State: | West Virginia |
Image Name: | File:West Virginia's 2nd congressional district (since 2023).png |
Image Caption: | West Virginia's 2nd congressional district since January 3, 2023 |
District Number: | 2 |
Representative: | Alex Mooney |
Party: | Republican |
Residence: | Charles Town |
Population: | 898,343 |
Population Year: | 2022 |
Median Income: | $59,773[1] |
Percent White: | 88.4 |
Percent Hispanic: | 2.6 |
Percent Black: | 3.2 |
Percent Asian: | 1.0 |
Percent More Than One Race: | 4.4 |
Percent Other Race: | 0.5 |
Cpvi: | R+22[2] |
West Virginia's 2nd congressional district consists of the northern half of the state. It contains Barbour, Berkeley, Brooke, Doddridge, Grant, Hampshire, Hancock, Hardy, Harrison, Jefferson, Lewis, Marion, Marshall, Mineral, Monongalia, Morgan, Ohio, Pleasants, Preston, Randolph, Ritchie, Taylor, Tucker, Tyler, Upshur, Wetzel, and Wood counties.[3]
The district is currently represented by Alex Mooney, a Republican.
The legislature placed both the previous 1st district congressman David McKinley and the previous 2nd district congressman Alex Mooney in the new 2nd district, setting up a Republican primary race between Mooney and McKinley.[4] In the Republican Primary held on May 10, 2022, Mooney, who was endorsed by Donald Trump, easily defeated McKinley, who was endorsed by Democrat Joe Manchin 54% to 36%, with three minor candidates receiving the balance. [5] Mooney then easily won the general election.
The second district as originally formed in 1863 included Taylor, Marion, Monongalia, Preston, Tucker, Barbour, Upshur, Webster, Pocahontas, Randolph, Pendleton, Hardy, Hampshire, Berkeley, and Morgan counties (Jefferson county's status in the state was still in dispute, and Grant and Mineral counties were still part of other counties, but the modern territory of all was also included). It was essentially the successor of Virginia's 10th congressional district. The district was unchanged for 1882.
In 1902, the district was changed to Monongalia, Preston, Tucker, Taylor, Barbour, Tucker, Randolph, Pendleton, Grant, Hardy, Mineral, Hampshire, Morgan, Berkeley, and Jefferson counties. The district was unchanged for 1916. Taylor was removed for 1934. The district was again unchanged for 1954. In 1962 Upshur, Webster, Pocahontas, and Greenbrier counties were added. In 1972, Lewis, Monroe, Summers, and Fayette were added. In 1982, Barbour was added.
1992 saw the district consist of Berkeley, Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Glimer, Hampshire, Hardy, Jackson, Jefferson, Kanawha, Lewis, Mason, Morgan, Nicholas, Pendleton, Putnam, Randolph, Roane, Upshur, and Wirt counties. In 2002, Gilmer and Nicholas were removed and for the election cycle beginning in 2012, Mason was removed.[6]
Responding to the 2020 census, the district was reconstituted to contain Barbour, Berkeley, Brooke, Doddridge, Grant, Hampshire, Hancock, Hardy, Harrison, Jefferson, Lewis, Marion, Marshall, Mineral, Monongalia, Morgan, Ohio, Pleasants, Preston, Randolph, Ritchie, Taylor, Tucker, Tyler, Upshur, Wetzel, and Wood.[7]
Election results from statewide races | ||
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Year | Office | Results |
2000 | President | Bush 54 - 44% |
2004 | President | Bush 57 - 42% |
2008 | President | McCain 55 - 44% |
2012 | President | Romney 60 - 38% |
2016 | President | Trump 66 - 29% |
Governor | Justice 48 - 43% | |
2018 | Senate | Manchin 50 - 46% |
2020 | President | Trump 65 - 33% |
Senate | Capito 69 - 29% | |
Governor | Justice 59 - 33% |
Member | Party | Dates | Cong ress | Electoral history | ||||
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District established December 7, 1863 | ||||||||
align=left | William G. Brown Sr. | Union | nowrap | December 7, 1863 – March 3, 1865 | Elected in 1863. Retired. | |||
align=left | George R. Latham | Union | nowrap | March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867 | Elected in 1864. Retired. | |||
align=left | Bethuel Kitchen | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1869 | Elected in 1866. Retired. | |||
align=left | James McGrew | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1873 | Elected in 1868. Re-elected in 1870. Retired. | |||
align=left | John Hagans | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875 | Elected in 1872. Lost re-election as an Independent. | |||
align=left | Charles J. Faulkner | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877 | Elected in 1874. Retired to run for U.S. senator. | |||
align=left | Benjamin F. Martin | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1881 | Elected in 1876. Re-elected in 1878. Lost renomination. | |||
align=left | John B. Hoge | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883 | Elected in 1880. Retired. | |||
align=left | William Lyne Wilson | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1895 | Elected in 1882. Re-elected in 1884. Re-elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1888. Re-elected in 1890. Re-elected in 1892. Lost re-election. | |||
align=left | Alston G. Dayton | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1895 – March 16, 1905 | Elected in 1894. Re-elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Re-elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Resigned when appointed as a judge of US District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia | |||
Vacant | nowrap | March 16, 1905 – June 6, 1905 | ||||||
align=left | Thomas Beall Davis | Democratic | nowrap | June 6, 1905 – March 3, 1907 | Elected to finish Dayton's term. Retired. | |||
align=left | George Cookman Sturgiss | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1911 | Elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Lost re-election. | |||
align=left | William Gay Brown Jr. | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1911 – March 9, 1916 | Elected in 1910. Re-elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. Died. | |||
Vacant | nowrap | March 9, 1916 – May 9, 1916 | ||||||
align=left | George Meade Bowers | Republican | nowrap | May 9, 1916 – March 3, 1923 | Elected to finish Brown's term. Re-elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Lost re-election. | |||
align=left | Robert E. Lee Allen | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1925 | Elected in 1922. Lost re-election. | |||
align=left | Frank Llewellyn Bowman | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1933 | Elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Lost re-election. | |||
align=left | Jennings Randolph | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1947 | Elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Lost re-election. | |||
align=left | Melvin C. Snyder | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949 | Elected in 1946. Lost re-election. | |||
align=left | Harley Orrin Staggers | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1981 | 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. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Retired. | |||
align=left | Cleve Benedict | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1983 | Elected in 1980. Retired to run for U.S. senator. | |||
align=left | Harley O. Staggers Jr. | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993 | Elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Redistricted to the and lost renomination. | |||
align=left | Bob Wise | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2001 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Retired to run for Governor of West Virginia. | |||
align=left | Shelley Moore Capito | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2015 | Elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Retired to run for U.S. senator. | |||
align=left | Alex Mooney | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 2015 – present | Elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. Retiring at end of term to run for U.S. senator. |