Florida's 6th congressional district
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Florida's 6th congressional district | ||
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Florida's sixth congressional district - since January 3, 2013. | ||
Current Representative | Ron DeSantis (R–Ponte Vedra Beach) | |
Cook PVI | R+8 |
Florida's 6th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Florida. The district stretches from the southern Jacksonville suburbs to New Smyrna Beach. It includes the cities of St. Augustine and Daytona Beach.
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.
The district is currently represented by Republican Ron DeSantis.
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Presidential voting history
The district contains over 525,000 registered voters, of whom just over 39% are Democratic, while slightly more than 41% identify as Republican.
Election results from presidential races | ||
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Year | Office | Results |
2008 | President | John McCain 56 - Barack Obama 42% |
2004 | President | George W. Bush 61 - John Kerry 39% |
List of representatives
Representative | Party | Years | District home | Notes |
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District created January 3, 1945 | ||||
Dwight L. Rogers | Democratic | January 3, 1945 – December 1, 1954 | Died | |
Vacant | December 1, 1954 – January 4, 1955 | |||
75px Paul Rogers | Democratic | January 4, 1955 – January 3, 1967 | Redistricted to the 9th district | |
Sam Gibbons | Democratic | January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1973 | Redistricted from the 10th district, Redistricted to the 7th district | |
Bill Young | Republican | January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1983 | Redistricted from the 8th district, Redistricted to the 8th district | |
Buddy MacKay | Democratic | January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1989 | ||
Cliff Stearns | Republican | January 3, 1989 – January 3, 2013 | Lost primary election after being redistricted to the 3rd district | |
Ron DeSantis | Republican | January 3, 2013 – present |
Election results
2002
Florida's 6th Congressional District Election (2002) | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Cliff Stearns* | 141,570 | 65.35 | |
Democratic | Dave Bruderly | 75,046 | 34.65 | |
Total votes | 216,616 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold |
2004
Florida's 6th Congressional District Election (2004) | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Cliff Stearns* | 211,137 | 64.40 | |
Democratic | Dave Bruderly | 116,680 | 35.59 | |
No party | Others | 36 | 0.01% | |
Total votes | 327,853 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold |
2006
Florida's 6th Congressional District Election (2006) | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Cliff Stearns* | 136,601 | 59.88 | |
Democratic | Dave Bruderly | 91,528 | 40.12 | |
Total votes | 228,129 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold |
2008
Florida's 6th Congressional District Election (2008) | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Cliff Stearns* | 228,302 | 60.89 | |
Democratic | Tim Cunha | 146,655 | 39.11 | |
Total votes | 374,957 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold |
2010
Florida's 6th Congressional District Election (2010) | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Cliff Stearns* | 179,349 | 71.46 | |
Independent | Steven E. Schonberg | 71,632 | 28.54 | |
Total votes | 250,981 | 100.00 | ||
Voter turnout | % | |||
Republican hold |
Living former Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida's 6th congressional district
As of May 2015[update], these are two former members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida's 6th congressional district who are currently living at this time.
Representative | Term in office | Date of birth (and age) |
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Buddy MacKay | 1983–1989 | March 22, 1933 |
Cliff Stearns | 1989–2013 | April 16, 1941 |
Historical district boundaries
References
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- Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
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