Colorado's 2nd congressional district

1890s Following the 1890 U.S. census and associated reapportionment of seats in the United States House of Representatives, Colorado gained a second congressional district. The first representative elected to this district was John Calhoun Bell of The Populist party. 1990s Following the 1990 U.S. census and associated realignment of Colorado congressional districts, the 2nd congressional district consisted of Boulder, Clear Creek, and Gilpin counties, as well as portions of Adams, and Jefferson counties. 2000s Following the 2000 U.S. census and associated realignment of Colorado congressional districts, the 2nd congressional district consisted of Broomfield, Clear Creek, Eagle, Gilpin, Grand, and Summit counties, as well as portions of Adams, Boulder, Jefferson, and Weld counties. 2010s Following the 2010 U.S. census and associated realignment of Colorado congressional districts, the 2nd congressional district consisted of Broomfield, Clear Creek, Gilpin, Grand and Summit counties; most of Boulder and Jefferson counties; and portions of Eagle, Larimer and Weld counties. Following the census, the 2nd district stretched further north to the Wyoming border while losing the western portion of Eagle County. 2020s Redistricting in 2021 moved Loveland back to the 4th district and Broomfield and western Jefferson County to the 7th district. Also the 3rd congressional district lost Jackson County, Routt County, and most of Eagle County to the 2nd district. ==Composition==

For the 118th and successive Congresses (based on redistricting following the 2020 census), the district contains all or portions of the following counties and communities: : Boulder County (34) : Allenspark, Altona, Bark Ranch, Bonanza Mountain Estates, Boulder, Coal Creek (shared with Gilpin and Jefferson counties), Crisman, Eldora, Eldorado Springs, Erie (shared with Weld County), Glendale, Gold Hill, Gunbarrel, Hidden Lake, Jamestown, Lafayette, Lazy Acres, Leyner, Longmont (shared with Weld County), Louisville, Lyons, Mountain Meadows, Nederland, Niwot, Paragon Estates, Pine Brook Hill, St. Ann Highlands, Seven Hills, Sugarloaf, Sunshine, Superior, Tall Timber, Valmont, Ward Clear Creek County (14) : All 14 communities Eagle County (10) : Avon, Eagle, Edwards, Fulford, Gypsum (part; also 3rd), McCoy, Minturn, Red Cliff, Vail, Wolcott Gilpin County (4) : All 4 communities Grand County (8) : All 8 communities Jackson County (1) : Walden Jefferson County (2) : Arvada, Coal Creek (shared with Boulder and Gilpin counties) Larimer County (5) : Estes Park, Fort Collins, Laporte, Red Feather Lakes, Timnath Routt County (5) : All 5 communities Summit County (9) : All 9 communities Weld County (2) : Erie (shared with Weld County), Longmont (shared with Weld County) ==Recent election results from statewide races==

This district is anchored in Boulder and Larimer counties which have the bulk of population in the district: both counties are anchored by the large college towns consisting of Colorado's two main state universities - University of Colorado Boulder in Boulder and Colorado State University in Fort Collins, providing Democratic strength in the district. The other parts of the district are diverse, ranging from far western Denver suburbs to agricultural areas and mountain towns. Eagle and Summit counties, home to the ski resort towns of Vail and Breckenridge and other tourism dependent towns such as Avon, Frisco and Silverthorne, are Democratic strongholds: however Gilpin and Clear Creek counties, while also being tourism dependent and Democratic leaning, do not vote as strongly for the Democrats. Grand County leans Republican, though the ski resort areas of the county in Winter Park are heavily Democratic. While the district included Denver's northwestern suburbs for a long time, redistricting caused Jefferson and Broomfield counties to be mostly moved to the 7th district outside of a small part of Arvada that remains in the 2nd. ==List of members representing the district==

2002–2012 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012–2022 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022–2032 2022 2024 ==Historical district boundaries==