Georgia’s 2nd congressional district

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United States congressional district member of the United States House of Representatives

Georgia’s 2nd congressional district is a largely rural, majority-Black U.S. House district in southwestern Georgia that includes cities such as Albany and Columbus and is known as a Democratic stronghold.

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Label	Occurrences
Georgia's 2nd congressional district	10
Georgia’s 2nd congressional district canonical	3

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States congressional district ⓘ member of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
abbreviation	GA-02 ⓘ
borderedBy	Alabama state line ⓘ Georgia's 12th congressional district ⓘ Georgia's 1st congressional district ⓘ Georgia's 3rd congressional district ⓘ Georgia's 8th congressional district ⓘ
characteristic	largely rural ⓘ
containsCity	Albany, Georgia ⓘ Americus, Georgia ⓘ Bainbridge, Georgia ⓘ Columbus, Georgia ⓘ Cordele ⓘ surface form: Cordele, Georgia Fort Benning ⓘ surface form: Fort Benning area Moultrie, Georgia ⓘ Thomasville, Georgia ⓘ Valdosta, Georgia ⓘ
containsCounty	Dougherty County, Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ Muscogee County, Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ Sumter County, Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas County, Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
created	1873 ⓘ
currentRepresentative	Sanford Bishop ⓘ
demographics	majority-Black population ⓘ
economicProfile	agriculture-based economy ⓘ military-related employment near Fort Benning ⓘ
electoralSystem	first-past-the-post ⓘ
hasNumber	2 ⓘ
hasOneRepresentative	true ⓘ
includesRegion	Southwest Georgia ⓘ surface form: Black Belt region of Georgia
legislativeChamber	lower house ⓘ
levelOfGovernment	federal ⓘ
locatedIn	southwestern Georgia ⓘ
notableCity	Albany, Georgia ⓘ surface form: Albany, Georgia metropolitan area Columbus, GA–AL metropolitan area ⓘ surface form: Columbus, Georgia metropolitan area
party	Democratic Party ⓘ
partyOfIncumbent	Democratic Party ⓘ
politicalLeaning	Democratic stronghold ⓘ
postbellumReconstructionEra	true ⓘ
previouslyIncluded	parts of Macon, Georgia ⓘ
redistrictedAfter	2020 United States census ⓘ
representedIn	United States House of Representatives ⓘ
represents	Georgia’s 2nd congressional district self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Georgia's 2nd congressional district
state	Georgia ⓘ
timeZone	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
votingPattern	consistently reelects Democratic House members ⓘ consistently votes Democratic in presidential elections ⓘ