Kansas's 2nd congressional district

Kansas' 2nd congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Kansas. It includes most of the eastern part of Kansas. The size of the district is less than a quarter of the state. The state capital of Topeka and the city of Lawrence are both in this district.

Kansas's 2nd congressional district
Kansas' 2nd congressional district – since January 3, 2013.
Representative	Steve Watkins R–Topeka
Distribution	59.73% urban 40.27% rural
Population (2015)	715,752
Median household income	$53,483[1]
Ethnicity	89.0% White 5.1% Black 3.8% Hispanic 2.0% other 1.3% Native American 1.0% Asian
Cook PVI	R+10[2]

The representative for this district is Republican Steve Watkins. He was elected on November 6, 2018.

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Years in office	Cong ress	Residence	Electoral history
District created		March 4, 1875
John R. Goodin	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877	44th	Humboldt	[Data unknown/missing.]
Dudley C. Haskell	Republican	March 4, 1877 – December 16, 1883	45th 46th 47th	Lawrence	[Data unknown/missing.] Died.
Vacant		December 16, 1883 – March 21, 1884	47th
Edward H. Funston	Republican	March 21, 1884 – August 2, 1894	47th 48th 49th 50th 51st 52nd 53rd	Iola	[Data unknown/missing.] Lost contested election.
Horace L. Moore	Democratic	August 2, 1894 – March 3, 1895	53rd	Lawrence	Won contested election. [Data unknown/missing.]
Orrin L. Miller	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897	54th	Lawrence	[Data unknown/missing.]
Mason S. Peters	Populist	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1899	55th	Kansas City	[Data unknown/missing.]
Justin D. Bowersock	Republican	March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1907	56th 57th 58th 59th	Lawrence	[Data unknown/missing.]
Charles F. Scott	Republican	March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1911	60th	Iola	Redistricted from the at-large district. [Data unknown/missing.]
Alexander C. Mitchell	Republican	March 4, 1911 – July 7, 1911	61st	Lawrence	[Data unknown/missing.] Died.
Vacant		July 7, 1911 – November 7, 1911	61st
Joseph Taggart	Democratic	November 7, 1911 – March 3, 1917	61st 62nd 63rd 64th	Kansas City	[Data unknown/missing.]
Edward C. Little	Republican	March 4, 1917 – June 27, 1924	65th 66th 67th 68th	Kansas City	[Data unknown/missing.] Died.
Vacant		June 27, 1924 – November 4, 1924	68th
Ulysses S. Guyer	Republican	November 4, 1924 – March 3, 1925		Kansas City	[Data unknown/missing.]
Chauncey B. Little	Democratic	March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1927	69th	Olathe	[Data unknown/missing.]
Ulysses S. Guyer	Republican	March 4, 1927 – June 5, 1943	70th 71st 72nd 73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th 78th	Kansas City	[Data unknown/missing.] Died.
Vacant		June 5, 1943 – September 14, 1943	78th
Errett P. Scrivner	Republican	September 14, 1943 – January 3, 1959	78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th	Kansas City	[Data unknown/missing.]
Newell A. George	Democratic	January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1961	86th	Kansas City	[Data unknown/missing.]
Robert F. Ellsworth	Republican	January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1963	87th	Lawrence	[Data unknown/missing.] Redistricted to the 3rd district.
William H. Avery	Republican	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965	88th	Wakefield	Redistricted from the 1st district. Retired to run for Governor of Kansas.
Chester L. Mize	Republican	January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1971	89th 90th 91st	Atchison	[Data unknown/missing.]
William Robert Roy	Democratic	January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1975	92nd 93rd	Topeka	[Data unknown/missing.]
Martha Elizabeth Keys	Democratic	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1979	94th 95th	Manhattan	[Data unknown/missing.]
James Edmund Jeffries	Republican	January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1983	96th 97th	Atchison	[Data unknown/missing.]
Jim Slattery	Democratic	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1995	98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd	Topeka	[Data unknown/missing.] Retired to run for Governor of Kansas.
Sam Brownback	Republican	January 3, 1995 – November 7, 1996	104th	Topeka	[Data unknown/missing.] Resigned November 27, 1996 retroactive to November 7, 1996 when elected U.S. Senator.
Vacant		November 7, 1996 – November 27, 1996
Jim Ryun	Republican	November 27, 1996 – January 3, 2007	104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th	Topeka, then Lawrence	Elected in 1996 and seated early under the provisions of K.S.A. 25-3503[d].[3] Lost re-election.
Nancy Boyda	Democratic	January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2009	110th	Topeka	[Data unknown/missing.] Lost re-election.
Lynn Jenkins	Republican	January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2019	111th 112th 113th 114th 115th	Topeka	[Data unknown/missing.] Retired.
Steve Watkins	Republican	January 3, 2019 – Present	116th	Topeka	Incumbent

