Florida's 12th congressional district

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Florida's 12th congressional district
Florida's 12th congressional district (since 2023).svg
Florida's 12th congressional district
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative
Area1,069 [1]  sq mi (2,770 km2)
Distribution
  • 93.09% urban [2]
  • 6.91% rural
Population (2022)806,076 [3]
Median household
income
$59,804 [3]
Ethnicity
Cook PVI R+17 [4]

Florida's 12th congressional district is an electoral district for the U.S. Congress and was assigned along the Gulf coast of central Florida. The district includes Citrus County and Hernando County, as well as most of Pasco County, including the places of New Port Richey, Dade City, Spring Hill, and Homosassa Springs.

Contents

From 2013 to 2023, it covered Pasco County and parts of north Pinellas County and Hillsborough County. [5] [6] [7]

The district is currently represented by Republican Gus Bilirakis.

Composition

#CountySeatPopulation
17 Citrus Inverness 166,696
53 Hernando Brooksville 212,807
105 Pasco Dade City 632,996

Cities with 10,000 or more people

2,500-10,000 people

List of members representing the district

MemberPartyYearsCong
ress
Electoral historyLocation
District created January 3, 1963
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William C. Cramer
(St. Petersburg)
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 missing ]
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Dante Fascell
(Miami)
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 missing ]
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J. Herbert Burke
(Hollywood)
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 missing ]
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Edward J. Stack
(Fort Lauderdale)
Democratic January 3, 1979 –
January 3, 1981
96th Elected in 1978.
Lost renomination.
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Clay Shaw
(Fort Lauderdale)
Republican January 3, 1981 –
January 3, 1983
97th Elected in 1980.
Redistricted to the 15th district .
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Tom Lewis
(North Palm Beach)
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 missing ]
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Charles T. Canady
(Lakeland)
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 missing ]
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Adam Putnam
(Bartow)
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 .
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Dennis Ross
(Lakeland)
Republican January 3, 2011 –
January 3, 2013
112th Elected in 2010.
Redistricted to the 15th district .
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Gus Bilirakis
(Palm Harbor)
Republican January 3, 2013 –
present
113th
114th
115th
116th
117th
118th
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.
Re-elected in 2022.
2013–2017
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2017–2023
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2023–present
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Voting

YearOfficeResults
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 41%

Recent election results

2002

Florida's 12th Congressional District Election (2002) [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Adam Putnam (Incumbent) 100.00
Total votes100.00
Turnout  
Republican hold

2004

Florida's 12th Congressional District Election (2004) [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Adam Putnam (Incumbent) 179,204 64.89
Democratic Bob Hagenmaier96,96535.11
Total votes276,169 100.00
Turnout  
Republican hold

2006

Florida's 12th Congressional District Election (2006) [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Adam Putnam (Incumbent) 124,452 69.12
Independent Joe Viscusi34,97619.42
Independent Ed Bowlin20,63611.46
Total votes180,064 100.00
Turnout  
Republican hold

2008

Florida's 12th Congressional District Election (2008) [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Adam Putnam (Incumbent) 185,698 57.46
Democratic Doug Tudor137,46542.54
Total votes323,163 100.00
Turnout  
Republican hold

2010

Florida's 12th Congressional District Election (2010) [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Dennis Ross (Incumbent) 102,704 48.14
Democratic Lori Edwards87,76941.14
Independent Randy Wilkinson [lower-alpha 1] 22,85710.71
Total votes213,330 100.00
Turnout  
Republican hold

2012

2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Gus Bilirakis (incumbent) 209,604 63.5
Democratic Jonathan Michael Snow108,77032.9
Independent John Russell6,8782.1
Independent Paul Siney Elliott4,9151.5
Total votes330,167 100.0
Republican hold

2014

Bilirakis ran uncontested. [14]

2016

Florida's 12th congressional district, 2016 [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Gus Bilirakis (incumbent) 253,559 68.6
Democratic Robert Matthew Tager116,11031.4
Total votes369,669 100.0
Republican hold

2018

Florida's 12th congressional district, 2018 [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Gus Bilirakis (incumbent) 194,564 58.1
Democratic Chris Hunter132,84439.7
Independent Angelika Purkis7,5102.2
Total votes334,918 100.0
Republican hold

2020

Florida's 12th congressional district, 2020 [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Gus Bilirakis (incumbent) 284,941 62.9
Democratic Kimberly Walker168,19437.1
Total votes453,135 100.0
Republican hold

2022

Florida's 12th congressional district, 2022
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Gus Bilirakis (incumbent) 226,583 70.38
Democratic Kimberly Walker95,37729.62
Independent Charles Smith (write-in)4<0.01
Total votes321,964 100.0
Republican hold

Notes

  1. Randy Wilkinson ran on the Tea Party platform on the ballot.

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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)". U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on April 2, 2013.
  3. 1 2 Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
  4. "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. July 12, 2022. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
  5. https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/cong_dist/cd113/cd_based/ST12/CD113_FL12.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
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