Kansas' 2nd Congressional District

The 2nd Congressional District of Kansas is a congressional district covering most of the eastern part of the state, except for the core of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. The district encompasses less than a quarter of the state. The capital of Topeka is located within this district.

The current representative of the 2nd congressional district is Lynn Jenkins (R).

Elections

2012

See also: Kansas' 2nd congressional district elections, 2012

The 2nd congressional district of Kansas held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012, in which incumbent Lynn Jenkins (R) won re-election. She defeated Tobias Schlingensiepen (D) and Dennis Hawver (L) in the general election.

General Eleciton

U.S. House, Kansas District 2 General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Lynn Jenkins Incumbent	57%	167,463
	Democratic	Tobias Schlingensiepen	38.7%	113,735
	Libertarian	Dennis Hawver	4.3%	12,520
Total Votes				293,718
Source: Kansas Secretary of State "2012 General Election Official Vote Totals"

Primary Results

The primary took place on August 7.

Democratic Primary

Kansas' 2nd Congressional District Democratic Primary, 2012

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Tobias Schlingensiepen	39.5%	11,747
Robert Eye	34.8%	10,353
Scott Bamhart	25.7%	7,627
Total Votes		29,727

2010

On November 2, 2010, Lynn Jenkins won re-election to the United States House of Representatives. She defeated Cheryl Hudspeth (D) and Robert Garrard (L) in the general election.

U.S. House of Representatives, Kansas' 2nd Congressional District, General Election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Lynn Jenkins Incumbent	63.1%	130,034
	Democratic	Cheryl Hudspeth	32.3%	66,588
	Liberterian	Robert Garrard	4.5%	9,353
Total Votes				205,975

Redistricting

2010-2011

This is the 2nd congressional district of Kansas after the 2001 redistricting process.

See also: Redistricting in Kansas

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

External links

• Open Congress District 2

 

See also

• Redistricting in Kansas
• Kansas' 2nd congressional district elections, 2012

References

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Kansas' current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Roger Marshall (R)

Jerry Moran (R)

Representatives

District 1

Tracey Mann (R)

District 2

Derek Schmidt (R)

District 3

Sharice Davids (D)

District 4

Ron Estes (R)

Republican Party (5)

Democratic Party (1)