Florida's 6th congressional district

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Florida's 6th congressional district
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Florida's 6th congressional district
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative
  Michael Waltz
RSt. Augustine Beach
Area2,682 [1]  sq mi (6,950 km2)
Distribution
  • 86.15% urban [2]
  • 13.85% rural
Population (2022)812,621
Median household
income
$60,287 [3]
Ethnicity
Cook PVI R+14 [4]

Florida's 6th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Florida. The district is located on the Eastern Florida Coast and stretches from the southern Jacksonville suburbs to New Smyrna Beach. It includes the city of Daytona Beach.

Contents

From 2003 to 2013 the district stretched from the St. Johns River and Jacksonville, sweeping through North Central Florida, encompassing portions of Gainesville and Ocala, and meandered down to the northern tip of the Greater Orlando area in Lake County. It included all of Bradford and Gilchrist counties and portions of Alachua, Clay, Duval, Lake, Levy, and Marion counties. Most of this district is now the 3rd District, while the current 6th covers most of the territory that was previously in the 7th district.

The district is currently represented by Republican Michael Waltz.

Voting

YearOfficeResults
2004 President George W. Bush 61% – John Kerry 39%
2008 President John McCain 56% – Barack Obama 42%
2012 President Mitt Romney 57.7% – Barack Obama 41.4%
2016 President Donald Trump 57% – Hillary Clinton 40%
2020 President Donald Trump 58% – Joe Biden 40%

Voter registration

The district contains over 525,000 registered voters, of whom just over 39% are Democratic, while slightly more than 41% identify as Republican.

List of members representing the district

MemberPartyYearsCong
ress
Electoral history
District created January 3, 1945
Dwight Laing Rogers.jpg
Dwight L. Rogers
(Fort Lauderdale)
Democratic January 3, 1945 –
December 1, 1954
79th
80th
81st
82nd
83rd
Elected in 1944
Re-elected in 1946.
Re-elected in 1948.
Re-elected in 1950.
Re-elected in 1952.
Re-elected in 1954 but died.
VacantDecember 1, 1954 –
January 11, 1955
83rd
84th
Paul G Rogers.jpg
Paul Rogers
(West Palm Beach)
Democratic January 11, 1955 –
January 3, 1967
84th
85th
86th
87th
88th
89th
Elected to finish his father's term.
Re-elected in 1956.
Re-elected in 1958.
Re-elected in 1960.
Re-elected in 1962.
Re-elected in 1964.
Redistricted to the 9th district .
Sam Melville Gibbons.jpg
Sam Gibbons
(Tampa)
Democratic January 3, 1967 –
January 3, 1973
90th
91st
92nd
Redistricted from the 10th district and re-elected in 1966.
Re-elected in 1968.
Re-elected in 1970.
Redistricted to the 7th district .
C.W. "Bill" Young.jpg
Bill Young
(St. Petersburg)
Republican January 3, 1973 –
January 3, 1983
93rd
94th
95th
96th
97th
Redistricted from the 8th district and re-elected in 1972.
Re-elected in 1974.
Re-elected in 1976.
Re-elected in 1978.
Re-elected in 1980.
Redistricted to the 8th district .
Buddy MacKay.jpg
Buddy MacKay
(Ocala)
Democratic January 3, 1983 –
January 3, 1989
98th
99th
100th
Elected in 1982.
Re-elected in 1984.
Re-elected in 1986.
Retired to run for U.S. Senator
Cliff Stearns.jpg
Cliff Stearns
(Ocala)
Republican January 3, 1989 –
January 3, 2013
101st
102nd
103rd
104th
105th
106th
107th
108th
109th
110th
111th
112th
Elected in 1988.
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 3rd district and lost renomination.
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Ron DeSantis
(Ponte Vedra Beach)
Republican January 3, 2013 –
September 10, 2018
113th
114th
115th
Elected in 2012.
Re-elected in 2014.
Re-elected in 2016.
Retired and resigned to run for Governor of Florida. [5]
VacantSeptember 10, 2018 –
January 3, 2019
115th
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Michael Waltz
(St. Augustine Beach)
Republican January 3, 2019 –
present
116th
117th
118th
Elected in 2018.
Re-elected in 2020.
Re-elected in 2022.

Election results

2000

Florida 6th Congressional District 2000 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Cliff Stearns (incumbent) 178,789 99.9
Write-In Timothy Clower1520.1
Write-In Barbara Elliott310.0
Total votes178,972 100.0
Turnout  
Republican hold

2002

Florida's 6th Congressional District Election (2002)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Cliff Stearns (Incumbent) 141,570 65.35
Democratic Dave Bruderly75,04634.65
Total votes216,616 100.00
Turnout  
Republican hold

2004

Florida's 6th Congressional District Election (2004)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Cliff Stearns (Incumbent) 211,137 64.40
Democratic Dave Bruderly116,68035.59
No partyOthers360.01
Total votes327,853 100.00
Turnout  
Republican hold

2006

Florida's 6th Congressional District Election (2006)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Cliff Stearns (Incumbent) 136,601 59.88
Democratic Dave Bruderly91,52840.12
Total votes228,129 100.00
Turnout  
Republican hold

2008

Florida's 6th Congressional District Election (2008)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Cliff Stearns (Incumbent) 228,302 60.89
Democratic Tim Cunha146,65539.11
Total votes374,957 100.00
Turnout  
Republican hold

2010

Florida's 6th Congressional District Election (2010)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Cliff Stearns (Incumbent) 179,349 71.46
Independent Steven E. Schonberg71,63228.54
Total votes250,981 100.00
Turnout  
Republican hold

2016

Florida's 6th congressional district, 2016 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Ron DeSantis (incumbent) 213,519 58.6
Democratic Bill McCullough151,05141.4
Total votes364,570 100.0
Republican hold

2018

Florida's 6th congressional district, 2018 [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Michael Waltz 187,891 56.31%
Democratic Nancy Soderberg 145,75843.69%
Total votes333,649 100%
Republican hold

2020

Florida's 6th congressional district, 2020 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Michael Waltz (incumbent) 265,393 60.63%
Democratic Clint Curtis172,30539.37%
Total votes437,698 100.0
Republican hold

2022

Florida's 6th congressional district, 2022 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Michael Waltz (incumbent) 226,548 75.33%
Libertarian Joseph Hannoush74,20724.67%
Total votes300,755 100.0
Republican hold

Historical district boundaries

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