Recent election results from statewide races

Year	Office	Results
2000	U.S. President	George W. Bush (R) 54 – Al Gore (D) 41%
2004	U.S. President	George W. Bush (R) 59 – John Kerry (D) 39%
2008	U.S. President	John McCain (R) 55 – Barack Obama (D) 43%
2012	U.S. President	Mitt Romney (R) 56 – Barack Obama (D) 42%
2016	U.S. President	Donald Trump (R) 56 – Hillary Clinton (D) 37%

Recent election results

2002

Kansas's 2nd Congressional District Election (2002)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Ryun*	126,169	60.45
	Democratic	Dan Lykins	78,286	37.51
	Libertarian	Art Clack	4,263	2.04
Total votes			208,718	100.00
	Republican hold

2004

Kansas's 2nd Congressional District Election (2004)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Ryun*	165,325	56.15
	Democratic	Nancy Boyda	121,532	41.28
	Libertarian	Dennis Hawver	7,579	2.57
Total votes			294,436	100.00
	Republican hold

2006

Kansas's 2nd Congressional District Election (2006)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Nancy Boyda	111,759	50.60
	Republican	Jim Ryun*	104,128	47.15
	Reform	Roger Tucker	4,980	2.26
Total votes			220,867	100.00
	Democratic gain from Republican

2008

Kansas's 2nd Congressional District Election (2008)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lynn Jenkins	155,532	50.61
	Democratic	Nancy Boyda*	142,013	46.21
	Reform	Leslie Martin	5,080	1.65
	Libertarian	Robert Garrard	4,683	1.52
Total votes			262,027	100.00
	Republican gain from Democratic

2010

Kansas's 2nd Congressional District Election (2010)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lynn Jenkins*	130,034	63.13
	Democratic	Cheryl Hudspeth	66,588	32.33
	Libertarian	Robert Garrard	9,353	4.54
Total votes			205,975	100.00
	Republican hold

2012

Kansas's 2nd Congressional District Election (2012)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lynn Jenkins*	167,463	57.0
	Democratic	Tobias Schlingensiepen	113,735	38.7
	Libertarian	Dennis Hawver	12,520	4.2
Total votes			293,718	100.00
	Republican hold

2014

Kansas's 2nd Congressional District Election (2014)^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lynn Jenkins*	128,742	57.0
	Democratic	Margie Wakefield	87,153	38.6
	Libertarian	Christopher Clemmons	9,791	4.3
Total votes			225,686	99.9
	Republican hold

2016

Kansas's 2nd Congressional District Election (2016) ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lynn Jenkins*	181,228	60.9
	Democratic	Britani Potter	96,840	32.5
	Libertarian	James Houston Bales	19,333	6.5
Total votes			297,401	99.9
	Republican hold

2018

Kansas's 2nd Congressional District Election (2018) ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steve Watkins	126,099	47.6
	Democratic	Paul Davis	123,900	46.8
	Libertarian	Kelly Standley	21,386	7.2
Total votes			271,386	100
	Republican hold

Historical district boundaries

2003 – 2013

Related pages

• Kansas's congressional districts
• List of United States congressional districts
• United States Congressional Delegations from Kansas

References

1. "My Congressional District".
2. "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
3. "K.S.A. 25-3503[d]". Retrieved February 3, 2019.
4. http://www.sos.ks.gov/elections/14elec/2014%20General%20Election%20Official%20Results.pdf
5. https://www.sos.ks.gov/elections/16elec/2016_General_Election_Official_Results.pdf
6. https://www.sos.ks.gov/elections/16elec/2018_General_Election_Official_Results.pdf

• 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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