Florida's 18th congressional district

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Florida's 18th congressional district
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative	Scott Franklin R–Lakeland
Area	1,889 [1]  sq mi (4,890 km2)
Distribution	96.37% urban [2] 3.63% rural
Population (2023)	853,391 [3]
Median household income	$62,141 [4]
Ethnicity	55.3% White 27.0% Hispanic 12.3% Black 3.1% Two or more races 1.5% Asian 0.7% other
Cook PVI	R+13 [5]

Florida's 18th congressional district is an electoral district for the U.S. Congress, located in the Florida Heartland. In the 2020 redistricting cycle, the district was redrawn to cover inland counties of DeSoto, Glades, Hardee, Hendry, Highlands, and Okeechobee, as well as most of Polk County (including Bartow, eastern Lakeland, and Winter Haven) and some of Immokalee in Collier County. It is essentially the successor to the old 15th district. The district is currently represented by Republican Scott Franklin.

From 2013 to 2023, the district was located in the Treasure Coast and contained the whole of St. Lucie County and Martin County as well as the northeastern part of Palm Beach County, and included Port St. Lucie, Fort Pierce, Stuart, and Jupiter, as well as Treasure Coast International Airport. ^[6] Much of this district is now the 21st district.

The 18th district was created as a result of the redistricting cycle after the 1980 census. From 1983 to 2012, it was based in South Florida. In its final configuration as a South Florida district, it included portions of Miami-Dade and Monroe counties. The Miami-Dade section included most of the city of Miami, the South Beach section of Miami Beach, and many of the southern Miami suburbs, including Coral Gables and Coral Terrace. The Monroe County section of the district included all of the Florida Keys.

Recent election results from statewide races

Year	Office	Results [7]
2008	President	McCain 55% - 44%
2010	Senate	Rubio 51% - 17%
	Governor	Scott 57% - 43%
	Attorney General	Bondi 60% - 35%
	Chief Financial Officer	Atwater 61% - 34%
2012	President	Romney 56% - 44%
	Senate	Nelson 52% - 48%
2014	Governor	Scott 58% - 42%
2016	President	Trump 59% - 37%
	Senate	Rubio 59% - 36%
2018	Senate	Scott 60% - 39%
	Governor	DeSantis 60% - 38%
	Attorney General	Moody 63% - 35%
	Chief Financial Officer	Patronis 62% - 38%
2020	President	Trump 61% - 38%
2022	Senate	Rubio 68% - 31%
	Governor	DeSantis 69% - 30%
	Attorney General	Moody 71% - 29%
	Chief Financial Officer	Patronis 69% - 31%
2024	President	Trump 64% - 35%
	Senate	Scott 63% - 35%

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]

Collier County (1)

Immokalee (part; also 26th)

DeSotoCounty (2)

Arcadia, Southeast Arcadia

GladesCounty (3)

All 3 communities

HardeeCounty (9)

All 9 communities

HendryCounty (7)

All 7 communities

HighlandsCounty (3)

All 3 communities

OkeechobeeCounty (3)

All 3 communities

PolkCounty (37)

Alturas, Auburndale, Babson Park, Bartow, Bradley Junction, Combee Settlement, Crooked Lake Park, Crystal Lake, Cypress Gardens, Davenport, Dundee, Eagle Lake, Fort Meade, Frostproof, Fuller Heights, Fussels Corner, Grenelefe, Haines City, Highland City, Highland Park, Hillcrest Heights, Homeland, Indian Lake Estates, Inwood, Jan Phyl Village, Lake Alfred, Lake Hamilton, Lakeland (part; also 15th), Lakeland Highlands, Lake Wales, Loughman, Medulla (part; also 15th), Mulberry, Wahneta, Waverly, Willow Oak (part; also 15th), Winter Haven

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	Counties
District created January 3, 1983
Claude Pepper (Miami)	Democratic	January 3, 1983 – May 30, 1989	98th 99th 100th 101st	Redistricted from the 14th district and re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Died.	1983–1993 Miami-Dade
Vacant		May 30, 1989 – September 7, 1989	101st
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (Miami)	Republican	September 7, 1989 – January 3, 2013	101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th	Elected to finish Pepper's term. 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 27th district .
					1993–2003 Miami-Dade
					2003–2013 Miami-Dade and Monroe
Patrick Murphy (Jupiter)	Democratic	January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2017	113th 114th	Elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Retired to run for U.S. senator.	2013–2017 Martin, Palm Beach, and St. Lucie
Brian Mast (Palm City)	Republican	January 3, 2017 – January 3, 2023	115th 116th 117th	Elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Redistricted to the 21st district .	2017–2023 Martin, Palm Beach, and St. Lucie
Scott Franklin (Lakeland)	Republican	January 3, 2023 – present	118th 119th	Redistricted from the 15th district and re-elected in 2022. Re-elected in 2024.	2023–present:

Election results

2002

Florida's 18th Congressional District Election (2002)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen*	103,512	69.11
	Democratic	Ray Chote	42,852	28.61
	Independent	Orin Opperman	3,423	2.29
Total votes			149,787	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

2004

Florida's 18th Congressional District Election (2004)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen*	143,647	64.73
	Democratic	Sam Sheldon	78,281	35.27
Total votes			221,928	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

2006

Florida's 18th Congressional District Election (2006)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen*	79,631	62.15
	Democratic	Dave Patlak	48,499	37.85
Total votes			128,130	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

2008

Florida's 18th Congressional District Election (2008)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen*	140,617	57.87
	Democratic	Annette Taddeo	102,372	41.11
Total votes			242,989	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

2010

Florida's 18th Congressional District Election (2010)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen*	102,360	68.89
	Democratic	Rolando A. Banciella	46,235	31.11
Total votes			148,595	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

2012

Florida's 18th Congressional District Election (2012)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Patrick Murphy	166,799	50.4
	Republican	Allen West*	164,370	49.6
Total votes			331,169	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic gain from Republican

2014

Florida's 18th Congressional District election (2014)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Patrick Murphy (Incumbent)	151,478	59.78
	Republican	Carl J. Domino	101,896	40.22
Total votes			253,374	100.00
	Democratic hold

2016

Florida's 18th congressional district election (2016)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brian Mast	201,488	53.60
	Democratic	Randy Perkins	161,918	43.07
	No Party Affiliation	Carla Spalding	12,503	3.33
	No Party Affiliation	Marilyn Holloman	9	0.00
Total votes			375,918	100
	Republican gain from Democratic

2018

Florida's 18th congressional district election (2018)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brian Mast (incumbent)	185,905	54.3
	Democratic	Lauren Baer	156,454	45.7
Total votes			342,359	100.0
	Republican hold

2020

Florida's 18th congressional district election (2020)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brian Mast (incumbent)	253,286	56.3
	Democratic	Pam Keith	186,674	41.5
	No Party Affiliation	K.W. Miller	9,760	2.2
Total votes			449,720	100.0
	Republican hold

2022

Florida's 18th congressional district election (2022)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Scott Franklin (incumbent)	167,429	74.7
	Independent	Keith Hayden Jr	56,647	25.2
Total votes			224,076	100.0
	Republican 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)". U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on April 2, 2013.
3. "My Congressional District".
4. "My Congressional District".
5. "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
6. Florida Redistricted Map, 2012 Retrieved June 14, 2013
7. https://davesredistricting.org/maps#viewmap::3a6791b9-a186-4691-a95c-5d51dbb3be1c
8. https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/cong_dist/cd118/cd_based/ST12/CD118_FL18.pdf

• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

External links

• Rep. Brian Mast's official House of Representatives website

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