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Florida's 2nd congressional district
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative	Neal Dunn R–Panama City
Area	12,871 sq mi (33,340 km)
Distribution	51.34% urban 48.66% rural
Population (2023)	799,012
Median household income	$63,306
Ethnicity	63.3% White 22.5% Black 7.1% Hispanic 4.2% Two or more races 2.1% Asian 0.8% other
Cook PVI	R+8

Florida's 2nd congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Florida. The district consists of the eastern part of the Florida Panhandle along with much of the Big Bend region along the Emerald Coast. It straddles both the Eastern and Central time zones. It includes Tallahassee, the state capital, and Panama City. With 49% of its residents living in rural areas, it is the least urbanized district in the state, and voters are generally conservative. The district is represented by Republican Neal Dunn of Panama City.

Characteristics

Florida's 2nd Congressional District is the largest congressional district in Florida by land area and consists of all of Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Madison, Taylor, Wakulla, and Washington counties, as well as portions of Walton and Lafayette.

Most of the territory now in the 2nd was the 9th District from 1963 to 1983; it has been the 2nd since 1983. For most of its existence, the 2nd and its predecessors were centered in Tallahassee, the state capital and county seat of Leon County. While the adjacent 1st and 3rd congressional districts had become the most conservative districts in the state by the 1990s, the 2nd District was historically more of a swing district. With a large population of students, government workers and university faculty, Tallahassee was far more liberal than the rest of the district. Democrat Barack Obama received 62 percent of the Leon County vote in the 2008 presidential election, but Republican John McCain received 54 percent of the 2nd district's vote overall. The district had become somewhat friendlier to Republicans when conservative-leaning Panama City was shifted from the 1st District.

The district was significantly redrawn in a court-ordered redistricting that took effect for the 2016 election, following a lawsuit that challenged the district as gerrymandered, preventing African Americans from being able to elect representatives of their choice although they comprised a significant part of the population in the state. Under the new map, most of Tallahassee, along with nearly all of the 2nd's black residents, were drawn into the 5th District.

To make up for the loss in population, the 2nd was shifted slightly to the south to take in territory previously in the nearby 3rd and 11th districts. On paper, the new 2nd was more than 12 points more Republican than its predecessor. Mitt Romney had carried the old 2nd in 2012 although he received only 52 percent of the vote. By comparison, Romney would have carried the new 2nd with 64 percent of the vote in 2012, making it on paper the third-most Republican district in the state.

Voting

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Voter registration

Composition

Cities with 10,000 or more people

• Tallahassee – 196,169
• Panama City – 32,939
• Bradfordville – 19,183
• Lynn Haven – 18,695
• Panama City Beach – 18,094
• Upper Grand Lagoon – 15,778
• Callaway – 13,045

2,500-10,000 people

• Springfield – 8,075
• Quincy – 7,970
• Perry – 7,059
• Marianna – 6,245
• DeFuniak Springs – 5,919
• Crawfordville – 4,853
• Lower Grand Lagoon – 4,398
• Laguna Beach – 4,330
• Woodville – 4,097
• Chipley – 3,660
• Midway – 3,537
• Port St. Joe – 3,357
• Cedar Grove – 3,148
• Chattahoochee – 2,955
• Madison – 2,912
• Pretty Bayou – 2,911
• Bonifay – 2,759
• Eastpoint – 2,614
• Carrabelle – 2,606
• Monticello – 2,589

