Minnesota's 2nd congressional district

Minnesota's 2nd congressional district
Minnesota's 2nd congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Current Representative		John Kline (R–Lakeville)
Area	3035[1] mi2 (7861 km2)
Distribution	80% urban, 20% rural
Population (2000)	614,934[2]
Median income	$61,344
Ethnicity	93.2% White, 1.6% Black, 2.3% Asian, 2.6% Hispanic, 0.4% Native American, 1.1% other
Cook PVI	R+2[3]

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THIS govtrack.us MAP, is a useful representation of the 2nd CD's borders, based on Google Maps.

Minnesota’s 2nd congressional district covers the south Twin Cities metro area and contains all of Scott, Dakota, Goodhue, and Wabasha counties. It also contains part of northern and eastern Rice County including the city of Northfield, and southern Washington County including the city of Cottage Grove. Burnsville and Eagan are the largest cities in the district.

Three of Minnesota’s most important rivers run through the district, the Mississippi River, the Minnesota River, and the St. Croix River. Interstate highways I-35 E and I-35 W merge in the district in addition to the north-south thoroughfares of U.S. Routes 169, 61, and 52 and the east-west Route 212. The suburban areas in the northern part of the district blend into the rural farmland in the south. The district's economy includes agriculture, small businesses, and large corporations.

Some of the largest employers in the district are Thomson North American Legal, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, 3M, Cambria, and Red Wing Shoes. The district includes Pine Bend Refinery, the largest oil refinery in Minnesota, owned by Koch Industries.

The 2nd District is also home to two private liberal arts colleges: St. Olaf and Carleton, both in Northfield. Minnesota's largest amusement park, Valleyfair, is in Shakopee, and Le Sueur, in the southwest part of the district, is the birthplace of the world-famous Jolly Green Giant food products.

Two of Minnesota's oldest cities, Hastings and Red Wing are in the district. The district hosts heritage festivals and town celebrations, such as Kolacky days in Montgomery, the Pine Island Cheese festival, and Shakopee Derby Days.

Minnesota's 2nd Congressional District is currently represented by Republican John Kline (Lakeville), a retired United States Marine Corps Colonel. Kline was considered to be the most conservative member of the Minnesota delegation in the 109th Congress, scoring 100% conservative by a conservative group^[4] and 3% progressive by a liberal group.^[5] The district is Republican-leaning with a CPVI of R + 3.^[6] However, after Kline announced in 2015 he would not run again for the seat, the district appears to have become more competitive, with several sources identifying it as a toss-up or battleground district.^[7][8][9]

List of representatives

Congress	Representative	Party	Years	Electoral history.
District created			March 4, 1861.
38th 39th 40th	Ignatius L. Donnelly	Republican	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1869	Lost re-election.
41st	Eugene McLanahan Wilson	Democratic	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
42nd	John T. Averill	Republican	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873	Redistricted to the 3rd district.
43rd 44th 45th	Horace B. Strait	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1879	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
46th	Henry Poehler	Democratic	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
47th	Horace B. Strait	Republican	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883	Redistricted to the 3rd district.
48th 49th	James Wakefield	Republican	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
50th 51st 52nd	John Lind	Republican	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1893	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
53rd 54th 55th 56th 57th 58th 59th	James McCleary	Republican	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1907	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
60th 61st 62nd 63rd	Winfield Scott Hammond	Democratic	March 4, 1907 – January 6, 1915	Resigned after being elected Governor.
63rd	Vacant		January 6, 1915 – March 4, 1915.
64th 65th 66th	Franklin Ellsworth	Republican	March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1921	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd	Frank Clague	Republican	March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1933	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
73rd	District inactive, all representatives elected at-large on a general ticket		March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935.
74th 75th 76th	Elmer Ryan	Democratic	January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1941	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
77th 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th	Joseph P. O'Hara	Republican	January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1959	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd	Ancher Nelsen	Republican	January 3, 1959 – December 31, 1974	Resigned.
93rd	Vacant		December 31, 1974 – January 3, 1975.
94th 95th 96th 97th	Tom Hagedorn	Republican	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1983	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd	Vin Weber	Republican	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993	Redistricted from the 6th district.
103rd 104th 105th 106th	David Minge	DFL	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2001	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
107th	Mark Kennedy	Republican	January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2003	Redistricted to the 6th district.
108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th 114th	John Kline	Republican	January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2017	Incumbent, Retiring
115th	Jason Lewis	Republican	January 3, 2017 –

Recent election results

2002

2004

2006

2008

2010

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2012

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2014

2016

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Competitiveness

References

Coordinates: 44°28′44″N 92°51′11″W / 44.47889°N 92.85306°W / 44.47889; -92.85306