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Arkansas's 2nd congressional district

U.S. House district for Arkansas


Summary

U.S. House district for Arkansas

FieldValue
stateArkansas
district number2
image name
image captionInteractive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
representativeFrench Hill
partyRepublican
residenceLittle Rock
english area6,045
percent urban66.2
percent rural33.8
population773,214
population year2024
median income$67,021
percent white66.3
percent hispanic6.2
percent black20.2
percent asian1.8
percent more than one race4.8
percent other race0.8
cpviR+8

| percent more than one race = 4.8 Arkansas's 2nd congressional district is a congressional district located in the central part of the U.S. state of Arkansas and includes most of the state capital of Little Rock, its suburbs, and surrounding areas. The district leans Republican, with a Cook Partisan Voting Index rating of R+8. However, due to the influence of heavily Democratic Little Rock, it is still considered the least Republican congressional district in Arkansas, which has an all-Republican congressional delegation.

It is represented in the United States House of Representatives by Republican French Hill who has represented the district since January 2015.

The district has been based on the state capital Little Rock since the 1960 United States census.

Composition

The 2nd congressional district consists of the entirety of the following counties, with the exception of Pulaski County, which it shares with the 1st and 4th districts. Pulaski County municipalities within the 2nd district include portions of Little Rock (shared with the 4th district), portions of North Little Rock (shared with the 1st district), and the entirety of Cammack Village, College Station, Gibson, Jacksonville, Maumelle, Sherwood, and Roland.

#CountySeatPopulation
23CleburneHeber Springs25,445
29ConwayMorrilton21,077
45FaulknerConway129,951
105PerryPerryville10,184
119Pulaski (shared with 1st and 4th)Little Rock400,009
125SalineBenton129,574
141Van BurenClinton16,142
145WhiteSearcy78,452

Recent election results from statewide races

YearOfficeResults
2008PresidentMcCain 56% - 42%
2012PresidentRomney 58% - 42%
2016PresidentTrump 55% - 39%
SenateBoozman 53% - 43%
2018GovernorHutchinson 61% - 37%
Lt. GovernorGriffin 60% - 37%
Attorney GeneralRutledge 56% - 41%
2020PresidentTrump 55% - 42%
2022SenateBoozman 59% - 38%
GovernorHuckabee Sanders 56% - 43%
Lt. GovernorRutledge 57% - 39%
Attorney GeneralGriffin 62% - 38%
Secretary of StateThurston 61% - 39%
TreasurerLowery 59% - 41%
AuditorMilligan 61% - 34%
2024PresidentTrump 57% - 41%
Treasurer (Spec.)Thurston 58% - 37%

