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New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district

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Population (2013 ACS)
  
660,986

Cook PVI
  
D+2

Median income
  
63,835

Founded
  
1847

New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district

Current Representative
  
Ann McLane Kuster (D–Hopkinton)

Distribution
  
51.83% urban 48.17% rural

Ethnicity
  
93.3% White 1.1% Black 2.4% Asian 3.1% Hispanic 0.2% Native American 0.9% other

New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district covers the western and northern parts of New Hampshire. It includes the state's second-largest city, Nashua, as well as the state capital, Concord. It is currently represented in the United States House of Representatives by Democrat Ann McLane Kuster.

Contents

Cities and towns currently in the district

The district includes:

  • the town of Center Harbor in Belknap County
  • all of Cheshire County
  • all of Coos County
  • all of Grafton County except the town of Campton
  • all of Hillsborough County except the communities of Bedford, Goffstown, Manchester, and Merrimack
  • all of Merrimack County except the town of Hooksett
  • the towns of Atkinson, Deerfield, Northwood, Salem, and Windham in Rockingham County
  • all of Sullivan County

    • List of representatives

    The district includes Dartmouth College and all of its representatives since 1995 (Bass, Hodes, and Kuster) have been Dartmouth alumni.

    Note: Representatives elected from 1789-1847 were elected At-Large

    Competitiveness

    The second district leans Democratic.

    Election results from presidential races:

    References

    New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district Wikipedia
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