Texas's 2nd congressional district of the United States House of Representatives is in the southeastern portion of the state of Texas. It encompasses parts of northern and eastern Harris County and southern Montgomery County, Texas.
From 2002 to 2012, it stretched from Houston's northern suburbs through eastern Harris County, and across Southeast Texas to the Louisiana border. As of the 2000 census, the 2nd district represented 651,619 people. The district's configuration dates from the 2003 Texas redistricting, when most of the old 9th district was split among three neighboring districts. The four-term Democratic incumbent in the 9th district, Nick Lampson, was unseated by Republican Ted Poe, a longtime felony-court judge in Harris County. In November 2017, Poe announced that he would retire from Congress at the end of his current term, and did not seek re-election in 2018. Dan Crenshaw was elected on November 6, 2018, and is currently serving as congressman.
2012 redistricting
The 2012 redistricting process radically changed the district. Beaumont, which had been part of the 2nd and its predecessors for over a century, was removed along with all of Jefferson County. All of Liberty County was removed as well, putting the district entirely within Harris County. The district now includes Kingwood, Humble, and Atascocita in northeastern Harris County.
Recent election results from statewide races
2023–2027 boundaries
{| class=wikitable
! Year
! Office
! Results
|-
||2008
| President
| align="right" |McCain 70% - 29%
|-
||2012
| President
| align="right" |Romney 73% - 27%
|-
|rowspan=2|2014
| Senate
| align="right" |Cornyn 77% - 23%
|-
| Governor
| align="right" |Abbott 74% - 26%
|-
||2016
| President
| align="right" |Trump 63% - 32%
|-
|rowspan=5|2018
| Senate
| align="right" |Cruz 62% - 37%
|-
| Governor
| align="right" |Abbott 66% - 32%
|-
| Lt. Governor
| align="right" |Patrick 63% - 36%
|-
| Attorney General
| align="right" |Paxton 62% - 36%
|-
| Comptroller of Public Accounts
| align="right" |Hegar 65% - 33%
|-
|rowspan=2|2020
| President
| align="right" |Trump 61% - 38%
|-
| Senate
| align="right" |Cornyn 62% - 35%
|-
|rowspan=4|2022
| Governor
| align="right" |Abbott 62% - 36%
|-
| Lt. Governor
| align="right" |Patrick 61% - 36%
|-
| Attorney General
| align="right" |Paxton 61% - 36%
|-
| Comptroller of Public Accounts
| align="right" |Hegar 64% - 34%
|-
|rowspan=2|2024
| President
| align="right" |Trump 61% - 37%
|-
| Senate
| align="right" |Cruz 58% - 39%
|}
2027–2033 boundaries
{| class=wikitable
! Year
! Office
! Results
|-
||2008
| President
| align="right" |McCain 70% - 29%
|-
||2012
| President
| align="right" |Romney 73% - 27%
|-
|rowspan=2|2014
| Senate
| align="right" |Cornyn 77% - 23%
|-
| Governor
| align="right" |Abbott 74% - 26%
|-
||2016
| President
| align="right" |Trump 63% - 32%
|-
|rowspan=5|2018
| Senate
| align="right" |Cruz 61% - 38%
|-
| Governor
| align="right" |Abbott 66% - 33%
|-
| Lt. Governor
| align="right" |Patrick 62% - 36%
|-
| Attorney General
| align="right" |Paxton 61% - 37%
|-
| Comptroller of Public Accounts
| align="right" |Hegar 64% - 33%
|-
|rowspan=2|2020
| President
| align="right" |Trump 60% - 39%
|-
| Senate
| align="right" |Cornyn 62% - 36%
|-
|rowspan=4|2022
| Governor
| align="right" |Abbott 62% - 37%
|-
| Lt. Governor
| align="right" |Patrick 61% - 37%
|-
| Attorney General
| align="right" |Paxton 61% - 37%
|-
| Comptroller of Public Accounts
| align="right" |Hegar 64% - 34%
|-
|rowspan=2|2024
| President
| align="right" |Trump 61% - 38%
|-
| Senate
| align="right" |Cruz 58% - 40%
|}
Composition
