1853–1861 [data missing]
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]			41st 42nd 43rd
	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]				47th 48th 49th 50th 51st 52nd
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.	1893–1903 [data missing]
1903–1913 [data missing]			55th 56th 57th 58th 59th 60th 61st
	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]				61st 62nd 63rd
	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]				63rd 64th 65th 66th 67th 68th
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]
1943–1953 [data missing]	Vacant		December 24, 1952 – February 4, 1953	82nd 83rd
1953–1963 [data missing]				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]				83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th
	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]				92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th
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]				97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd
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. Re-elected in 2024.	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
	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
	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
	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
	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
	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

References

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

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

External links

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[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".

[Cook-4] "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. July 12, 2022. Retrieved January 10, 2023.

[justiceapproval-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".

[General-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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