Minnesota's 2nd Congressional District

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Minnesota's 2nd Congressional District
Incumbent
Assumed office: January 3, 2019

Minnesota's 2nd Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives is represented by Angie Craig (D).

As of the 2020 Census, Minnesota representatives represented an average of 713,719 residents. After the 2010 Census, each member represented 664,360 residents.

Elections

2024

See also: Minnesota's 2nd Congressional District election, 2024

Minnesota's 2nd Congressional District election, 2024 (August 13 Democratic primary)

Minnesota's 2nd Congressional District election, 2024 (August 13 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Minnesota District 2

Incumbent Angie Craig defeated Joe Teirab and Thomas Bowman (Unofficially withdrew) in the general election for U.S. House Minnesota District 2 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Angie Craig
Angie Craig (D)
 
55.5
 
231,751
Image of Joe Teirab
Joe Teirab (R)
 
42.1
 
175,621
Image of Thomas Bowman
Thomas Bowman (Conservative Party) (Unofficially withdrew) Candidate Connection
 
2.3
 
9,492
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
455

Total votes: 417,319
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 2

Incumbent Angie Craig defeated Marc Ives in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 2 on August 13, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Angie Craig
Angie Craig
 
91.0
 
26,865
Image of Marc Ives
Marc Ives
 
9.0
 
2,649

Total votes: 29,514
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 2

Joe Teirab defeated Tayler Rahm (Unofficially withdrew) in the Republican primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 2 on August 13, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Joe Teirab
Joe Teirab
 
76.0
 
16,748
Image of Tayler Rahm
Tayler Rahm (Unofficially withdrew)
 
24.0
 
5,290

Total votes: 22,038
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2022

See also: Minnesota's 2nd Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Minnesota District 2

Incumbent Angie Craig defeated Tyler Kistner and Paula Overby (Unofficially withdrew) in the general election for U.S. House Minnesota District 2 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Angie Craig
Angie Craig (D)
 
50.9
 
165,583
Image of Tyler Kistner
Tyler Kistner (R)
 
45.6
 
148,576
Image of Paula Overby
Paula Overby (Legal Marijuana Now Party) (Unofficially withdrew) Candidate Connection
 
3.3
 
10,728
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.2
 
585

Total votes: 325,472
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Angie Craig advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 2.

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Tyler Kistner advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 2.

Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party of Minnesota primary election

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Legal Marijuana Now Party primary election

The Legal Marijuana Now Party primary election was canceled. Paula Overby advanced from the Legal Marijuana Now Party primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 2.

2020

See also: Minnesota's 2nd Congressional District election, 2020

General election

General election for U.S. House Minnesota District 2

Incumbent Angie Craig defeated Tyler Kistner and Adam Weeks (Unofficially withdrew) in the general election for U.S. House Minnesota District 2 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Angie Craig
Angie Craig (D)
 
48.2
 
204,534
Image of Tyler Kistner
Tyler Kistner (R) Candidate Connection
 
45.9
 
194,954
Adam Weeks (Legal Marijuana Now Party) (Unofficially withdrew)
 
5.8
 
24,751
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
273

Total votes: 424,512
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Angie Craig advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 2.

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Tyler Kistner advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 2.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Legal Marijuana Now Party primary election

The Legal Marijuana Now Party primary election was canceled. Adam Weeks advanced from the Legal Marijuana Now Party primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 2.

2018

See also: Minnesota's 2nd Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Minnesota District 2

Angie Craig defeated incumbent Jason Lewis in the general election for U.S. House Minnesota District 2 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Angie Craig
Angie Craig (D)
 
52.7
 
177,958
Image of Jason Lewis
Jason Lewis (R)
 
47.1
 
159,344
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.2
 
666

Total votes: 337,968
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 2

Angie Craig advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 2 on August 14, 2018.

Candidate
Image of Angie Craig
Angie Craig

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 2

Incumbent Jason Lewis advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 2 on August 14, 2018.

Candidate
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Jason Lewis

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2016

See also: Minnesota's 2nd Congressional District election, 2016

Minnesota's 2nd Congressional District was a battleground district in 2016. Republican incumbent John Kline, who began serving in Congress in 2002, chose not to run for re-election in 2016, leaving the seat open. Jason Lewis (R) defeated Angie Craig (D) and Paula Overby (I) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Craig faced no primary opponent, while Lewis defeated Matthew Erickson, John Howe, and Darlene Miller in the Republican primary on August 9, 2016.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]

U.S. House, Minnesota District 2 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngJason Lewis 47% 173,970
     Democratic Angie Craig 45.2% 167,315
     Independent Paula Overby 7.8% 28,869
     N/A Write-in 0.1% 360
Total Votes 370,514
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State


U.S. House, Minnesota District 2 Republican Primary, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngJason Lewis 48.9% 11,641
Darlene Miller 30.7% 7,305
John Howe 13.6% 3,244
Matthew Erickson 6.8% 1,612
Total Votes 23,802
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State

2014

See also: Minnesota's 2nd Congressional District elections, 2014

The 2nd Congressional District of Minnesota held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Incumbent John Kline (R) defeated challengers Mike Obermueller (D) and Paula Overby (IND) in the general election.

