Alabama's 2nd House of Representatives district explained

State:	Alabama
District:	2
Chamber:	House of Representatives
Representative:	Lynn Greer
Party:	Republican
Residence:	Rogersville

Alabama's 2nd House of Representatives district is one of 105 districts in the Alabama House of Representatives. Its current representative is Ben Harrison.^[1] The district was created in 1966 and encompasses parts of Lauderdale and Limestone counties.

Representatives

Representative	Party	Term start	Term end	Electoral history	Represented counties	Ref. ^[2]
District created			November 9, 1966
Robert R. Berryman	Democratic	November 9, 1966	July 9, 1969	Died in office	Limestone, Lawrence
Karl E. Burgreen			November 4, 1970	Elected in 1966
Kiley T. Berryman		July 9, 1969		Finished husband's term
Thomas Carter	Democratic	November 4, 1970	November 6, 1974	Elected in 1970
Wayland Cross
Robert M. Hill Jr.	Democratic	November 6, 1974	November 8, 1978	Elected in 1974	Lawrence
Nelson R. Starkey Jr.	Democratic	November 8, 1978	November 3, 1982	Elected in 1978 Elected in 1982
		November 3, 1982	November 9, 1983
Tom C. Coburn	Democratic	November 9, 1983	November 5, 1986	Elected in 1983 Elected in 1986	Colbert
		November 5, 1986	November 7, 1990
Marcel Black	Democratic	November 7, 1990	November 9, 1994	Elected in 1990
James H. Hamilton	Democratic	November 9, 1994	November 4, 1998	Elected in 1994 Elected in 1998	Lauderdale, Limestone
		November 4, 1998	November 6, 2002
Lynn Greer	Republican	November 6, 2002	November 8, 2006	Elected in 2002
Mike Curtis	Democratic	November 8, 2006	November 3, 2010	Elected in 2006
Lynn Greer	Republican	November 3, 2010	November 5, 2014	Elected in 2010 Elected in 2014 Elected in 2018
		November 5, 2014	November 7, 2018
		November 7, 2018	November 9, 2022

General elections

Year		Democratic		Republican		Other^[3]
	Candidate	Votes	%	Candidate	Votes	%	Candidate	Votes	%
1966	√Robert R. Berryman	10,629	42.31	Norman Pool	1,982	7.89	None
	√Edward Burgreen	10,454	41.61	Curtis B. Campbell	2,057	8.19	None
1970^[4]	√Tommy Carter	11,423	100.00	None			None
	√Wayland Cross	11,433	100.00	None			None
1974	√Robert M. Hill Jr.	2,883	100.00	None			None
1978	√Nelson R. Starkey Jr.
1982	√Nelson R. Starkey Jr.	8,191	90.88	None			Bill Spears (Independent)	822	9.12
1983	√Tom C. Coburn	1,355	100.00	None			None
1986	√Tom C. Coburn	7,279	100.00	None			None
1990	√Marcel Black	6,496	100.00	None			None
1994	√James H. Hamilton	8,019	98.48	None			Others	124	1.52
1998	√James H. Hamilton	8,178	66.23	Tex Tatum	4,161	33.70	Others	9	0.07
2002	Mary Pettus	5,718	46.40	√Lynn Greer	6,426	52.14	Johnny Letson (Libertarian)	180	1.46
2006	√Mike Curtis	7,702	65.19	Mary Pettus	4,113	34.81	None
2010	Mike Curtis	6,284	45.22	√Lynn Greer	7,599	54.68	Write-Ins	15	0.11
2014	Andrew Betterton	5,224	37.87	√Lynn Greer	8,561	62.05	Write-Ins	11	0.08
2018	Lora Mae Morrow	4,798	26.84	√Lynn Greer	13,056	73.04	Write-Ins	21	0.12

Notes and References

1. Web site: Alabama Legislature. 2020-08-05. www.legislature.state.al.us.
2. Web site: AL House 002. ourcampaign.com. March 11, 2019.
3. Web site: District 2 Races (1967-Present). www.ourcampaigns.com. March 23, 2019.
4. Web site: Alabama Official and Statistical Register, 1975 (Chapter 12).. digital.archives.alabama.gov. March 29, 2019.