Kansas's 2nd congressional district

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.{{Cite encyclopedia| editor=Frank W. Blackmar| title=Congressional Districts| url=http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/archives/1912/c/congressional_districts.html| encyclopedia=Kansas: a cyclopedia of state history, embracing events, institutions, industries, counties, cities, towns, prominent persons, etc ...| volume=I| publisher=Standard Pub Co| location=Chicago| year=1912| pages=400–401| access-date=2006-11-16| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061010084541/http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/archives/1912/c/congressional_districts.html| archive-date=2006-10-10| url-status=dead}}

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 that the entirety of Lawrence was moved to 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.

Reapportionment in 2022 moved the entirety of Lawrence to the 1st congressional district. The district's boundaries were also altered to move Anderson and Franklin counties and portions of Miami County to the 3rd congressional district. The entirety of Miami County is now in the 3rd congressional district. Most of Jackson, all of Jefferson and the remaining part of Marshall counties moved from the district to the 1st congressional district. The counties of Chase, Geary, Lyon, Marion, Morris and Wabaunsee all moved from the 1st congressional district to the district.

Following redistricting after the 2000 U.S. census,{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}} 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 {{convert|14133|sqmi|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%.

The 2nd district includes the entirety of the following counties, with the exceptions of Douglas and Jackson, which it shares with the 1st district, and Wyandotte, which it shares with the 3rd district. Douglas County cities within the 2nd district include Baldwin City, Eudora and Lecompton, while Jackson County cities include Netawaka and Whiting. The only Wyandotte County city within the 2nd district is a portion of Kansas City.https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/cong_dist/cd118/cd_based/ST20/CD118_KS02.pdf

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" !# !County !Seat !Population

1 |Allen |Iola |12,412

5 |Atchison |Atchison |16,016

11 |Bourbon |Fort Scott |14,408

13 |Brown |Hiawatha |9,250

17 |Chase |Cottonwood Falls |2,579

21 |Cherokee |Columbus |19,054

31 |Coffey |Burlington |8,251

37 |Crawford |Girard |38,764

43 |Doniphan |Troy |7,493

45 |Douglas |Lawrence |120,553

61 |Geary |Junction City |35,047

85 |Jackson |Holton |13,368

99 |Labette |Oswego |19,728

103 |Leavenworth |Leavenworth |83,518

107 |Linn |Mound City |9,860

111 |Lyon |Emporia |32,172

115 |Marion |Marion |11,690

125 |Montgomery |Independence |30,568

127 |Morris |Council Grove |5,334

131 |Nemaha |Seneca |10,114

133 |Neosho |Erie |15,420

139 |Osage |Lyndon |15,824

177 |Shawnee |Topeka |177,746

197 |Wabaunsee |Alma |7,057

205 |Wilson |Fredonia |8,382

207 |Woodson |Yates Center |3,115

209 |Wyandotte |Kansas City |165,281

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

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Jim Ryun*

|votes = 126,169

|percentage = 60.45

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = Dan Lykins

|votes = 78,286

|percentage = 37.51

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|party = Libertarian Party (United States)

|candidate = Art Clack

|votes = 4,263

|percentage = 2.04

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{{Election box total no change|

|votes = 208,718

|percentage = 100.00

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|winner = Republican Party (United States)

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

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Jim Ryun*

|votes = 165,325

|percentage = 56.15

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = Nancy Boyda

|votes = 121,532

|percentage = 41.28

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Libertarian Party (United States)

|candidate = Dennis Hawver

|votes = 7,579

|percentage = 2.57

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{{Election box total no change|

|votes = 294,436

|percentage = 100.00

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|winner = Republican Party (United States)

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{{Election box begin no change| title=Kansas's 2nd Congressional District Election (2006)}}

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

|party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = Nancy Boyda

|votes = 111,759

|percentage = 50.60

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Jim Ryun*

|votes = 104,128

|percentage = 47.15

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Reform Party (United States)

|candidate = Roger Tucker

|votes = 4,980

|percentage = 2.26

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{{Election box total no change|

|votes = 220,867

|percentage = 100.00

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|winner = Democratic Party (United States)

|loser = Republican Party (United States)

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{{Election box begin no change| title=Kansas's 2nd Congressional District Election (2008)}}

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

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Lynn Jenkins

|votes = 155,532

|percentage = 50.61

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = Nancy Boyda*

|votes = 142,013

|percentage = 46.21

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Reform Party (United States)

|candidate = Leslie Martin

|votes = 5,080

|percentage = 1.65

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Libertarian Party (United States)

|candidate = Robert Garrard

|votes = 4,683

|percentage = 1.52

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{{Election box total no change|

|votes = 262,027

|percentage = 100.00

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{{Election box gain with party link without swing|

|winner = Republican Party (United States)

|loser = Democratic Party (United States)

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{{Election box begin no change| title=Kansas's 2nd Congressional District Election (2010)}}

