Arkansas's 2nd congressional district

Representative

French Hill
R–Little Rock

Area

6,045 sq mi (15,660 km²)

Distribution

66.2% urban
33.8% rural

Population (2015)

761,348^[1]

Median income

$51,287^[2]

Ethnicity

75.6% white
19.4% black
0.9% Asian
2.4% Hispanic
0.4% Native American
0.1% other

Cook PVI

R+7^[3]

Arkansas's 2nd congressional district is a congressional district located in the central part of the U.S. state of Arkansas and includes the state capital of Little Rock, its suburbs and surrounding areas.

It is represented by Republican French Hill.

George W. Bush won 51% of the vote in this district in 2004. John McCain carried the district in 2008 with 53.69% of the vote while Barack Obama received 44.07%.

The district from 2003 to 2013

Voting

Election results from presidential races
Year	Office	Results
2000	President	Bush 49–48%
2004	President	Bush 51–48%
2008	President	McCain 54–44%
2012	President	Romney 55–43%
2016	President	Trump 52–42%

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Year	Cong ress	Electoral history
District created		March 4, 1853
Edward A. Warren	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	33rd	[data unknown/missing]
Albert Rust	Democratic	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	34th	[data unknown/missing]
Edward A. Warren	Democratic	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859	35th	[data unknown/missing]
Albert Rust	Democratic	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861	36th	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
Civil War and Reconstruction
James M. Hinds	Republican	June 22, 1868 – October 22, 1868	40th	[data unknown/missing] Died.
Vacant		October 22, 1868 – January 13, 1869
James T. Elliott	Republican	January 13, 1869 – March 3, 1869	40th	Elected on an unknown date to finish Hinds's term. Seated January 13, 1869. Retired.
Anthony A. C. Rogers	Democratic	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871	41st	[data unknown/missing]
Oliver P. Snyder	Republican	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1875	42nd 43rd	[data unknown/missing]
William F. Slemons	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1881	44th 45th 46th	[data unknown/missing]
James K. Jones	Democratic	March 4, 1881 – February 19, 1885	47th 48th	[data unknown/missing] Resigned when elected U.S. Senator.
Vacant		February 19, 1885 – March 3, 1885
Clifton R. Breckinridge	Democratic	March 4, 1885 – September 5, 1890	49th 50th 51st	Lost contested election.
Vacant		September 5, 1890 – November 4, 1890
Clifton R. Breckinridge	Democratic	November 4, 1890 – August 14, 1894	51st 52nd 53rd	Elected after John M. Clayton was assassinated while contest was pending. Resigned to become U.S. Minister to Russia.
Vacant		August 14, 1894 – December 3, 1894
John S. Little	Democratic	December 3, 1894 – March 3, 1903	53rd 54th 55th 56th 57th	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 4th district.
Stephen Brundidge Jr.	Democratic	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1909	58th 59th 60th	Redistricted from the 6th district. [data unknown/missing]
William A. Oldfield	Democratic	March 4, 1909 – November 19, 1928	61st 62nd 63rd 64th 65th 66th 67th 68th 69th 70th	[data unknown/missing] Died.
Vacant		November 19, 1928 – January 9, 1929
Pearl P. Oldfield	Democratic	January 9, 1929 – March 3, 1931	70th 71st	[data unknown/missing]
John E. Miller	Democratic	March 4, 1931 – November 14, 1937	72nd 73rd 74th 75th	[data unknown/missing] Resigned when elected U.S. Senator.
Vacant		November 14, 1937 – January 3, 1939
Wilbur Mills	Democratic	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1977	76th 77th 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
Jim Guy Tucker	Democratic	January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1979	95th	[data unknown/missing] Retired to run for U.S. Senator.
Ed Bethune	Republican	January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1985	96th 97th 98th	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
Tommy Robinson	Democratic	January 3, 1985 – July 28, 1989	99th 100th 101st	Changed parties
Tommy Robinson	Republican	July 28, 1989 – January 3, 1991	99th 100th 101st	[data unknown/missing] Retired to run for Governor of Arkansas.
Ray Thornton	Democratic	January 3, 1991 – January 1, 1997	102nd 103rd 104th	[data unknown/missing] Resigned to become Associate justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court.
Vacant		January 1, 1997 – January 3, 1997
Vic Snyder	Democratic	January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2011	105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
Tim Griffin	Republican	January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2015	112th 113th	[data unknown/missing] Retired to run for Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas.
French Hill	Republican	January 3, 2015 – present	114th 115th 116th	[data unknown/missing]

Recent election results

2002

Arkansas's 2nd Congressional District House Election, 2002
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Vic Snyder*	142,752	93%
	Write-in	Ed Garner	10,874	7%
Majority			131,878	86%
Total votes			153,626	100.00%
	Democratic hold

2004

Arkansas’s 2nd Congressional District House Election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Vic Snyder*	160,834	58%
	Republican	Marvin Parks	115,655	42%
Majority			45,179	16%
Total votes			276,493	100.00%
	Democratic hold

2006

Arkansas’s 2nd Congressional District House Election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Vic Snyder*	124,871	61%
	Republican	Andy Mayberry	81,432	39%
Majority			43,439	21%
Total votes			206,303	100.00%
	Democratic hold

2008

Arkansas's 2nd Congressional District House Election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Vic Snyder*	212,303	77%
	Green	Deb McFarland	64,398	23%
	Write-in	Danial Suits	665	0.24%
Majority			147,905	53%
Total votes			277,366	100.00%
	Democratic hold

2010

Arkansas's 2nd Congressional District House Election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tim Griffin	122,091	58%
	Democratic	Joyce Elliott	80,687	38%
	Independent	Lance Levi	4,421	2%
	Green	Lewis Kennedy	3,599	2%
	Write-in	Write-ins	54	0.03%
Majority			41,404	20%
Total votes			210,852	100.00%
	Republican gain from Democratic

2012

Arkansas's 2nd Congressional District House Election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tim Griffin*	158,175	55%
	Democratic	Herb Rule	113,156	39%
	Green	Barbara Ward	8,566	3%
	Libertarian	Chris Hayes	6,701	2%
Majority			45,019	16%
Total votes			286,598	100.00%
	Republican hold

2014

Arkansas's 2nd Congressional District House Election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	French Hill	123,073	52%
	Democratic	Pat Hays	103,477	44%
	Libertarian	Debbie Standiford	10,590	4%
Majority			19,596	8%
Total votes			237,140	100.00%
	Republican hold

2016

Arkansas’s 2nd Congressional District House Election, 2016^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	French Hill*	176,472	58.34%
	Democratic	Dianne Curry	111,347	36.81%
	Libertarian	Chris Hayes	14,342	4.74%
	Write-in	Write-ins	303	0.10%
Majority			65,125	21.53%
Total votes			302,464	100.00%
	Republican hold

2018

The 2018 election was held on November 6, 2018.

Arkansas' 2nd congressional district, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	French Hill (incumbent)	132,125	52.1
	Democratic	Clarke Tucker	116,135	45.8
	Libertarian	Joe Swafford	5,193	2.1
Total votes			253,453	100.0
	Republican hold

References

^ Bureau, Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
^ https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=05&cd=02
^ "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
^ "2016 election results".

Bibliography

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

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