Florida's 5th congressional district

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Florida's 5th congressional district
Florida's 5th congressional district (since 2023).svg
Florida's 5th congressional district
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative
Area3,911 [1]  sq mi (10,130 km2)
Distribution
  • 83.37% urban [2]
  • 16.63% rural
Population (2023)837,211 [3]
Median household
income		$86,349 [3]
Ethnicity
Cook PVI R+11 [4]

Florida's 5th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Florida. It includes the southeastern area of Jacksonville which comprises areas such as Arlington, East Arlington, Southside, Mandarin, San Jose, and the Beaches. It stretches south to St. Augustine in St. Johns County.

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From 2002 to 2013 the district comprised all of Citrus, Hernando, and Sumter counties and most of Lake, Levy, and Pasco counties and portions of Marion and Polk counties. The district included northern exurbs of Tampa and western exurbs of Orlando within the high-growth Interstate 4 Corridor. This iteration of the 5th district is now largely contained in the 11th district.

As defined by the state legislature in 2013 (which lasted until 2017), the 5th district ran from Jacksonville to Orlando; it was considered one of the most-gerrymandered congressional districts in the country. [5] Before 2013, similar territory was included in the 3rd district.

After court-mandated redistricting, the district became a majority-minority district from 2017 to 2023. It extended along Florida's northern boundary from Jacksonville to Tallahassee and included all of Baker, Gadsden, Hamilton and Madison counties and portions of Columbia, Duval, Jefferson, and Leon counties.

The district is currently represented by Republican John Rutherford.

Characteristics

Florida's 3rd congressional district was renumbered to 5th congressional district but was little changed in the redistricting process in 2012, still winding from Orlando in the south to central Jacksonville in the north. [6]

From 1973 to 1993 the erstwhile 3rd district was based in Orange County, including Walt Disney World and most of Orlando. The peculiar shape of the 3rd (now 5th) congressional district dates from reapportionment done by the Florida Legislature after the 1990 U.S. census. The 1993–2012 3rd congressional district was geographically distinctive. Starting from the southern part of the district, it included the Pine Hills area of the Orlando-Kissimmee Metropolitan Area with small pockets of African-American neighborhoods in the cities of Sanford, Gainesville, Palatka, and finally the larger African American communities of Jacksonville. [7] Connecting these areas were regions which are sparsely populated—either expansive rural areas or narrow strips which are only a few miles wide. [8] [9] Barack Obama received 73% of the vote in this district in the 2008 Presidential election.

Court-ordered changes

On July 11, 2014, Florida Circuit Court Judge Terry Lewis ruled that this district, along with the neighboring District 10, had been drawn to favor the Republican Party by packing black Democratic voters into District 5. [7] [10] On August 1, Judge Lewis gave Florida's state legislature an Aug. 15 deadline to submit new congressional maps for those two districts. [11]

5th district Representative Corrine Brown issued a statement blasting Lewis's decision on the district map as "seriously flawed", [9] and Congressional Black Caucus Chairwoman Marcia Fudge sent a sharply worded letter to Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Steve Israel complaining about the party's support for the lawsuit challenging Florida's district maps. [12]

Brown said that "we will go all the way to the United States Supreme Court, dealing with making sure that African Americans are not disenfranchised." [13] Florida House Redistricting Chairman Richard Corcoran, a Republican, said that "consideration of political data is legally required" to ensure that district boundaries would not be so shifted as to not allow African-Americans a chance to elect representatives of their choice. [14]

On appeal, the Florida Supreme Court approved a redrawn version of District 5 on December 2, 2015. That plan went into effect for the 2016 elections. [15] The new district had a dramatically different shape than its predecessor. It now stretched in an east-west configuration along the Georgia border from downtown Jacksonville to Tallahassee. However, it was no less Democratic than its predecessor, as noted in the Florida Supreme Court's final opinion:

With a black share of registered Democrats of 66.1%, the black candidate of choice is likely to win a contested Democratic primary, and with a Democratic registration advantage of 61.1% to 23.0% over Republicans, the Democratic candidate is likely to win the general election.

Voting

Election results from presidential races
YearOfficeResults
1992 President Clinton 42–34%
1996 President Clinton 50–37%
2000 President Gore 50–46%
2004 President Bush 58–41%
2008 President McCain 56–43%
2012 President Obama 63–35%
2016 President Clinton 61–35%
2020 President Biden 62–36%

Composition

#CountySeatPopulation
31 Duval Jacksonville 1,030,822
109 St. Johns St. Augustine 320,110

