Virginia's 2nd congressional district U.S. House district for Virginia
Virginia's 2nd congressional district Interactive map of district boundaries since 2023
Representative Distribution 92.57% urban[ 1] 7.43% rural Population (2023) 789,864[ 2] Median household income $91,706[ 3] Ethnicity Cook PVI R+2[ 4]
Virginia's 2nd congressional district from January 3, 2023
Virginia's second congressional district is a U.S. congressional district in the Commonwealth of Virginia . It currently encompasses all of the counties of Accomack , Northampton , and Isle of Wight ; all of the independent cities of Virginia Beach , Suffolk , and Franklin ; part of the independent city of Chesapeake ; and part of Southampton County . However, its boundaries have changed greatly over the centuries; it initially encompassed what became West Virginia after the American Civil War . It is considered among the nation's most competitive congressional districts.
The district has a significant military presence.[ 5] The Hampton Roads area is considered to be a military town .[ 6]
Republican Scott Rigell defeated Democrat Glenn Nye in the November 2, 2010, election, and took his seat January 3, 2011, serving until 2017, when he was succeeded by Scott Taylor . In the November 6, 2018, election, Democrat Elaine Luria defeated Republican Scott Taylor. In 2022, Luria was defeated by Republican Jen Kiggans .
The responsibility of drawing maps for congressional and state legislative districts passed from the Virginia Redistricting Commission (VRC) to the Supreme Court of Virginia in November 2021. The Supreme Court completed redistricting in December 2021, which was used for the 2022 elections.[ 7]
Recent results in statewide races
Results under current lines (since 2023)
Results under old lines
List of members representing the district
Representative
Party
Years
Cong ress
Electoral history
District established March 4, 1789
John Brown (Charlottesville )
Anti-Administration
March 4, 1789 – June 1, 1792
1st 2nd
Elected in 1789 .Re-elected in 1790 . Resigned.
Vacant
June 2, 1792 – March 3, 1793
2nd
Andrew Moore (Lexington )
Anti-Administration
March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795
3rd 4th
Redistricted from the 3rd district and re-elected in 1793 .Re-elected in 1795 . Retired.
Democratic-Republican
March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1797
David Holmes (Harrisonburg )
Democratic-Republican
March 4, 1797 – March 3, 1803
5th 6th 7th
Elected in 1797 .Re-elected in 1799 .Re-elected in 1801 . Redistricted to the 4th district .
James Stephenson (Martinsburg )
Federalist
March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1805
8th
Elected in 1803 . Lost re-election.
John Morrow
Democratic-Republican
March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1809
9th 10th
Elected in 1805 .Re-elected in 1807 . Lost re-election.
James Stephenson (Martinsburg )
Federalist
March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1811
11th
Elected in 1809 . Lost re-election.
John Baker (Shepherdstown )
Federalist
March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813
12th
Elected in 1811 . Retired.
Francis White (Romney )
Federalist
March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815
13th
Elected in 1813 . Lost re-election.
Magnus Tate (Martinsburg )
Federalist
March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817
14th
Elected in 1815 . Retired.
Edward Colston (Martinsburg )
Federalist
March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819
15th
Elected in 1817 . Lost re-election.
Thomas Van Swearingen (Shepherdstown )
Federalist
March 4, 1819 – August 19, 1822
16th 17th
Elected in 1819 .Re-elected in 1821 . Died.
Vacant
August 19, 1822 – October 28, 1822
17th
James Stephenson (Martinsburg )
Federalist
October 28, 1822 – March 3, 1823
Elected to finish Van Swearingen's term and seated December 2, 1822. Redistricted to the 16th district .
Arthur Smith (Smithfield )
Democratic-Republican
March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825
18th
Redistricted from the 20th district and Re-elected in 1823 . Retired.
James Trezvant (Jerusalem )
Jacksonian
March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1831
19th 20th 21st
Elected in 1825 .Re-elected in 1827 .Re-elected in 1829 .[data missing ]
John Y. Mason (Hicksford )
Jacksonian
March 4, 1831 – January 11, 1837
22nd 23rd 24th
Elected in 1831 .Re-elected in 1833 .Re-elected in 1835 . Resigned.
Vacant
January 12, 1837 – March 3, 1837
24th
Francis E. Rives (Littleton )
Democratic
March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1841
25th 26th
Elected in 1837 .Re-elected in 1839 . Retired.
George B. Cary (Bethlehem )
Democratic
March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843
27th
Elected in 1841 . Retired.
George Dromgoole (Summit )
Democratic
March 4, 1843 – April 27, 1847
28th 29th 30th
Elected in 1843 .Re-elected in 1845 . Died.
Vacant
April 27, 1847 – August 5, 1847
30th
Richard K. Meade (Petersburg )
Democratic
August 5, 1847 – March 3, 1853
30th 31st 32nd
Elected to finish Dromgoole's term .Re-elected in 1847 .Re-elected in 1849 .Re-elected in 1851 . Lost renomination.
John Millson (Norfolk )
Democratic
March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1861
33rd 34th 35th 36th
Elected in 1853 .Re-elected in 1855 .Re-elected in 1857 .Re-elected in 1859 . Retired.
District inactive
March 4, 1861 – January 26, 1870
37th 38th 39th 40th
Civil War and Reconstruction
James H. Platt Jr. (Norfolk )
Republican
January 27, 1870 – March 3, 1875
41st 42nd 43rd
Elected in 1870 .Re-elected in 1872 . Lost re-election.
John Goode Jr. (Norfolk )
Democratic
March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1881
44th 45th 46th
Elected in 1874 .Re-elected in 1876 .Re-elected in 1878 . Lost re-election.
