Florida's 18th congressional district

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Florida's 18th congressional district
Florida's 18th congressional district (since 2023).svg
Florida's 18th congressional district
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative
  Scott Franklin
RLakeland
Area1,889 [1]  sq mi (4,890 km2)
Distribution
  • 96.37% urban [2]
  • 3.63% rural
Population (2022)833,693 [3]
Median household
income
$57,810 [4]
Ethnicity
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 created as a new district, which includes the 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. The previous 18th district, located in the Treasure Coast, was instead renamed the 21st district.

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From 2013 to 2023, the district 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]

The 18th district was created as a result of the redistricting cycle after the 1980 census.

From 2003 to 2012, it was based in South Florida. The district 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. The district is currently represented by Republican Scott Franklin.

Voting

YearResults
2000 George W. Bush 56% - Al Gore 42%
2004 George W. Bush 54% - John Kerry 45%
2008 Barack Obama 51% - John McCain 48%
2012 Mitt Romney 52% - Barack Obama 48%
2016 Donald Trump 53% - Hillary Clinton 44%
2020 Donald Trump 53% - Joe Biden 45%

List of members representing the district

MemberPartyYearsCong
ress
Electoral historyCounties
District created January 3, 1983
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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
VacantMay 30, 1989 –
September 7, 1989
101st
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen.jpg
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
(Homestead)
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
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Miami-Dade and Monroe
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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
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Martin, Palm Beach, and St. Lucie
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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
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Martin, Palm Beach, and St. Lucie
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Scott Franklin
(Lakeland)
Republican January 3, 2023 –
present
118th Redistricted from the 15th district and re-elected in 2022.2023–present:
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Election results

2002

Florida's 18th Congressional District Election (2002)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Ileana Ros-Lehtinen* 103,512 69.11
Democratic Ray Chote42,85228.61
Independent Orin Opperman3,4232.29
Total votes149,787 100.00
Turnout  
Republican hold

2004

Florida's 18th Congressional District Election (2004)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Ileana Ros-Lehtinen* 143,647 64.73
Democratic Sam Sheldon78,28135.27
Total votes221,928 100.00
Turnout  
Republican hold

2006

Florida's 18th Congressional District Election (2006)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Ileana Ros-Lehtinen* 79,631 62.15
Democratic Dave Patlak48,49937.85
Total votes128,130 100.00
Turnout  
Republican hold

2008

Florida's 18th Congressional District Election (2008)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Ileana Ros-Lehtinen* 140,617 57.87
Democratic Annette Taddeo102,37241.11
Total votes242,989 100.00
Turnout  
Republican hold

2010

Florida's 18th Congressional District Election (2010)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Ileana Ros-Lehtinen* 102,360 68.89
Democratic Rolando A. Banciella46,23531.11
Total votes148,595 100.00
Turnout  
Republican hold

2012

Florida's 18th Congressional District Election (2012)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Patrick Murphy 166,799 50.4
Republican Allen West*164,37049.6
Total votes331,169 100.00
Turnout  
Democratic gain from Republican

2014

Florida's 18th Congressional District election (2014)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Patrick Murphy (Incumbent) 151,478 59.78
Republican Carl J. Domino 101,89640.22
Total votes253,374 100.00
Democratic hold

2016

Florida's 18th congressional district election (2016)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Brian Mast 201,488 53.60
Democratic Randy Perkins161,91843.07
No Party AffiliationCarla Spalding12,5033.33
No Party AffiliationMarilyn Holloman90.00
Total votes375,918 100
Republican gain from Democratic

2018

Florida's 18th congressional district election (2018)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Brian Mast (incumbent) 185,905 54.3
Democratic Lauren Baer156,45445.7
Total votes342,359 100.0
Republican hold

2020

Florida's 18th congressional district election (2020)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Brian Mast (incumbent) 253,286 56.3
Democratic Pam Keith186,67441.5
No Party AffiliationK.W. Miller9,7602.2
Total votes449,720 100.0
Republican hold

2022

Florida's 18th congressional district election (2022)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Scott Franklin (incumbent) 167,429 74.7
Independent Keith Hayden Jr56,64725.2
Total votes224,076 100.0
Republican hold

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