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Indiana's 2nd congressional district
	Indiana's 2nd congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
	Jackie Walorski; R-Jimtown
Area	3,679 sq mi (9,530 km2)
Distribution	72.90% urban; 27.10% rural;
Population (2018 est.)	723,483
Median household; income	$54,263
Ethnicity	79% White; 10% Hispanic; 7% Black; 3% other; 1% Asian; 0% Native American;
Cook PVI	R+11

Indiana's 2nd congressional district is a legislative electoral area in north central Indiana. With a heavy white population, it includes South Bend and Elkhart.

The district is currently represented by Republican Jackie Walorski.

Election results from presidential races

Year	Office	Results
2000	President	George W. Bush 53% - Al Gore 45%
2004	President	George W. Bush 56% - John Kerry 43%
2008	President	Barack Obama 49.6% - John McCain 49.3%
2012	President	Mitt Romney 56% - Barack Obama 42%
2016	President	Donald Trump 59.3% - Hillary Clinton 36.1%

History

Prior to 2002, the 2nd Congressional District covered east central Indiana, including most of the territory now in the 6th District. However, following the 2000 U.S. Census redistricting, the district was moved to replace most of what had been the 3rd District. [Almost all Indiana's districts have changed substantially, and most became more compact, since the redistricting following the 2010 census; - see http://www.in.gov/legislative/house_republicans/rd/pdfs/Congressional.pdf]

Counties located in Indiana's 2nd Congressional District

As of 2013.

# County	# County	# County	# County	# County
45, 94, 96 Elkhart Goshen 197,559	25 Fulton Rochester 20,836	46* LaPorte LaPorte 164,343	64* Kosciusko Warsaw 77,358	50 Marshall Plymouth 47,051
52 Miami the City of Peru 36,903	66 Pulaski Winamac 13,402	75 Starke Knox 23,363	71 St. Joseph South Bend 266,931	85 Wabash Wabash 32,888

46 LaPorte County exists in both the 1st and 2nd Congressional Districts. Within LaPorte County, one whole city; Michigan City, and five townships Springfield, Clinton, Coolspring, Dewey, and Dewey exist in the 1st District, while one city, LaPorte and two townships; Hanna, Johnson, Hudson, Scipio, Union, Washington, Prairie, Pleasant, Noble, Lincoln and Wills, are partitioned by Indiana West 500N and Indiana South/North 600W.
64 Kosciusko County exists in both the 2nd and 3rd Congressional districts. Half of one city, Warsaw exists in the 2nd and 3rd Congressional districts, twelve townships, Clay, Etna, Franklin, Harrison, Jefferson, Lake, Plain, Prairie, Scott, Seward, Turkey Creek, and Van Buren exist in the 2nd Congressional District, and three townships, Jackson, Washington, Wayne exist in the 3rd Congressional District. They are partitioned by Indiana S 1000 W35, North 200W and West 700N.

Cities of 10,000 or more people

(2010 Census)

LaPorte - 21,732
Elkhart - 50,949
Plymouth - 10,033
Mishawaka - 48,252
South Bend - 101,168
the City of Peru - 11,417
Wabash - 10,666
Warsaw - 13,559

2,500 - 10,000 people

(2010 Census)

