Florida's congressional districts

Florida's congressional districts for the 113th and 114th Congresses (2013-2015).[1]

Florida is divided into 27 congressional districts, each represented by a member of the United States House of Representatives. After the 2010 Census, the number of Florida's seats was increased from 25 to 27 due to the State's increase in population, and subsequent reapportionment in 2012.

The districts are represented in the 114th United States Congress by 10 Democrats and 17 Republicans.

In 2010 more than 63 percent of Florida voters approved the initiated Amendments 5 and 6, known as the "Fair District Amendments," to the state constitution, over the objections of the Republican-controlled legislature. These are intended to promote fairness in congressional districts[2] and "prohibit lawmakers from intentionally drawing districts that favor incumbents or political parties."[3]

The legislature had adopted new districts in 2012 as a result of the 2010 census. Their product was soon challenged in early 2011 by groups who had worked for passage of the amendments, including the League of Women Voters and Common Cause.[3] The trial revealed much secret dealings by party operatives and lawmakers; the court set a new legal standard. At one point the court excluded the press and shut down the TV feed in order to allow three hours of testimony by a political operative.[3]

On July 9, 2014, a Florida judge ruled that state Republicans had illegally drawn the state's congressional districts. Judge Terry P. Lewis of Florida’s Second Judicial Circuit ordered that the 5th and 10th districts be redrawn.[4] On appeal, the Florida Supreme Court ruled on July 9, 2015 that several more districts had to be redrawn, and that the legislature had unconstitutionally worked to benefit the Republican Party. The historic ruling was considered likely to affect most of the state's 27 districts.[3]

On December 2, 2015 the state supreme court approved a remedial plan for districting for the 2016 elections.[5][6][7] All but Districts 1, 8, and 19 were altered in some way by the plan.

Current districts and representatives

District Representative Party CPVI Incumbent time in office District map
1st Jeff Miller (R-Chumuckla) Republican R+21 October 16, 2001 – present
2nd Gwen Graham (D-Tallahassee) Democratic R+6 January 3, 2015 – present
3rd Ted Yoho (R-Gainesville) Republican R+14 January 3, 2013 – present
4th Ander Crenshaw (R-Jacksonville) Republican R+19 January 3, 2001 – present
5th Corrine Brown (D-Jacksonville) Democratic D+21 January 3, 1993 – present
6th Ron DeSantis (R-Ponte Vedra Beach) Republican R+9 January 3, 2013 – present
7th John Mica (R-Winter Park) Republican R+4 January 3, 1993 – present
8th Bill Posey (R-Rockledge) Republican R+9 January 3, 2009 – present
9th Alan Grayson (D-Orlando) Democratic D+8 January 3, 2013 – present
10th Dan Webster (R-Orlando) Republican R+6 January 3, 2011 – present
11th Rich Nugent (R-Spring Hill) Republican R+11 January 3, 2011 – present
12th Gus Bilirakis (R-Palm Harbor) Republican R+7 January 3, 2007 – present
13th David Jolly (R-Indian Shores) Republican R+1 March 11, 2014 – present
14th Kathy Castor (D-Tampa) Democratic D+13 January 3, 2007 – present
15th Dennis A. Ross (R-Lakeland) Republican R+6 January 3, 2011 – present
16th Vern Buchanan (R-Longboat Key) Republican R+6 January 3, 2007 – present
17th Tom Rooney (R-Okeechobee) Republican R+10 January 3, 2009 – present
18th Patrick Murphy (D-Jupiter) Democratic R+3 January 3, 2013 – present
19th Curt Clawson (R-Bonita Springs) Republican R+12 June 25, 2014 – present
20th Alcee Hastings (D-Miramar) Democratic D+29 January 3, 1993 – present
21st Ted Deutch (D-Boca Raton) Democratic D+10 April 13, 2010 – present
22nd Lois Frankel (D-West Palm Beach) Democratic D+3 January 3, 2013 – present
23rd Debbie Wasserman Schultz(D-Weston) Democratic D+9 January 3, 2005 – present
24th Frederica Wilson (D-Miami Gardens) Democratic D+34 January 3, 2011 – present
25th Mario Diaz-Balart (R-Miami) Republican R+5 January 3, 2003 – present
26th Carlos Curbelo (R-Kendall) Republican R+1 January 3, 2015 – present
27th Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Miami) Republican R+2 August 29, 1989 – present

Obsolete districts

See also

References

  1. ↑ "The national atlas". nationalatlas.gov. Retrieved February 2, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Florida Congressional District Boundaries, Amendment 6 (2010)", Ballopedia
  3. 1 2 3 4 Mary Ellen Klas, "Florida Supreme Court orders new congressional map with eight districts to be redrawn", Tampa Bay Times, 9 July 2015, accessed 11 February 2016
  4. ↑ Alvarez, Lizette (2014-07-10). "Judge Rules G.O.P. Illegally Redrew Florida Districts". New York Times. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
  5. ↑ Madigan, Nick (2015-07-09). "Florida Court Finds Politics Determined District Lines". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-02-09.
  6. ↑ Klas, Mary Ellen (2015-07-09). "Florida Supreme Court orders new congressional map with eight districts to be redrawn". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved 2016-02-09.
  7. ↑ Dixon, Matt (2015-12-02). "Siding with redistricting plaintiffs, top court upends political landscape". POLITICO Florida. Retrieved 2016-02-09.

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