Texas's 2nd congressional district

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Texas's 2nd congressional district

Population (2000)	651,619
Median income	$47,029
Ethnic composition	71.0% White, 19.1% Black, 2.6% Asian, 12.6% Hispanic, 0.4% Native American, 0.3% other
Cook PVI	R+12

Texas's 2nd congressional district of the United States House of Representatives is in the southeastern portion of the state of Texas. As of the 2000 census, District 2 represents 651,619 people.

The district's current configuration dates from the 2003 Texas redistricting, when most of the old 9th District was split among three neighboring districts. The remaining territory was made somewhat more Republican than its predecessor, with the addition of several strongly conservative areas near Houston. The four-term Democratic incumbent in the 9th District, Nick Lampson, was unseated by Republican Ted Poe, a longtime felony court judge in Harris County.

[edit] Representatives from Texas District 2

The district was formed in 1846, after Texas joined the Union.

Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party	District Residence
Timothy Pilsbury	1846	1849	Democrat	Brazoria
Volney E. Howard	1849	1853	Democrat	San Antonio
Peter Hansbrough Bell	1853	1857	Democrat
Guy Morrison Bryan	1857	1859	Democrat	Galveston
Andrew Jackson Hamilton	1859	1861	Independent Democrat	La Grange
American Civil War/Reconstruction
John Coggswell Conner	1869	1873	Democrat
William Pinkney McLean	1873	1875	Democrat	Jefferson
David B. Culberson	1875	1883	Democrat	Jefferson
John Henninger Reagan	1883	1887	Democrat	Palestine
William H. Martin	1887	1891	Democrat	Athens
John Benjamin Long	1891	1893	Democrat	Rusk
Samuel Bronson Cooper	1893	1905	Democrat	Woodville
Moses Lycurgus Broocks	1905	1907	Democrat	San Augustine
Samuel Bronson Cooper	1907	1909	Democrat	Woodville
Martin Dies	1909	1919	Democrat	Beaumont
John Calvin Box	1919	1931	Democrat	Jacksonville
Martin Dies, Jr.	1931	1945	Democrat	Lufkin
Jesse Martin Combs	1945	1953*	Democrat	Beaumont
Jack Brooks	1953	1967	Democrat	Beaumont
John V. Dowdy	1967	1973	Democrat	Athens
Charles Wilson	1973	1997	Democrat	Lufkin
Jim Turner	1997	2005	Democrat	Crockett
Ted Poe	2005	present	Republican	Humble

(*)Died in office.

[edit] Election results

US House election, 2004: Texas District 2
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Ted Poe	139,951	55.5	+17.3
	Democratic	Nick Lampson	108,156	42.9	-17.9
	Libertarian	Sandra Saulsbury	3,931	1.6	+0.6
Majority			31,795	12.6
Turnout			252,038
	Republican gain from Democratic		Swing	+17.6

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