John F. Dezendorf (Norfolk )
Republican
March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883
47th
Elected in 1880 . Retired.
Harry Libbey (Old Point Comfort )
Readjuster
March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885
48th 49th
Elected in 1882 .[data missing ]
Republican
March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887
Elected in 1884 . Lost re-election.
George E. Bowden (Norfolk )
Republican
March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1891
50th 51st
Elected in 1886 .Re-elected in 1888 . Lost re-election.
John W. Lawson (Isle of Wight )
Democratic
March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893
52nd
Elected in 1890 . Retired.
David Gardiner Tyler (Sturgeon Point )
Democratic
March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1897
53rd 54th
Elected in 1892 .Re-elected in 1894 . Lost re-election.
William A. Young (Norfolk )
Democratic
March 4, 1897 – April 26, 1898
55th
Election invalidated.
Richard A. Wise (Williamsburg )
Republican
April 26, 1898 – March 3, 1899
55th
Elected in 1898 . Lost re-election.
William A. Young (Norfolk )
Democratic
March 4, 1899 – March 12, 1900
56th
Election invalidated
Richard A. Wise (Williamsburg )
Republican
March 12, 1900 – December 21, 1900
56th
Elected in 1900 . Died.
Vacant
December 21, 1900 – March 3, 1901
Harry L. Maynard (Portsmouth )
Democratic
March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1911
57th 58th 59th 60th 61st
Elected in 1900 .Re-elected in 1902 .Re-elected in 1904 .Re-elected in 1906 .Re-elected in 1908 . Lost re-election.
Edward E. Holland (Suffolk )
Democratic
March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1921
62nd 63rd 64th 65th 66th
Elected in 1910 .Re-elected in 1912 .Re-elected in 1914 .Re-elected in 1916 .Re-elected in 1918 . Retired.
Joseph T. Deal (Norfolk )
Democratic
March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1929
67th 68th 69th 70th
Elected in 1920 .Re-elected in 1922 .Re-elected in 1924 .Re-elected in 1926 . Lost re-election.
Menalcus Lankford (Norfolk )
Republican
March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1933
71st 72nd
Elected in 1928 .Re-elected in 1930 . Lost re-election.
District inactive
March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935
73rd
Colgate Darden (Norfolk )
Democratic
January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1937
74th
Elected in 1934 . Lost renomination.
Norman R. Hamilton (Portsmouth )
Democratic
January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939
75th
Elected in 1936 . Lost renomination.
Colgate Darden (Norfolk )
Democratic
January 3, 1939 – March 1, 1941
76th 77th
Elected in 1938 .Re-elected in 1940 . Resigned to run for Governor of Virginia .
Vacant
March 1, 1941 – April 8, 1941
77th
Winder R. Harris (Norfolk )
Democratic
April 8, 1941 – September 15, 1944
77th 78th
Elected to finish Darden's term .Re-elected in 1942 . Resigned.
Vacant
September 15, 1944 – November 7, 1944
78th
Ralph H. Daughton (Norfolk )
Democratic
November 7, 1944 – January 3, 1947
78th 79th
Elected to finish Harris' term .Simultaneously elected to a full term in 1944 . Lost renomination.
Porter Hardy Jr. (Portsmouth )
Democratic
January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1969
80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th
Elected in 1946 .Re-elected in 1948 .Re-elected in 1950 .Re-elected in 1952 .Re-elected in 1954 .Re-elected in 1956 .Re-elected in 1958 .Re-elected in 1960 .Re-elected in 1962 .Re-elected in 1964 .Re-elected in 1966 . Retired.
G. William Whitehurst (Norfolk )
Republican
January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1987
91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th
Elected in 1968 .Re-elected in 1970 .Re-elected in 1972 .Re-elected in 1974 .Re-elected in 1976 .Re-elected in 1978 .Re-elected in 1980 .Re-elected in 1982 .Re-elected in 1984 . Retired.
Owen B. Pickett (Virginia Beach )
Democratic
January 3, 1987 – January 3, 2001
100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th
Elected in 1986 .Re-elected in 1988 .Re-elected in 1990 .Re-elected in 1992 .Re-elected in 1994 .Re-elected in 1996 .Re-elected in 1998 . Retired.
Ed Schrock (Virginia Beach )
Republican
January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2005
107th 108th
Elected in 2000 .Re-elected in 2002 . Retired.
Thelma Drake (Norfolk )
Republican
January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2009
109th 110th
Elected in 2004 .Re-elected in 2006 . Lost re-election.
Glenn Nye (Norfolk )
Democratic
January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2011
111th
Elected in 2008 . Lost re-election.
Scott Rigell (Virginia Beach )
Republican
January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2017
112th 113th 114th
Elected in 2010 .Re-elected in 2012 .Re-elected in 2014 . Retired.
Scott Taylor (Virginia Beach )
Republican
January 3, 2017 – January 3, 2019
115th
Elected in 2016 . Lost re-election.
Elaine Luria (Norfolk )
Democratic
January 3, 2019 – January 3, 2023
116th 117th
Elected in 2018 .Re-elected in 2020 . Lost re-election.
Jen Kiggans (Virginia Beach )
Republican
January 3, 2023 – present
118th
Elected in 2022 .Re-elected in 2024 .
Election results
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
Historical district boundaries
The Virginia Second District started in 1788 covering the counties of Mercer , Jefferson , Fayette , Bourbon , Lincoln , Nelson and Madison .[ 34]
2003–2013
2013–2017
2017–2023
See also
References
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