Minnesota's 2nd congressional district

Minnesota's 2nd congressional district covers the south Twin Cities metro area and contains all of Scott, Dakota, and Le Sueur counties. It also contains part of northern and eastern Rice County including the city of Northfield, as well as southern Washington County including the city of Cottage Grove. Lakeville and Eagan are the largest cities in the district. Historically, for many decades in the mid 20th century the 2nd congressional district covered the southwest corner of the state, while the 1st congressional district covered most of this part of the state.

Minnesota's 2nd congressional district
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative	Angie Craig DFL–Prior Lake
Area	3,035[1] sq mi (7,860 km2)
Distribution	86.97% urban[2] 13.03% rural
Population (2023)	733,289[3]
Median household income	$101,390[4]
Ethnicity	75.3% White 7.6% Hispanic 6.2% Black 5.6% Asian 4.3% Two or more races 1.0% other
Cook PVI	D+3[5]

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THIS govtrack.us MAP, is a useful representation of the 2nd CD's borders, based on Google Maps.

Three of Minnesota's most important rivers run through the district, the Mississippi River, the Minnesota River, and the St. Croix River. Interstate highways I-35 E and I-35 W merge in the district in addition to the north–south thoroughfares of U.S. Routes 169, 61, and 52 and the east–west Route 212. The suburban areas in the northern part of the district blend into the rural farmland in the south. The district's economy includes agriculture, small businesses, and large corporations.

Some of the largest employers in the district are Thomson Reuters, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, 3M, Cambria, and Red Wing Shoes. The district includes Pine Bend Refinery, the largest oil refinery in Minnesota, owned by Koch Industries.

The 2nd district is also home to two private liberal arts colleges: St. Olaf and Carleton, both in Northfield. Shakopee is home to Minnesota's largest amusement park, Valleyfair, as well as Canterbury Park.

Minnesota's 2nd congressional district is currently represented by Democrat Angie Craig, who defeated incumbent Republican Jason Lewis in the 2018 election. The district is considered to be highly competitive.^[6][7][8][9] Between 2000 and 2020, the district was a presidential bellwether, voting for the winner each time.^[10] This trend was broken in 2024, when the district favored Kamala Harris over winner Donald Trump.

Recent election results from statewide races

Year	Office	Results[11][12][13]
2008	President	Obama 50% - 48%
	Senate	Coleman 46% - 37%
2010	Governor	Emmer 48% - 38%
	Secretary of State	Severson 50% - 45%
	Auditor	Anderson 51% - 45%
	Attorney General	Swanson 49% - 46%
2012	President	Romney 49.0% - 48.8%
	Senate	Klobuchar 62% - 34%
2014	Senate	Franken 49% - 48%
	Governor	Johnson 49% - 46%
	Secretary of State	Severson 50% - 43%
	Auditor	Otto 49% - 43%
	Attorney General	Swanson 50% - 42%
2016	President	Trump 46% - 45%
2018	Senate (Reg.)	Klobuchar 59% - 38%
	Senate (Spec.)	Smith 51% - 45%
	Governor	Walz 52% - 44%
	Secretary of State	Simon 50% - 46%
	Auditor	Blaha 47% - 45%
	Attorney General	Wardlow 48% - 46%
2020	President	Biden 52% - 45%
	Senate	Smith 48% - 44%
2022	Governor	Walz 53% - 45%
	Secretary of State	Simon 55% - 45%
	Auditor	Wilson 48% - 47%
	Attorney General	Schultz 50.2% - 49.7%
2024	President	Harris 52% - 46%
	Senate	Klobuchar 57% - 40%

Composition

By county

County	Pop.	Share
Dakota	439,882	61.67%
Scott	150,928	21.16%
Washington	57,572	8.07%
Rice	36,256	5.08%
Le Sueur	28,674	4.02%

By community

For the 118th and successive Congresses (based on redistricting following the 2020 census), the district contains all or portions of the following counties, townships, and municipalities:^[14]

Dakota County (34)

All 34 townships and municipalities

Le Sueur County (27)

All 27 townships and municipalities

Rice County (12)

Bridgewater Township, Dundas, Erin Township, Forest Township, Lonsdale, Morristown, Morristown Township, Northfield (shared with Dakota County), Northfield Township (part; also 1st), Shieldsville Township, Webster Township, Wheatland Township

Scott County (18)

All 18 township and municipalities

Washington County (6)

Cottage Grove, Denmark Township, Grey Cloud Island Township, Newport, St. Paul Park, Woodbury (part; also 4th)