For the 118th and successive Congresses (based on redistricting following the 2020 census), the district contains all or portions of the following counties and communities:
Harris County (11)
: Atascocita (part; also 18th), Barrett, Baytown (part; also 36th), Channelview (part; also 29th and 36th), Crosby, Highlands, Houston (part; also 7th, 8th, 9th, 18th, 22nd, 29th, 36th, 38th; shared with Fort Bend and Montgomery counties), Humble (part; also 18th and 29th), Sheldon, Spring, The Woodlands (part; also 8th; shared with Montgomery County)
Montgomery County (14)
: Cleveland, Conroe (part; also 8th), Deerwood, Grangerland (part; also 8th), Houston (part; also 7th, 8th, 9th, 18th, 22nd, 29th, 36th, 38th; shared with Fort Bend and Harris counties), Oak Ridge North, Patton Village, Porter Heights, Roman Forest, Shenandoah, Splendora, Woodbranch, The Woodlands (part; also 8th; shared with Harris County), Woodloch
List of members representing the district
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
! Representative
! Party
! Term
! Cong<br />ress
! Electoral history
! Counties represented
|- style="height:3em"
| colspan=6 | District established December 29, 1845
|- style="height:3em"
| colspan=2 | Vacant
| nowrap | December 29, 1845 –<br />March 30, 1846
|
|
| rowspan="2" |1845–1849<br />Bexar, Milam, Robertson, Travis, Brazos, Montgomery, Washington, Bastrop, Gonzales, Fayette, Austin, Harris, Colorado, Fort Bend, Brazoria, Galveston, Goliad, Jackson, Victoria, Refugio, San Patricio
|- style="height:3em"
| align=left |100px<br />Timothy Pilsbury<br />
| | Democratic
| nowrap | March 30, 1846 –<br />March 3, 1849
|
|nowrap|Elected in 1846.<br />Re-elected November 2, 1846.<br />Lost re-election.
|- style="height:3em"
| align=left | 100px<br />Volney E. Howard<br />
| | Democratic
| nowrap | March 4, 1849 –<br />March 3, 1853
|
| Elected late August 6, 1849.<br />Re-elected late August 4, 1851.<br />Lost re-election.
| rowspan=3 | 1849–1859<br />El Paso, Presidio, Bexar, Mclennan, Navarro, Tarrant, Ellis, Bell, Freestone, Limestone, Falls, Travis, Gillespie, Leon, Robertson, Milam, Williamson, Hays, Comal, Bexar, Medina, Uvalde, Kinney, Burleson, Brazos, Grimes, Walker, Montgomery, Washington, Bastrop, Caldwell, Guadalupe, Harris, Austin, Galveston, Brazoria, Matagorda, Wharton, Colorado, Fayette, Gonzales, De Witt, Lavaca, Jackson, Calhoun, Victoria, Goliad, Refugio, San Patricio, Nueces, Webb, Starr, Cameron
|- style="height:3em"
| align=left | 100px<br />Peter H. Bell<br />
| | Democratic
| nowrap | March 4, 1853 –<br />March 3, 1857
|
| Elected late August 1, 1853.<br />Re-elected late August 6, 1855.<br />Lost re-election.
|- style="height:3em"
| align=left | 100px<br />Guy M. Bryan<br />
| | Democratic
| nowrap | March 4, 1857 –<br />March 3, 1859
|
| Elected late August 3, 1857.<br />Retired.
|- style="height:3em"
| align=left | 100px<br />Andrew J. Hamilton<br />
| | Independent Democratic
| nowrap | March 4, 1859 –<br />March 3, 1861
|
| Elected late August 1, 1859.<br />Retired.
| 1859–1861<br />Bexar, Milam, Robertson, Travis, Brazos, Montgomery, Washington, Bastrop, Gonzales, Fayette, Austin, Harris, Colorado, Fort Bend, Brazoria, Galveston, Goliad, Jackson, Victoria, Refugio, San Patricio
|- style="height:3em"
| colspan=2 | District inactive
| nowrap | March 3, 1861 –<br />March 31, 1870
|
| colspan=2 | Civil War and Reconstruction
|- style="height:3em"
| align=left | 100px<br />John C. Conner<br />
| | Democratic
| nowrap | March 31, 1870 –<br />March 3, 1873
|
| Elected upon readmission.<br />Re-elected late October 6, 1871.<br />Retired because of failing health.
