Florida's 6th congressional district

Florida's 6th congressional district
Florida's 6th congressional district
	Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative	Vacant;
Area	2,682 sq mi (6,950 km2)
Distribution	86.15% urban; 13.85% rural;
Population (2023)	821,498
Median household; income	$61,265
Ethnicity	71.3% White ; 11.5% Hispanic ; 11.0% Black ; 3.9% Two or more races ; 1.5% Asian ; 0.8% other;
Cook PVI	R+14

Last updated March 11, 2025

Florida's 6th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Florida. The district is located on the Eastern Florida Coast and stretches from south of Saint Augustine to South Daytona and inland to the southwest to the outskirts of Ocala, Leesburg and Sanford. It includes the city of Daytona Beach.

From 2003 to 2013, the district stretched from the St. Johns River and Jacksonville, sweeping through North Central Florida, encompassing portions of Gainesville and Ocala, and meandered down to the northern tip of the Greater Orlando area in Lake County. It included all of Bradford and Gilchrist counties and portions of Alachua, Clay, Duval, Lake, Levy, and Marion counties. Most of this district is now the 3rd District, while the current 6th covers most of the territory that was previously in the 7th district.

From 2013 to 2018, the district was represented by future Governor of Florida and 2024 Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis.

On January 20, 2025, the representative for the district, Michael Waltz, resigned his position to become U.S. National Security Advisor.^[5] After he announced his intention to resign in November, Florida scheduled a special election to replace him, with a primary on January 28 and a general election on April 1.^[6]

Voting

Recent election results from statewide races

Year	Office	Results^[7]
2008	President	McCain 52% - 46%
2010	Senate	Rubio 54% - 19%
	Governor	Scott 56% - 44%
	Attorney General	Bondi 58% - 35%
	Chief Financial Officer	Atwater 58% - 33%
2012	President	Romney 56% - 44%
2012	Senate	Nelson 52% - 48%
2014	Governor	Scott 58% - 42%
2016	President	Trump 60% - 36%
2016	Senate	Rubio 59% - 36%
2018	Senate	Scott 60% - 39%
	Governor	DeSantis 60% - 39%
	Attorney General	Moody 63% - 36%
	Chief Financial Officer	Patronis 62% - 38%
2020	President	Trump 61% - 38%
2022	Senate	Rubio 66% - 33%
	Governor	DeSantis 68% - 31%
	Attorney General	Moody 70% - 30%
	Chief Financial Officer	Patronis 68% - 32%
2024	President	Trump 64% - 34%
2024	Senate	Scott 63% - 35%

Voter registration

The district contains over 525,000 registered voters, of whom just over 39% are Democratic, while slightly more than 41% identify as Republican.

Composition

For the 118th and successive Congresses (based on redistricting following the 2020 census), the district contains all or portions of the following counties and communities:^[8]

FlaglerCounty (5)

All 5 communities

LakeCounty (14)

Altoona, Astor, Eustis, Lady Lake, Lake Kathryn, Lake Mack-Forest Hills, Lisbon, Mount Dora, Mount Plymouth (part; also 11th), Sorrento, Paisley, Pine Lakes, Pittman, Umatilla

MarionCounty (7)

Belleview, Lake Kerr, Ocklawaha, Silver Springs, Silver Springs Shores, Silver Springs Shores East, The Villages (part; also 11th; shared with Sumter County)

PutnamCounty (6)

All 6 communities

St. JohnsCounty (6)

Butler Beach, Crescent Beach, Flagler Estates, Hastings, St. Augustine Shores, St. Augustine South

VolusiaCounty (12)

Daytona Beach, DeLand, DeLand Southwest, De Leon Springs, Holly Hill, North DeLand, Ormond Beach, Ormond-by-the-Sea, Pierson, Seville, South Daytona, West DeLand

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history
District created January 3, 1945
Dwight L. Rogers (Fort Lauderdale)	Democratic	January 3, 1945 – December 1, 1954	79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd	Elected in 1944 Re-elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954 but died.
Vacant		December 1, 1954 – January 11, 1955	83rd 84th
Paul Rogers (West Palm Beach)	Democratic	January 11, 1955 – January 3, 1967	84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th	Elected to finish his father's term. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Redistricted to the 9th district .
Sam Gibbons (Tampa)	Democratic	January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1973	90th 91st 92nd	Redistricted from the 10th district and re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Redistricted to the 7th district .
Bill Young (St. Petersburg)	Republican	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1983	93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th	Redistricted from the 8th district and re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Redistricted to the 8th district .
Buddy MacKay (Ocala)	Democratic	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1989	98th 99th 100th	Elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Retired to run for U.S. Senator
Cliff Stearns (Ocala)	Republican	January 3, 1989 – January 3, 2013	101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th	Elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Redistricted to the 3rd district and lost renomination.
Ron DeSantis (Ponte Vedra Beach)	Republican	January 3, 2013 – September 10, 2018	113th 114th 115th	Elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Resigned to run for Governor of Florida.^[9]
Vacant		September 10, 2018 – January 3, 2019	115th
Michael Waltz (St. Augustine Beach)	Republican	January 3, 2019 – January 20, 2025	116th 117th 118th 119th	Elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. Re-elected in 2024. Resigned to become National Security Advisor.
Vacant		January 20, 2025 – present	119th

Election results

2000

Florida 6th Congressional District 2000^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Cliff Stearns (incumbent)	178,789	99.9
	Write-In	Timothy Clower	152	0.1
	Write-In	Barbara Elliott	31	0.0
Total votes			178,972	100.0
	Republican hold

