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1876–2024
Virginia 2nd Congressional District

Virginia 2nd Congressional District delivered a near-tie in 2024.

A coastal swing district where military households shape every close race

2008 — 2024·5 elections
VA
2024 presidential election
Virginia 2nd Congressional District
TrumpR+0.3
2024
2024 presidential margin for Virginia 2nd Congressional DistrictThe boundary of Virginia 2nd Congressional District, filled by its 2024 presidential margin (R+0.3), over faint outlines of the counties it is drawn from.Virginia 2nd Congressional District · R+0.3
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Donald Trump ✓Republican49.3%204,255
Kamala HarrisDemocratic49.1%203,141
OtherAll other candidates1.6%6,550
D+60
R+60
District boundary, filled by its own 2024 D-vs-R margin — precinct detail where available, over the 8 counties it's drawn from (shown faint).
The precinct map shows the 2024 presidential vote; the timeline scrubs the district’s overall result across 1876–2024, on its current boundaries.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2008–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over timeDemocratic-minus-Republican presidential margin from 2008 to 2024. Most recent: −0.3% in 2024.flipped R · 2024−0.3%DR20082024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
2008−2.3%
2012−3.5%
2016−5.5%
2020+2.0%
2024−0.3%
DemocraticRepublican
current representation
Current officeholders
R
Jennifer Kiggans
U.S. House · VA-02 · Republican
D
Mark R. Warner
U.S. Senate · Democratic
D
Timothy Michael (tim) Kaine
U.S. Senate · Democratic

Federal officeholders only. State and local officeholders are planned for the next data pass.

Source · Voteview HSall_members.csv.
5 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonDemocraticRepublicanOtherMarginTotal
R
49.1%Harris203,141
49.3%Trump204,255
1.6%
−0.3%
413,946
D
50.0%Biden202,057
48.0%Trump193,830
2.0%incl. Jorgensen
+2.0%
404,057
R
44.3%Clinton159,072
49.8%Trump178,913
5.9%incl. Johnson
−5.5%
359,169
R
48.3%Obama166,373
51.7%Romney178,381
0.0%
−3.5%
344,754
R
48.4%Obama168,256
50.7%McCain176,197
0.9%
−2.3%
347,736
Congressional elections · 25 House races · 17 Senate races

U.S. House

Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), House. CC-BY 4.0.
YearDistrictWonDemocraticRepublicanTotal
20242R
46.9%191,666
50.7%207,368
408,702
20222R
48.2%143,219
51.6%153,328
296,996
20202D
51.6%185,733
45.8%165,031
360,277
20182D
51.1%139,571
48.8%133,458
273,400
20162R
38.5%119,440
61.3%190,475
310,567
20142R
41.1%71,178
58.7%101,558
173,060
20122R
46.1%142,548
53.8%166,231
309,222
20102R
42.5%70,591
53.1%88,340
166,289
20082D
52.4%141,857
47.5%128,486
270,711
20062R
48.5%83,901
51.3%88,777
173,159
20042R
44.8%108,180
55.1%132,946
241,380
20022R
0.0%0
83.1%103,807
124,846
20002R
48.0%90,328
52.0%97,856
188,329
19982D
94.3%67,975
0.0%0
72,091
19962D
64.8%106,215
35.1%57,586
163,996
19942D
59.0%81,372
40.9%56,375
137,802
19922D
56.0%99,253
43.9%77,797
177,133
19902D
75.0%55,179
0.0%0
73,618
19882D
60.5%106,666
35.5%62,564
176,208
19862D
49.5%54,491
41.9%46,137
110,169
19842R
0.0%0
99.8%136,632
136,888
19822R
0.0%0
99.9%78,108
78,205
19802R
0.0%0
89.8%97,319
108,328
19782R
0.0%0
100.0%63,512
63,530
19762R
34.3%41,464
65.7%79,381
120,847

U.S. Senate

Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
YearWonDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024D
54.4%2,417,115
45.4%2,019,911
4,445,535
2020D
56.0%2,466,500
44.0%1,934,199
4,400,699
2018D
57.1%1,910,370
41.1%1,374,313
3,346,248
2014D
49.2%1,073,667
48.4%1,055,940
2,182,709
2012D
53.0%2,010,067
47.0%1,785,542
3,795,609
2008D
65.1%2,369,327
33.8%1,228,830
3,640,116
2006D
49.6%1,175,606
49.3%1,166,277
2,367,985
2002R
0.0%0
83.0%1,229,894
1,481,051
2000R
47.7%1,296,093
52.3%1,420,460
2,716,553
1996R
47.5%1,115,982
52.5%1,235,744
2,351,726
1994D
45.6%938,376
42.9%882,213
2,056,026
1990R
0.0%0
81.7%876,782
1,073,537
1988D
71.3%1,474,086
28.7%593,652
2,067,738
1984R
29.9%601,142
70.0%1,406,194
2,007,487
1982R
48.8%690,839
51.2%724,571
1,415,410
1978R
49.8%608,511
50.2%613,232
1,221,743
1976O
38.3%596,009
0.0%0
1,557,346

