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West Virginia's 2nd congressional district

U.S. House district for West Virginia

U.S. House district for West Virginia

FieldValue
stateWest Virginia
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image captionInteractive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
district number2
representativeRiley Moore
partyRepublican
residenceHarpers Ferry
population908,086
population year2024
median income$64,861
percent white88.4
percent hispanic2.6
percent black3.2
percent asian1.0
percent more than one race4.4
percent other race0.5
cpviR+20

| percent more than one race = 4.4

West Virginia's 2nd congressional district consists of the northern half of the state. It contains Barbour, Berkeley, Brooke, Doddridge, Grant, Hampshire, Hancock, Hardy, Harrison, Jefferson, Lewis, Marion, Marshall, Mineral, Monongalia, Morgan, Ohio, Pleasants, Preston, Randolph, Ritchie, Taylor, Tucker, Tyler, Upshur, Wetzel, and Wood counties.

Republican Riley Moore is the representative of the district.

The legislature placed both the previous 1st district congressman David McKinley and the previous 2nd district congressman Alex Mooney in the new 2nd district, setting up a Republican primary race between Mooney and McKinley. The new 2nd was geographically and demographically more McKinley's district, making McKinley the de facto incumbent. However, in the Republican Primary held on May 10, 2022, Mooney, who was endorsed by Donald Trump, easily defeated McKinley, who was endorsed by Democrat Joe Manchin 54% to 36%, with three minor candidates receiving the balance. Mooney then easily won the general election.

History

The second district as originally formed in 1863 included Taylor, Marion, Monongalia, Preston, Tucker, Barbour, Upshur, Webster, Pocahontas, Randolph, Pendleton, Hardy, Hampshire, Berkeley, and Morgan counties (Jefferson county's status in the state was still in dispute, and Grant and Mineral counties were still part of other counties, but the modern territory of all was also included). It was essentially the successor of Virginia's 10th congressional district. The district was unchanged for 1882.

In 1902, the district was changed to Monongalia, Preston, Tucker, Taylor, Barbour, Tucker, Randolph, Pendleton, Grant, Hardy, Mineral, Hampshire, Morgan, Berkeley, and Jefferson counties. The district was unchanged for 1916. Taylor was removed for 1934. The district was again unchanged for 1954. In 1962 Upshur, Webster, Pocahontas, and Greenbrier counties were added. In 1972, Lewis, Monroe, Summers, and Fayette were added. In 1982, Barbour was added.

1992 saw the district consist of Berkeley, Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Glimer, Hampshire, Hardy, Jackson, Jefferson, Kanawha, Lewis, Mason, Morgan, Nicholas, Pendleton, Putnam, Randolph, Roane, Upshur, and Wirt counties. In 2002, Gilmer and Nicholas were removed and for the election cycle beginning in 2012, Mason was removed.

Responding to the 2020 census, the district was reconstituted to contain Barbour, Berkeley, Brooke, Doddridge, Grant, Hampshire, Hancock, Hardy, Harrison, Jefferson, Lewis, Marion, Marshall, Mineral, Monongalia, Morgan, Ohio, Pleasants, Preston, Randolph, Ritchie, Taylor, Tucker, Tyler, Upshur, Wetzel, and Wood.

Composition

For the 118th and successive Congresses (based on redistricting following the 2020 census), the district contains all of the following counties:

#CountySeatPopulation
1BarbourPhilippi15,378
3BerkeleyMartinsburg132,440
9BrookeWellsburg21,373
17DoddridgeWest Union7,680
23GrantPetersburg10,921
27HampshireRomney23,649
29HancockNew Cumberland28,145
31HardyMoorefield14,251
33HarrisonClarksburg64,639
37JeffersonCharles Town59,787
41LewisWeston16,500
49MarionFairmont55,807
51MarshallMoundsville29,405
57MineralKeyser26,867
61MonongaliaMorgantown107,718
65MorganBerkeley Springs17,649
69OhioWheeling41,194
73PleasantsSt. Marys7,428
77PrestonKingwood34,099
83RandolphElkins27,350
85RitchieHarrisville8,167
91TaylorGrafton16,388
93TuckerParsons6,604
95TylerMiddlebourne7,919
97UpshurBuckhannon23,529
103WetzelNew Martinsville13,890
107WoodParkersburg83,052

