West Virginia's 2nd Congressional District

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West Virginia's 2nd congressional district stretches from the Ohio River border with Ohio to the Potomac River border with Maryland and the border with Virginia. It includes the capital city of Charleston and the rapidly growing residential communities of West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle and Potomac Highlands regions connected by a narrow strip of nearly unpopulated counties. It has been accurately described as 20 miles wide and 300 miles long. The district is currently represented by Shelley Moore Capito, a Republican and the daughter of former Governor Arch A. Moore, Jr. Capito is the first Republican from West Virginia to serve more than one term in Congress since her father, who represented West Virginia's 1st congressional district from 1957 to 1969. The district owes its size... (More from Freebase)

Senators

John Rockefeller Democrat 28 years in office

Joe Manchin Democrat 3 years in office

Representative

2nd District Shelley Capito MyOC Group Republican 12 years in office

District Boundary Map

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