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Alabama's 2nd congressional district
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Alabama's 2nd congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Representative
  Barry Moore
REnterprise
Area 10,608 sq mi (27,470 km2)
Distribution
  • 54.71% urban
  • 45.29% rural
Population (2019) 674,920
Median income $50,494
Ethnicity
Occupation
Cook PVI R+16

Alabama's 2nd congressional district is a United States congressional district in Alabama that elected a representative to the United States House of Representatives. It includes most of the Montgomery and into the southeastern part of the state. The district has parts of Montgomery County and all of Autauga, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale, Elmore, Geneva, Henry, Houston and Pike counties.

The district is represented by Republican Barry Moore since 2021. Barry Moore took over from Martha Roby who retired in 2020.

Election history

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%
2006 Alabama's 2nd congressional district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Terry Everett (incumbent) 124,302 69.47%
Democratic Chuck James 54,450 30.43%
Write-in 167 0.09%
Total votes 178,919 100%
Republican hold
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%
Democrat gain from Republican
2010 Alabama's 2nd congressional district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Martha Roby 111,332 51.12%
Democratic Bobby Bright (incumbent) 106,465 48.88%
Total votes 217,797 100%
Republican gain from Democrat
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 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 Alabama's 2nd congressional district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Martha Roby (incumbent) 134,886 48.77%
Democratic Nathan Mathis 112,089 40.53%
Write-in 29,609 10.71%
Total votes 276,584 100%
Republican hold
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 Alabama's 2nd congressional district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Barry Moore 197,996 65.2%
Democratic Phyllis Harvey-Hall 105,286 34.7%
Write-in 287 0.1%
Total votes 303,569 100%
Republican hold

See also

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