| rowspan=2 | 1870–1875<br />Bexar, Milam, Robertson, Travis, Brazos, Montgomery, Washington, Bastrop, Gonzales, Fayette, Austin, Harris, Colorado, Fort Bend, Brazoria, Galveston, Goliad, Jackson, Victoria, Refugio, San Patricio
|- style="height:3em"
| align=left | 100px<br />William P. McLean<br />
| | Democratic
| nowrap | March 4, 1873 –<br />March 3, 1875
|
| Elected in 1872.<br />Retired.
|- style="height:3em"
| align=left rowspan="2" | 100px<br />David B. Culberson<br />
| rowspan=2 | Democratic
| rowspan="2" nowrap="" | March 4, 1875 –<br />March 3, 1883
| rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="2" | Elected in 1874.<br />Re-elected in 1876.<br />Re-elected in 1878.<br />Re-elected in 1880.<br />Redistricted to the .
| 1875–1881<br />Fannin, Lamar, Delta, Red River, Bowie, Hunt, Rains, Hopkins, Titus, Cass, Wood, Upshur, Marion, Van Zandt, Gregg, Harrison
|- style="height:3em"
| rowspan=5 | 1881–1893<br />Henderson, Anderson, Freestone, Cherokee, Robertson, Leon, Houston, Nacogdoches, San Augustine, Sabine
|- style="height:3em"
| align=left | 100px<br /> John H. Reagan<br />
| | Democratic
| nowrap | March 4, 1883 –<br />March 3, 1887
|
| Redistricted from the .<br />Elected in 1882.<br />Re-elected in 1884.<br />Re-elected in 1886, but resigned when elected U.S. senator.
|- style="height:3em"
| colspan=2 | Vacant
| nowrap | March 4, 1887 –<br />November 4, 1887
|
|- style="height:3em"
| align=left | 100px<br />William H. Martin<br />
| | Democratic
| nowrap | November 4, 1887 –<br />March 3, 1891
|
| Elected to finish Reagan's term.<br />Re-elected in 1888.<br />
|- style="height:3em"
| align=left | 100px<br />John Benjamin Long<br />
| | Democratic
| nowrap | March 4, 1891 –<br />March 3, 1893
|
| Elected in 1890.<br />
|- style="height:3em"
| align=left | 100px<br />Samuel B. Cooper<br />
| | Democratic
| nowrap | March 4, 1893 –<br />March 3, 1905
|
| Elected in 1892.<br />Re-elected in 1894.<br />Re-elected in 1896.<br />Re-elected in 1898.<br />Re-elected in 1900.<br />Re-elected in 1902.<br />Lost re-election.
| 1893–1905<br />Harrison, Panola, Shelby, Anderson, Cherokee, Nacogdoches, Houston, San Augustine, Sabine, Polk, Tyler, Jasper, Newton, San Jacinto, Liberty, Hardin, Orange, Jefferson
|- style="height:3em"
| align=left |100px<br />Moses L. Broocks<br />
| | Democratic
| nowrap | March 4, 1905 –<br />March 3, 1907
|
| Elected in 1904.<br />
| 1905–1907<br />
|- style="height:3em"
| align=left | 100px<br />Samuel B. Cooper<br />
| | Democratic
| nowrap | March 4, 1907 –<br />March 3, 1909
|
| Elected in 1906.<br />Lost re-election.
