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Florida's 11th congressional district

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Florida's 11th congressional district
Map
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative
Area2,888[1] sq mi (7,480 km2)
Distribution
  • 75.19% urban[2]
  • 24.81% rural
Population (2023)843,676[3]
Median household
income
$84,534[4]
Ethnicity
Cook PVIR+8[5]

Florida's 11th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Florida. It includes Sumter County, home to The Villages, and parts of Lake, Orange, and Polk counties. In the 2020 redistricting cycle, the district was moved out of its coastal counties and into Orlando's western suburbs.

From 1993 to 2013, the former 11th district had encompassed most of the city of Tampa and its suburbs and the shoreline of southeastern Hillsborough County. It also included two areas in other counties: urban neighborhoods of south St. Petersburg in Pinellas County and neighborhoods in and around Bradenton in Manatee County. Most of that district is now the 14th district, while the current 11th is the successor of the old 5th district.

From 2013 to 2017 as well as its next iteration from 2017 to 2023, the district included Sumter County, Citrus County, Hernando and central Marion County, as well as northern Lake County. It also included southern Ocala, Bushnell, and Spring Hill. The Villages, a large retirement and golfing community for seniors, is situated in this district, aiding Republican candidates in the district and statewide.[6]

Since the redistricting for the 2022 elections, the district includes Bay Lake, home to all four theme parks of Walt Disney World.

The district is currently represented by Republican Daniel Webster.

Composition

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# County Seat Population
69 Lake Tavares 424,462
95 Orange Orlando 1,471,416
105 Polk Bartow 818,330
119 Sumter Bushnell 151,565

Cities with 10,000 or more people

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2,500-10,000 people

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List of members representing the district

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Representative Party Years Cong
ress
Electoral history
District created January 3, 1963

Edward Gurney
(Winter Park)
Republican January 3, 1963 –
January 3, 1967
88th
89th
Elected in 1962.
Re-elected in 1964.
Redistricted to the 5th district.

Claude Pepper
(Miami)
Democratic January 3, 1967 –
January 3, 1973
90th
91st
92nd
Redistricted from the 3rd district and re-elected in 1966.
Re-elected in 1968.
Re-elected in 1970.
Redistricted to the 14th district.

Paul Rogers
(West Palm Beach)
Democratic January 3, 1973 –
January 3, 1979
93rd
94th
95th
Redistricted from the 9th district and re-elected in 1972.
Re-elected in 1974.
Re-elected in 1976.
Retired.

Dan Mica
(West Palm Beach)
Democratic January 3, 1979 –
January 3, 1983
96th
97th
Elected in 1978.
Re-elected in 1980.
Redistricted to the 14th district.

Bill Nelson
(Melbourne)
Democratic January 3, 1983 –
January 3, 1991
98th
99th
100th
101st
Redistricted from the 9th district and re-elected in 1982.
Re-elected in 1984.
Re-elected in 1986.
Re-elected in 1988.
Retired to run for Governor of Florida.

Jim Bacchus
(Miami Beach)
Democratic January 3, 1991 –
January 3, 1993
102nd Elected in 1990.
Redistricted to the 15th district.

Sam Gibbons
(Tampa)
Democratic January 3, 1993 –
January 3, 1997
103rd
104th
Redistricted from the 7th district and re-elected in 1992.
Re-elected in 1994.
Retired.

Jim Davis
(Tampa)
Democratic January 3, 1997 –
January 3, 2007
105th
106th
107th
108th
109th
Elected in 1996.
Re-elected in 1998.
Re-elected in 2000.
Re-elected in 2002.
Re-elected in 2004.
Retired to run for Governor of Florida.

Kathy Castor
(Tampa)
Democratic January 3, 2007 –
January 3, 2013
110th
111th
112th
Elected in 2006.
Re-elected in 2008.
Re-elected in 2010.
Redistricted to the 14th district.

