California's 2nd congressional district is a congressional district located in the U.S. state of California. The district formerly contained much of the far northern part of the state, north of Sacramento. It was the largest district by area in California. The district covered all of Colusa, Glenn, Shasta, Siskiyou, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, and Yuba counties, as well as parts of Butte and Yolo Counties. It is previously represented by Republican Wally Herger, who represented the district since 1987. Since January 3, 2013 the district ise represented by Jared Huffman, a Democrat who defeated Daniel Roberts in the general election of November 2012.
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