Kansas's 2nd congressional district

Kansas's 2nd congressional 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
Ethnicity	89.0% White; 5.1% Black; 3.8% Hispanic; 2.0% other; 1.3% Native American; 1.0% Asian;
Cook PVI	R+10

Kansas' 2nd congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Kansas that covers most of the eastern part of the state, except for the core of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. The district encompasses less than a quarter of the state. The state capital of Topeka and the city of Lawrence, home of one of the state's universities, The University of Kansas, are both located within this district.

The district is currently represented by Republican Steve Watkins, who was elected on November 6, 2018.

History

Kansas had but one representative in the U.S. House of Representatives until after the 1870 U.S. Census, which showed that the state was entitled to three members of the lower branch of the national legislature. In 1872, three representatives-at-large were elected, but by the act of March 2, 1874, the legislature divided the state into three districts. The 2nd Congressional District was composed of the counties of Montgomery, Wilson, Labette, Cherokee, Crawford, Neosho, Bourbon, Allen, Anderson, Linn, Miami, Franklin, Johnson, Douglas and Wyandotte.

No changes were made in until after the 1880 U.S. Census, which gave the state seven representatives. On March 5, 1883, Governor George Washington Glick approved an act of the legislature which reduced the 2nd Congressional District to only include the counties of Wyandotte, Johnson, Douglas, Miami, Franklin, Anderson, Linn, Allen and Bourbon.

Although the 1890 U.S. Census showed the population of Kansas to be large enough to entitle the state to eight representatives, no additional district was created until 1905. By the act of March 9, 1905, the state was divided into eight districts with the 2nd Congressional district being composed of the counties of Wyandotte, Johnson, Douglas, Miami, Franklin, Anderson, Linn, Allen and Bourbon.^[3]

Reapportionment for 2002 placed the western half of Lawrence as well as Miami County into the 2nd Congressional District and cut out the counties of Geary, Montgomery and Nemaha.

Reapportionment in 2012 meant the 2nd Congressional District included the entirety of Lawrence in the 2nd Congressional District. The District's boundaries were altered to remove Manhattan, home of Kansas State University, and portions of Miami County while adding all of Montgomery County and Nemaha County and portions of Marshall County.

Demographics

Following redistricting after the 2000 U.S. Census,^[4] there were 672,102 people, 257,856 households, and 173,309 families residing in the district. The population density was 47.6/mi² over a land area of 14,133 square miles (36,600 km²). There were 280,213 housing units at an average density of 19.8/mi². The racial makeup of the district is 89.01% White, 5.06% Black or African American, 1.26% Native American, 0.97% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 1.52% from other races, and 2.12% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.81% of the population.

There were 257,856 households out of which 34.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.48% were married couples living together, 9.20% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.79% were non-families. 26.73% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.63% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 3.02.

In the district the population distribution by age is 25.34% under the age of 18, 11.88% from 18 to 24, 27.54% from 25 to 44, 21.70% from 45 to 64, and 13.54% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35.3 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.08 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.85 males.

The median income for a household in the district is $37,855, and the median income for a family was $47,095. Males had a median income of $32,033 versus $24,230 for females. The per capita income for the district was $18,595. About 7.1% of families and 11.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 12.0% of those under age 18 and 9.3% of those age 65 or over.

Among the population aged 16 years and older, 64.5% was in the civilian labor force and 1.9% were in the armed forces. Of the employed civilian workers, 20.6% were government workers and 7.5% were self-employed. Management, professional, and related occupations employed 32.3% of the work force and sales and office occupations employ 25.4%. Only 0.8% were employed in farming, fishing, and forestry occupations. The largest employment by industry was: educational, health and social services, 24.5%; manufacturing, 12.3%; and retail trade, 11.4%. Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining industries only employed 3.0%.