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	District location
District created March 4, 1861
Ignatius L. Donnelly (Hastings)	Republican	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1869	38th 39th 40th	Elected in 1862. Re-elected in 1864. Re-elected in 1866. Lost re-election.	1863–1873 [data missing]
Eugene McLanahan Wilson (Minneapolis)	Democratic	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871	41st	Elected in 1868. Lost re-election.
John T. Averill (St. Paul)	Republican	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873	42nd	Elected in 1870. Redistricted to the 3rd district.
Horace B. Strait (Shakopee)	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1879	43rd 44th 45th	Elected in 1872. Re-elected in 1874. Re-elected in 1876. Lost re-election.	1873–1883 [data missing]
Henry Poehler (Henderson)	Democratic	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881	46th	Elected in 1878. Lost re-election.
Horace B. Strait (Shakopee)	Republican	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883	47th	Elected in 1880. Redistricted to the 3rd district.
James Wakefield (Blue Earth City)	Republican	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887	48th 49th	Elected in 1882. Re-elected in 1884. Retired.	1883–1893 [data missing]
John Lind (New Ulm)	Republican	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1893	50th 51st 52nd	Elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1888. Re-elected in 1890. Retired.
James McCleary (Mankato)	Republican	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1907	53rd 54th 55th 56th 57th 58th 59th	Elected in 1892. Re-elected in 1894. Re-elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Re-elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Lost re-election.	1893–1903 Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Cottonwood, Faribault, Jackson, Lac qui Parle, Lincoln, Lyon, Martin, Murray, Nicollet, Nobles, Pipestone, Redwood, Rock, Watonwan, and Yellow Medicine
					1903–1915 [data missing]
Winfield Scott Hammond (St. James)	Democratic	March 4, 1907 – January 6, 1915	60th 61st 62nd 63rd	Elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Re-elected in 1912. Resigned when elected Governor of Minnesota.
Vacant		January 6, 1915 – March 3, 1915	63rd
Franklin Ellsworth (Mankato)	Republican	March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1921	64th 65th 66th	Elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. Retired to run for Governor of Minnesota.	1915–1933 Blue Earth, Brown, Cottonwood, Faribault, Jackson, Lincoln, Martin, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Redwood, Rock, and Watonwan
Frank Clague (Redwood Falls)	Republican	March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1933	67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd	Elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Retired.
District inactive		March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935	73rd	All representatives elected at-large
Elmer Ryan (South St. Paul)	Democratic	January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1941	74th 75th 76th	Elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Retired.	1935–1963 Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Cottonwood, Dakota, Faribault, Jackson, Le Sueur, Martin, McLeod, Nicollet, Scott, Sibley, and Watonwan
Joseph P. O'Hara (Glencoe)	Republican	January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1959	77th 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th	Elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Retired.
Ancher Nelsen (Hutchinson)	Republican	January 3, 1959 – December 31, 1974	86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd	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. Retired and resigned early.
					1963–1973 Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Cottonwood, Faribault, Jackson, Le Sueur, Martin, McLeod, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock, Scott, Sibley, Waseca, and Watonwan
					1973–1983 Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Faribault, Freeborn, Le Sueur, Martin, McLeod, Mower, Nicollet, Scott, Sibley, Waseca, and Watonwan; parts of Dakota and Hennepin
Vacant		December 31, 1974 – January 3, 1975	93rd
Tom Hagedorn (Truman)	Republican	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1983	94th 95th 96th 97th	Elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Redistricted to the 1st district and lost re-election.
Vin Weber (North Mankato)	Republican	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993	98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd	Redistricted from the 6th district and re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Retired.	1983–1993 Big Stone, Brown, Chippewa, Cottonwood, Douglas, Faribault, Jackson, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Lincoln, Lyon, Martin, McLeod, Meeker, Murray, Nicollet, Nobles, Pipestone, Pope, Redwood, Renville, Rock, Sibley, Stevens, Swift, Traverse, Watonwan, and Yellow Medicine; parts of Grant, Le Sueur, and Wright
David Minge (Montevideo)	Democratic (DFL)	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2001	103rd 104th 105th 106th	Elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Lost re-election.	1993–1995 Big Stone, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Cottonwood, Jackson, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Lincoln, Lyon, Martin, McLeod, Meeker, Murray, Nicollet, Nobles, Pipestone, Redwood, Renville, Rock, Sibley, Swift, Watonwan, Wright, and Yellow Medicine; parts of Hennepin and Scott
					1995–2003 Big Stone, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Cottonwood, Jackson, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Lincoln, Lyon, Martin, McLeod, Meeker, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Redwood, Renville, Rock, Sibley, Swift, Watonwan, Wright, and Yellow Medicine; parts of Le Sueur, Nicollet, Scott, and Stearns
Mark Kennedy (Watertown)	Republican	January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2003	107th	Elected in 2000. Redistricted to the 6th district.
John Kline (Burnsville)	Republican	January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2017	108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th 114th	Elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Retired.	2003–2013 Carver, Goodhue, Le Sueur, Rice, and Scott; parts of Dakota and Washington
					2013–2023 Dakota, Goodhue, Scott, and Wabasha; parts of Rice and Washington
Jason Lewis (Cottage Grove)	Republican	January 3, 2017 – January 3, 2019	115th	Elected in 2016. Lost re-election.
Angie Craig (Prior Lake)	Democratic (DFL)	January 3, 2019 – present	116th 117th 118th 119th	Elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. Re-elected in 2024. Retiring to run for U.S Senate.
					2023–present Dakota, Le Sueur, and Scott; parts of Rice and Washington