Recent election results from statewide races

YearOfficeResults
2008PresidentMcCain 56% - 41%
2012PresidentRomney 63% - 37%
2016PresidentTrump 68% - 27%
GovernorCole 48% - 43%
Attorney GeneralMorrisey 55% - 37%
2018SenateMorrisey 48% - 47%
2020PresidentTrump 68% - 31%
SenateMoore Capito 69% - 27%
GovernorJustice 63% - 29%
Attorney GeneralMorrisey 65% - 35%
AuditorMcCuskey 67% - 33%
Secretary of StateWarner 59% - 41%
TreasurerMoore 61% - 39%
2024PresidentTrump 69% - 29%
SenateJustice 68% - 29%
GovernorMorrisey 63% - 30%
Attorney GeneralMcCuskey 68% - 32%
AuditorHunt 68% - 32%
Secretary of StateWarner 70% - 30%

List of members representing the district

MemberPartyDatesCong
ressElectoral history
District established December 7, 1863
[[File:WilliamGayBrownSr.jpg100px]]
William G. Brown Sr.
(Kingwood)UnionnowrapDecember 7, 1863 –
March 3, 1865Elected in 1863.
Retired.
[[File:GenGRLatham.jpg100px]]
George R. Latham
(Grafton)UnionnowrapMarch 4, 1865 –
March 3, 1867Elected in 1864.
Retired.
[[File:Bethuel_Middleton_Kitchen.jpg100px]]
Bethuel Kitchen
(Martinsburg)RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1867 –
March 3, 1869Elected in 1866.
Retired.
[[File:JCMcGrew.jpg100px]]
James McGrew
(Kingwood)RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1869 –
March 3, 1873Elected in 1868.
Re-elected in 1870.
Retired.
[[File:JMHagans.jpg100px]]
John Hagans
(Morgantown)RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1873 –
March 3, 1875Elected in 1872.
Lost re-election as an Independent.
[[File:Charles J. Faulkner 1806-1884 - Brady-Handy.jpg100px]]
Charles J. Faulkner
(Martinsburg)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1875 –
March 3, 1877Elected in 1874.
Retired to run for U.S. senator.
[[File:BFMartin.jpg100px]]
Benjamin F. Martin
(Pruntytown)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1877 –
March 3, 1881Elected in 1876.
Re-elected in 1878.
Lost renomination.
[[File:JohnBHoge.jpg100px]]
John B. Hoge
(Martinsburg)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1881 –
March 3, 1883Elected in 1880.
Retired.
[[File:William Lyne Wilson.jpg100px]]
William Lyne Wilson
(Charles Town)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1883 –
March 3, 1895Elected in 1882.
Re-elected in 1884.
Re-elected in 1886.
Re-elected in 1888.
Re-elected in 1890.
Re-elected in 1892.
Lost re-election.
[[File:Alston Gordon Dayton in 1896.jpg100px]]
Alston G. Dayton
(Philippi)RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1895 –
March 16, 1905Elected in 1894.
Re-elected in 1896.
Re-elected in 1898.
Re-elected in 1900.
Re-elected in 1902.
Re-elected in 1904.
Resigned when appointed as a judge of US District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia
VacantnowrapMarch 16, 1905 –
June 6, 1905
[[File:Thomas Beall Davis.jpg100px]]
Thomas Beall Davis
(Keyser)DemocraticnowrapJune 6, 1905 –
March 3, 1907Elected to finish Dayton's term.
Retired.
[[File:GeorgeCSturgiss.jpg100px]]
George Cookman Sturgiss
(Morgantown)RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1907 –
March 3, 1911Elected in 1906.
Re-elected in 1908.
Lost re-election.
[[File:WilliamGayBrownJr.jpg100px]]
William Gay Brown Jr.
(Kingwood)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1911 –
March 9, 1916Elected in 1910.
Re-elected in 1912.
Re-elected in 1914.
Died.
VacantnowrapMarch 9, 1916 –
May 9, 1916
[[File:George m bowers.jpg100px]]
George Meade Bowers
(Martinsburg)RepublicannowrapMay 9, 1916 –
March 3, 1923Elected to finish Brown's term.
Re-elected in 1916.
Re-elected in 1918.
Re-elected in 1920.
Lost re-election.