Demographics

Demographic profile

Demographic Profile

Key indicators compared across containing geographies

Demographic Profile. Key indicators compared across containing geographies. ACS values are survey estimates and may include margins of error. Religion data may be available only at county or larger geographies. Sub-county values are labeled when inherited, modeled, or contextual.
IndicatorVA-2Congressional districtVirginiaStateUnited StatesNation
Race & Ethnicity
White60.4%60.2%61.0%
Black22.5%18.6%12.2%
Asian5.4%6.9%6.0%
Two or more races8.5%9.5%12.6%
Other race3.2%4.8%8.2%
Hispanic or Latino7.5%11.0%19.3%
Income & Age
Median household income$93,757$93,170$84,427
Poverty rate8.5%10.0%12.5%
Median age39.139.339.1
Age 18–248.0%9.2%9.2%
Age 65 and older16.4%16.7%17.2%
Education & Language
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)37.4%42.3%35.6%
Speaks a non-English language at home10.1%17.5%22.3%
Spanish4.2%7.9%13.6%
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)1.7%0.6%0.6%
Ancestry
Largest ancestryEnglish 11.7%English 12.0%German 12.5%
2nd-largest ancestryGerman 9.7%German 10.1%Mexican 11.3%
3rd-largest ancestryIrish 9.5%Irish 9.1%English 9.5%
Religion
Catholic9.0%County context10.2%18.6%
Evangelical Protestant20.8%County context19.9%16.5%
Unaffiliated or unclaimed59.3%County context54.3%51.5%
Mainline Protestant6.1%County context8.4%5.2%

ACS values are survey estimates and may include margins of error.

Religion data may be available only at county or larger geographies. Sub-county values are labeled when inherited, modeled, or contextual.

2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the origins and ancestries reported within it.
Reported ancestry · ACS B04006
English
11.7%
German
9.7%
Irish
9.5%
American
8.6%
Italian
4.5%
Scottish
2.0%
Polish
1.9%
French
1.7%
Reported ancestry · ACS B04006
African American identity is recorded by the ACS race question; the ancestry item enumerates specific African and Caribbean ancestries only.
African
1.6%
Jamaican
0.4%
Haitian
0.3%
Nigerian
0.2%
The ACS does not publish subgroup detail for people reporting two or more races.
Specific origin · ACS B03001
Mexican
2.6%
Puerto Rican
2.1%
Spaniard
0.3%
Cuban
0.3%
Honduran
0.3%
Peruvian
0.2%
Colombian
0.2%
Venezuelan
0.2%
Detailed group · ACS B02015
Filipino
2.8%
Asian Indian
0.6%
Chinese
0.4%
Vietnamese
0.4%
Korean
0.3%
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and other single-race responses combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Race shares: B02001 · B03003. Subgroup detail: B03001 (Hispanic or Latino specific origin), B02015 (Asian groups), B02020 · B02016 (American Indian/Alaska Native tribes and Pacific Islander groups), B04006 (reported ancestry). Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so group shares can total more than 100%. All subgroup rows are shares of total population; ancestry is self-reported and multiple-response, so rows do not sum to the parent group's share.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 39.1 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.6%
85+
1.0%
2.1%
75–84
2.8%
4.6%
65–74
5.3%
6.2%
55–64
6.8%
5.7%
45–54
6.1%
7.0%
35–44
7.1%
7.1%
25–34
7.0%
4.2%
18–24
3.8%
8.6%
5–17
8.1%
3.0%
<5
2.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$93,757
Virginia 2nd Congressional District$93,757
Virginia$93,170
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
8.5%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1812.1%
Working age (18–64)8.3%
Seniors (65+)9.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
89.9%
speak English only
Spanish4.2%
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)1.7%
Other Indo-European0.9%
Other Asian & Pacific Island0.7%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)0.6%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)0.4%
German or other West Germanic0.3%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic0.3%
Vietnamese0.3%
Other languages0.3%
Korean0.2%
Arabic0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Evangelical Protestant
20.8%
Catholic
9.0%
Mainline Protestant
6.1%
Black Protestant
2.7%
Latter-day Saints
0.6%
Other Christian
0.6%
Buddhist
0.3%
Muslim
0.2%
Other faiths
0.1%
Orthodox Christian
0.1%
Jewish
0.1%
Hindu
0.1%
Unaffiliated or not counted59.3%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. The unaffiliated-or-not-counted share is everyone not claimed as an adherent by any reporting body — uncounted congregations as well as the religiously unaffiliated.

Anchored by Virginia Beach and the Hampton Roads naval corridor, VA-02 blends a large active-duty and veteran population with growing suburban diversity, producing presidential margins that have flipped within single digits across recent cycles.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 2.0 points in 2020 and a Republican high of 5.5 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 2.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 0.3 points.

A population of 785,472, a 60% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $93,757 describe the district.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Virginia 2nd Congressional District vote in 2024?
In 2024, Virginia 2nd Congressional District voted a near-tie (R+0.3), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 413,946 votes cast, 203,141 went Democratic and 204,255 went Republican.
When did Virginia 2nd Congressional District last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Virginia 2nd Congressional District voted Democratic was 2020.
How many people live in Virginia 2nd Congressional District?
Virginia 2nd Congressional District has a population of 785,472 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Virginia 2nd Congressional District?
Median household income in Virginia 2nd Congressional District is $93,757 — above the national median of $80,734. The Virginia state median is $93,170.
What is the political history of Virginia 2nd Congressional District?
Akashic tracks 5 presidential elections in Virginia 2nd Congressional District from 2008 to 2024. Of those, 1 went Democratic and 4 went Republican.