South Carolina's 2nd congressional district

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South Carolina's 2nd congressional district is a U.S. House district in central South Carolina that includes much of the Columbia metropolitan area and surrounding communities.

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instanceOf congressional district
abbreviation SC-2
apportionedBy decennial United States census
belongsToChamber lower house of United States Congress
borderedByDistrict South Carolina's 1st congressional district
South Carolina's 3rd congressional district
South Carolina's 5th congressional district
South Carolina's 6th congressional district
containsPartOf Fort Jackson
University of South Carolina vicinity
country United States
created 1930s
currentRepresentative Joe Wilson
currentRepresentativeParty Republican Party
currentRepresentativeResidence Springdale, South Carolina
electorateType single-member district
elects one representative
federalDistrictNumber 2
firstElectionHeld after 1930 census
governingLaw United States Constitution
governmentalJurisdiction federal elections for U.S. House
hasCapitalCityOfStateNearby Columbia, South Carolina
hasCity Columbia, South Carolina
hasCounty Aiken County, South Carolina
Allendale County, South Carolina
Barnwell County, South Carolina
Calhoun County, South Carolina
Lexington County, South Carolina
Orangeburg County, South Carolina
Richland County, South Carolina
hasLargestCity Columbia, South Carolina
hasMajorUrbanArea Columbia metropolitan area
hasOfficialLanguage English
historicalPartyLeaning Republican-leaning
includes much of the Columbia metropolitan area
surrounding communities of Columbia, South Carolina
legislativeBody United States House of Representatives
levelOfGovernment federal
locatedIn central South Carolina
mapCaption Map of South Carolina's 2nd congressional district
partOf South Carolina congressional delegation
postalCodeRegion ZIP codes in Columbia area
redistrictedBy South Carolina General Assembly
region Midlands of South Carolina
representedIn United States Congress
state South Carolina
timeZone Eastern Time Zone
votingSystem first-past-the-post

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Lexington County, South Carolina congressionalDistrict South Carolina's 2nd congressional district
Williston, South Carolina isInFederalCongressionalDistrict South Carolina's 2nd congressional district
South Carolina's 3rd congressional district hasBorderWith South Carolina's 2nd congressional district