Florida's 9th congressional district

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Florida's 9th congressional district
Florida's ninth congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Current Representative Alan Grayson (D–Orlando)
Population (2013) 688,665
Ethnicity 76.5%% White, 10.7%% Black, 3.7&% Asian, 0.4%% Native American
Cook PVI D+4

Florida's 9th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Florida. The district stretches from eastern Orlando south-southeast to Yeehaw Junction. It also includes the cities of Kissimmee and St. Cloud.

From 2003 to 2012, it encompassed most of rural eastern Hillsborough County, northern parts of Pinellas County (including Clearwater) and the Gulf coast of Pasco County (including New Port Richey). The redistricting on January 3, 2013, completely reassigned the boundaries of the 9th district to mostly Osceola County with central Orange County plus northeastern Polk County,[1][2] while the former 9th district became parts of the 10th, 11th, 12th (Pasco County) or the 14th district which split Hillborough County with the 15th and 17th district. The 2013 redistricting also expanded the State of Florida from 25 to 27 districts, adding 2 at Miami-Dade County, Florida.

The district is currently represented by Democrat Alan Grayson.

List of representatives

Representative Party Years District home Notes
District created January 3, 1963
Don Fuqua Democratic January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1967 Redistricted to the 2nd district
Paul Rogers Democratic January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1973 Redistricted from the 6th district, Redistricted to the 11th district
Louis Frey, Jr. Republican January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1979 Redistricted from the 5th district
Bill Nelson Democratic January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1983 Redistricted to the 11th district
Michael Bilirakis Republican January 3, 1983 – January 3, 2007
Gus Bilirakis Republican January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2013 Redistricted to the 12th district
Alan Grayson Democratic January 3, 2013 – present

Presidential Voting History

Election results from presidential races
Year Office Results
2012 President Barack Obama 62 - Mitt Romney 37%
2008 President John McCain 52 - Barack Obama 46%
2004 President George W. Bush 57 - John Kerry 43%

Election Results

2002

Florida's 9th Congressional District Election (2002)
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Michael Bilirakis (incumbent) 169,369 71.46
Democratic Chuck Kalogianis 67,623 28.53
No party Others 16 0.01%
Total votes 237,008 100.00
Republican hold

2004

Florida's 9th Congressional District Election (2004)
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Michael Bilirakis (incumbent) 284,035 99.92
No party Others 243 0.08%
Total votes 284,278 100.00
Republican hold

2006

Florida's 9th Congressional District Election (2006)
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Gus Bilirakis 123,016 55.91
Democratic Phyllis Busansky 96,978 44.08
No party Others 19 0.01%
Total votes 220,013 100.00
Republican hold

2008

Florida's 9th Congressional District Election (2008)
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Gus Bilirakis (incumbent) 216,591 62.17
Democratic Bill Mitchell 126,346 36.27
Independent John Kalimnios 3,394 0.97
No party Others 2,047 0.59%
Total votes 348,378 100.00
Republican hold

2010

Florida's 9th Congressional District Election (2010)
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Gus Bilirakis (incumbent) 165,433 71.43
Democratic Anita de Palma 66,158 28.57
Total votes 231,591 100.00
Republican hold

2012

Florida's 9th Congressional District Election (2012)
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Alan Grayson 164,894 62.52
Republican Todd Long 98,856 37.48
Total votes 263,750 100.00
Democratic gain from Republican

2014

Florida's 9th Congressional District Election (2014)[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Alan Grayson (incumbent) 93,850 53.97
Republican Carol Platt 74,963 43.11
Independent Marko Milakovich 5,060 2.91
No party Leon Leo Ray (write-in) 5 0.00%
Total votes 173,878 100.00
Democratic hold

Living former Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida's 9th congressional district

As of May 2015, there are four former members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida's 9th congressional district who are currently living at this time.

Representative Term of office Date of birth (and age)
Louis Frey, Jr. 1973–1979 January 11, 1934
Bill Nelson 1979–1983 September 29, 1942
Michael Bilirakis 1983–2007 July 16, 1930
Gus Bilirakis 2007–2013 February 8, 1963

Historical district boundaries

2003 - 2013
Former 9th district before redistricting in January 2013 reassigned the 9th district to mostly Osceola County plus central Orange County with northeastern Polk County, when expanding Florida's 25 to 27 districts.

References

  1. ↑ See whole Florida state map for 2013, with the 9th district covering Osceola County and Orange and Polk County: h9047_35x42L.pdf Congressional Plan: H000C9047. Chapter No. 2012-2, Laws of Florida. www.flsenate.gov. February 16, 2012.
  2. ↑ See the 2013 boundaries of the 9th district covering Osceola County and northeastern Polk County in the 2013 districts map: H000C9047_map_sw.pdf, for the southwest region of Florida, along the Gulf of Mexico, from Pasco County to Collier County, Florida. Congressional Plan: H000C9047. Chapter No. 2012-2, Laws of Florida. www.flsenate.gov. February 2012.
  3. ↑ http://election.dos.state.fl.us/elections/resultsarchive/Index.asp?ElectionDate=11/4/2014&DATAMODE=. Missing or empty |title= (help)

Coordinates: 28°07′55″N 81°12′06″W / 28.13194°N 81.20167°W / 28.13194; -81.20167

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