Florida's 20th congressional district

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Florida's 20th congressional district
Florida's 20th congressional district (since 2023).svg
Florida's 20th congressional district
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative
Area2,406 [1]  sq mi (6,230 km2)
Distribution
  • 99% urban [2]
  • 1% rural
Population (2023)803,297 [3]
Median household
income		$62,696 [3]
Ethnicity
Cook PVI D+25 [4]

Florida's 20th congressional district is a U.S. congressional district in Southeast Florida. It is currently held by Democrat Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, who was elected in a January 2022 special election, following the death of Alcee Hastings on April 6, 2021. [5] With a Cook Partisan Voting Index (CPVI) rating of D+25, it is one of the most Democratic districts in Florida. [4]

Contents

The district includes most of the majority-Black precincts in and around western and central Broward County and small portion of southeastern Palm Beach County, including places like North Lauderdale, Fort Lauderdale, Lauderhill, Lauderdale Lakes, Tamarac, Lake Park, Riviera Beach, Plantation, and Dania Beach, along with parts of Pompano Beach, and Sunrise. It also includes a vast area inland to the southeastern shores of Lake Okeechobee, including the community of Belle Glade. The district also includes Palm Beach International Airport. In the 2020 redistricting cycle, the city of Miramar was redrawn out of the district and into the 24th and 25th districts instead.

From 1993 to 2013, the 20th district took in parts of Broward and Miami-Dade counties. The district was based in Fort Lauderdale and included many of its suburbs including Davie. Most of that district is now the 23rd district, while the current 20th covers most of what was the 23rd district from 1993 to 2013.

The district is the only majority-Black district in Florida. The current representative, Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, is the first Haitian-American woman elected to Congress from Florida. [6]

Recent election results from statewide races

YearOfficeResults [7] [8]
2008 President Obama 79% - 20%
2012 President Obama 81% - 19%
2016 President Clinton 77% - 20%
Senate Murphy 76% - 22%
2018 Senate Nelson 80% - 20%
Governor Gillum 80% - 19%
Attorney General Shaw 78% - 20%
Chief Financial Officer Ring 80% - 20%
2020 President Biden 76% - 24%
2022 Senate Demings 71% - 28%
Governor Crist 69% - 30%
Attorney General Ayala 70% - 30%
Chief Financial Officer Hattersley 71% - 29%

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: [9]

BrowardCounty (15)

Boulevard Gardens, Deerfield Beach (part; also 23rd), Fort Lauderdale (part; also 23rd), Franklin Park, Lauderdale Lakes, Lauderhill, Margate (part; also 23rd), North Lauderdale, Oakland Park (part; also 23rd), Plantation (part; also 25th), Pompano Beach (part; also 23rd), Roosevelt Gardens, Sunrise, Tamarac, Washington Park

Palm BeachCounty (18)

The Acreage (part; also 21st), Belle Glade, Canal Point, Haverhill, Lake Belvedere Estates, Lake Harbor, Lake Park, Loxahatchee Groves, Mangonia Park, Pahokee, Plantation Mobile Home Park, Riviera Beach (also 21st), Royal Palm Beach, Royal Palm Estates, South Bay, Stacey Street, Westgate, West Palm Beach (part; also 21st and 22nd)

List of members representing the district

MemberPartyYearsCong
ress		Electoral historyDistrict location
District created January 3, 1993
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Peter Deutsch
(Fort Lauderdale)		 Democratic January 3, 1993 –
January 3, 2005		 103rd
104th
105th
106th
107th
108th 		Elected in 1992.
Re-elected in 1994.
Re-elected in 1996.
Re-elected in 1998.
Re-elected in 2000.
Re-elected in 2002.
Retired to run for U.S. Senator.		1993–2003
[ data missing ]
2003–2013
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Debbie Wasserman Schultz 113th Congress.jpg
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
(Weston)		 Democratic January 3, 2005 –
January 3, 2013		 109th
110th
111th
112th 		Elected in 2004.
Re-elected in 2006.
Re-elected in 2008.
Re-elected in 2010.
Redistricted to the 23rd district .
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Alcee Hastings
(Delray Beach)		 Democratic January 3, 2013 –
April 6, 2021		 113th
114th
115th
116th
117th 		Redistricted from the 23rd district and re-elected in 2012.
Re-elected in 2014.
Re-elected in 2016.
Re-elected in 2018.
Re-elected in 2020.
Died.		2013–2017
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2017–2023
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VacantApril 6, 2021 –
January 18, 2022		 117th
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Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick
(Miramar)		 Democratic January 18, 2022 –
present		 117th
118th
119th 		Elected to finish Hastings's term.
Re-elected in 2022.
Re-elected in 2024.
2023–present
Florida's 20th congressional district in Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach (since 2023).svg

Election results

2002

Florida's 20th Congressional District Election (2002)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Peter Deutsch (Incumbent) 96,787 100
Total votes96,787 100
Turnout  
Democratic hold

2004

Florida's 20th Congressional District Election (2004)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Debbie Wasserman Schultz 191,195 70
Republican Margaret Hostetter81,21330
Total votes200,408 100
Turnout  
Democratic hold

2006

Florida's 20th Congressional District Election (2006)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Incumbent) 124,554 100
Total votes124,544 100
Turnout  
Democratic hold

2008

Florida's 20th Congressional District Election (2008)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Incumbent) 202,832 77
Independent Margaret Hostetter58,95823
Total votes261,790 100
Turnout  
Democratic hold

2010

Florida's 20th Congressional District Election (2010)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Incumbent) 100,787 60
Republican Karen Harrington63,84538
Independent Stanley Blumenthal1,6631
Independent Bob Kunst1,2721
Total votes167,567 100
Turnout  
Democratic hold

2012

2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Alcee Hastings 214,727 88
Independent Randall Terry 29,55312
Independent Anthony M. Dutrow (write-in)5nil
Total votes244,285 100
Democratic hold

2014

2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Alcee Hastings (incumbent) 128,498 82
Republican Jay Bonner28,96818
Total votes157,466 100
Democratic hold

2016

2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Alcee Hastings (incumbent) 222,914 80
Republican Gary Stein54,64620
Total votes277,560 100
Democratic hold

2018

2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Alcee Hastings (incumbent) 202,659 99.92
Independent Jay Bonner (write-in)1650.08
Total votes202,824 100
Democratic hold

2020

2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Alcee Hastings (incumbent) 253,661 79
Republican Greg Musselwhite68,74821
Total votes322,409 100
Democratic hold

2022 (special)

2022 Florida's 20th congressional district special election [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick 44,707 79
Republican Jason Mariner10,96619
Libertarian Mike ter Maat 3951
Independent Jim Flynn265nil
Independent Lenny Serratore262nil
Total votes56,595 100
Democratic hold

2022 (regular)

2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (incumbent) 136,215 72
Republican Drew-Montez Clark52,15128
Total votes188,366 100
Democratic hold

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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 "My Congressional District".
  4. 1 2 "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
  5. ↑ Man, Anthony. "Congressman Alcee Hastings, after career of triumph, calamity and comeback, dies at 84". South Florida Sun-Sentinel. Retrieved April 6, 2021.
  6. ↑ Times, The Haitian (August 24, 2018). "Haitian-American Woman Looks to Unseat Hastings in Florida Primary". The Haitian Times. Retrieved November 28, 2022.
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  9. ↑ https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/cong_dist/cd118/cd_based/ST12/CD118_FL20.pdf
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