List of members representing the district

MemberPartyYearCong
ressElectoral historyLocation
District created March 4, 1853
[[File:Edward A. Warren, Representative from Arkansas, Thirty-fifth Congress, half-length portrait LCCN2010649414 (cropped).jpg100px]]
Edward A. Warren
(Camden)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1853 –
March 3, 1855Elected in 1853.
Retired.
[[File:Albert Rust (Arkansas Congressman).jpg100px]]
Albert Rust
(El Dorado)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1855 –
March 3, 1857Elected in 1854.
Lost renomination.
[[File:Edward A. Warren, Representative from Arkansas, Thirty-fifth Congress, half-length portrait LCCN2010649414 (cropped).jpg100px]]
Edward A. Warren
(Camden)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1857 –
March 3, 1859Elected in 1856.
Retired.
[[File:Albert Rust (Arkansas Congressman).jpg100px]]
Albert Rust
(Little Rock)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1859 –
March 3, 1861
VacantnowrapMarch 4, 1861 –
June 22, 1868Civil War and Reconstruction
[[File:James M. Hinds.jpg100px]]
James M. Hinds
(Little Rock)RepublicannowrapJune 22, 1868 –
October 22, 1868Elected in 1868 to finish term.
Assassinated.
VacantnowrapOctober 22, 1868 –
January 13, 1869
[[File:IMAG0928 James Thomas Jim Tom Elliott adj.jpg100px]]
James T. Elliott
(Camden)RepublicannowrapJanuary 13, 1869 –
March 3, 1869Elected on an unknown date to finish Hinds's term.
Seated January 13, 1869.
Retired.
Anthony A. C. Rogers
(Pine Bluff)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1869 –
March 3, 1871Elected in 1868.
Lost re-election.
[[File:OPSnyder.jpg100px]]
Oliver P. Snyder
(Pine Bluff)RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1871 –
March 3, 1875Elected in 1870.
Re-elected in 1872.
Lost renomination.
[[File:William Ferguson Slemons.jpg100px]]
William F. Slemons
(Monticello)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1875 –
March 3, 1881Elected in 1874.
Re-elected in 1876.
Re-elected in 1878.
Retired.
[[File:James Jones.png100px]]
James Kimbrough Jones
(Washington)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1881 –
February 19, 1885Elected in 1880.
Re-elected in 1882.
Resigned when elected U.S. Senator.
VacantnowrapFebruary 19, 1885 –
March 3, 1885
[[File:CRBreckinridge.jpg100px]]
Clifton R. Breckinridge
(Pine Bluff)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1885 –
September 5, 1890Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1884.
Re-elected in 1886.
Lost contested election.
VacantnowrapSeptember 5, 1890 –
November 4, 1890
[[File:CRBreckinridge.jpg100px]]
Clifton R. Breckinridge
(Pine Bluff)DemocraticnowrapNovember 4, 1890 –
August 14, 1894Elected after John M. Clayton was assassinated while 1888 contest was pending.
Re-elected in 1890.
Re-elected in 1892.
Resigned to become U.S. Minister to Russia.
VacantnowrapAugust 14, 1894 –
December 3, 1894
[[File:AR Little John.jpg100px]]
John Sebastian Little
(Greenwood)DemocraticnowrapDecember 3, 1894 –
March 3, 1903Elected to finish Breckinridge's term.
Re-elected in 1894.
Re-elected in 1896.
Re-elected in 1898.
Re-elected in 1900.
Redistricted to the .
[[File:Stephen Brundidge Jr.jpg100px]]
Stephen Brundidge Jr.
(Searcy)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1903 –
March 3, 1909Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1902.
Re-elected in 1904.
Re-elected in 1906.
Retired to run for governor.
[[File:WilliamAllanOldfield.jpg100px]]
William Allan Oldfield
(Batesville)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1909 –
November 19, 1928Elected in 1908.
Re-elected in 1910.
Re-elected in 1912.
Re-elected in 1914.
Re-elected in 1916.
Re-elected in 1918.
Re-elected in 1920.
Re-elected in 1922.
Re-elected in 1924.
Re-elected in 1926.
Re-elected in 1928.
Died.
VacantnowrapNovember 19, 1928 –
January 9, 1929
[[File:Pearl Oldfield.jpg100px]]
Pearl Peden Oldfield
(Batesville)DemocraticnowrapJanuary 9, 1929 –
March 3, 1931Elected to finish her husband's term.
Retired.
[[File:John E. Miller portait (cropped).jpg100px]]
John E. Miller
(Searcy)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1931 –
November 14, 1937Elected in 1930.
Re-elected in 1932.
Re-elected in 1934.
Re-elected in 1936.
Resigned when elected U.S. Senator.