Rochester - 6,221
North Manchester - 6,112

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	Location
District created		March 4, 1823
Jonathan Jennings	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1823 - March 3, 1825	18th 19th 20th 21st	Elected in 1822 and elected the same day to finish the term in the at-large district. Re-elected in 1824. Re-elected in 1826. [data unknown/missing]	1823-1833 Bartholomew, Clark, Crawford, Floyd, Harrison, Jackson, Jefferson, Jennings, Marion, Scott, Shelby, and Washington Counties
Jonathan Jennings	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 - March 3, 1831	18th 19th 20th 21st
John Carr	Jacksonian	March 4, 1831 - March 3, 1833	22nd	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 3rd district.
John Ewing	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 - March 3, 1835	23rd	[data unknown/missing]	1833-1843 [data unknown/missing]
John W. Davis	Jacksonian	March 4, 1835 - March 3, 1837	24th	[data unknown/missing]
John Ewing	Whig	March 4, 1837 - March 3, 1839	25th	[data unknown/missing]
John W. Davis	Democratic	March 4, 1839 - March 3, 1841	26th	[data unknown/missing]
Richard W. Thompson	Whig	March 4, 1841 - March 3, 1843	27th	[data unknown/missing]
Thomas J. Henley	Democratic	March 4, 1843 - March 3, 1849	28th 29th 30th	[data unknown/missing]	1843-1853 [data unknown/missing]
Cyrus L. Dunham	Democratic	March 4, 1849 - March 3, 1853	31st 32nd	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 3rd district.	1843-1853 [data unknown/missing]
William H. English	Democratic	March 4, 1853 - March 3, 1861	33rd 34th 35th 36th	[data unknown/missing]	1853-1863 [data unknown/missing]
James A. Cravens	Democratic	March 4, 1861 - March 3, 1865	37th 38th	[data unknown/missing]
Michael C. Kerr	Democratic	March 4, 1865 - March 3, 1873	39th 40th 41st 42nd	[data unknown/missing]
Simeon K. Wolfe	Democratic	March 4, 1873 - March 3, 1875	43rd	[data unknown/missing]
James D. Williams	Democratic	March 4, 1875 - December 1, 1876	44th	[data unknown/missing] Resigned when elected Governor of Indiana
Vacant		December 1, 1876 - December 5, 1876
Andrew Humphreys	Democratic	December 5, 1876 - March 3, 1877		Elected to finish Williams's term. [data unknown/missing]
Thomas R. Cobb	Democratic	March 4, 1877 - March 3, 1887	45th 46th 47th 48th 49th	[data unknown/missing]
John H. O'Neall	Democratic	March 4, 1887 - March 3, 1891	50th 51st	[data unknown/missing]
John L. Bretz	Democratic	March 4, 1891 - March 3, 1895	52nd 53rd	[data unknown/missing]
Alexander M. Hardy	Republican	March 4, 1895 - March 3, 1897	54th	[data unknown/missing]
Robert W. Miers	Democratic	March 4, 1897 - March 3, 1905	55th 56th 57th 58th	[data unknown/missing]
John C. Chaney	Republican	March 4, 1905 - March 3, 1909	59th 60th	[data unknown/missing]
William A. Cullop	Democratic	March 4, 1909 - March 3, 1917	61st 62nd 63rd 64th	[data unknown/missing]
Oscar E. Bland	Republican	March 4, 1917 - March 3, 1923	65th 66th 67th	[data unknown/missing]
Arthur H. Greenwood	Democratic	March 4, 1923 - March 3, 1933	68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 7th district.
George R. Durgan	Democratic	March 4, 1933 - January 3, 1935	73rd	Elected in 1932. Lost re-election.
Vacant		January 3, 1935 - January 29, 1935	74th	Member-elect Frederick Landis died November 15, 1934.
Charles A. Halleck	Republican	January 29, 1935 - January 3, 1969	74th 75th 76th 77th 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th	Elected to finish Landis's term. Re-elected in 1936. Re-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. Retired.
Earl F. Landgrebe	Republican	January 3, 1969 - January 3, 1975	91st 92nd 93rd	[data unknown/missing]
Floyd Fithian	Democratic	January 3, 1975 - January 3, 1983	94th 95th 96th 97th	Redistricted to the 7th district and retired to run for U.S. Senator.
Philip Sharp	Democratic	January 3, 1983 - January 3, 1995	98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd	Redistricted from the 10th district. Retired.
David M. McIntosh	Republican	January 3, 1995 - January 3, 2001	104th 105th 106th	[data unknown/missing]
Mike Pence	Republican	January 3, 2001 - January 3, 2003	107th	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 6th district.
Chris Chocola	Republican	January 3, 2003 - January 3, 2007	108th 109th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.	2003-2013
Joe Donnelly	Democratic	January 3, 2007 - January 3, 2013	110th 111th 112th	Elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Retired to run for U.S. Senator.	2003-2013
Jackie Walorski	Republican	January 3, 2013 - Present	113th 114th 115th 116th 117th	Elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020.	2013-Present

Election results

2002

Indiana's 2nd Congressional District Election (2002)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chris Chocola	95,081	50.45
	Democratic	Jill Long Thompson	86,253	45.77
	Libertarian	Sharon Metheny	7,112	3.77
Total votes			188,446	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

2004

Indiana's 2nd Congressional District Election (2004)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chris Chocola (Incumbent)	140,496	54.17
	Democratic	Joe Donnelly	115,513	44.54
	Libertarian	Douglas Barnes	3,346	1.29
Total votes			259,355	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

2006

Indiana's 2nd Congressional District Election (2006)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe Donnelly	103,561	53.98
	Republican	Chris Chocola (Incumbent)	88,300	46.02
Total votes			191,861	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic gain from Republican

2008

Indiana's 2nd Congressional District Election (2008)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe Donnelly (Incumbent)	187,416	67.09
	Republican	Luke Puckett	84,455	30.23
	Libertarian	Mark Vogel	7,475	2.68
Total votes			279,346	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

2010

Indiana's 2nd Congressional District Election (2010)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe Donnelly (Incumbent)	91,341	48.18
	Republican	Jackie Walorski	88,803	46.84
	Libertarian	Mark Vogel	9,447	4.98
Total votes			189,591	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

2012

Indiana's 2nd Congressional District Election (2012)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jackie Walorski	134,033	49.01
	Democratic	Brendan Mullen	130,113	47.58
	Libertarian	Joe Ruiz	9,326	3.41
	Independent	Kenneth R. Lunce, Jr.	3	0.00
Total votes			273,475	100.00
Turnout				56
	Republican gain from Democratic

2014

Indiana's 2nd Congressional District Election (2014)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jackie Walorski (Incumbent)	85,583	58.94
	Democratic	Joseph Gerard Bock	55,590	38.29
	Libertarian	Jeff Petermann	4,027	2.77
Total votes			145,200	100.00
Turnout				29
	Republican hold

2016

Indiana's 2nd Congressional District Election (2016)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jackie Walorski (Incumbent)	164,355	59.26
	Democratic	Lynn Coleman	102,401	36.92
	Libertarian	Ron Cenkush	10,601	3.82
Total votes			277,357	100.00
Turnout				54
	Republican hold

2018

Indiana's 2nd Congressional District Election (2018)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jackie Walorski (Incumbent)	125,499	54.8
	Democratic	Mel Hall	103,363	45.2
	No party	Richard Wolf (Write-in)	27	0.0
Total votes			228,889	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

References

^ https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=18&cd=02
^ https://censusreporter.org/profiles/50000US1802-congressional-district-2-in/
^ "Partisan Voting Index - Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved 2017.

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

Coordinates: 41°30?N 86°0?W / 41.500°N 86.000°W / 41.500; -86.000

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[Cook-3] "Partisan Voting Index - Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved 2017.

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