Louisiana's 2nd congressional district

Infobox U.S. congressional district
state = Louisiana
district number = 2

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representative = William J. Jefferson
party = Democratic
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population = 638,562
population year = 2000
median income = 25,514
percent white = 30.2
percent black = 64.1
percent asian = 2.7
percent native american = 0.3
percent hispanic = 3.8
percent other race = 0.2
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cpvi = D+28

Louisiana's 2nd congressional district contains nearly all of the city of New Orleans (a small portion being located in the neighboring ushr|Louisiana|1|1st District), and some of its suburbs, including the West Bank portion of Jefferson Parish and South Kenner. The seat is currently held by William J. Jefferson, a Democrat.

History

Louisiana gained its second district in 1823 as part of the 18th United States Congress. It is one of the safest Democratic seats in the country; the Republicans have not held this seat in over 100 years. Like most Congressional seats in the South, this district consistently voted Democratic from the time of Reconstruction until the 1960s. Since then, its position as a consistently Democratic seat is mostly due to it being one of the "Majority-Minority" districts created as a result of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, to ensure minority voters have an equal opportunity to elect representatives in Congress and to guard against racially-motivated gerrymandering.

Recent election results

2000

2006

*Jefferson and Carter advanced to run-off on December 9, with Jefferson winning reelection.

Representatives

References

* [http://politicalgraveyard.com/ Political Graveyard]