Florida's 23rd congressional district | |||
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Area | 259 [1] sq mi (670 km2) | ||
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Population (2022) | 768,707 [3] | ||
Median household income | $80,179 [4] | ||
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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]
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.
Results from previous presidential elections
Year | Office | Results |
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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% |
Results from previous non-presidential statewide elections
Year | Office | Results |
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2016 | Senate | Patrick Murphy 57.8% - Marco Rubio 39.8% |
2018 | Senate | Bill Nelson 63.7% - Rick Scott 36.3% |
2018 | Governor | Andrew Gillum 62.2% - Ron DeSantis 37% |
2018 | Attorney General | Sean Shaw 61.3% - Ashley Moody 37% |
2022 | Governor | Ron DeSantis 50.1% - Charlie Crist 49.3% |
2022 | Senate | Val Demings 51% - Marco Rubio 48% |
Member | Party | Years | Cong ress | Electoral history | District location |
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District created January 3, 1993 | |||||
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 | |||||
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 |
2017–2023 | |||||
Jared Moskowitz (Parkland) | Democratic | January 3, 2023 – present | 118th | Elected in 2022. | 2023–present: The coastline of Broward County to southern Palm Beach County |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Alcee Hastings (Incumbent) | 96,347 | 77.49% | |
Republican | Charles Laurie | 27,986 | 22.51% | |
No party | Others | 5 | 0.00% | |
Total votes | 124,338 | 100.00% | ||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Alcee Hastings (Incumbent) | 49,284 | 74.23% | |
Democratic | Keith A. Clayborne | 17,106 | 25.77% | |
Total votes | 66,390 | 100.00% | ||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Alcee Hastings (Incumbent) | 106,278 | 100.00% | |
Total votes | 106,278 | 100.00% | ||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Alcee Hastings (Incumbent) | 172,835 | 82.18% | |
Republican | Marion D. Thorpe, Jr. | 37,431 | 17.80% | |
No party | April Cook | 40 | 0.02% | |
Total votes | 210,306 | 100.00% | ||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Alcee Hastings (Incumbent) | 100,066 | 79.12% | |
Republican | Bernard Sansaricq | 26,414 | 20.88% | |
Total votes | 126,480 | 100.00% | ||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | 174,205 | 63.25% | |
Republican | Karen Harrington | 98,096 | 35.62% | |
No party | Ilya Katz | 3,129 | 1.13% | |
Total votes | 275,430 | 100.00% | ||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Incumbent) | 103,269 | 62.67% | |
Republican | Joe Kaufman | 61,519 | 37.33% | |
Total votes | 164,788 | 100.00% | ||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Incumbent) | 183,225 | 56.70% | |
Republican | Joe Kaufman | 130,818 | 40.49% | |
No party | Don Endriss | 5,180 | 1.60 | |
No party | Lyle Milstein | 3,897 | 1.21 | |
Total votes | 323,120 | 100.00% | ||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Incumbent) | 161,611 | 58.5% | |
Republican | Joe Kaufman | 99,446 | 36.0% | |
No party | Tim Canova | 13,697 | 5.0 | |
No party | Don Endriss | 1,612 | 0.6 | |
Total votes | 276,366 | 100.0% | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Democratic | Debbie Wasserman Schultz (incumbent) | 221,239 | 58.19% | ||
Republican | Carla Spalding | 158,874 | 41.78% | ||
Independent Republican | Jeff Olson (write-in) | 46 | 0.01% | ||
Independent Republican | D. B. Fugate (write-in) | 37 | 0.01% | ||
Total votes | 381,196 | 100.0 | |||
Democratic hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Democratic | Jared Moskowitz | 143,951 | 51.59% | ||
Republican | Joe Budd | 130,681 | 46.83% | ||
Independent | Christine Scott | 3,079 | 1.1% | ||
Independent | Mark Napier | 1,338 | 0.48% | ||
Total votes | 279,049 | 100.0 | |||
Democratic hold | |||||
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