Florida's 27th congressional district

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Florida's 27th congressional district
Florida's 27th congressional district (since 2023).svg
Florida's 27th congressional district
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative
Area344 [1]  sq mi (890 km2)
Distribution
  • 99.98% urban [2]
  • 0.02% rural
Population (2023)746,930 [3]
Median household
income
$77,440 [4]
Ethnicity
Cook PVI EVEN [5]

Florida's 27th congressional district is an electoral district for the U.S. Congress and was first created in South Florida during 2012, effective January 2013, as a result of the 2010 census. [6] The first candidates ran in the 2012 House elections, and the winner was seated for the 113th Congress on January 3, 2013.

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The 27th district is located entirely within Miami-Dade County. The district includes parts of Miami south of the Dolphin Expressway, including Downtown and Little Havana, Coral Gables, Pinecrest, and Kendall. In the 2020 redistricting cycle, Miami Beach was drawn out of the district and into the 24th district, while several places in unincorporated Miami-Dade County, such as Palmetto Estates and parts of Fontainebleau and Westchester were drawn into the 27th district.

The district is currently represented by Republican Maria Elvira Salazar, serving since January 12, 2021. She was first elected in 2020 after defeating Representative Donna Shalala in a rematch of the 2018 race.

The district is one of seven with a Cook Partisan Voting Index of EVEN, meaning that the district votes almost identically to the national electorate.

Recent election results from statewide races

YearOfficeResults [7] [8]
2008 President McCain 51% - 48%
2012 President Obama 52% - 48%
2016 President Clinton 57% - 40%
Senate Rubio 50% - 48%
2018 Senate Nelson 54% - 45%
Governor Gillum 53% - 46%
Attorney General Shaw 52% - 46%
Chief Financial Officer Ring 52% - 47%
2020 President Trump 49.9% - 49.6%
2022 Senate Rubio 57% - 42%
Governor DeSantis 58% - 41%
Attorney General Moody 57% - 43%
Chief Financial Officer Patronis 58% - 42%

Composition

#CountySeatPopulation
86 Miami-Dade Miami 2,686,867

Cities with 10,000 or more people

2,500-10,000 people

List of members representing the district

MemberPartyYearsCong
ress
Electoral historyGeography
District created January 3, 2013
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen.jpg
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
(Miami)
Republican January 3, 2013 –
January 3, 2019
113th
114th
115th
Redistricted from the 18th district and re-elected in 2012.
Re-elected in 2014.
Re-elected in 2016.
Retired. [9]
2013–2017
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Miami-Dade
2017–2023
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Miami-Dade
Donna Shalala, official portrait, 116th Congress.jpg
Donna Shalala
(Miami)
DemocraticJanuary 3, 2019 –
January 3, 2021
116th Elected in 2018.
Lost re-election.
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María Elvira Salazar
(Miami)
RepublicanJanuary 3, 2021 –
present
117th
118th
119th
Elected in 2020
Re-elected in 2022.
Re-elected in 2024.
2023–present:
Florida's 27th congressional district in Miami (since 2023).svg
Miami-Dade

Election results

2012

Florida's 27th congressional district, 2012 [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (incumbent) 138,488 60.2
Democratic Manny Yevancey85,02036.9
Independent Thomas Joe Cruz-Wiggins6,6632.9
Total votes230,171 100.0
Republican hold

2014

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen ran unopposed. [11]

Florida's 27th congressional district, 2014
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (incumbent) 100.0
Total votes100.0
Republican hold

2016

2016 Florida's 27th congressional district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 157,917 54.9
Democratic Scott Fuhrman129,76045.1
Total votes287,677 100.0
Republican hold

2018

2018 Florida's 27th congressional district election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Donna Shalala 130,743 51.8 +6.7
Republican Maria Elvira Salazar 115,58845.8−9.1
Independent Mayra Joli6,2552.5+2.5
Total votes252,586 100.0
Democratic gain from Republican

2020

2020 Florida's 27th congressional district election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Maria Elvira Salazar 176,141 51.4 +5.6
Democratic Donna Shalala (incumbent)166,75848.6−3.2
Write-in Frank E. Polo760.0+0.0
Total votes342,975 100.0
Republican gain from Democratic

2022

2022 Florida's 27th congressional district election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Maria Elvira Salazar (incumbent) 136,038 57.3 +5.9
Democratic Annette Taddeo 101,40442.7−5.9
Total votes237,442 100.0
Republican hold Swing +5.9

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