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Nebraska's 2nd congressional district 
Current Representative Lee Terry (R–Omaha) Distribution 97.86% urban, 2.14% rural Population (2000) 570,421 Median income $45,235 Ethnicity 82.3% White, 10.2% Black, 1.8% Asian, 6.3% Hispanic, 0.6% Native American, 0.2% other Cook PVI R+6 Nebraska's 2nd Congressional District encompasses the core of the Omaha metropolitan area. It includes all of Douglas County, which includes Omaha, and the urbanized areas of Sarpy County. In the United States House of Representatives, it is currently represented by Lee Terry, a Republican.
Electoral vote; 2008 presidential race
Nebraska and Maine are the only two states in the United States which distribute their electoral votes for president based on presidential candidates' performance in their respective congressional districts in addition to their statewide performance. The statewide popular vote winner for president receives two electoral votes, and the winner of each of Nebraska's congressional districts—there are currently three such districts—receives an electoral vote from the respective district.
While the rest of the state's electorate is heavily aligned towards the Republican Party, the 2nd district—centered as it is on the city of Omaha—is more closely divided between the two main parties—Republican and Democratic.
In the 2008 United States presidential election, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama targeted the district as a strategy of breaking a potential electoral-vote tie.[1] He won the district's electoral vote by a margin of 3,325 votes over his chief general election opponent, Republican John McCain.[2] However, McCain won Nebraska's statewide popular vote, as well as the district-wide popular vote for the other two Nebraska congressional districts, thus receiving four electoral votes from Nebraska.[2]
Obama's victory in the second district meant that Nebraska's electoral delegation was split for the first time ever. It also marked the first Nebraskan electoral vote for a Democrat since 1964.[2]
List of representatives
Congress Representative Party Years of Service District Home Notes District created March 4, 1883 48th James Laird Republican March 4, 1883 - August 17, 1889 Died 49th 50th 51st Gilbert L. Laws Republican December 2, 1889 - March 4, 1891 52nd William A. McKeighan Populist March 4, 1891 - March 4, 1893 Redistricted to the 5th district 53rd David Henry Mercer Republican March 4, 1893 - March 4, 1903 54th 55th 56th 57th 58th Gilbert M. Hitchcock Democratic March 4, 1903 - March 4, 1905 59th John L. Kennedy Republican March 4, 1905 - March 4, 1907 60th Gilbert M. Hitchcock Democratic March 4, 1907 - March 4, 1911 61st 62nd Charles O. Lobeck Democratic March 4, 1911 - March 4, 1919 63rd 64th 65th 66th Albert W. Jefferis Republican March 4, 1919 - March 4, 1923 67th 68th Willis G. Sears Republican March 4, 1923 - March 4, 1931 69th 70th 71st 72nd H. Malcolm Baldrige Republican March 4, 1931 - March 4, 1933 73rd Edward R. Burke Democratic March 4, 1933 - January 3, 1935 74th Charles F. McLaughlin Democratic January 3, 1935 - January 3, 1943 75th 76th 77th 78th Howard H. Buffett Republican January 3, 1943 - January 3, 1949 79th 80th 81st Eugene D. O'Sullivan Democratic January 3, 1949 - January 3, 1951 82nd Howard H. Buffett Republican January 3, 1951 - January 3, 1953 83rd Roman L. Hruska Republican January 3, 1953 - November 8, 1954 Resigned after being elected to the US Senate 84th Jackson B. Chase Republican January 3, 1955 - January 3, 1957 85th Glenn Cunningham Republican January 3, 1957 - January 3, 1971 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd John Y. McCollister Republican January 3, 1971 - January 3, 1977 93rd 94th 95th John Joseph Cavanaugh III Democratic January 3, 1977 - January 3, 1981 96th 97th Hal Daub, Jr. Republican January 3, 1981 - January 3, 1989 98th 99th 100th 101st Peter Hoagland Democratic January 3, 1989 - January 3, 1995 102nd 103rd 104th Jon L. Christensen Republican January 3, 1995 - January 3, 1999 105th 106th Lee Terry Republican January 3, 1999 – Present Incumbent 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th References
- ^ Curry, Tom (2008-11-02). "Is Obama-Terry the winning ticket in Omaha?". MSNBC. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27489004/. Retrieved 2008-11-20. "If the national electoral vote tally is close, then the one electoral vote in Omaha would loom large. But with Obama apparently ahead in competitive states such as Virginia, the presidency may not hinge on Omaha’s vote."
- ^ a b c Staff reporter (2008-11-14). "Obama wins 1 of Nebraska's electoral votes". AP. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/11/14/politics/main4604957.shtml. Retrieved 2009-10-17. (Archived by WebCite at http://www.webcitation.org/5kaEXuAwS)
- 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
Nebraska's congressional districts All districts: Territory At-large 1 2 3 4 5 6
The 4th-6th districts are obsolete
See also: Nebraska's past & present Representatives, Senators, and Delegations, 2010 elections, 2012 elections
All U.S. districts – Apportionment – Redistricting – Gerrymandering – MapsCategories:- Congressional districts of Nebraska
- United States presidential election, 2008
- United States Congress stubs
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