VacantnowrapNovember 14, 1937 –
January 3, 1939
[[File:U.S. Representative Wilbur Mills, Chair of the House Ways and Means Committee, half-length portrait, standing, facing front, holding a copy of the Budget of the United States (cropped) (cropped).jpg100px]]
Wilbur Mills
(Kensett)DemocraticnowrapJanuary 3, 1939 –
January 3, 1977Elected in 1938.
Re-elected in 1940.
Re-elected in 1942.
Re-elected in 1944.
Re-elected in 1946.
Re-elected in 1948.
Re-elected in 1950.
Re-elected in 1952.
Re-elected in 1954.
Re-elected in 1956.
Re-elected in 1958.
Re-elected in 1960.
Re-elected in 1962.
Re-elected in 1964.
Re-elected in 1966.
Re-elected in 1968.
Re-elected in 1970.
Re-elected in 1972.
Re-elected in 1974.
Retired.
[[File:Jim Guy Tucker.jpg100px]]
Jim Guy Tucker
(Little Rock)DemocraticnowrapJanuary 3, 1977 –
January 3, 1979Elected in 1976.
Retired to run for U.S. Senator.
[[File:Ed Bethune.jpg100px]]
Ed Bethune
(Searcy)RepublicannowrapJanuary 3, 1979 –
January 3, 1985Re-elected in 1978.
Re-elected in 1980.
Re-elected in 1982.
Retired to run for the U.S. Senate.
[[File:Tommy F. Robinson.jpg100px]]
Tommy F. Robinson
(Jacksonville)DemocraticnowrapJanuary 3, 1985 –
July 28, 1989Re-elected in 1984.
Re-elected in 1986.
Re-elected in 1988.
Changed parties.
Retired to run for Governor of Arkansas.
RepublicannowrapJuly 28, 1989 –
January 3, 1991
[[File:RayThornton.jpg100px]]
Ray Thornton
(Little Rock)DemocraticJanuary 3, 1991 –
January 1, 1997Elected in 1990.
Re-elected in 1992.
Re-elected in 1994.
Resigned to become Associate justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court.
1993–2003
VacantnowrapJanuary 1, 1997 –
January 3, 1997
[[File:Rep. Vic Snyder.jpg100px]]
Vic Snyder
(Little Rock)DemocraticJanuary 3, 1997 –
January 3, 2011Elected in 1996.
Re-elected in 1998.
Re-elected in 2000.
Re-elected in 2002.
Re-elected in 2004.
Re-elected in 2006.
Re-elected in 2008.
Retired.
2003–2013
[[File:Ar02 109.png300px]]
[[File:Rep Tim Griffin Official Photo.jpg100px]]
Tim Griffin
(Little Rock)RepublicanJanuary 3, 2011 –
January 3, 2015Elected in 2010.
Re-elected in 2012.
Retired to run for Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas.
2013–2023
[[File:Arkansas US Congressional District 2 (since 2013).tif300px]]
[[File:Rep. French Hill official photo, 118th Congress.jpg100px]]
French Hill
(Little Rock)RepublicanJanuary 3, 2015 –
presentElected in 2014.
Re-elected in 2016.
Re-elected in 2018.
Re-elected in 2020.
Re-elected in 2022
Re-elected in 2024.
2023–present
[[File:Arkansas's 2nd congressional district in Little Rock (since 2023).svg300px]]

Recent election results

2002

Main article: United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas, 2002

2004

Main article: United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas, 2004

2006

Main article: United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas, 2006

2008

Main article: United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas, 2008

2010

Main article: United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas, 2010

2012

Main article: United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas, 2012

2014

Main article: United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas, 2014

2016

Main article: United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas, 2016

2018

Main article: United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas, 2018

The 2018 election was held on November 6, 2018.

2020

Main article: 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas

2022

Main article: 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas

2024

Main article: 2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas

References

;Specific

;General

References

  1. "My Congressional District". United States Census Bureau.
  2. "My Congressional District".
  3. (April 3, 2025). "2025 Cook PVI℠: District Map and List (119th Congress)".
  4. "118th Congress of the United States, Arkansas - Congressional District 2, Representative J. French Hill".
  5. "Dra 2020".
  6. "2022 AR GOV and SEN by CD".
  7. "Edward Allen Warren (1818–1875)".
  8. "2016 election results".
  9. "U.S. CONGRESS DISTRICT 02".
  10. "Election Night Reporting".
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