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 (2019)

767,662^[1]

Median household
income

$53,600^[2]

Ethnicity

69.0% White
22.2% Black
4.8% Hispanic
2.0% Two or more races
1.6% Asian
0.4% 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. The district leans Republican, with a Cook PVI rating of R+7. However, due to the influence of heavily Democratic Little Rock, it is still considered the least Republican congressional district in the state, which has an all-Republican congressional delegation.^[3]

It is represented in the United States House of Representatives by Republican French Hill.

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%
2020	President	Trump 53–44%

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	Elected in 1853. Retired.^[4]
Albert Rust	Democratic	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	34th	Elected in 1854. Lost renomination.
Edward A. Warren	Democratic	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859	35th	Elected in 1856. Retired.^[4]
Albert Rust	Democratic	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861	36th	Elected in 1858. Retired.
Vacant		March 4, 1861 – June 22, 1868	37th 38th 39th 40th	Civil War and Reconstruction
James M. Hinds	Republican	June 22, 1868 – October 22, 1868	40th	Elected in 1868 to finish term. Died.
Vacant		October 22, 1868 – January 13, 1869
James T. Elliott	Republican	January 13, 1869 – March 3, 1869		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	Elected in 1868. Lost re-election.
Oliver P. Snyder	Republican	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1875	42nd 43rd	Elected in 1870. Re-elected in 1872. Lost renomination.
William F. Slemons	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1881	44th 45th 46th	Elected in 1874. Re-elected in 1876. Re-elected in 1878. Retired.
James Kimbrough Jones	Democratic	March 4, 1881 – February 19, 1885	47th 48th	Elected in 1880. Re-elected in 1882. Resigned when elected U.S. Senator.
Vacant		February 19, 1885 – March 3, 1885	48th
Clifton R. Breckinridge	Democratic	March 4, 1885 – September 5, 1890	49th 50th 51st	Redistricted from the at-large district and re-elected in 1884. Re-elected in 1886. Lost contested election.
Vacant		September 5, 1890 – November 4, 1890	51st
Clifton R. Breckinridge	Democratic	November 4, 1890 – August 14, 1894	51st 52nd 53rd	Elected after John M. Clayton was assassinated while 1888 contest was pending. Re-elected in 1890. Re-elected in 1892. Resigned to become U.S. Minister to Russia.
Vacant		August 14, 1894 – December 3, 1894	53rd
John Sebastian Little	Democratic	December 3, 1894 – March 3, 1903	53rd 54th 55th 56th 57th	Elected to finish Breckinridge's term. Re-elected in 1894. Re-elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Redistricted to the 4th district.
Stephen Brundidge Jr.	Democratic	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1909	58th 59th 60th	Redistricted from the 6th district and re-elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Retired to run for governor.
William Allan Oldfield	Democratic	March 4, 1909 – November 19, 1928	61st 62nd 63rd 64th 65th 66th 67th 68th 69th 70th	Elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Re-elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Died.
Vacant		November 19, 1928 – January 9, 1929	70th
Pearl Peden Oldfield	Democratic	January 9, 1929 – March 3, 1931	70th 71st	Elected to finish her husband's term. Retired.
John E. Miller	Democratic	March 4, 1931 – November 14, 1937	72nd 73rd 74th 75th	Elected in 1930. Re-elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Resigned when elected U.S. Senator.
Vacant		November 14, 1937 – January 3, 1939	75th
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	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. 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. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Retired.
Jim Guy Tucker	Democratic	January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1979	95th	Elected in 1976. Retired to run for U.S. Senator.
Ed Bethune	Republican	January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1985	96th 97th 98th	Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Retired.
Tommy F. Robinson	Democratic	January 3, 1985 – July 28, 1989	99th 100th 101st	Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Changed parties. Retired to run for Governor of Arkansas.
Tommy F. Robinson	Republican	July 28, 1989 – January 3, 1991	99th 100th 101st
Ray Thornton	Democratic	January 3, 1991 – January 1, 1997	102nd 103rd 104th	Elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Resigned to become Associate justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court.
Vacant		January 1, 1997 – January 3, 1997	104th
Vic Snyder	Democratic	January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2011	105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th	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. Retired.
Tim Griffin	Republican	January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2015	112th 113th	Elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Retired to run for Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas.
French Hill	Republican	January 3, 2015 – present	114th 115th 116th 117th	Elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020.

