Washington's 2nd congressional district: Difference between revisions

{{shortShort description|U.S. House district in northwesternfor Washington}}

| state = Washington

| district number = 2

| image width = 300

| image caption = Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023

| representative = [[Rick Larsen]]

| party = Democratic

| residence = Lake StevensEverett

| english area =

| metric area =

| percent urban =

| percent rural =

| population = 654782,903277

| population year = 20002022

| median income = $6982,599997<ref>{{Cite web |title=My Congressional District |url=https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=53&cd=02 |website=www.census.gov}}</ref>

| percent white = 8869.0

| percent black = 12.16

| percent asian = 27.80

| percent native american = 21.06

| percent hispanic = 512.84

| percent othermore than one race = 0.6.3

| percent blueother collarrace = 1.1

| percent whiteblue collar =

| percent graywhite collar =

'''Washington's 2nd congressional district''' includes all of [[Island County, Washington|Island]] and, [[San Juan County, Washington|San Juan]] counties, and[[Skagit neighboringCounty, areas on the mainlandWashington|Skagit]], fromand [[BellinghamWhatcom County, Washington|BellinghamWhatcom]] incounties, theas northwell toas coastal western [[LynnwoodSnohomish County, Washington|LynnwoodSnohomish County]] in the south. BeforeIt re-districtingstretches infrom 2012[[Bellingham, theWashington|Bellingham]] district encompassedand the northern portion of [[WesternCanada–United WashingtonStates border|Canada–US border]], fromin the vicinitynorth ofdown to the [[KingSkagit County, Washington|KingSkagit]]/[[Snohomish County, Washington|Snohomish]] county line, towith thea [[Canada–Unitednarrow Statesstrip border|Canada–USalong border]],the includingcoast therunning down to [[SanLynnwood, Juan IslandsWashington|Lynnwood]] and the [[exclaveKing County, Washington|King]]/Snohomish ofcounty [[Pointline Roberts]]in the south. Since 2001, it has been represented by [[Democratic Party United States|Democrat]] [[Rick Larsen]].

Originally created in 1909, when Washington was broken up into districts, the Secondsecond Districtdistrict was represented by future [[U.S. Senator]] [[Henry M. Jackson|Henry M. "Scoop" Jackson]] between 1941 and 1953. It was a reliably Democratic district for most of the latter half of the 20th century, until the [[Republican Revolution]] of 1994, when retiring Rep. [[Al Swift]] was replaced by [[Jack Metcalf (politician)|Jack Metcalf]]. Larsen has represented the district since Metcalf's retirement in 2001. He faced a close re-election in 2002, but was handily re-elected in 2004, and didn't face serious opposition until 2010. In the [[2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Washington, 2008|2008 election]], Larsen easily defeated Republican challenger Rick Bart. In the [[2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Washington, 2010|2010 election]], Larsen narrowly avoided defeat against Republican challenger [[John Koster]].

| [[19561960 United States presidential election|President]]

| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|[[John F. Kennedy|Kennedy]] 50 - 50%

== List of representativesmembers representing the district ==

{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"

| colspan=5 | District established March 4, 1909

| align=left nowrap | [[File:Francis W. Cushman (Washington Congressman).jpg|75px100px]] <br/>'''[[Francis W. Cushman]]'''<br/>{{Small|([[Tacoma, Washington|Tacoma]])<ref name="Congress-Home"/>}}

| nowrap | March 4, 1909&nbsp;– –<br/>July 6, 1909

| rowspan=3 | {{ USCongressOrdinal | 61}}

| Colspan=2 | ''Vacant''

| nowrap | July 6, 1909&nbsp;– –<br/>November 2, 1909

|

| nowrap | November 2, 1909&nbsp;– –<br/>March 3, 1911

| nowrap | March 4, 1911&nbsp;– –<br/>March 3, 1913

| {{ USCongressOrdinal | 6362}}

| align=left nowrap | [[File:AlbertJohnsonWA.jpg|75px100px]] <br/>'''[[Albert Johnson (congressman)|Albert Johnson]]'''<br/>{{Small|([[Hoquiam, Washington|Hoquiam]])<ref name="Congress-Home"/>}}

| nowrap | March 4, 1913&nbsp;– –<br/>March 3, 1915

| {{ USCongressOrdinal | 6463}}

| align=left nowrap | [[File:LindleyHHadley.jpg|75px100px]] <br/>'''[[Lindley H. Hadley]]'''<br/>{{Small|([[Bellingham, Washington|Bellingham]])<ref name="Congress-Home"/>}}

