West Virginia's 2nd congressional district

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West Virginia's 2nd congressional district consists of the northern half of the state. It contains Barbour, Berkeley, Brooke, Doddridge, Grant, Hampshire, Hancock, Hardy, Harrison, Jefferson, Lewis, Marion, Marshall, Mineral, Monongalia, Morgan, Ohio, Pleasants, Preston, Randolph, Ritchie, Taylor, Tucker, Tyler, Upshur, Wetzel, and Wood counties.^[1]

The district is currently represented by Riley Moore, a Republican.

The legislature placed both the previous 1st district congressman David McKinley and the previous 2nd district congressman Alex Mooney in the new 2nd district, setting up a Republican primary race between Mooney and McKinley. The new 2nd was geographically and demographically more McKinley's district, making McKinley the de facto incumbent.^[2] However, in the Republican Primary held on May 10, 2022, Mooney, who was endorsed by Donald Trump, easily defeated McKinley, who was endorsed by Democrat Joe Manchin 54% to 36%, with three minor candidates receiving the balance. ^[3] Mooney then easily won the general election.

History

The second district as originally formed in 1863 included Taylor, Marion, Monongalia, Preston, Tucker, Barbour, Upshur, Webster, Pocahontas, Randolph, Pendleton, Hardy, Hampshire, Berkeley, and Morgan counties (Jefferson county's status in the state was still in dispute, and Grant and Mineral counties were still part of other counties, but the modern territory of all was also included). It was essentially the successor of Virginia's 10th congressional district. The district was unchanged for 1882.

In 1902, the district was changed to Monongalia, Preston, Tucker, Taylor, Barbour, Tucker, Randolph, Pendleton, Grant, Hardy, Mineral, Hampshire, Morgan, Berkeley, and Jefferson counties. The district was unchanged for 1916. Taylor was removed for 1934. The district was again unchanged for 1954. In 1962 Upshur, Webster, Pocahontas, and Greenbrier counties were added. In 1972, Lewis, Monroe, Summers, and Fayette were added. In 1982, Barbour was added.

1992 saw the district consist of Berkeley, Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Glimer, Hampshire, Hardy, Jackson, Jefferson, Kanawha, Lewis, Mason, Morgan, Nicholas, Pendleton, Putnam, Randolph, Roane, Upshur, and Wirt counties. In 2002, Gilmer and Nicholas were removed and for the election cycle beginning in 2012, Mason was removed.^[4]

Responding to the 2020 census, the district was reconstituted to contain Barbour, Berkeley, Brooke, Doddridge, Grant, Hampshire, Hancock, Hardy, Harrison, Jefferson, Lewis, Marion, Marshall, Mineral, Monongalia, Morgan, Ohio, Pleasants, Preston, Randolph, Ritchie, Taylor, Tucker, Tyler, Upshur, Wetzel, and Wood.^[5]

Composition

For the 118th and successive Congresses (based on redistricting following the 2020 census), the district contains all of the following counties:^[6]

#	County	Seat	Population
1	Barbour	Philippi	15,378
3	Berkeley	Martinsburg	132,440
9	Brooke	Wellsburg	21,373
17	Doddridge	West Union	7,680
23	Grant	Petersburg	10,921
27	Hampshire	Romney	23,649
29	Hancock	New Cumberland	28,145
31	Hardy	Moorefield	14,251
33	Harrison	Clarksburg	64,639
37	Jefferson	Charles Town	59,787
41	Lewis	Weston	16,500
49	Marion	Fairmont	55,807
51	Marshall	Moundsville	29,405
57	Mineral	Keyser	26,867
61	Monongalia	Morgantown	107,718
65	Morgan	Berkeley Springs	17,649
69	Ohio	Wheeling	41,194
73	Pleasants	St. Marys	7,428
77	Preston	Kingwood	34,099
83	Randolph	Elkins	27,350
85	Ritchie	Harrisville	8,167
91	Taylor	Grafton	16,388
93	Tucker	Parsons	6,604
95	Tyler	Middlebourne	7,919
97	Upshur	Buckhannon	23,529
103	Wetzel	New Martinsville	13,890
107	Wood	Parkersburg	83,052

Recent election results from statewide races

Year	Office	Results^[7]^[8]^[9]
2008	President	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"\|McCain 56% - 41%
2012	President	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"\|Romney 63% - 37%
2016	President	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"\|Trump 68% - 27%
	Governor	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"\|Cole 48% - 43%
	Attorney General	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"\|Morrisey 55% - 37%
2018	Senate	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"\|Morrisey 48% - 47%
2020	President	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"\|Trump 68% - 31%
	Senate	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"\|Moore Capito 69% - 27%
	Governor	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"\|Justice 63% - 29%
	Attorney General	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"\|Morrisey 65% - 35%
	Auditor	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"\|McCuskey 67% - 33%
	Secretary of State	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"\|Warner 59% - 41%
	Treasurer	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"\|Moore 61% - 39%
2024	President	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"\|Trump 69% - 29%
	Senate	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"\|Justice 68% - 29%
	Governor	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"\|Morrisey 63% - 30%
	Attorney General	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"\|McCuskey 68% - 32%
	Auditor	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"\|Hunt 68% - 32%
	Secretary of State	align="right" style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"\|Warner 70% - 30%