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

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Lynn Jenkins*

|votes = 130,034

|percentage = 63.13

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = Cheryl Hudspeth

|votes = 66,588

|percentage = 32.33

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Libertarian Party (United States)

|candidate = Robert Garrard

|votes = 9,353

|percentage = 4.54

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{{Election box total no change|

|votes = 205,975

|percentage = 100.00

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{{Election box hold with party link without swing|

|winner = Republican Party (United States)

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{{Election box begin no change| title=Kansas's 2nd Congressional District Election (2012)}}

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

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Lynn Jenkins*

|votes = 167,463

|percentage = 57.0

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = Tobias Schlingensiepen

|votes = 113,735

|percentage = 38.7

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Libertarian Party (United States)

|candidate = Dennis Hawver

|votes = 12,520

|percentage = 4.2

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{{Election box total no change|

|votes = 293,718

|percentage = 100.00

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{{Election box hold with party link without swing|

|winner = Republican Party (United States)

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{{Election box end}}

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

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Lynn Jenkins*

|votes = 128,742

|percentage = 57.0

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = Margie Wakefield

|votes = 87,153

|percentage = 38.6

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Libertarian Party (United States)

|candidate = Christopher Clemmons

|votes = 9,791

|percentage = 4.3

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{{Election box total no change|

|votes = 225,686

|percentage = 99.9

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{{Election box hold with party link without swing|

|winner = Republican Party (United States)

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{{cite web |url=https://www.sos.ks.gov/elections/16elec/2016_General_Election_Official_Results.pdf |title=2016 General Election - Official Vote Totals |publisher=Secretary of State of Kansas |access-date=October 23, 2022}}}}

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

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Lynn Jenkins*

|votes = 181,228

|percentage = 60.9

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = Britani Potter

|votes = 96,840

|percentage = 32.5

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Libertarian Party (United States)

|candidate = James Houston Bales

|votes = 19,333

|percentage = 6.5

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{{Election box total no change|

|votes = 297,401

|percentage = 99.9

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{{Election box hold with party link without swing|

|winner = Republican Party (United States)

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{{cite web |url=https://www.sos.ks.gov/elections/18elec/2018_General_Election_Official_Votes_Cast.pdf |title=2018 General Election - Official Vote Totals |publisher=Secretary of State of Kansas |access-date=October 23, 2022}}}}

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

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Steve Watkins

|votes = 126,098

|percentage = 47.6

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = Paul Davis

|votes = 123,859

|percentage = 46.8

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Libertarian Party (United States)

|candidate = Kelly Standley

|votes = 14,731

|percentage = 5.6

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{{Election box total no change|

|votes = 264,688

|percentage = 100

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{{Election box hold with party link without swing|

|winner = Republican Party (United States)

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{{Election box end}}

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| title = Kansas's 2nd Congressional District Election (2020){{cite web |title=2020 General Election - Official Vote Totals |url=https://www.sos.ks.gov/elections/20elec/2020_General_Official_Vote_Totals.pdf |publisher=Secretary of State of Kansas |access-date=December 2, 2020}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Jake LaTurner

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| votes = 185,464

| percentage = 55.2

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Michelle De La Isla

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| votes = 136,650

| percentage = 40.6

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Robert Garrard

| party = Libertarian Party (United States)

| votes = 14,201

| percentage = 4.2

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{{Election box total no change

| votes = 336,315

| percentage = 100.0

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{{Election box hold with party link without swing

|winner = Republican Party (United States)

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change

| title = Kansas's 2nd Congressional District Election (2022)

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Jake LaTurner (incumbent)

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| votes = 134,506

| percentage = 57.6

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Patrick Schmidt

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| votes = 98,852

| percentage = 42.4

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{{Election box total no change

| votes = 233,358

| percentage = 100.0

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{{Election box hold with party link without swing

|winner = Republican Party (United States)

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{{Election box begin no change

| title = Kansas's 2nd Congressional District Election (2024)

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Derek Schmidt

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| votes = 172,847

| percentage = 57.1

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Nancy Boyda

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| votes = 115,685

| percentage = 38.2

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = John Hauer

| party = Libertarian Party (United States)

| votes = 14,229

| percentage = 4.7

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{{Election box total no change

| votes = 302,761

| percentage = 100.0

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{{Election box hold with party link without swing

|winner = Republican Party (United States)

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{{portal|United States|Kansas}}

• Kansas's congressional districts
• List of United States congressional districts
• United States congressional delegations from Kansas

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{{reflist}}

• {{cite book|title = The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress|last = Martis|first = Kenneth C.|year = 1989|publisher = Macmillan Publishing Company|location = New York}}
• {{cite book|title = The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts|last = Martis|first = Kenneth C.|year = 1982|publisher = Macmillan Publishing Company|location = New York}}
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20100423082228/http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present]

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