U.S. House, Minnesota District 2 General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngJohn Kline Incumbent 56% 137,778
     Democratic Mike Obermueller 38.9% 95,565
     Independence Paula Overby 5% 12,319
     N/A Write-in 0.1% 186
Total Votes 245,848
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State

General election candidates


August 12, 2014, primary results

Republican Party Republican Primary


Independence Party of America Independence Party Primary

Democratic Party Democratic Primary

Withdrew from race


2012

See also: Minnesota's 2nd Congressional District elections, 2012

On November 6, 2012, John Kline won re-election to the U.S. House of Representatives 2nd Congressional District of Minnesota.[15]

U.S. House, Minnesota District 2 General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngJohn Kline Incumbent 54% 193,587
     Democratic Mike Obermueller 45.8% 164,338
     NA Write-in 0.1% 521
Total Votes 358,446
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State, "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election" (dead link)

2010
On November 2, 2010, John Kline (R) won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Shelley Madore (D) in the general election.[16]

U.S. House, Minnesota District 2 General Election, 2010
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngJohn Kline incumbent 63.3% 181,341
     Democratic Shelley Madore 36.6% 104,809
     N/A Write-in 0.1% 303
Total Votes 286,453


2008
On November 4, 2008, John Kline (R) won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Steve Sarvi (D), Kevin Masrud (Write-in) and Curt Walor (Write-in) in the general election.[17]

U.S. House, Minnesota District 2 General Election, 2008
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngJohn Kline incumbent 57.3% 220,924
     Democratic Steve Sarvi 42.5% 164,093
     Write-in Kevin Masrud 0% 41
     Write-in Curt Walor 0% 1
     N/A Write-in 0.2% 597
Total Votes 385,656


2006
On November 7, 2006, John Kline (R) won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Coleen Rowley (D) and Douglas Williams (Independence) in the general election.[18]

U.S. House, Minnesota District 2 General Election, 2006
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngJohn Kline incumbent 56.2% 163,269
     Democratic Coleen Rowley 40% 116,343
     Independence Douglas Williams 3.7% 10,802
     N/A Write-in 0% 126
Total Votes 290,540


2004
On November 2, 2004, John Kline (R) won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Teresa Daly (D) and Gregory Mikkelson (Independence) in the general election.[19]

U.S. House, Minnesota District 2 General Election, 2004
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngJohn Kline incumbent 56.4% 206,313
     Democratic Teresa Daly 40.3% 147,527
     Independence Gregory Mikkelson 3.2% 11,822
     N/A Write-in 0.1% 283
Total Votes 365,945


2002
On November 5, 2002, John Kline (R) won election to the United States House. He defeated Bill Luther (D) and Samuel D. Garst (No New Taxes) in the general election.[20]

U.S. House, Minnesota District 2 General Election, 2002
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngJohn Kline 53.3% 152,970
     Democratic Bill Luther 42.2% 121,121
     No New Taxes Samuel D. Garst 4.3% 12,430
     N/A Write-in 0.1% 339
Total Votes 286,860


2000
On November 7, 2000, Mark Kennedy (R) won election to the United States House. He defeated David Minge (D), Gerald W. Brekke (Indendence), Dennis A. Burda (Constitution) amd Ron Helwig (L) in the general election.[21]

U.S. House, Minnesota District 2 General Election, 2000
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngMark Kennedy 48.1% 138,957
     Democratic David Minge 48% 138,802
     Independence Gerald W. Brekke 2.7% 7,875
     Constitution Dennis A. Burda 0.5% 1,337
     Libertarian Ron Helwig 0.7% 1,929
Total Votes 288,900


District map

Redistricting

2020-2021

See also: Redistricting in Minnesota after the 2020 census

Minnesota enacted new congressional district boundaries on February 15, 2022, when a special judicial redistricting panel issued an order adopting final maps. In its unanimous order, the panel wrote, "To afford counties and municipalities time to complete local redistricting, the statutory deadline for completing congressional and legislative redistricting is '25 weeks before the state primary election in the year ending in two.' In this decennium, that date is February 15, 2022. That date has arrived, and the legislature has not yet enacted a congressional redistricting plan. To avoid delaying the electoral process, the panel must now act."[22]

After the panel issued their order, Dave Orrick of the Twin Cities Pioneer Press wrote, "The impacts of the new maps weren’t immediately clear...Since Minnesota averted losing a congressional seat, the state’s eight districts for U.S. House members don’t appear jarringly different from current maps."[23] Briana Bierschbach and Hunter Woodall wrote in the Star Tribune, “Under the new maps, the eighth Congressional district grew larger geographically to accommodate population declines in many rural counties.”[24]Kyle Brown of Saint Paul television station KSTP wrote, “The state’s current balance of four Republican and four Democratic representatives in the U.S. House could be thrown for a loop with a radical shift in geography for the 2nd Congressional District, which by far had the most competitive race in 2020.”[25]