2002

Florida's 6th Congressional District Election (2002)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Cliff Stearns (incumbent)	141,570	65.35
	Democratic	Dave Bruderly	75,046	34.65
Total votes			216,616	100.00
	Republican hold

2004

Florida's 6th Congressional District Election (2004)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Cliff Stearns (incumbent)	211,137	64.40
	Democratic	Dave Bruderly	116,680	35.59
	No party	Others	36	0.01
Total votes			327,853	100.00
	Republican hold

2006

Florida's 6th Congressional District Election (2006)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Cliff Stearns (incumbent)	136,601	59.88
	Democratic	Dave Bruderly	91,528	40.12
Total votes			228,129	100.00
	Republican hold

2008

Florida's 6th Congressional District Election (2008)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Cliff Stearns (incumbent)	228,302	60.89
	Democratic	Tim Cunha	146,655	39.11
Total votes			374,957	100.00
	Republican hold

2010

Florida's 6th Congressional District Election (2010)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Cliff Stearns (incumbent)	179,349	71.46
	Independent	Steven E. Schonberg	71,632	28.54
Total votes			250,981	100.00
	Republican hold

2016

Florida's 6th congressional district, 2016 ^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ron DeSantis (incumbent)	213,519	58.6
	Democratic	Bill McCullough	151,051	41.4
Total votes			364,570	100.0
	Republican hold

2018

Florida's 6th congressional district, 2018^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Michael Waltz	187,891	56.31%
	Democratic	Nancy Soderberg	145,758	43.69%
Total votes			333,649	100%
	Republican hold

2020

Florida's 6th congressional district, 2020^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Michael Waltz (incumbent)	265,393	60.63%
	Democratic	Clint Curtis	172,305	39.37%
Total votes			437,698	100.0
	Republican hold

2022

Florida's 6th congressional district, 2022^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Michael Waltz (incumbent)	226,548	75.33%
	Libertarian	Joseph Hannoush	74,207	24.67%
Total votes			300,755	100.0
	Republican hold

2024

Florida's 6th congressional district, 2024^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Michael Waltz (incumbent)	284,414	66.53
	Democratic	James Stockton III	143,050	33.46
	Write-in	Richard Dembinsky	10	0.00
Total votes			427,474	100.00

Historical district boundaries

2003–2013
2013–2017
2017–2023

References

↑ "Congressional Plan--SC14-1905 (Ordered by The Florida Supreme Court, 2-December-2015)" (PDF). Florida Senate Committee on Reapportionment. Retrieved January 11, 2017.
↑ "Congressional Districts Relationship Files (State-based)". U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on April 2, 2013.
↑ "My Congressional District".
↑ "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
↑ Schnell, Mychael (January 20, 2025). "Waltz resigns from House to take on Trump national security role". The Hill. Nexstar Media Group, Inc. Retrieved February 21, 2025.
↑ Sheth, Sonam (November 25, 2024). "Florida Special Election Update as Mike Waltz to Resign". Newsweek. Newsweek International. Retrieved February 21, 2025.
↑ https://davesredistricting.org/maps#viewmap::3a6791b9-a186-4691-a95c-5d51dbb3be1c
↑ https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/cong_dist/cd118/cd_based/ST12/CD118_FL06.pdf
↑ Farrington, Brendan (January 5, 2018). "Trump's tweeted choice for Florida governor enters the race". Associated Press News. Retrieved January 5, 2018.
1 2 November 7, 2000 General Election (Report). Tallahassee, Florida: Florida Department of State. 2000. Archived from the original on May 16, 2015. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
↑ "2016 General Election November 8, 2016 Official Results". Florida Division of Elections. November 8, 2016. Retrieved December 14, 2016.
↑ "2018 Florida general election results" . Retrieved June 30, 2019.
↑ "November 8, 2022 General Election - Official Results". Florida Department of State.
↑ "November 8, 2024 General Election - Official Results". Florida Election Watch.

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Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
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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".

[Cook-4] "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 10, 2023.

[5] Schnell, Mychael (January 20, 2025). "Waltz resigns from House to take on Trump national security role". The Hill. Nexstar Media Group, Inc. Retrieved February 21, 2025.

[6] Sheth, Sonam (November 25, 2024). "Florida Special Election Update as Mike Waltz to Resign". Newsweek. Newsweek International. Retrieved February 21, 2025.

[7] ttps://davesredistricting.org/maps#viewmap::3a6791b9-a186-4691-a95c-5d51dbb3be1c

[8] ttps://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/cong_dist/cd118/cd_based/ST12/CD118_FL06.pdf

[9] Farrington, Brendan (January 5, 2018). "Trump's tweeted choice for Florida governor enters the race". Associated Press News. Retrieved January 5, 2018.

[general-10] 1 2 November 7, 2000 General Election (Report). Tallahassee, Florida: Florida Department of State. 2000. Archived from the original on May 16, 2015. Retrieved February 19, 2015.

[Generalelection-11] "2016 General Election November 8, 2016 Official Results". Florida Division of Elections. November 8, 2016. Retrieved December 14, 2016.

[General_Election-12] "2018 Florida general election results" . Retrieved June 30, 2019.

[13] "November 8, 2022 General Election - Official Results". Florida Department of State.

[14] "November 8, 2024 General Election - Official Results". Florida Election Watch.

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