| nowrap | March 4, 1915&nbsp;– –<br/>March 3, 1933

| {{ USCongressOrdinal | 65 64| 73 72}}

| align=left nowrap | [[File:Governor Monrad Charles Wallgren.jpg|75px100px]] <br/>'''[[Monrad C. Wallgren]]'''<br/>{{Small|([[Everett, Washington|Everett]])<ref name="Congress-Home"/>}}

| nowrap | March 4, 1933&nbsp;– –<br/>December 19, 1940

| {{ USCongressOrdinal | 74 73| 76 }}

| Colspan=2 | ''Vacant''

| nowrap | December 19, 1940&nbsp;– –<br/>January 3, 1941

|-

| nowrap | January 3, 1941&nbsp;– –<br/>January 3, 1953

| {{ USCongressOrdinal | 77 | 82 }}

| align=left nowrap | [[File:Jack Westland.jpg|75px100px]] <br/>'''[[AlfredJack Westland]]'''<br/>{{Small|Alfred J.([[Everett, WestlandWashington|Everett]])<ref name="Congress-Home"/>}}

| nowrap | January 3, 1953&nbsp;– –<br/>January 3, 1965

| {{ USCongressOrdinal | 83 | 88 }}

| align=left nowrap | [[File:Lloyd Meeds.jpg|75px100px]] <br/>'''[[Lloyd Meeds]]'''<br/>{{Small|([[Lake Stevens, Washington|Lake Stevens]])<ref name="Congress-Home"/>}}

| nowrap | January 3, 1965&nbsp;– –<br/>January 3, 1979

| {{ USCongressOrdinal | 89 | 95 }}

| align=left nowrap | [[File:Al Swift.png|75px100px]] <br/>'''[[Al Swift]]'''<br/>{{Small|Allan B.([[Bellingham, SwiftWashington|Bellingham]])<ref name="Congress-Home"/>}}

| nowrap | January 3, 1979&nbsp;– –<br/>January 3, 1995

| {{ USCongressOrdinal | 96 | 103 }}

| nowrap | January 3, 1995&nbsp;– –<br/>January 3, 2001

| {{ USCongressOrdinal | 104 | 106 }}

{{Election box begin no change | title=[[2010 United States House of Representatives elections, 2010]]}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|

| |party = RepublicanDemocratic Party (United StatesUS)

| candidate = John[[Rick Larsen]] Koster(Incumbent)

| |votes = 148155,722241

| |percentage = 4851.931

{{Election box totalcandidate with party link no change|

|votes party = 303,963Republican Party (US)

{{Election box turnouttotal no change|

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| title = [[2012 United States House of Representatives elections, 2012]]
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| candidate = [[Rick Larsen]] ([[incumbent]]Incumbent)

| party = Democratic Party (United StatesUS)

| votes = '''184,826'''

| percentage = '''61.1'''

| candidate = Dan Matthews

| party = Republican Party (United StatesUS)

| votes = 117,465

| percentage = 38.9

| votes = 302,291

| percentage = 100.0

{{Election box hold with party link without swing|

| |winner = Democratic Party (United StatesUS)

| title = [[2014 United States House of Representatives elections, 2014]]
}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| candidate = [[Rick Larsen]] ([[incumbent]]Incumbent)

| party = Democratic Party (United StatesUS)

| votes = '''122,173'''

| percentage = '''60.6'''

| candidate = B.J. Guillot

| party = Republican Party (United StatesUS)

| votes = 79,518

| percentage = 39.4

| votes = 201,691

| percentage = 100.0

{{Election box hold with party link without swing|

| |winner = Democratic Party (United StatesUS)

| title = [[2016 United States House of Representatives elections, 2016]]
}}

| candidate = [[Rick= Larsen]]Marc ([[incumbent]])Hennemann

| percentagevotes = 36.0148,384

| votes = 325404,408598

{{Election box hold with party link without swing|

=== 20182022 ===

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| candidate = [[Rick Larsen]] ([[incumbent]])
| votes ='''155 202,009'''980
| percentage ='''72 60.32'''1
}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Libertarian Party (United States)|candidate=Brian Luke|votes=59,314|percentage=27.68}}

*[[2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Washington, 2008]]

*[[2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Washington, 2010]]

*[[2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Washington, 2012]]

*[[2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Washington, 2014]]

*[[2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Washington, 2016]]

*{{citeCite book |titlelast=Martis |first=Kenneth C. |title=The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress|last = Martis|first publisher=Macmillan KennethPublishing C.|authorlinkCompany =|coauthors =|year = 1989|publisher = Macmillan Publishing Company|location = New York|id =}}

*{{citeCite book |titlelast=Martis |first=Kenneth C. |title=The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts|last = Martis|first publisher=Macmillan KennethPublishing C.|authorlinkCompany =|coauthors =|year = 1982|publisher = Macmillan Publishing Company|location = New York|id =}}