Florida's 21st congressional district

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Florida's 21st congressional district
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Florida's 21st congressional district since January 3, 2017
Representative
  Lois Frankel
D–West Palm Beach
Area352[1] sq mi (910 km2)
Distribution
  • 99.44% urban[2]
  • 0.56% rural
Population (2019)786,566[3]
Median household
income		$65,394[3]
Ethnicity
Cook PVID+9[4]

Florida's 21st congressional district is an electoral district for the U.S. Congress in southeast Florida. It includes Palm Beach, West Palm Beach, Boynton Beach, and Delray Beach.

From 2003 to 2012, the 21st district was in Miami-Dade County and included many of Miami's western suburbs, such as Hialeah, Olympia Heights, and Cutler Bay. In December 2015, Florida underwent redistricting due to a Florida Supreme Court ruling. Much of the 21st District became the 22nd District and was pushed further into Broward County. In the process, it absorbed the part of Broward County that had previously been in the neighboring 22nd District, which had been renumbered the 21st. This came after the state supreme court urged the creation of one district covering most of Palm Beach County and another covering most of Broward County and a part of Palm Beach.[5]

The district is represented by Democrat Lois Frankel.

List of members representing the district[]

See also: 2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida § District 1
Member Party Years Cong
ress 		Electoral history Location
District created January 3, 1993
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Lincoln Díaz-Balart 		Republican January 3, 1993 –
January 3, 2011 		103rd
104th
105th
106th
107th
108th
109th
110th
111th 		Elected in 1992.
Reelected in 1994.
Reelected in 1996.
Reelected in 1998.
Reelected in 2000.
Reelected in 2002.
Reelected in 2004.
Reelected in 2006.
Reelected in 2008.
Retired. 		1993–2003
[data unknown/missing]
2003–2013
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Mario Díaz-Balart 		Republican January 3, 2011 –
January 3, 2013 		112th Previously represented the 25th district and reelected in 2010.
Redistricted to the 25th district.
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Ted Deutch 		Democratic January 3, 2013 –
January 3, 2017 		113th
114th 		Redistricted from the 19th district and reelected in 2012.
Reelected in 2014.
Redistricted to the 22nd district. 		2013–2017
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Lois Frankel 		Democratic January 3, 2017 –
present 		115th
116th
117th 		Redistricted from the 22nd district and reelected in 2016.
Reelected in 2018.
Re-elected in 2020. 		2017–present
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Results in presidential elections[]

Year Office Results
2000 President George W. Bush 57% – Al Gore 42%
2004 President George W. Bush 57% – John Kerry 43%
2008 President John McCain 51% – Barack Obama 49%
2012 President Barack Obama 61% – Mitt Romney 39%
2016 President Hillary Clinton 59% – Donald Trump 39%
2020 President Joe Biden 58% – Donald Trump 41%

Election results[]

2002[]

Florida's 21st Congressional District Election (2002)[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Lincoln Díaz-Balart (Incumbent) 100.00%
Total votes 100.00%
Turnout  
Republican hold

2004[]

Florida's 21st Congressional District Election (2004)[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Lincoln Díaz-Balart (Incumbent) 146,507 72.80%
Libertarian Frank Gonzalez 54,736 27.20%
Total votes 201,243 100.00%
Turnout  
Republican hold

2006[]

Florida's 21st Congressional District Election (2006)[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Lincoln Díaz-Balart (Incumbent) 66,784 59.47%
Democratic Frank Gonzalez 45,522 40.53%
Total votes 112,306 100.00%
Turnout  
Republican hold

2008[]

Florida's 21st Congressional District Election (2008)[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Lincoln Díaz-Balart (Incumbent) 137,226 57.90%
Democratic Raul L. Martinez 99,776 42.10%
Total votes 237,002 100.00%
Turnout  
Republican hold

2010[]

Florida's 21st Congressional District Election (2010)[10]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mario Díaz-Balart 100.00%
Total votes 100.00%
Turnout  
Republican hold

2012[]

Redistrict form 19th district

Florida's 21st Congressional District Election (2012)[11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ted Deutch (incumbent) 221,263 77.8%
No Party Affiliation W. Michael (Mike) Trout 37,776 13.3%
No Party Affiliation Cesar Henao 25,361 8.9%
Total votes 284,400 100.0%
Democratic hold

2016[]

Democrat Ted Deutch represented the district after being elected in 2012. As a result of 2015's statewide redistricting, Deutch effectively swapped seats with Lois Frankel, the 22nd District's current representative. In 2016, Deutch sought election to the 22nd District seat while Frankel sought election from District 21.[5]

Florida's 21st congressional district (2016)[12]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Lois Frankel (incumbent) 210,606 62.7
Republican Paul Spain 118,038 35.1
Independent W Michael "Mike" Trout 7,217 2.2
Total votes 335,861 100.0
Democratic hold

2020[]

Florida's 21st congressional district (2020)[13]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Lois Frankel (incumbent) 237,925 59.0
Republican Laura Loomer 157,612 39.1
Independent Charleston Malkemus 7,544 1.9
Write-in 12 <0.1
Total votes 403,093 100.0
Democratic hold

References[]

  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)". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on March 27, 2019.
  3. ^ a b "My Congressional District". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
  4. ^ "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
  5. ^ a b Man, Anthony; Sweeney, Dan (December 3, 2015). "Ted Deutch to run in Broward-based district, leaving Lois Frankel to run in all-Palm Beach County district". Sun Sentinel. Archived from the original on June 11, 2020. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
  6. ^ "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 5, 2002" (PDF). United States House of Representatives. p. 10. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
  7. ^ "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 2, 2004" (PDF). United States House of Representatives. p. 14. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
  8. ^ "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 2006" (PDF). United States House of Representatives. p. 11. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
  9. ^ "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 4, 2008" (PDF). United States House of Representatives. p. 14. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
  10. ^ "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010" (PDF). United States House of Representatives. p. 12. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
  11. ^ "2012 Florida House Results". Politico. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
  12. ^ "Florida U.S. House 21st District Results: Lois Frankel Wins". The New York Times. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
  13. ^ "Florida Election Results: 21st Congressional District". The New York Times. Retrieved April 6, 2021.
  • The Miami Herald; 3 Fla Congressional Candidates in Spotlight by Lesley Clark; August 27, 2008, page A2

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