Nevada's 2nd congressional district

Nevada's 2nd congressional district
Nevada's 2nd congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Current Representative		Mark Amodei (R–Carson City)
Population (2010)	679,147
Median income	$51,505
Ethnicity	60.2% White, 2% Black, 3.8% Asian, 21.1% Hispanic, 2.5% Native American, 10.4% other
Cook PVI	R+5

Nevada's 2nd congressional district is a congressional district that includes the northern third of the state. It includes most of Lyon County, all of Churchill, Douglas, Elko, Eureka, Humboldt, Lander, Pershing, Storey and Washoe counties, as well as the state capital, Carson City. The largest city in the district is Reno, the state's third largest city. Although the district appears rural, its politics are dominated by Reno and Carson City, which combined cast over 85 percent of the district's vote.

The district was initially created after the 1980 Census. From then until 2013, it occupied all of the state outside of Clark County, and the far northern portion of Clark County. It was the third-largest congressional district by land area and was the largest district that did not consist of an entire state.

Historically, the 2nd has had a heavy Republican lean. Republicans have held the district since its creation, and Democrats have only made three serious bids for the seat. In presidential elections, the district has historically voted Republican; George W. Bush won the district by 20 points in 2000 and 16 points in 2004. However, in the 2008 election John McCain earned only 88 votes more (out of 335,720 votes) than Barack Obama in the district.

Republican Mark Amodei has held the seat since 2011.

2011 special election

On April 21, 2011, U.S. Senator John Ensign (R-Nev.), plagued by scandal and facing an inquiry by the Senate Ethics Committee, announced his resignation effective May 3.^[1] On April 27, Governor Brian Sandoval announced he would appoint Dean Heller, the 2nd district's third-term congressman, to fill out Ensign's term in the Senate. Heller had already planned to run for the seat after Ensign announced a month earlier that he would not run for a third term. To fill the vacancy created by Heller's resignation on May 9, Sandoval was required to call a special election to be held within six months of the occurrence of the vacancy.^[2]

A special election was held on September 13, 2011. Former Republican state senator Mark Amodei defeated Democratic Secretary of State Kate Marshall.^[3]

Voting

Election results from presidential races^[4]

Year	Office	Result
1984	President	Reagan 69 - 29%
1988	President	Bush 62 - 35%
1992	President	Bush 38 - 33%
1996	President	Dole 47 - 39%
2000	President	Bush 57 - 37%
2004	President	Bush 57 - 41%
2008	President	McCain 49 - 49%
2012	President	Romney 53 - 45%

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Years	Congress	District Home	Electoral history
Barbara Vucanovich	Republican	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1997	98th	Reno	First elected in 1982 Retired
			99th
			100th
			101st
			102nd
			103rd
			104th
Jim Gibbons	Republican	January 3, 1997 – December 31, 2006	105th	Reno	First elected in 1996 Retired to run for Governor of Nevada and resigned early to become Governor
			106th
			107th
			108th
			109th
Vacant		December 31, 2006 – January 3, 2007	109th
Dean Heller	Republican	January 3, 2007 – May 9, 2011	110th	Carson City	First elected in 2006 Resigned to become U.S. Senator
	111th
	112th
Vacant		May 9, 2011 – September 15, 2011	112th
Mark Amodei	Republican	September 15, 2011 – present	112th	Carson City	First elected in special election in 2011 Re-elected in 2012
Mark Amodei	113th	September 15, 2011 – present		Carson City

Election results

1982 • 1984 • 1986 • 1988 • 1990 • 1992 • 1994 • 1996 • 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2004 • 2006 • 2008 • 2010 • 2012

1982

United States House of Representatives elections, 1982^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Barbara Vucanovich	70,188	55.49
	Democratic	Mary Gojack	52,265	41.32
	Libertarian	Teresa Vuceta	4,043	3.20
Total votes			126,496	100.0
	Republican win (new seat)

1984

United States House of Representatives elections, 1984^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Barbara Vucanovich (incumbent)	99,775	71.21
	Democratic	Andrew Barbano	36,130	25.79
	Libertarian	Dan Becan	4,201	3.00
Total votes			140,106	100.0
	Republican hold

1986

United States House of Representatives elections, 1986^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Barbara Vucanovich (incumbent)	83,479	58.41
	Democratic	Pete Sferrazza	59,433	41.59
Total votes			142,912	100.0
	Republican hold

1988

United States House of Representatives elections, 1988^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Barbara Vucanovich (incumbent)	105,981	57.26
	Democratic	Jim Spoo	75,163	40.61
	Libertarian	Kent Cromwell	3,953	2.14
Total votes			185,097	100.0
	Republican hold

1990

United States House of Representatives elections, 1990^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Barbara Vucanovich (incumbent)	103,508	59.08
	Democratic	Jane Wisdom	59,581	34.01
	Libertarian	Dan Becan	12,120	6.92
Total votes			175,209	100.0
	Republican hold

1992

United States House of Representatives elections, 1992^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Barbara Vucanovich (incumbent)	129,575	47.91
	Democratic	Pete Sferrazza	117,199	43.33
	Independent American	Daniel M. Hansen	13,285	4.91
	Libertarian	Dan Becan	7,552	2.79
	Populist	Don Golden	2,850	1.05
Total votes			270,461	100.0
	Republican hold

1994

United States House of Representatives elections, 1994^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Barbara Vucanovich (incumbent)	142,202	63.50
	Democratic	Janet Greeson	65,390	29.20
	Independent American	Thomas F. Jefferson	9,615	4.29
	Natural Law	Lois Avery	6,725	3.00
Total votes			223,932	100.0
	Republican hold

1996

United States House of Representatives elections, 1996^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Gibbons	162,310	58.56
	Democratic	Thomas "Spike" Wilson	97,942	35.26
	Independent American	Daniel M. Hansen	8,780	3.17
	Natural Law	Lois Avery	4,628	1.67
	Libertarian	Louis R. Tomburello	3,732	1.35
Total votes			277,192	100.0
	Republican hold

1998

United States House of Representatives elections, 1998^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Gibbons (incumbent)	201,623	81.05
	Independent American	Christopher Horne	20,738	8.34
	Libertarian	Louis R. Tomburello	18,561	7.46
	Natural Law	Robert W. Winquist	7,841	3.15
Total votes			248,763	100.0
	Republican hold

2000

United States House of Representatives elections, 2000^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Gibbons (incumbent)	229,608	64.50
	Democratic	Tierney Cahill	106,379	29.88
	Independent American	Daniel M. Hansen	5,582	1.57
	Green	A. Charles Laws	5,547	1.56
	Libertarian	Terry Savage	5,343	1.50
	Citizens First	Ken Brenneman	2,367	0.66
	Natural Law	Robert W. Winquist	1,143	0.32
Total votes			355,969	100.0
	Republican hold

2002

United States House of Representatives elections, 2002^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Gibbons (incumbent)	149,574	74.34
	Democratic	Travis O. Souza	40,189	19.97
	Independent American	Janine Hansen	7,240	3.60
	Libertarian	Brendan Trainor	3,413	1.70
	Natural Law	Robert W. Winquist	784	0.39
Total votes			201,200	100.0
	Republican hold

2004

United States House of Representatives elections, 2004^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Gibbons (incumbent)	195,466	67.15
	Democratic	Angie G. Cochran	79,978	27.48
	Independent American	Janine Hansen	10,638	3.65
	Libertarian	Brendan Trainor	4,997	1.72
Total votes			291,079	100.0
	Republican hold

2006

Main article: Nevada 2nd congressional district election, 2006

United States House of Representatives elections, 2006^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dean Heller	117,168	50.35
	Democratic	Jill Derby	104,593	44.94
	Independent	Daniel Rosen	5,524	2.37
	Independent American	James C. Kroshus	5,439	2.34
Total votes			232,724	100.0
	Republican hold

2008

United States House of Representatives elections, 2008^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dean Heller (incumbent)	170,771	51.82
	Democratic	Jill Derby	136,548	41.44
	Independent American	John Everhart	11,179	3.39
	Libertarian	Sean Patrick Morse	5,740	1.74
	Green	Craig Bergland	5,282	1.60
Total votes			329,520	100.0
	Republican hold

2010

United States House of Representatives elections, 2010^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dean Heller (incumbent)	169,458	63.30
	Democratic	Nancy Price	87,421	32.66
	Independent American	Russell Best	10,829	4.05
Total votes			267,708	100.0
	Republican hold

2011 Special Election

2011 Nevada Second Congressional District (Special Election) ^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mark E. Amodei	74,976	58
	Democratic	Kate Marshall	46,669	36
	Independent	Helmuth Lehmann	5,354	4
	Independent American	Timothy Fasano	2,415	2
Total votes			129,414	'
	Republican hold

2012

United States House of Representatives elections, 2012^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mark Amodei (incumbent)	162,213	57.63
	Democratic	Samuel Koepnick	102,019	36.25
	Independent American	Russell Best	6,051	2.15
	Independent	Michael Haines	11,166	3.97
Total votes			281,499	100.0
	Republican hold

Historical district boundaries

2003 - 2013

References

Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

Notes

↑ Demirjian, Karoun (April 21, 2011). "Sen. John Ensign to resign, Dean Heller likely replacement". Las Vegas Sun. Retrieved April 29, 2011.
↑ Damon, Anjeanette; Demirjian, Karoun (April 28, 2011). "Dean Heller in U.S. Senate shifts landscape in state politics". Las Vegas Sun. Retrieved April 29, 2011.
↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20121022031706/http://www.chron.com/news/article/Republicans-keep-northern-Nevada-House-seat-2169620.php. Archived from the original on October 22, 2012. Retrieved September 14, 2011. Missing or empty |title= (help)
↑ Presidential Election Results, by district, swingstateproject.com
↑ 1982 Election Results
↑ 1984 Election Results
↑ 1986 Election Results
↑ 1988 Election Results
↑ 1990 Election Results
↑ 1992 Election Results
↑ 1994 Election Results
↑ 1996 Election Results
↑ 1998 Election Results
↑ 2000 Election Results
↑ 2002 Election Results
↑ 2004 Election Results
↑ 2006 Election Results
↑ 2008 Election Results
↑ 2010 Election Results
↑ U.S. House - District 2 - Special General (2011-09-14). "News from The Associated Press". Hosted.ap.org. Retrieved 2012-08-15.
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Nevada's congressional districts

All districts Territory At-large 1 2 3 4 The Territory and At-large seats are obsolete. See also Nevada's past and present Representatives, Senators, and Delegations Recent U.S. House elections in Nevada: 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014 All U.S. districts Apportionment Redistricting Gerrymandering

Coordinates: 40°39′04″N 117°19′47″W / 40.65111°N 117.32972°W / 40.65111; -117.32972

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