| State: | Arkansas |
| District Number: | 2 |
| Image Caption: | Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023 |
| Representative: | French Hill |
| Party: | Republican |
| Residence: | Little Rock |
| English Area: | 6,045 |
| Percent Urban: | 66.2 |
| Percent Rural: | 33.8 |
| Population: | 761,676[1] |
| Population Year: | 2022 |
| Median Income: | $60,134[2] |
| Percent White: | 66.3 |
| Percent Hispanic: | 6.2 |
| Percent Black: | 20.2 |
| Percent Asian: | 1.8 |
| Percent More Than One Race: | 4.8 |
| Percent Other Race: | 0.8 |
| Cpvi: | R+9[3] |
Arkansas's 2nd congressional district is a congressional district located in the central part of the U.S. state of Arkansas and includes most of the state capital of Little Rock, its suburbs, and surrounding areas. The district leans Republican, with a Cook Partisan Voting Index rating of R+9. However, due to the influence of heavily Democratic Little Rock, it is still considered the least Republican congressional district in Arkansas, which has an all-Republican congressional delegation.[3]
It is represented in the United States House of Representatives by Republican French Hill.
The district has been based on the state capital Little Rock since the 1960 United States census.
The 2nd congressional district consists of the entirety of the following counties, with the exception of Pulaski County, which it shares with the 1st and 4th districts. Pulaski County municipalities within the 2nd district include portions of Little Rock (shared with the 4th district), portions of North Little Rock (shared with the 1st district), and the entirety of Jacksonville, Gibson, Sherwood, Maumelle, Roland, Cammack Village, and College Station.
| County | Seat | Population | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | Cleburne | Heber Springs | 25,445 | |
| 29 | Conway | Morrilton | 21,077 | |
| 45 | Faulkner | Conway | 129,951 | |
| 105 | Perry | Perryville | 10,184 | |
| 119 | Pulaski | Little Rock | 400,009 | |
| 125 | Saline | Benton | 129,574 | |
| 141 | Van Buren | Clinton | 16,142 | |
| 145 | White | Searcy | 78,452 |
| 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% |
| 2018 | Governor | Hutchinson 59–39% |
| 2020 | President | Trump 53–44% |
| Senate | Cotton 58–42% | |
| 2022 | Senate | Boozman 59–38% |
| Governor | Sanders 56–43% |
| Member | Party | Year | Cong ress | Electoral history | Location | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District created March 4, 1853 | ||||||||
| align=left | Edward A. Warren | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 | Elected in 1853. Retired.[4] | |||
| align=left | Albert Rust | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857 | Elected in 1854. Lost renomination. | |||
| align=left | Edward A. Warren | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859 | Elected in 1856. Retired. | |||
| align=left | Albert Rust | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861 | ||||
| Vacant | nowrap | March 4, 1861 – June 22, 1868 | Civil War and Reconstruction | |||||
| align=left | James M. Hinds | Republican | nowrap | June 22, 1868 – October 22, 1868 | Elected in 1868 to finish term. Assassinated. | |||
| Vacant | nowrap | October 22, 1868 – January 13, 1869 | ||||||
| align=left | James T. Elliott | Republican | nowrap | January 13, 1869 – March 3, 1869 | Elected on an unknown date to finish Hinds's term. Seated January 13, 1869. Retired. | |||
| align=left | Anthony A. C. Rogers | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871 | Elected in 1868. Lost re-election. | |||
| align=left | Oliver P. Snyder | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1875 | Elected in 1870. Re-elected in 1872. Lost renomination. | |||
| align=left | William F. Slemons | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1881 | Elected in 1874. Re-elected in 1876. Re-elected in 1878. Retired. | |||
| align=left | James Kimbrough Jones | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1881 – February 19, 1885 | Elected in 1880. Re-elected in 1882. Resigned when elected U.S. Senator. | |||
| Vacant | nowrap | February 19, 1885 – March 3, 1885 | ||||||
| align=left | Clifton R. Breckinridge | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1885 – September 5, 1890 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1884. Re-elected in 1886. Lost contested election. | |||
| Vacant | nowrap | September 5, 1890 – November 4, 1890 | ||||||
| align=left | Clifton R. Breckinridge | Democratic | nowrap | November 4, 1890 – August 14, 1894 | 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 | nowrap | August 14, 1894 – December 3, 1894 | ||||||
| align=left | John Sebastian Little | Democratic | nowrap | December 3, 1894 – March 3, 1903 | 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 . | |||
| align=left | Stephen Brundidge Jr. | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1909 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Retired to run for governor. | |||
| align=left | William Allan Oldfield | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1909 – November 19, 1928 | 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 | nowrap | November 19, 1928 – January 9, 1929 | ||||||
| align=left | Pearl Peden Oldfield | Democratic | nowrap | January 9, 1929 – March 3, 1931 | Elected to finish her husband's term. Retired. | |||
| align=left | John E. Miller | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1931 – November 14, 1937 | Elected in 1930. Re-elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Resigned when elected U.S. Senator. | |||
| Vacant | nowrap | November 14, 1937 – January 3, 1939 | ||||||
| align=left | Wilbur Mills | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1977 | 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. | |||
| align=left | Jim Guy Tucker | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1979 | Elected in 1976. Retired to run for U.S. Senator. | |||
| align=left | Ed Bethune | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1985 | Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Retired to run for the U.S. Senate. | |||
Tommy F. Robinson | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1985 – July 28, 1989 | Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Changed parties. Retired to run for Governor of Arkansas. | ||||
| Republican | nowrap | July 28, 1989 – January 3, 1991 | ||||||
Ray Thornton | Democratic | January 3, 1991 – January 1, 1997 | Elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Resigned to become Associate justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court. | |||||
| 1993–2003 | ||||||||
| Vacant | nowrap | January 1, 1997 – January 3, 1997 | ||||||
Vic Snyder | Democratic | January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2011 | 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. | |||||
| 2003–2013 | ||||||||
Tim Griffin | Republican | January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2015 | Elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Retired to run for Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas. | |||||
| 2013–2023 | ||||||||
French Hill | Republican | January 3, 2015 – present | Elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022 | |||||
| 2023–present | ||||||||
See main article: United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas, 2002.
See main article: United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas, 2004.
See main article: United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas, 2006.
See main article: United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas, 2008.
See main article: United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas, 2010.
See main article: United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas, 2012.
See main article: United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas, 2014.
See main article: United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas, 2016.
See main article: United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas, 2018.
The 2018 election was held on November 6, 2018.
See main article: 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas.
See main article: 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas.