| Kentucky's 2nd congressional district |
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Kentucky's 2nd congressional district - since January 3, 2013. |
| Representative | |
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| Distribution | - 50.23% rural[1]
- 49.77% urban
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| Population (2019) | 774,897[2] |
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Median household income | $53,496[3] |
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| Ethnicity | |
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| Cook PVI | R+19[4] |
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Kentucky's 2nd congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Kentucky. The district is in the middle part of the state. The cities in the district are Bowling Green, Owensboro, and Elizabethtown. The people who live in the district elect a person to represent the district in the United States House of Representatives. The district is currently represented by Republican Brett Guthrie. In the district no incumbent representative has lost an election since 1884.
Election history
2002
2002 Kentucky's 2nd congressional district election)
| Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
|
|
Republican
|
Ron Lewis (Incumbent)
|
122,773
|
69.64%
|
|
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Democratic
|
David Lynn Williams
|
51,431
|
29.17%
|
|
|
Libertarian
|
Robert Guy Dyer
|
2,084
|
1.18%
|
| Total votes
|
176,288
|
100.00%
|
| Turnout
|
|
|
|
|
Republican hold
|
2004
2004 Kentucky's 2nd congressional district election
| Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
|
|
Republican
|
Ron Lewis (Incumbent)
|
185,394
|
67.92%
|
|
|
Democratic
|
Adam Smith
|
87,585
|
32.08%
|
| Total votes
|
272,979
|
100.00%
|
| Turnout
|
|
|
|
|
Republican hold
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2006
2006 Kentucky's 2nd congressional district election
| Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
|
|
Republican
|
Ron Lewis (Incumbent)
|
118,548
|
55.41%
|
|
|
Democratic
|
Mike Weaver
|
95,415
|
44.59%
|
| Total votes
|
213,963
|
100.00%
|
| Turnout
|
|
|
|
|
Republican hold
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2008
2008 Kentucky's 2nd congressional district election
| Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
|
|
Republican
|
Brett Guthrie
|
158,936
|
52.57%
|
|
|
Democratic
|
David E. Boswell
|
143,379
|
47.43%
|
| Total votes
|
302,315
|
100.00%
|
| Turnout
|
|
|
|
|
Republican hold
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2010
2010 Kentucky's 2nd congressional district election
| Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
|
|
Republican
|
Brett Guthrie (Incumbent)
|
155,906
|
67.89%
|
|
|
Democratic
|
Ed Marksberry
|
73,749
|
28.75%
|
| Total votes
|
229,655
|
100.00%
|
| Turnout
|
|
|
|
|
Republican hold
|
2012
2012 Kentucky's 2nd congressional district election
| Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
|
|
Republican
|
Brett Guthrie (Incumbent)
|
181,508
|
64.30%
|
|
|
Democratic
|
David Lynn Williams
|
89,541
|
31.72%
|
|
|
Independent
|
Andrew R. Beacham
|
6,304
|
2.23%
|
|
|
Libertarian
|
Craig Astor
|
4,914
|
1.74%
|
| Total votes
|
282,267
|
100.00%
|
| Turnout
|
|
|
|
|
Republican hold
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2014
2014 Kentucky's 2nd congressional district election
| Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
|
|
Republican
|
Brett Guthrie (Incumbent)
|
156,936
|
69.19%
|
|
|
Democratic
|
Ron Leach
|
69,898
|
30.81%
|
| Total votes
|
226,834
|
100.00%
|
| Turnout
|
|
|
|
|
Republican hold
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2016
2016 Kentucky's 2nd congressional district election
| Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
|
|
Republican
|
Brett Guthrie (Incumbent)
|
251,823
|
100.00%
|
| Total votes
|
251,823
|
100.00%
|
| Turnout
|
|
|
|
|
Republican hold
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2018
2018 Kentucky's 2nd congressional district election
| Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
|
|
Republican
|
Brett Guthrie (Incumbent)
|
171,700
|
66.7%
|
|
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Democratic
|
Hank Linderman
|
79,964
|
31.1%
|
|
|
Independent
|
Thomas Loecken
|
5,681
|
2.2%
|
| Total votes
|
257,345
|
100.0%
|
|
|
Republican hold
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2020
2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Kentucky
| Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
|
|
Republican
|
Brett Guthrie (incumbent)
|
255,735
|
70.9
|
|
|
Democratic
|
Hank Linderman
|
94,643
|
26.3
|
|
|
Libertarian
|
Robert Lee Perry
|
7,588
|
2.1
|
|
|
Populist
|
Lewis Carter
|
2,431
|
0.7
|
|
|
Write-in
|
2
|
0.0
|
| Total votes
|
360,399
|
100.0
|
|
|
Republican hold
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References