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 missing]
Dudley C. Haskell	Republican	March 4, 1877 – December 16, 1883	45th 46th 47th	Lawrence	[data 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 missing] Lost contested election.
Horace L. Moore	Democratic	August 2, 1894 – March 3, 1895	53rd	Lawrence	Won contested election. [data missing]
Orrin L. Miller	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897	54th	Lawrence	[data missing]
Mason S. Peters	Populist	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1899	55th	Kansas City	[data missing]
Justin D. Bowersock	Republican	March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1907	56th 57th 58th 59th	Lawrence	[data missing]
Charles F. Scott	Republican	March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1911	60th	Iola	Redistricted from the at-large district. [data missing]
Alexander C. Mitchell	Republican	March 4, 1911 – July 7, 1911	61st	Lawrence	[data 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 missing]
Edward C. Little	Republican	March 4, 1917 – June 27, 1924	65th 66th 67th 68th	Kansas City	[data missing] Died.
Vacant		June 27, 1924 – November 4, 1924	68th
Ulysses S. Guyer	Republican	November 4, 1924 – March 3, 1925	68th	Kansas City	[data missing]
Chauncey B. Little	Democratic	March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1927	69th	Olathe	[data missing]
Ulysses S. Guyer	Republican	March 4, 1927 – June 5, 1943	70th 71st 72nd 73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th 78th	Kansas City	[data 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 missing]
Newell A. George	Democratic	January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1961	86th	Kansas City	[data missing]
Robert F. Ellsworth	Republican	January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1963	87th	Lawrence	[data 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 missing]
William Robert Roy	Democratic	January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1975	92nd 93rd	Topeka	[data missing]
Martha Elizabeth Keys	Democratic	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1979	94th 95th	Manhattan	[data missing]
James Edmund Jeffries	Republican	January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1983	96th 97th	Atchison	[data missing]
Jim Slattery	Democratic	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1995	98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd	Topeka	[data missing] Retired to run for Governor of Kansas.
Sam Brownback	Republican	January 3, 1995 – November 7, 1996	104th	Topeka	[data missing] Resigned November 27, 1996 retroactive to November 7, 1996 when elected U.S. Senator.
Vacant		November 7, 1996 – November 27, 1996	104th
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].^[5] Lost re-election.
Nancy Boyda	Democratic	January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2009	110th	Topeka	[data missing] Lost re-election.
Lynn Jenkins	Republican	January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2019	111th 112th 113th 114th 115th	Topeka	[data missing] Retired.
Steve Watkins	Republican	January 3, 2019 – Present	116th 117th 118th	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)^[6]
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) ^[7]
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) ^[8]
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

Living former Members

As of June 2019^[update], there are six living former members. The most recent representative to die was William R. Roy (served 1971–1975) on May 26, 2014. The most recently serving representative to die was James Edmund Jeffries (served 1979–1983) on August 22, 1997.

Representative	Term of office	Date of birth (and age)
Martha Keys	1975–1979	(1930-08-10) August 10, 1930 (age 94)
Jim Slattery	1983–1995	(1948-08-04) August 4, 1948 (age 76)
Sam Brownback	1995–1996	(1956-09-12) September 12, 1956 (age 68)
Jim Ryun	1996–2007	(1947-04-29) April 29, 1947 (age 77)
Nancy Boyda	2007–2009	(1955-08-02) August 2, 1955 (age 69)
Lynn Jenkins	2009–2019	(1963-06-10) June 10, 1963 (age 61)

Historical district boundaries

References

^ https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=20&cd=02
^ "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
^ Frank W. Blackmar, ed. (1912). "Congressional Districts". Kansas: a cyclopedia of state history, embracing events, institutions, industries, counties, cities, towns, prominent persons, etc ... Vol. I. Chicago: Standard Pub Co. pp. 400–401.
^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
^ "K.S.A. 25-3503[d]". Retrieved February 3, 2019.
^ http://www.sos.ks.gov/elections/14elec/2014%20General%20Election%20Official%20Results.pdf
^ https://www.sos.ks.gov/elections/16elec/2016_General_Election_Official_Results.pdf
^ https://www.sos.ks.gov/elections/16elec/2018_General_Election_Official_Results.pdf

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[Blackmar-ConDist-3] Frank W. Blackmar, ed. (1912). "Congressional Districts". Kansas: a cyclopedia of state history, embracing events, institutions, industries, counties, cities, towns, prominent persons, etc ... Vol. I. Chicago: Standard Pub Co. pp. 400–401.

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[5] "K.S.A. 25-3503[d]". Retrieved February 3, 2019.

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[7] ttps://www.sos.ks.gov/elections/16elec/2016_General_Election_Official_Results.pdf

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