| Arkansas's 2nd congressional district |
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| Representative | |
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| Area | 6,045 sq mi (15,660 km2) |
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| Distribution | |
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| Population (2019) | 767,662[1] |
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Median household
income | $53,600[2] |
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| Ethnicity | |
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| Cook PVI | R+7[3] |
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Arkansas's 2nd congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Arkansas. The district is in the middle of Arkansas. The state capital called Little Rock is in the district. The counties of Van Buren Conway, Perry, Saline, Pulaski, White, Faulkner are in this district. The people who live in the district elect a person to represent the district in the United States House of Representatives. Republican French Hill became the representative in 2014
Election history
2002
| Arkansas's 2nd Congressional District House Election, 2002
|
| Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
±%
|
|
|
Democratic
|
Vic Snyder
|
142,752
|
93%
|
|
|
|
Write-in
|
Ed Garner
|
10,874
|
7%
|
|
| Majority
|
131,878
|
86%
|
|
| Total votes
|
153,626
|
100.00%
|
|
|
|
Democratic hold
|
2004
| Arkansas’s 2nd Congressional District House Election, 2004
|
| Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
±%
|
|
|
Democratic
|
Vic Snyder
|
160,834
|
58%
|
|
|
|
Republican
|
Marvin Parks
|
115,655
|
42%
|
|
| Majority
|
45,179
|
16%
|
|
| Total votes
|
276,493
|
100.00%
|
|
|
|
Democratic hold
|
2006
| Arkansas’s 2nd Congressional District House Election, 2006
|
| Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
±%
|
|
|
Democratic
|
Vic Snyder
|
124,871
|
61%
|
|
|
|
Republican
|
Andy Mayberry
|
81,432
|
39%
|
|
| Majority
|
43,439
|
21%
|
|
| Total votes
|
206,303
|
100.00%
|
|
|
|
Democratic hold
|
2008
| Arkansas's 2nd Congressional District House Election, 2008
|
| Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
±%
|
|
|
Democratic
|
Vic Snyder
|
212,303
|
77%
|
|
|
|
Green
|
Deb McFarland
|
64,398
|
23%
|
|
|
|
Write-in
|
Danial Suits
|
665
|
0.24%
|
|
| Majority
|
147,905
|
53%
|
|
| Total votes
|
277,366
|
100.00%
|
|
|
|
Democratic hold
|
2010
2012
| Arkansas's 2nd Congressional District House Election, 2012
|
| Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
±%
|
|
|
Republican
|
Tim Griffin
|
158,175
|
55%
|
|
|
|
Democratic
|
Herb Rule
|
113,156
|
39%
|
|
|
|
Green
|
Barbara Ward
|
8,566
|
3%
|
|
|
|
Libertarian
|
Chris Hayes
|
6,701
|
2%
|
|
| Majority
|
45,019
|
16%
|
|
| Total votes
|
286,598
|
100.00%
|
|
|
|
Republican hold
|
2014
| Arkansas's 2nd Congressional District House Election, 2014
|
| Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
±%
|
|
|
Republican
|
French Hill
|
123,073
|
52%
|
|
|
|
Democratic
|
Pat Hays
|
103,477
|
44%
|
|
|
|
Libertarian
|
Debbie Standiford
|
10,590
|
4%
|
|
| Majority
|
19,596
|
8%
|
|
| Total votes
|
237,140
|
100.00%
|
|
|
|
Republican hold
|
2016
| Arkansas’s 2nd Congressional District House Election, 2016[4]
|
| Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
±%
|
|
|
Republican
|
French Hill
|
176,472
|
58.34%
|
|
|
|
Democratic
|
Dianne Curry
|
111,347
|
36.81%
|
|
|
|
Libertarian
|
Chris Hayes
|
14,342
|
4.74%
|
|
|
|
Write-in
|
Write-ins
|
303
|
0.10%
|
|
| Majority
|
65,125
|
21.53%
|
|
| Total votes
|
302,464
|
100.00%
|
|
|
|
Republican hold
|
2018
The 2018 election was held on November 6, 2018.
Arkansas' 2nd congressional district, 2018
| Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
|
|
Republican
|
French Hill (incumbent)
|
132,125
|
52.1
|
|
|
Democratic
|
Clarke Tucker
|
116,135
|
45.8
|
|
|
Libertarian
|
Joe Swafford
|
5,193
|
2.1
|
| Total votes
|
253,453
|
100.0
|
|
|
Republican hold
|
2020
Arkansas's 2nd Congressional District House Election, 2020
| Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
|
|
Republican
|
French Hill (incumbent)
|
184,093
|
55.4
|
|
|
Democratic
|
Joyce Elliott
|
148,410
|
44.6
|
| Total votes
|
332,503
|
100.0
|
|
|
Republican hold
|
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