Florida's 7th congressional district

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Florida's 7th congressional district
Florida's 7th congressional district (since 2023).svg
Florida's 7th congressional district
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative
Area436 [1]  sq mi (1,130 km2)
Distribution
  • 97.87% urban [2]
  • 2.13% rural
Population (2023)802,027 [3]
Median household
income
$76,668 [3]
Ethnicity
Cook PVI R+5 [4]

Florida's 7th congressional district is a congressional district in the north central portion of the U.S. state of Florida.

Contents

From 2003 to 2013, the district consisted of the suburban area between Orlando and Daytona Beach and included St. Augustine. The district included all of Flagler and St. Johns Counties; a very small portion of eastern Putnam County; parts of Volusia County, including portions of DeLand, Deltona, Ormond Beach, and Daytona Beach; much of western Seminole County; and a small, predominantly suburban portion of Orange County.

Following court-ordered redistricting in 2015, the district included all of Seminole County and northern Orange County, including much of downtown and northern Orlando and the cities of Maitland and Winter Park. At the time, the district was also home to the University of Central Florida (UCF), the state's largest university by student population in 2020–2021. [5]

Following further redistricting in 2022 based on the 2020 United States census, the 7th district still includes all of Seminole County. It now includes the southern half of Volusia County, while the portion of the district that extended into Orange County, including UCF, is now part of the 10th congressional district.

The district is currently represented in the U.S. Congress by Rep. Cory Mills.

Voting

Presidential

Results from previous presidential elections

YearOfficeResults
2000 President George W. Bush 53% - Al Gore 45%
2004 President George W. Bush 57% - John Kerry 43%
2008 President John McCain 53% - Barack Obama 45%
2012 President Barack Obama 49.4% - Mitt Romney 49.4%
2016 President Hillary Clinton 50.8% - Donald Trump 43.6%
2020 President Joe Biden 54.6% - Donald Trump 44.2%

Non-presidential

Results from previous non-presidential statewide elections

YearOfficeResults
2016Senate Marco Rubio 48.2% - Patrick Murphy 45.5%
2018Senate Bill Nelson 55.2% - Rick Scott 44.8%
2018Governor Andrew Gillum 54.6% - Ron DeSantis 44.2%
2018Attorney General Sean Shaw 50.3% - Ashley Moody 47.7%

Composition

#CountySeatPopulation
117 Seminole Sanford 484,271
127 Volusia DeLand 590,357

Cities with 10,000 or more people

2,500-10,000 people

List of members representing the district

MemberPartyYearsCong
ress
Electoral historyDistrict map
District created January 3, 1953
James A. Haley.jpg
James A. Haley
(Sarasota)
Democratic January 3, 1953 –
January 3, 1973
83rd
84th
85th
86th
87th
88th
89th
90th
91st
92nd
Elected in 1952.
Re-elected in 1954.
Re-elected in 1956.
Re-elected in 1958.
Re-elected in 1960.
Re-elected in 1962.
Re-elected in 1964.
Re-elected in 1966.
Re-elected in 1968.
Re-elected in 1970.
Redistricted to the 8th district .
1953–1973
[ data missing ]
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Sam Gibbons
(Tampa)
Democratic January 3, 1973 –
January 3, 1993
93rd
94th
95th
96th
97th
98th
99th
100th
101st
102nd
Redistricted from the 6th district and re-elected in 1972.
Re-elected in 1974.
Re-elected in 1976.
Re-elected in 1978.
Re-elected in 1980.
Re-elected in 1982.
Re-elected in 1984.
Re-elected in 1986.
Re-elected in 1988.
Re-elected in 1990.
Redistricted to the 11th district .
1973–1993
[ data missing ]
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John Mica
(Winter Park)
Republican January 3, 1993 –
January 3, 2017
103rd
104th
105th
106th
107th
108th
109th
110th
111th
112th
113th
114th
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.
Re-elected in 2012.
Re-elected in 2014.
Lost re-election.
1993–2003
[ data missing ]
2003-2013
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2013–2017
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Stephanie Murphy
(Winter Park)
Democratic January 3, 2017 –
January 3, 2023
115th
116th
117th
Elected in 2016.
Re-elected in 2018.
Re-elected in 2020.
Retired.
2017–2023
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Representative Cory Mills Cropped Portrait.jpg
Cory Mills
(New Smyrna Beach)
Republican January 3, 2023 –
present
118th Elected in 2022.
Re-elected in 2024.
2023–present
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Electoral history

2002

Florida's 7th Congressional District Election (2002)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican John L. Mica* 142,147 59.58
Democratic Wayne Hogan 96,444 40.42
Total votes238,591 100.00
Republican hold

2004

Florida's 7th Congressional District Election (2004)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican John L. Mica* 100.00
Total votes100.00
Republican hold

2006

Florida's 7th Congressional District Election (2006)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican John L. Mica* 149,656 59.88
Democratic John F. Chagnon 87,584 36.92
Total votes237,240 100.00
Republican hold

2008

Florida's 7th Congressional District Election (2008)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican John L. Mica* 238,721 62.00
Democratic Faye Armitage 146,292 38.00
Total votes385,013 100.00
Republican hold

2010

Florida's 7th Congressional District Election (2010)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican John L. Mica* 185,470 69.03
Democratic Heather Beaven83,20630.97
Total votes268,676 100.00
Republican hold

2012

Florida 7th Congressional District 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican John Mica (Incumbent)185,51858.7
Democratic Jason H. Kenall130,47941.3
Write-inFred Marra130.0
Total votes316,010 100.0
Republican hold

2014

Florida's 7th Congressional District election, 2014
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican John Mica (Incumbent) 144,474 63.60
Democratic Wes Neuman73,01132.14
No Party AffiliationAl Krulick9,6794.26
Total votes227,164 100.00
Republican hold

2016

Florida's 7th congressional district election, 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Stephanie Murphy 182,039 51.47
Republican John Mica (Incumbent)171,58348.52
No Party AffiliationMike Plaskon330.01
Total votes353,655 100
Democratic gain from Republican

2018

Florida's 7th Congressional District Election, 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Stephanie Murphy (Incumbent) 183,113 57.7
Republican Mike Miller 134,28542.3
Total votes317,398 100.00
Democratic hold

2020

Florida's 7th Congressional District Election, 2020
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Stephanie Murphy (Incumbent) 224,946 55.34
Republican Leo Valentín175,75043.24
No Party AffiliationWilliam Garlington5,7531.42
Total votes406,449 100.00
Democratic hold

2022

Florida's 7th congressional district election, 2022
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Cory Mills 177,966 58.53
Democratic Karen Green126,07941.47
Independent Cardon Pompey (write-in)10<0.01
Total votes304,045 100.00
Republican gain from Democratic

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