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Dates	Cong ress	Electoral history
District established December 7, 1863
File:WilliamGayBrownSr.jpg William G. Brown Sr. (Kingwood)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="background:Template:Party color" \| Union	December 7, 1863 – March 3, 1865	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1863. Retired.
File:GenGRLatham.jpg George R. Latham (Grafton)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="background:Template:Party color" \| Union	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1864. Retired.
File:Bethuel Middleton Kitchen.jpg Bethuel Kitchen (Martinsburg)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Republican	March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1869	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1866. Retired.
File:JCMcGrew.jpg James McGrew (Kingwood)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Republican	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1873	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1868. Re-elected in 1870. Retired.
File:JMHagans.jpg John Hagans (Morgantown)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1872. Lost re-election as an Independent.
File:Charles J. Faulkner 1806-1884 - Brady-Handy.jpg Charles J. Faulkner (Martinsburg)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1874. Retired to run for U.S. senator.
File:BFMartin.jpg Benjamin F. Martin (Pruntytown)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Democratic	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1881	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1876. Re-elected in 1878. Lost renomination.
File:JohnBHoge.jpg John B. Hoge (Martinsburg)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Democratic	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1880. Retired.
File:William Lyne Wilson.jpg William Lyne Wilson (Charles Town)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1895	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1882. Re-elected in 1884. Re-elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1888. Re-elected in 1890. Re-elected in 1892. Lost re-election.
File:Alston Gordon Dayton in 1896.jpg Alston G. Dayton (Philippi)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 16, 1905	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1894. Re-elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Re-elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Resigned when appointed as a judge of US District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia
Vacant		March 16, 1905 – June 6, 1905	Template:USCongressOrdinal
File:Thomas Beall Davis.jpg Thomas Beall Davis (Keyser)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Democratic	June 6, 1905 – March 3, 1907	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected to finish Dayton's term. Retired.
File:GeorgeCSturgiss.jpg George Cookman Sturgiss (Morgantown)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Republican	March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1911	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Lost re-election.
File:WilliamGayBrownJr.jpg William Gay Brown Jr. (Kingwood)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Democratic	March 4, 1911 – March 9, 1916	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1910. Re-elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. Died.
Vacant		March 9, 1916 – May 9, 1916	Template:USCongressOrdinal
File:George m bowers.jpg George Meade Bowers (Martinsburg)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Republican	May 9, 1916 – March 3, 1923	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected to finish Brown's term. Re-elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Lost re-election.
File:Robert E. Lee Allen (West Virginia Congressman).jpg Robert E. Lee Allen (Morgantown)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Democratic	March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1925	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1922. Lost re-election.
File:Frank L. Bowman (West Virginia Congressman).jpg Frank Llewellyn Bowman (Morgantown)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Republican	March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1933	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Lost re-election.
File:Jennings Randolph headshot.jpg Jennings Randolph (Elkins)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Democratic	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1947	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Lost re-election.
Melvin C. Snyder (Kingwood)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Republican	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1946. Lost re-election.
File:Harley Orrin Staggers.jpg Harley Orrin Staggers (Keyser)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Democratic	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1981	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Retired.
File:Cleve Benedict.png Cleve Benedict (Lewisburg)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Republican	January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1983	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1980. Retired to run for U.S. senator.
File:Harley Staggers Jr (1991).jpeg Harley O. Staggers Jr. (Keyser)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Democratic	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Redistricted to the Template:Ushr and lost renomination.
File:Bob Wise.jpg Bob Wise (Clendenin)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Democratic	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2001	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Redistricted from the Template:Ushr and re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Retired to run for Governor of West Virginia.
File:Shelley Moore Capito, official photo portrait, color.jpg Shelley Moore Capito (Charleston)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Republican	January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2015	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Retired to run for U.S. senator.
File:Alex Mooney official photo.jpg Alex Mooney (Charles Town)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Republican	January 3, 2015 – January 3, 2025	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. Retired to run for U.S. senator.
File:Moore Riley 119th Congress (cropped2).jpg Riley Moore (Harpers Ferry)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" \| Republican	January 3, 2025 – present	Template:USCongressOrdinal	Elected in 2024.