| State: | Florida |
| District Number: | 2 |
| Image Caption: | Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023 |
| Representative: | Neal Dunn |
| Party: | Republican |
| Residence: | Panama City |
| English Area: | 12,871[1] |
| Distribution Ref: | [2] |
| Percent Urban: | 51.34 |
| Percent Rural: | 48.66 |
| Population: | 792,422[3] |
| Population Year: | 2022 |
| Median Income: | $57,516[4] |
| Percent White: | 63.3 |
| Percent Hispanic: | 7.1 |
| Percent Black: | 22.5 |
| Percent Asian: | 2.1 |
| Percent More Than One Race: | 4.2 |
| Percent Other Race: | 0.8 |
| Cpvi: | R+8[5] |
Florida's 2nd congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Florida. The district consists of the eastern part of the Florida Panhandle along with much of the Big Bend region along the Emerald Coast. It straddles both the Eastern and Central time zones. It includes Tallahassee, the state capital, and Panama City. With 49% of its residents living in rural areas, it is the least urbanized district in the state, and voters are generally conservative. The district is represented by Republican Neal Dunn of Panama City.
Florida's 2nd Congressional District is the largest congressional district in Florida by land area and consists of all of Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Madison, Taylor, Wakulla, and Washington counties, as well as portions of Walton and Lafayette.
Most of the territory now in the 2nd was the 9th District from 1963 to 1983; it has been the 2nd since 1983. For most of its existence, the 2nd and its predecessors were centered in Tallahassee, the state capital and county seat of Leon County. While the adjacent 1st and 3rd congressional districts had become the most conservative districts in the state by the 1990s, the 2nd District was historically more of a swing district. With a large population of students, government workers and university faculty, Tallahassee was far more liberal than the rest of the district. Democrat Barack Obama received 62 percent of the Leon County vote in the 2008 presidential election, but Republican John McCain received 54 percent of the 2nd district's vote overall.[6] The district had become somewhat friendlier to Republicans when conservative-leaning Panama City was shifted from the 1st District.
The district was significantly redrawn in a court-ordered redistricting that took effect for the 2016 election, following a lawsuit that challenged the district as gerrymandered, preventing African Americans from being able to elect representatives of their choice although they comprised a significant part of the population in the state. Under the new map, most of Tallahassee, along with nearly all of the 2nd's black residents, were drawn into the 5th District.
To make up for the loss in population, the 2nd was shifted slightly to the south to take in territory previously in the nearby 3rd and 11th districts. On paper, the new 2nd was more than 12 points more Republican than its predecessor. Mitt Romney had carried the old 2nd in 2012 although he received only 52 percent of the vote.[7] By comparison, Romney would have carried the new 2nd with 64 percent of the vote in 2012, making it on paper the third-most Republican district in the state.[8]
| Election results from statewide races | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Office | Results | |
| 1992 | President | Clinton 42.5 - 37.8% | |
| Senator | Graham 70.7 - 29.3% | ||
| 1994 | Senator | Mack 68.6 - 31.4% | |
| Governor | Chiles 55.9 - 44.1% | ||
| 1996 | President | Clinton 47.9 - 41.5% | |
| 1998 | Senator | Graham 70.9 - 29.1% | |
| Governor | Bush 52.5 - 47.5% | ||
| 2000 | President | Bush 49.2 - 48.4% | |
| Senator | Nelson 56.7 - 43.3% | ||
| 2004 | President | Bush 54 - 46% | |
| 2008 | President | McCain 54 - 45% | |
| 2012 | President | Romney 52 - 47% | |
| 2016 | President | Trump 66.2 - 30.6% | |
| Senate | Rubio 65.8 - 30.5% | ||
| 2020 | President | Trump 67.0 - 32.0% | |
| Voter Registration and Party Enrollment as of February 20, 2024[9] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Voters | Percentage | ||
| Republican | 218,080 | 42.98% | ||
| Democratic | 187,805 | 37.01% | ||
| No Party Affiliation | 84,548 | 17.90% | ||
| County | Seat | Population | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Bay | Panama City | 190,769 | |
| 13 | Calhoun | Blountstown | 13,470 | |
| 37 | Franklin | Apalachicola | 12,594 | |
| 39 | Gadsden | Quincy | 43,833 | |
| 45 | Gulf | Port St. Joe | 15,693 | |
| 59 | Holmes | Bonifay | 19,944 | |
| 63 | Jackson | Marianna | 48,622 | |
| 65 | Jefferson | Monticello | 15,450 | |
| 73 | Leon | Tallahassee | 296,913 | |
| 77 | Liberty | Bristol | 7,706 | |
| 79 | Madison | Madison | 18,519 | |
| 123 | Taylor | Perry | 21,682 | |
| 129 | Wakulla | Crawfordville | 36,449 | |
| 131 | Walton | DeFuniak Springs | 86,354 | |
| 133 | Washington | Chipley | 25,602 |
| Representative | Party | Years | Cong ress | Electoral history | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District created March 4, 1875 | ||||||||
| align=left | Josiah T. Walls | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1875 – April 19, 1876 | Redistricted from the . Lost contested election | |||
| align=left | Jesse J. Finley | Democratic | nowrap | April 19, 1876 – March 3, 1877 | Won contested election. | |||
| align=left | Horatio Bisbee Jr. | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1877 – February 20, 1879 | Lost contested election. | |||
| align=left | Jesse J. Finley | Democratic | nowrap | February 20, 1879 – March 3, 1879 | Won contested election. | |||
| align=left | Noble A. Hull | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1879 – January 22, 1881 | Lost contested election | |||
| align=left | Horatio Bisbee Jr. | Republican | nowrap | January 22, 1881 – March 3, 1881 | Won contested election. | |||
| align=left | Jesse J. Finley | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1881 – June 1, 1882 | Lost contested election | |||
| align=left | Horatio Bisbee Jr. | Republican | nowrap | June 1, 1882 – March 3, 1885 | Won contested election. Re-elected in 1882. | |||
| align=left | Charles Dougherty | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1889 | Elected in 1884. Re-elected in 1886. | |||
| align=left | Robert Bullock | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1893 | Elected in 1888. Re-elected in 1890. | |||
| align=left | Charles M. Cooper | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1897 | Elected in 1892. Re-elected in 1894. | |||
| align=left | Robert W. Davis | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1905 | Elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Re-elected in 1902. | |||
| align=left | Frank Clark | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1925 | Elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Re-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. | |||
| align=left | Robert A. Green | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1925 – January 3, 1943 | Elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Re-elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Redistricted to the . | |||
| align=left | Emory H. Price | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1949 | Elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. | |||
| align=left | Charles E. Bennett | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1967 | 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. Redistricted to the . | |||
| align=left | Don Fuqua | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1987 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. | |||
| align=left rowspan=2 | James W. Grant | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1987 – February 21, 1989 | Elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Lost re-election. | |||
| Republican | nowrap | February 21, 1989 – January 3, 1991 | ||||||
| align=left | Pete Peterson | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1997 | Elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Retired. | |||
| align=left | Allen Boyd | Democratic | nowrap | 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. Lost re-election. | |||
| align=left | Steve Southerland | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2015 | Elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Lost re-election. | |||
| align=left | Gwen Graham | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 2015 – January 3, 2017 | Elected in 2014. Retired due to redistricting. | |||
| align=left | Neal Dunn | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 2017 – present | Elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. | |||