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, 1937
Joe Hendricks.jpg
Joe Hendricks
(DeLand)		 Democratic January 3, 1937 –
January 3, 1949		 75th
76th
77th
78th
79th
80th 		Elected in 1936.
Re-elected in 1938.
Re-elected in 1940.
Re-elected in 1942.
Re-elected in 1944.
Re-elected in 1946.
Retired.		1937–1943
[ data missing ]
1943–1953
[ data missing ]
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Syd Herlong
(Leesburg)		 Democratic January 3, 1949 –
January 3, 1967		 81st
82nd
83rd
84th
85th
86th
87th
88th
89th 		Elected in 1948.
Re-elected in 1950.
Re-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.
Redistricted to the 4th district .
1953–1963
[ data missing ]
1963–1973
[ data missing ]
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Edward Gurney
(Winter Park)		 Republican January 3, 1967 –
January 3, 1969		 90th Redistricted from the 11th district and re-elected in 1966.
Retired.
Louis Frey.jpg
Louis Frey Jr.
(Winter Park)		 Republican January 3, 1969 –
January 3, 1973		 91st
92nd 		Elected in 1968.
Re-elected in 1970.
Redistricted to the 9th district .
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Bill Gunter
(Orlando)		 Democratic January 3, 1973 –
January 3, 1975		 93rd Elected in 1972.
Retired to run for U.S. senator.		1973–1983
[ data missing ]
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Richard Kelly
(Holiday)		 Republican January 3, 1975 –
January 3, 1981		 94th
95th
96th 		Elected in 1974.
Re-elected in 1976.
Re-elected in 1978.
Lost renomination after involvement in the Abscam scandal.
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Bill McCollum
(Longwood)		 Republican January 3, 1981 –
January 3, 1993		 97th
98th
99th
100th
101st
102nd 		Elected in 1980.
Re-elected in 1982.
Re-elected in 1984.
Re-elected in 196.
Re-elected in 1988.
Re-elected in 1990.
Redistricted to the 8th district .
1983–1993
[ data missing ]
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Karen Thurman
(Dunnellon)		 Democratic January 3, 1993 –
January 3, 2003		 103rd
104th
105th
106th
107th 		Elected in 1992.
Re-elected in 1994.
Re-elected in 1996.
Re-elected in 1998.
Re-elected in 2000.
Lost re-election.		1993–2003
[ data missing ]
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Ginny Brown-Waite
(Brooksville)		 Republican January 3, 2003 –
January 3, 2011		 108th
109th
110th
111th 		Elected in 2002.
Re-elected in 2004.
Re-elected in 2006.
Re-elected in 2008.
Retired due to health problems.		2003–2013
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Rich Nugent
(Spring Hill)		 Republican January 3, 2011 –
January 3, 2013		 112th Elected in 2010.
Redistricted to the 11th district .
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Corrine Brown
(Jacksonville)		 Democratic January 3, 2013 –
January 3, 2017		 113th
114th 		Redistricted from the 3rd district and re-elected in 2012.
Re-elected in 2014.
Lost renomination after criminal indictment.		2013–2017
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Al Lawson
(Tallahassee)		 Democratic January 3, 2017 –
January 3, 2023		 115th
116th
117th 		Elected in 2016.
Re-elected in 2018.
Re-elected in 2020.
Redistricted to the 2nd district and lost re-election in 2022.		2017–2023
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John Rutherford official photo.jpg
John Rutherford
(Jacksonville)		 Republican January 3, 2023 –
present		 118th Redistricted from the 4th district and re-elected in 2022.
Re-elected in 2024.		2023–present:
Most of Jacksonville, along with parts of that city's southern and eastern suburbs and the city of St. Augustine
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Election results

2002

Florida's 5th Congressional District Election (2002)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Ginny Brown-Waite 121,998 47.90%
Democratic Karen L. Thurman (Incumbent)117,75846.24%
Independent Jack Gargan8,6393.39%
Independent Brian P. Moore6,2232.44%
No partyOthers530.02%
Total votes254,671 100.00%
Turnout  
Republican gain from Democratic

2004

Florida's 5th Congressional District Election (2004)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Ginny Brown-Waite (Incumbent) 240,315 65.93%
Democratic Robert G. Whittel124,14034.06%
No partyOthers330.01%
Total votes364,488 100.00%
Turnout  
Republican hold

2006

Florida's 5th Congressional District Election (2006)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Ginny Brown-Waite (Incumbent) 162,421 59.85%
Democratic John T. Russell108,95940.15%
Total votes271,380 100.00%
Turnout  
Republican hold

2008

Florida's 5th Congressional District Election (2008)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Ginny Brown-Waite (Incumbent) 265,186 61.15%
Democratic John T. Russell168,44638.85%
Total votes433,632 100.00%
Turnout  
Republican hold

2010

Florida's 5th Congressional District Election (2010)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Rich Nugent 208,815 67.43%
Democratic Jim Piccillo100,85832.57%
Total votes309,673
Turnout  100.0%
Republican hold

2012

Florida's 5th Congressional District Election (2012)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Corrine Brown 190,472 70.80%
Republican LeAnne Kolb70,70026.30%
No Party AffiliationEileen Fleming7,9783.00%
Total votes269,153
Turnout  100.0%
Democratic gain from Republican

2014

Florida's 5th Congressional District Election (2014)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Corrine Brown (Incumbent) 112,340 65.47%
Republican Glo Smith59,23734.53%
Total votes171,577
Turnout  100.0%
Democratic hold

2016

Florida's 5th Congressional District Election (2016)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Al Lawson 194,549 64.2%
Republican Glo Smith108,32535.8%
Total votes302,874
Turnout  100.0%
Democratic hold

2018

Florida's 5th Congressional District Election (2018)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Al Lawson (Incumbent) 180,527 66.78%
Republican Virginia Fuller89,79933.22%
Total votes270,326 100.0%
Democratic hold

2020

Florida's 5th Congressional District Election (2020)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Al Lawson (Incumbent) 219,463 65.13%
Republican Gary Adler117,51034.87%
Total votes336,973 100.0%
Democratic hold

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