List of members representing the district

Representative	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history
District created March 4, 1875
Josiah T. Walls (Gainesville)	Republican	March 4, 1875 – April 19, 1876	44th	Redistricted from the at-large district. Lost contested election
Jesse J. Finley (Jacksonville)	Democratic	April 19, 1876 – March 3, 1877	44th	Won contested election. [data missing]
Horatio Bisbee Jr. (Jacksonville)	Republican	March 4, 1877 – February 20, 1879	45th	Lost contested election.
Jesse J. Finley (Jacksonville)	Democratic	February 20, 1879 – March 3, 1879	45th	Won contested election. [data missing]
Noble A. Hull (Sanford)	Democratic	March 4, 1879 – January 22, 1881	46th	Lost contested election
Horatio Bisbee Jr. (Jacksonville)	Republican	January 22, 1881 – March 3, 1881	46th	Won contested election. [data missing]
Jesse J. Finley (Jacksonville)	Democratic	March 4, 1881 – June 1, 1882	47th	Lost contested election
Horatio Bisbee Jr. (Jacksonville)	Republican	June 1, 1882 – March 3, 1885	47th 48th	Won contested election. Re-elected in 1882. [data missing]
Charles Dougherty (Port Orange)	Democratic	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1889	49th 50th	Elected in 1884. Re-elected in 1886. [data missing]
Robert Bullock (Ocala)	Democratic	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1893	51st 52nd	Elected in 1888. Re-elected in 1890. [data missing]
Charles M. Cooper (Jacksonville)	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1897	53rd 54th	Elected in 1892. Re-elected in 1894. [data missing]
Robert W. Davis (Palatka)	Democratic	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1905	55th 56th 57th 58th	Elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Re-elected in 1902. [data missing]
Frank Clark (Gainesville)	Democratic	March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1925	59th 60th 61st 62nd 63rd 64th 65th 66th 67th 68th	Elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Re-elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. [data missing]
Robert A. Green (Starke)	Democratic	March 4, 1925 – January 3, 1943	69th 70th 71st 72nd 73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th	Elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Re-elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Redistricted to the at-large district.
Emory H. Price (Jacksonville)	Democratic	January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1949	78th 79th 80th	Elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. [data missing]
Charles E. Bennett (Jacksonville)	Democratic	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1967	81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th	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. Redistricted to the 3rd district.
Don Fuqua (Altha)	Democratic	January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1987	90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th	Redistricted from the 9th district and 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. Re-elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. [data missing]
James W. Grant (Madison)	Democratic	January 3, 1987 – February 21, 1989	100th 101st	Elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Lost re-election.
	Republican	February 21, 1989 – January 3, 1991	101st
Pete Peterson (Marianna)	Democratic	January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1997	102nd 103rd 104th	Elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Retired.
Allen Boyd (Monticello)	Democratic	January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2011	105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th	Elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Lost re-election.
Steve Southerland (Panama City)	Republican	January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2015	112th 113th	Elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Lost re-election.
Gwen Graham (Tallahassee)	Democratic	January 3, 2015 – January 3, 2017	114th	Elected in 2014. Retired due to redistricting.
Neal Dunn (Panama City)	Republican	January 3, 2017 – present	115th 116th 117th 118th	Elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022.

Election results

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2004

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2008

2010

2012

2014

2016

2018

2020

2022

Historical district boundaries

• 2003–2013
• 2013–2017
• 2017–2023

References

• Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

Notes

1. "Congressional Plan--SC14-1905 (Ordered by The Florida Supreme Court, 2-December-2015)" (PDF). Florida Senate Committee on Reapportionment. Retrieved January 11, 2017.
2. "Congressional Districts Relationship Files (state-based)". www.census.gov. US Census Bureau Geography.
3. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov. Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau.
4. "My Congressional District".
5. "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. July 12, 2022. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
6. "2008 Florida: Presidential County Results". The New York Times.
7. "Daily Kos Elections 2008 & 2012 presidential election results for congressional districts used in 2012 & 2014 elections". google.com.
8. "Florida election results by 2016 congressional districts". google.com.
9. "Bookclosing Reports - Regular - Division of Elections - Florida Department of State". dos.myflorida.com. Retrieved May 1, 2024.
10. "November 4, 2014 General Election Official Results". Florida Department of State Division of Elections. Archived from the original on January 24, 2015. Retrieved January 1, 2015.
11. "Florida's 2nd Congressional District election, 2018".

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