Recent election results

Graph of election results in Minnesota's 2nd congressional district (minor parties omitted)

2002

Main article: 2002 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota

2002 Second Congressional District of Minnesota election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	John Kline (incumbent)	152,533	53	[?]
	Democratic (DFL)	Bill Luther	121,072	42	[?]
	Independent	Sam Garst	12,408	5	[?]

2004

Main article: 2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota

2004 Second Congressional District of Minnesota election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	John Kline (incumbent)	206,313	57	+4
	Democratic (DFL)	Teresa Daly	147,527	40	−2
	Independence	Doug Williams	11,822	3	−2

2006

Main article: 2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota

2006 Second Congressional District of Minnesota election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	John Kline (incumbent)	163,292	56	−1
	Democratic (DFL)	Coleen Rowley	116,360	40	+0
	Independence	Doug Williams	10,802	4	+1

2008

Main article: 2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota

2008 Second Congressional District of Minnesota election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	John Kline (incumbent)	220,926	57.3	+1.3
	Democratic (DFL)	Steve Sarvi	164,079	42.5	+2.5
	N/A	others	614	0.2	[?]

2010

Main article: 2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota

2010 Second Congressional District of Minnesota Election^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	John Kline (incumbent)	181.341	63.3	+6
	Democratic (DFL)	Shelly Madore	104,809	36.6	−5.9
	N/A	others	303	.11	[?]

2012

Main article: 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota

2012 Second Congressional District of Minnesota Election^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	John Kline (incumbent)	193,586	54.1	−9.2
	Democratic (DFL)	Mike Obermueller	164,335	45.9	+9.3
	N/A	others	521	.15	[?]

2014

Main article: 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota

2014 Second Congressional District of Minnesota election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	John Kline (incumbent)	137,778	56.1	+2.0
	Democratic (DFL)	Mike Obermueller	95,565	38.9	−7.0
	Independence	Paula Overby	12,319	5.0	+

2016

Main article: 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota

2016 Second Congressional District of Minnesota Election^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Jason Lewis	172,345	47.0	−9.1
	Democratic (DFL)	Angie Craig	164,621	45.2	+6.3
	Independence	Paula Overby	28,508	7.8	+2.8

2018

Main article: 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota

Minnesota's 2nd congressional district election 2018^[18][19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic (DFL)	Angie Craig	177,954	52.65
	Republican	Jason Lewis (Incumbent)	159,343	47.15
		Write-in	668	0.20
Total votes			337,965	100.0
	Democratic (DFL) gain from Republican

2020

Main article: 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota

Minnesota's 2nd congressional district, 2020^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic (DFL)	Angie Craig (incumbent)	204,534	48.2
	Republican	Tyler Kistner	194,954	45.9
	Legal Marijuana Now	Adam Charles Weeks †	24,751	5.8
	Write-in		273	0.1
Total votes			424,512	100.0
	Democratic (DFL) hold

2022

Main article: 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota

2022 Minnesota's 2nd congressional district election^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic (DFL)	Angie Craig (incumbent)	165,583	50.9
	Republican	Tyler Kistner	148,576	45.6
	Legal Marijuana Now	Paula Overby †	10,728	3.3
	Write-in		585	0.2
Total votes			325,472	100.0
	Democratic (DFL) hold

2024

Main article: 2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota

2024 Minnesota's 2nd congressional district election^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic (DFL)	Angie Craig (incumbent)	231,751	55.5
	Republican	Joe Teirab	175,621	42.1
	Constitutional conservative	Tom Bowman (withdrawn)	9,492	2.3
	Write-in		455	0.1
Total votes			417,319	100.0
	Democratic (DFL) hold