Recent election results

2002

Arkansas's 2nd Congressional District House Election, 2002
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Vic Snyder*	142,752	92.92%	+35.38%
	Write-In	Ed Garner	10,874	7.08%	+7.08%
Majority			131,878	85.84%
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	58.17%	−34.92%
	Republican	Marvin Parks	115,655	41.83%	+41.83%
Majority			45,179	16.34%
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	60.53%
	Republican	Andy Mayberry	81,432	39.47%	+2.54%
Majority			43,439	21.06%	-2.54%
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	76.54%	+16.00%
	Green	Deb McFarland	64,398	23.22%	+23.22%
	Write-In	Danial Suits	665	0.24%	+0.24%
Majority			147,905	53.32%
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	57.90%	+57.60%
	Democratic	Joyce Elliott	80,687	38.27%	-38.27%
	Independent	Lance Levi	4,421	2.10%	+2.10%
	Green	Lewis Kennedy	3,599	1.71%	-21.51%
	Write-In	Write-ins	54	0.03%	-0.21%
Majority			41,404	19.63%
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	55.19%	-2.71%
	Democratic	Herb Rule	113,156	39.48%	+1.21%
	Green	Barbara Ward	8,566	2.99%	+1.28%
	Libertarian	Chris Hayes	6,701	2.34%	+2.34%
Majority			45,019	15.71%
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	51.86%	-3.33%
	Democratic	Pat Hays	103,477	43.64%	+4.16%
	Libertarian	Debbie Standiford	10,590	4.50%	+2.16%
Majority			19,596	8.22%
Total votes			237,140	100.00%
	Republican hold

2016

Arkansas’s 2nd Congressional District House Election, 2016^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	French Hill*	176,472	58.34%	+7.00%
	Democratic	Dianne Curry	111,347	36.81%	-6.83%
	Libertarian	Chris Hayes	14,342	4.74%	+0.24%
	Write-In	Write-ins	303	0.10%	+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	52.13
	Democratic	Clarke Tucker	116,135	45.82
	Libertarian	Joe Swafford	5,193	2.05
Total votes			253,453	100.0
	Republican hold

2020

Arkansas's 2nd Congressional District House Election, 2020
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	French Hill (incumbent)	184,093	55.37
	Democratic	Joyce Elliott	148,410	44.63
Total votes			332,503	100.0
	Republican hold

Notes

Arkansas will hold their Primary Elections on May 24, 2022 – a process which the State of Arkansas calls a Preferential Primary Election. If no candidate in a contested Primary Election receives 50% of the vote or more of the vote, than a Runoff Primary Election will be held on June 21, 2022 – a process which the State of Arkansas calls a General Primary Election.^[6]^[7]

There are currently five declared candidates for Arkansas’ 2nd Congressional District for the 2022 Election Cycle.^[8]

2022 Arkansas’ 2nd Congressional District Primary Elections
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Republican	French Hill *	TBD	TBD
Republican	David Poston	TBD	TBD
Republican	Conrad Reynolds	TBD	TBD
Democratic	Joyce Elliott +	TBD	TBD
Democratic	Quintessa Hathaway	TBD	TBD

The incumbent office holder is denoted by an *. Any rumored candidates are denoted by an +.

Arkansas will hold their General Election on November 8, 2022. If no candidate in a contested General Election race receives 50% or more of the vote, than a General Runoff Election will be held on December 8, 2022.^[6]^[7]

References

Specific

^ Bureau, Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
^ "My Congressional District".
^ ^a ^b "Introducing the 2021 Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index". The Cook Political Report. April 15, 2021. Retrieved April 15, 2021.
^ ^a ^b Pruden III, William. "Edward Allen Warren (1818–1875)". Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Retrieved December 22, 2020.
^ "2016 election results".
^ ^a ^b "Arkansas Secretary of State". www.sos.arkansas.gov. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
^ ^a ^b "FairVote - States Using Runoffs for Statewide or Federal Office". archive.fairvote.org. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
^ Gunzburger, Ron. "Politics1 - Online Guide to Arkansas Politics". politics1.com. Retrieved January 27, 2022.

General

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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