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Texas's 2nd congressional district of the United States House Of Representatives is in the southeastern portion of the state of Texas . As of the 2000 Census , District 2 represents 651,619 people. The district's current configuration dates from the 2003 Texas Redistricting , when most of the old 9th District was split among three neighboring districts. The remaining territory was made somewhat more Republican than its predecessor, with the addition of several strongly conservative areas near Houston . The four-term Democratic incumbent in the 9th District, Nick Lampson , was unseated by Republican Ted Poe , a longtime felony court judge in Harris County. REPRESENTATIVES FROM TEXAS DISTRICT 2 The district was formed in 1846, after Texas joined the Union.
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