Florida's 23rd congressional district

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Florida's 23rd congressional district
Florida's 23rd congressional district (since 2023).svg
Florida's 23rd congressional district
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative
Area259 [1]  sq mi (670 km2)
Distribution
  • 99.96% urban [2]
  • 0.04% rural
Population (2022)768,707 [3]
Median household
income
$80,179 [4]
Ethnicity
Cook PVI D+5 [5]

Florida's 23rd congressional district is an electoral district for the U.S. Congress, located in the Greater Miami area and covering parts of Broward County and southern Palm Beach County. In the 2020 redistricting cycle, it was drawn as a successor to the previous 22nd district and includes Boca Raton, Coral Springs, most of Deerfield Beach and Fort Lauderdale, and parts of Pompano Beach. The previous iteration of the 23rd district, which included Davie and Pembroke Pines, was instead renamed the 25th district. The district, along with two other districts in Greater Miami, has one of the highest concentrations of Jewish Americans, consisting of about 16% of the electorate. [6]

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Florida's 23rd congressional district was created after the 1990 U.S. census. Democrat Alcee Hastings won the first election for the district in 1992 until being redistricted to the 20th congressional district in 2013. From 2003 to 2013, the former 23rd district consisted of a major part of Broward County and parts of Palm Beach county. The district included Pompano Beach, Boynton Beach, and Belle Glade.

From 2013 to 2023, the district included cities such as Weston, Davie, Pembroke Pines, and Aventura, [7] [8] as well as Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport and Nova Southeastern University.

The district is currently represented by Democrat Jared Moskowitz.

Voting

Presidential election results

Results from previous presidential elections

YearOfficeResults
2004 President John Kerry 76% – George W. Bush 24%
2008 President Barack Obama 83% – John McCain 17%
2012 President Barack Obama 62% – Mitt Romney 38%
2016 President Hillary Clinton 61.3% – Donald Trump 37%
2020 President Joe Biden 58.2% - Donald Trump 41%

Non-presidential results

Results from previous non-presidential statewide elections

YearOfficeResults
2016Senate Patrick Murphy 57.8% - Marco Rubio 39.8%
2018Senate Bill Nelson 63.7% - Rick Scott 36.3%
2018Governor Andrew Gillum 62.2% - Ron DeSantis 37%
2018Attorney General Sean Shaw 61.3% - Ashley Moody 37%
2022Governor Ron DeSantis 50.1% - Charlie Crist 49.3%
2022Senate Val Demings 51% - Marco Rubio 48%

Composition

#CountySeatPopulation
11 Broward Fort Lauderdale 1,962,531
99 Palm Beach West Palm Beach 1,533,801

Cities with 10,000 or more people

2,500-10,000 people

List of members representing the district

MemberPartyYearsCong
ress
Electoral historyDistrict location
District created January 3, 1993
Alcee Hastings Official Congressional Portrait.jpg
Alcee Hastings
(Miramar)
Democratic January 3, 1993 –
January 3, 2013
103rd
104th
105th
106th
107th
108th
109th
110th
111th
112th
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 20th district .
1993–2003
[ data missing ]
2003–2013
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Debbie Wasserman Schultz, official portrait, 112th Congress.jpg
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
(Weston)
Democratic January 3, 2013 –
January 3, 2023
113th
114th
115th
116th
117th
Redistricted from the 20th district and re-elected in 2012.
Re-elected in 2014.
Re-elected in 2016.
Re-elected in 2018.
Re-elected in 2020.
Redistricted to the 25th district .
2013–2017
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2017–2023
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Rep. Jared Moskowitz - 118th Congress (1).jpg
Jared Moskowitz
(Parkland)
Democratic January 3, 2023 –
present
118th Elected in 2022.2023–present:
Florida's 23rd congressional district in Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach (since 2023).svg
The coastline of Broward County to southern Palm Beach County

Election results

2002

Florida's 23rd Congressional District Election (2002)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Alcee Hastings (Incumbent) 96,347 77.49%
Republican Charles Laurie27,98622.51%
No partyOthers50.00%
Total votes124,338 100.00%
Turnout  
Democratic hold

2004

Florida's 23rd Congressional District Universal Primary Election (2004)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Alcee Hastings (Incumbent) 49,284 74.23%
Democratic Keith A. Clayborne17,10625.77%
Total votes66,390 100.00%
Turnout  
Democratic hold

2006

Florida's 23rd Congressional District Election (2006)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Alcee Hastings (Incumbent) 106,278 100.00%
Total votes106,278 100.00%
Turnout  100.00%
Democratic hold

2008

Florida's 23rd Congressional District Election (2008)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Alcee Hastings (Incumbent) 172,835 82.18%
Republican Marion D. Thorpe, Jr.37,43117.80%
No partyApril Cook400.02%
Total votes210,306 100.00%
Turnout  
Democratic hold

2010

Florida's 23rd Congressional District Election (2010)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Alcee Hastings (Incumbent) 100,066 79.12%
Republican Bernard Sansaricq26,41420.88%
Total votes126,480 100.00%
Turnout  
Democratic hold

2012

Florida's 23rd Congressional District Election (2012)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Debbie Wasserman Schultz 174,205 63.25%
Republican Karen Harrington98,09635.62%
No partyIlya Katz3,1291.13%
Total votes275,430 100.00%
Turnout  
Democratic hold

2014

Florida's 23rd Congressional District Election (2014)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Incumbent) 103,269 62.67%
Republican Joe Kaufman61,51937.33%
Total votes164,788 100.00%
Turnout  
Democratic hold

2016

Florida's 23rd Congressional District Election (2016)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Incumbent) 183,225 56.70%
Republican Joe Kaufman130,81840.49%
No partyDon Endriss5,1801.60
No partyLyle Milstein3,8971.21
Total votes323,120 100.00%
Turnout  
Democratic hold

2018

Florida's 23rd congressional district, 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Incumbent) 161,611 58.5%
Republican Joe Kaufman99,44636.0%
No party Tim Canova 13,6975.0
No partyDon Endriss1,6120.6
Total votes276,366 100.0%
Democratic hold

2020

2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Debbie Wasserman Schultz (incumbent)221,239 58.19%
Republican Carla Spalding158,87441.78%
Independent Republican Jeff Olson (write-in)460.01%
Independent Republican D. B. Fugate (write-in)370.01%
Total votes381,196 100.0
Democratic hold

2022

2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jared Moskowitz 143,951 51.59%
Republican Joe Budd130,68146.83%
Independent Christine Scott3,0791.1%
Independent Mark Napier1,3380.48%
Total votes279,049 100.0
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. "My Congressional District".
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  5. "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. July 12, 2022. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
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  7. See whole Florida state map for 2013, with the 23rd district: h9047_35x42L.pdf Congressional Plan: H000C9047. Chapter No. 2012-2, Laws of Florida. www.flsenate.gov. February 16, 2012.
  8. See the 2013 boundaries of the 23rd district covering southeast Florida in the 2013 districts map: H000C9047_map_se.pdf, for the southeast region of Florida, along the Atlantic Ocean. Congressional Plan: H000C9047. Chapter No. 2012-2, Laws of Florida. www.flsenate.gov. February 2012.

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