Rich Nugent
(Spring Hill)
Republican January 3, 2013 –
January 3, 2017
113th
114th
Redistricted from the 5th district and re-elected in 2012.
Re-elected in 2014.
Retired.

Daniel Webster
(Clermont)
Republican January 3, 2017 –
present
115th
116th
117th
118th
Redistricted from the 10th district and re-elected in 2016.
Re-elected in 2018.
Re-elected in 2020.
Re-elected in 2022.

Voting

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Election results from presidential races:

Year Results
2000 Gore 61% – Bush 39%
2004 Kerry 58% – Bush 41%
2008 Obama 66% – John McCain 33%
2012 Romney 70% – Obama 29%
2016 Trump 67% – Clinton 29%
2020 Trump 65% – Biden 33%

Election results

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2002

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Florida's 11th Congressional District Election (2002)
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jim Davis* 100.00
Total votes 100.00
Turnout  
Democratic hold

2004

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Florida's 11th Congressional District Election (2004)
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jim Davis* 191,780 85.82
Libertarian Robert Edward Johnson 31,579 14.13
Socialist Workers Karl M. Butts 122 0.06
Total votes 223,481 100.00
Turnout  
Democratic hold

2006

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Florida's 11th Congressional District Election (2006)
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Kathy Castor 97,470 69.65
Republican Eddie Adams, Jr. 42,454 30.34
No party Others 18 0.01
Total votes 139,942 100.00
Turnout  
Democratic hold

2008

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Florida's 11th Congressional District Election (2008)
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Kathy Castor* 184,106 71.66
Republican Eddie Adams, Jr. 72,825 28.34
Total votes 256,931 100.00
Turnout  
Democratic hold

2010

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Florida's 11th Congressional District Election (2010)
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Kathy Castor* 91,328 59.64
Republican Mike Pendergast 61,817 40.36
Total votes 153,145 100.00
Turnout  
Democratic hold

2016

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Florida's 11th Congressional District Election (2016)[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Daniel Webster 258,016 65.4
Democratic Dave Koller 124,713 31.6
None Bruce Ray Riggs 11,990 3.0
Total votes 394,719 100.00
Republican hold

2018

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Florida's 11th Congressional District Election (2018)
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Daniel Webster (incumbent) 239,395 65.2
Democratic Dana Cottrell 128,053 34.8
Independent Luis Saldana (write-in) 58 0.0
Total votes 367,506 100.00
Republican hold

2020

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2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Daniel Webster (incumbent) 316,979 66.72%
Democratic Dana Cottrell 158,094 33.27%
Total votes 475,073 100.0
Republican hold

2022

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2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Daniel Webster (incumbent) 205,995 63.07%
Democratic Shante Munns 115,647 35.41%
Independent Kevin Porter 4,967 1.52%
Total votes 326,609 100.0
Republican hold

Historical district boundaries

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Over 3 decades earlier, from 1983 to 1993, the district was based in Brevard County, including the Kennedy Space Center. In 1986, weeks before the Challenger disaster, the district's then-congressman, Bill Nelson, (who later served as U.S. Senator from Florida from 2001 to 2019, and has been NASA Administrator since 2021) flew on board the Space Shuttle Columbia as part of mission STS-61-C.

From 1993 to 2013 the district was based in Tampa plus the shoreline of Tampa Bay; the city's long-serving congressman Sam Gibbons retired in 1997 after nearly 35 years in the House.

References

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  1. ^ "Congressional Plan--SC14-1905 (Ordered by The Florida Supreme Court, 2-December-2015)" (PDF). Florida Senate Committee on Reapportionment. Retrieved January 11, 2017.
  2. ^ "Congressional Districts Relationship Files (State-based)". U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on April 2, 2013.
  3. ^ "My Congressional District".
  4. ^ "My Congressional District".
  5. ^ "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
  6. ^ Leary, Alex. "Still booming with retirees, The Villages gives Trump, GOP edge in Florida". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved June 20, 2018.
  7. ^ ""Florida Department of State Division of Elections"".

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