[[File:Robert E. Lee Allen (West Virginia Congressman).jpg100px]]
Robert E. Lee Allen
(Morgantown)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1923 –
March 3, 1925Elected in 1922.
Lost re-election.
[[File:Frank L. Bowman (West Virginia Congressman).jpg100px]]
Frank Llewellyn Bowman
(Morgantown)RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1925 –
March 3, 1933Elected in 1924.
Re-elected in 1926.
Re-elected in 1928.
Re-elected in 1930.
Lost re-election.
[[File:Jennings Randolph headshot.jpg100px]]
Jennings Randolph
(Elkins)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1933 –
January 3, 1947Elected in 1932.
Re-elected in 1934.
Re-elected in 1936.
Re-elected in 1938.
Re-elected in 1940.
Re-elected in 1942.
Re-elected in 1944.
Lost re-election.
Melvin C. Snyder
(Kingwood)RepublicannowrapJanuary 3, 1947 –
January 3, 1949Elected in 1946.
Lost re-election.
[[File:Harley Orrin Staggers.jpg100px]]
Harley Orrin Staggers
(Keyser)DemocraticnowrapJanuary 3, 1949 –
January 3, 1981Elected 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.
Re-elected in 1976.
Re-elected in 1978.
Retired.
[[File:Cleve Benedict.png100px]]
Cleve Benedict
(Lewisburg)RepublicannowrapJanuary 3, 1981 –
January 3, 1983Elected in 1980.
Retired to run for U.S. senator.
[[File:Harley Staggers Jr (1991).jpeg100px]]
Harley O. Staggers Jr.
(Keyser)DemocraticnowrapJanuary 3, 1983 –
January 3, 1993Elected in 1982.
Re-elected in 1984.
Re-elected in 1986.
Re-elected in 1988.
Re-elected in 1990.
Redistricted to the and lost renomination.
[[File:Bob Wise.jpg100px]]
Bob Wise
(Clendenin)DemocraticnowrapJanuary 3, 1993 –
January 3, 2001Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1992.
Re-elected in 1994.
Re-elected in 1996.
Re-elected in 1998.
Retired to run for Governor of West Virginia.
[[File:Shelley Moore Capito, official photo portrait, color.jpg100px]]
Shelley Moore Capito
(Charleston)RepublicannowrapJanuary 3, 2001 –
January 3, 2015Elected in 2000.
Re-elected in 2002.
Re-elected in 2004.
Re-elected in 2006.
Re-elected in 2008.
Re-elected in 2010.
Re-elected in 2012.
Retired to run for U.S. senator.
[[File:Alex Mooney official photo (cropped).jpg100px]]
Alex Mooney
(Charles Town)RepublicannowrapJanuary 3, 2015 –
January 3, 2025Elected in 2014.
Re-elected in 2016.
Re-elected in 2018.
Re-elected in 2020.
Re-elected in 2022.
Retired to run for U.S. senator.
[[File:Moore Riley 119th Congress (cropped).jpg100px]]
Riley Moore
(Harpers Ferry)RepublicanJanuary 3, 2025 –
presentElected in 2024.

Recent election results

2000s

2010s

2020s

Historical district boundaries

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References

;Specific

;General

References

  1. "My Congressional District".
  2. (April 3, 2025). "2025 Cook PVI℠: District Map and List (119th Congress)".
  3. "Bill Status - Complete Bill History".
  4. (October 14, 2021). "West Virginia lawmakers settle on a north-south congressional map, opening up McKinley vs Mooney".
  5. (May 11, 2022). "Mooney wallops McKinley in rare matchup of congressional incumbents".
  6. West Virginia Blue Book (pp 535, 2012 edition)
  7. "Bill Status - Complete Bill History".
  8. [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/cong_dist/cd118/cd_based/ST54/CD118_WV01.pdf https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/cong_dist/cd118/cd_based/ST54/CD118_WV02.pdf]
  9. "Dra 2020".
  10. "2020 West Virginia Election Results by Congressional District (2023-)".
  11. "2024 West Virginia Election Results by Congressional District".
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