West Virginia's 2nd congressional district

U.S. House district for West Virginia

West Virginia's 2nd congressional district is a congressional district in the state of West Virginia. The congressional district was made on December 7, 1863. The district elects a person to represent the district in the United States House of Representatives. The district is currently represented by Republican Alex Mooney. It includes the capital city of West Virginia, Charleston. The district starts at the Ohio River and ends at the Potomac River.

West Virginia's 2nd congressional district
West Virginia's 2nd congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Representative
 Alex Mooney
RCharles Town
Population (2019)623,039
Median household
income
$52,166[1]
Ethnicity
Cook PVIR+17[2]

Election history

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Election results from presidential races
YearOfficeResults
2000PresidentBush 54 - 44%
2004PresidentBush 57 - 42%
2008PresidentMcCain 55 - 44%
2012PresidentRomney 60 - 38%
2016PresidentTrump 66 - 29%
2020PresidentTrump 65 - 33%
2000 United States House of Representatives elections in West Virginia
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Shelley Moore Capito 108,769 48.49
DemocraticJim Humphreys103,00345.92
LibertarianJohn Brown12,5435.59
Total votes224,315100.00
Republican gain from Democratic
2002 United States House of Representatives elections in West Virginia
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Shelley Moore Capito (incumbent) 98,276 60.04
DemocraticJim Humphreys65,40039.96
Total votes163,676100.00
Republican hold
2004 United States House of Representatives elections in West Virginia
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Shelley Moore Capito (incumbent) 147,676 57.46
DemocraticErik Wells106,13141.29
MountainJulian Martin3,2181.25
Total votes257,025100.00
Republican hold
2006 United States House of Representatives elections in West Virginia
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Shelley Moore Capito (incumbent) 94,110 57.18
DemocraticMike Callaghan70,47042.82
Total votes164,580100.00
Republican hold
2008 United States House of Representatives elections in West Virginia
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Shelley Moore Capito (incumbent) 147,334 57.07
DemocraticAnne Barth110,81942.92
Write-ins160.01
Total votes258,169100.00
Republican hold
2010 United States House of Representatives elections in West Virginia
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Shelley Moore Capito (incumbent) 126,814 68.46
DemocraticVirginia Lynch Graf55,00129.69
ConstitutionPhil Hudok3,4311.85
Total votes185,246100.00
Republican hold
2012 United States House of Representatives elections in West Virginia
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Shelley Moore Capito (incumbent) 158,206 69.8
DemocraticHoward Swint68,56030.2
Total votes226,766100.0
Republican hold
2014 United States House of Representatives elections in West Virginia
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Alex X. Mooney 72,619 47.1
DemocraticNick Casey67,68743.9
LibertarianDavy Jones7,6825.0
IndependentEd Rabel6,2504.0
Total votes154,238100.0
Republican hold
2016 United States House of Representatives elections in West Virginia
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Alex Mooney (incumbent) 140,807 58.2
DemocraticMark Hunt101,20741.8
Total votes242,014100.0
Republican hold
2018 United States House of Representatives elections in West Virginia
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Alex Mooney (incumbent) 110,504 53.9
DemocraticTalley Sergent88,01143.0
MountainDaniel Lutz6,2773.1
Total votes204,792100.0
Republican hold
2020 United States House of Representatives elections in West Virginia
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Alex Mooney (incumbent) 172,195 63.1
DemocraticCathy Kunkel100,79936.9
Total votes272,994100.0
Republican hold

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.