| 1907–1909<br />
|- style="height:3em"
| align=left | 100px<br />Martin Dies Sr.<br />
| | Democratic
| nowrap | March 4, 1909 –<br />March 3, 1919
|
| Elected in 1908.<br />Re-elected in 1910.<br />Re-elected in 1912.<br />Re-elected in 1914.<br />Re-elected in 1916.<br />
| 1909–1919<br />
|- style="height:3em"
| align=left | 100px<br />John C. Box<br />
| | Democratic
| nowrap | March 4, 1919 –<br />March 3, 1931
|
| Elected in 1918.<br />Re-elected in 1920.<br />Re-elected in 1922.<br />Re-elected in 1924.<br />Re-elected in 1926.<br />Re-elected in 1928.<br />
| 1919–1931<br />
|- style="height:3em"
| align=left | 100px<br />Martin Dies Jr.<br />
| | Democratic
| nowrap | March 4, 1931 –<br />January 3, 1945
|
| Elected in 1930.<br />Re-elected in 1932.<br />Re-elected in 1934.<br />Re-elected in 1936.<br />Re-elected in 1938.<br />Re-elected in 1940.<br />Re-elected in 1942.<br />Retired.
| 1931–1945<br />
|- style="height:3em"
| align=left | 100px <br /> Jesse M. Combs<br />
| | Democratic
| nowrap | January 3, 1945 –<br />January 3, 1953
|
| Elected in 1944.<br />Re-elected in 1946.<br />Re-elected in 1948.<br />Re-elected in 1950.<br />
| 1945–1953<br />
|- style="height:3em"
| align=left | 100px<br />Jack Brooks<br />
| | Democratic
| nowrap | January 3, 1953 –<br />January 3, 1967
|
| Elected in 1952.<br />Re-elected in 1954.<br />Re-elected in 1956.<br />Re-elected in 1958.<br />Re-elected in 1960.<br />Re-elected in 1962.<br />Re-elected in 1964.<br />Redistricted to the .
| 1953–1967<br />
|- style="height:3em"
| align=left | 100px<br />John Dowdy<br />
| | Democratic
| nowrap | January 3, 1967 –<br />January 3, 1973
|
| Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1966.<br />Re-elected in 1968.<br />Re-elected in 1970.<br />Retired.
| 1967–1973<br />
|- style="height:3em"
| align=left | 100px<br />Charles Wilson<br />
| | Democratic
| nowrap | January 3, 1973 –<br />January 3, 1997
|
| Elected in 1972.<br />Re-elected in 1974.<br />Re-elected in 1976.<br />Re-elected in 1978.<br />Re-elected in 1980.<br />Re-elected in 1982.<br />Re-elected in 1984.<br />Re-elected in 1986.<br />Re-elected in 1986.<br />Re-elected in 1988.<br />Re-elected in 1990.<br />Re-elected in 1992.<br />Re-elected in 1994.<br />Retired.
| 1973–1997<br />
|- style="height:3em"
| align=left | 100px<br />Jim Turner<br />
| | Democratic
| nowrap | January 3, 1997 –<br />January 3, 2005
|
| Elected in 1996.<br />Re-elected in 1998.<br />Re-elected in 2000.<br />Re-elected in 2002.<br />Redistricted to the and retired.
| 1997–2005<br />
|- style="height:3em"
| rowspan=3 align=left | 100px<br />Ted Poe<br />
| rowspan=3 | Republican
| rowspan=3 nowrap | January 3, 2005 –<br />January 3, 2019
| rowspan=3 |
| rowspan=3 | Elected in 2004.<br />Re-elected in 2006.<br />Re-elected in 2008.<br />Re-elected in 2010.<br />Re-elected in 2012.<br />Re-elected in 2014.<br />Re-elected in 2016.<br />Retired.
|
|- style="height:3em"
| 2005–2013<br />300px
|- style="height:3em"
| rowspan=2 | 2013–2023<br />300pxHarris (part)
|- style="height:3em"
| align=left rowspan=2| 100px<br />Dan Crenshaw<br />
| rowspan=2 | Republican
| rowspan=2 nowrap | January 3, 2019 –<br />present
| rowspan=2 |
| rowspan=2 | Elected in 2018.<br />Re-elected in 2020.<br />Re-elected in 2022.<br />Re-elected in 2024.<br/>Lost renomination.
|- style="height:3em"
|2023–2027<br />300pxHarris (part), Montgomery (part)
|}
Election results
2004
2006
2010
See also
- List of United States congressional districts
References
- Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present