How does redistricting in Minnesota work? In Minnesota, congressional and state legislative district boundaries are drawn by the Minnesota State Legislature. These lines are subject to veto by the governor.[26]

The Minnesota Constitution requires "that state Senate districts be contiguous, and that Representative districts be nested within Senate districts." State statutes apply contiguity requirements to all congressional and state legislative districts. Furthermore, state statutes stipulate that political subdivisions should not be divided "more than necessary."[26]

Minnesota District 2
until January 2, 2023

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Minnesota District 2
starting January 3, 2023

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2010-2011

This is the 2nd Congressional District of Minnesota after the 2001 redistricting process.
See also: Redistricting in Minnesota after the 2010 census

In 2011, the Minnesota State Legislature re-drew the congressional districts based on updated population information from the 2010 census.

District analysis

See also: The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index
See also: FiveThirtyEight's elasticity scores

2024

Heading into the 2024 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+1. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 1 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Minnesota's 2nd the 207th most Democratic district nationally.[27]

Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have defeated Donald Trump (R) 52.5%-45.4%.[28]

2022

Heading into the 2022 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+1. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 1 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Minnesota's 2nd the 208th most Democratic district nationally.[29]

Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have received 52.5% of the vote in this district and Donald Trump (R) would have received 45.4%.[30]

2018

Heading into the 2018 elections, based on results from the 2016 and 2012 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was R+2. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 2 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Minnesota's 2nd Congressional District the 221st most Republican nationally.[31]

FiveThirtyEight's September 2018 elasticity score for states and congressional districts measured "how sensitive it is to changes in the national political environment." This district's elasticity score was 1.02. This means that for every 1 point the national political mood moved toward a party, the district was expected to move 1.02 points toward that party.[32]

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. Minnesota Secretary of State, "Candidate Filings," accessed June 1, 2016
  2. Capitol View, "Gerson grabs CD2 spotlight as others weigh options," September 4, 2015
  3. Pioneer Press, "Howe runs for Second District as ‘conservative’ but ‘electable,’" September 22, 2015
  4. TwinCities.com, "Former lawmaker, LG candidate Pam Myhra enters Second District race," October 7, 2015
  5. Pioneer Press, "'Mr. Right' Jason Lewis is running for the Second District," October 12, 2015
  6. Star Tribune, "Darlene Miller announces run for Congress in Second District," January 7, 2016
  7. TwinCities.com, "Another Democrat files for 2nd Congressional District," March 24, 2015
  8. Daily Kos Elections, "MN-02 Mary Lawrence (D) press release on dropping out of race (Jan. 2016)," January 5, 2016
  9. Politico, "Minnesota House Primaries Results," August 9, 2016
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 Minnesota Secretary of State, "2014 State General Election Candidate Filings," accessed June 11, 2014
  11. Huffington Post, "Paula Overby, Minnesota Transgender Woman, Will Run For Congress," accessed August 15, 2013
  12. Mike Obermueller, "Campaign website," accessed July 17, 2013
  13. 13.0 13.1 Post Bulletin, "Kline boasts $1.1 million campaign war chest," accessed July 17, 2013
  14. Burnsville Patch, "CaringBridge Founder Will Challenge Kline in 2014 Congressional Race," accessed April 15, 2013 (dead link)
  15. ABC News, "General Election Results 2012-Minnesota," accessed November 7, 2012
  16. U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010," accessed March 28, 2013
  17. U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 2008," accessed March 28, 2013
  18. U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 2006," accessed March 28, 2013
  19. U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2004," accessed March 28, 2013
  20. U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 5, 2002," accessed March 28, 2013
  21. U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 2000," accessed March 28, 2013
  22. Minnesota Special Redistricting Panel, "Wattson v. Simon," February 15, 2022
  23. TwinCities.com, "MN redistricting: Judicial panel releases new maps," February 15, 2022
  24. StarTribune, "Minnesota courts release state's new redistricting plans." February 15, 2022
  25. KSTP.com, "Panel releases Minnesota’s new redistricting plans," February 15, 2022
  26. 26.0 26.1 All About Redistricting, "Minnesota," accessed May 4, 2015
  27. Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed January 10, 2024
  28. Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2020 presidential results by congressional district, for new and old districts," accessed September 15, 2022
  29. Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed February 6, 2023
  30. Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2020 presidential results by congressional district, for new and old districts," accessed September 15, 2022
  31. Cook Political Report, "Introducing the 2017 Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index," April 7, 2017
  32. FiveThirtyEight, "Election Update: The Most (And Least) Elastic States And Districts," September 6, 2018


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