Florida's 12th congressional district
Florida's 12th congressional district | |||
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Representative |
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Area | 1,069[1] sq mi (2,770 km2) | ||
Distribution |
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Population (2019) | 811,308[3] | ||
Median household income | $56,761[3] | ||
Ethnicity |
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Cook PVI | R+8[4] |
Florida's 12th congressional district is an electoral district for the U.S. Congress and was reassigned in 2012, effective January 2013, along the Gulf coast of central Florida. The district includes Palm Harbor, New Port Richey, Dade City, and Zephyrhills. It covers Pasco County and parts of north Pinellas County and Hillsborough County.[5][6]
The district is currently represented by Republican Gus Bilirakis.
List of members representing the district[]
Member | Party | Years | Cong ress |
Electoral history | Location |
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District created January 3, 1963 | |||||
William C. Cramer |
Republican | January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1967 |
88th 89th |
Redistricted from the 1st district and re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Redistricted to the 8th district. |
1963–1967 [data unknown/missing] |
Dante Fascell |
Democratic | January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1973 |
90th 91st 92nd |
Redistricted from the 4th district and re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Redistricted to the 15th district. |
1967–1973 [data unknown/missing] |
J. Herbert Burke |
Republican | January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1979 |
93rd 94th 95th |
Redistricted from the 10th district and re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Lost re-election. |
1973–1983 [data unknown/missing] |
Edward J. Stack |
Democratic | January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1981 |
96th | Elected in 1978. Lost renomination. | |
Clay Shaw |
Republican | January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1983 |
97th | Elected in 1980. Redistricted to the 15th district. | |
Tom Lewis |
Republican | January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993 |
98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd |
Elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Redistricted to the 16th district. |
1983–1993 [data unknown/missing] |
Charles T. Canady |
Republican | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2001 |
103rd 104th 105th 106th |
Elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Retired. |
1993–2003 [data unknown/missing] |
Adam Putnam |
Republican | January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2011 |
107th 108th 109th 110th 111th |
Elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Retired to run for Florida Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services. | |
2003–2013 The district covered areas further east and encompassed much of Polk County as well as parts of rural and suburban east Hillsborough County and a small piece of western Osceola County, which later became the center of the 9th district. | |||||
Dennis Ross |
Republican | January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2013 |
112th | Elected in 2010. Redistricted to the 15th district. | |
Gus Bilirakis |
Republican | January 3, 2013 – present |
113th 114th 115th 116th 117th |
Redistricted from the 9th district and re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. |
2003–2017 |
2017–Present |
Election results from presidential races[]
Year | Office | Results |
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2004 | President | George W. Bush 58 – John Kerry 42% |
2008 | President | John McCain 50 – Barack Obama 48% |
2012 | President | Mitt Romney 55 – Barack Obama 45% |
2016 | President | Donald Trump 60 – Hillary Clinton 40% |
2020 | President | Donald Trump 57 – Joe Biden 40% |
Recent election results[]
2002[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Adam Putnam (Incumbent) | 100.00 | ||
Total votes | 100.00 | |||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
2004[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Adam Putnam (Incumbent) | 179,204 | 64.89 | |
Democratic | Bob Hagenmaier | 96,965 | 35.11 | |
Total votes | 276,169 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
2006[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Adam Putnam (Incumbent) | 124,452 | 69.12 | |
Independent | Joe Viscusi | 34,976 | 19.42 | |
Independent | Ed Bowlin | 20,636 | 11.46 | |
Total votes | 180,064 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
2008[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Adam Putnam (Incumbent) | 185,698 | 57.46 | |
Democratic | Doug Tudor | 137,465 | 42.54 | |
Total votes | 323,163 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
2010[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Dennis Ross (Incumbent) | 102,704 | 48.14 | |
Democratic | Lori Edwards | 87,769 | 41.14 | |
Independent | Randy Wilkinson[a] | 22,857 | 10.71 | |
Total votes | 213,330 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
2012[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Republican | Gus Bilirakis (incumbent) | 209,604 | 63.5 | ||
Democratic | Jonathan Michael Snow | 108,770 | 32.9 | ||
Independent | John Russell | 6,878 | 2.1 | ||
Independent | Paul Siney Elliott | 4,915 | 1.5 | ||
Total votes | 330,167 | 100.0 | |||
Republican hold |
2014[]
Bilirakis ran uncontested.[13]
2016[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Gus Bilirakis (incumbent) | 253,559 | 68.6 | |
Democratic | Robert Matthew Tager | 116,110 | 31.4 | |
Total votes | 369,669 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
2018
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Gus Bilirakis (incumbent) | 194,564 | 58.1 | |
Democratic | Chris Hunter | 132,844 | 39.7 | |
Independent | Angelika Purkis | 7,510 | 2.2 | |
Total votes | 334,918 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
2020
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Gus Bilirakis (incumbent) | 284,941 | 62.9 | |
Democratic | Kimberly Walker | 168,194 | 37.1 | |
Total votes | 453,135 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Notes[]
References[]
- ^ "Congressional Plan--SC14-1905 (Ordered by The Florida Supreme Court, 2-December-2015)" (PDF). Florida Senate Committee on Reapportionment. Retrieved January 11, 2017.
- ^ https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/cd_state.html
- ^ Jump up to: a b Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
- ^ "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
- ^ See whole Florida state map for 2013, with the 12th district covering Pasco County and counties below: h9047_35x42L.pdf Congressional Plan: H000C9047. Chapter No. 2012-2, Laws of Florida. www.flsenate.gov. February 16, 2012.
- ^ See the 2013 boundaries of the 12th district, covering Pasco County and northern Pinellas County and northwest Hillsborough in the 2013 districts map: H000C9047_map_sw.pdf, for the southwest region of Florida. Congressional Plan: H000C9047. Chapter No. 2012-2, Laws of Florida. www.flsenate.gov. February 2012.
- ^ "November 5, 2002 General Election". Florida Division of Elections. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
- ^ "November 2, 2004 General Election". Florida Division of Elections. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
- ^ "November 7, 2006 General Election". Florida Division of Elections. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
- ^ "November 4, 2008 General Election". Florida Division of Elections. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
- ^ "November 2, 2010 General Election". Florida Division of Elections. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
- ^ "November 6, 2012 General Election". Florida Division of Elections. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
- ^ "November 4, 2014 General Election". Florida Division of Elections. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
- ^ "November 8, 2016 General Election". Florida Division of Elections. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
- ^ . Florida Division of Elections https://results.elections.myflorida.com/Index.asp?ElectionDate=11/6/2018&DATAMODE=. Retrieved January 24, 2021. Missing or empty
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- Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
- Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
Coordinates: 28°16′07″N 82°29′30″W / 28.26861°N 82.49167°W
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