Florida's 15th congressional district
Florida's 15th congressional district is an electoral district for the U.S. Congress and was reassigned in 2012, effective January 2013, to the northern parts of Hillsborough and Polk counties as well as the southernmost parts of Lake.[6][7] The district includes Brandon, Plant City, Lakeland and Bartow.
| Florida's 15th congressional district | |||
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 Florida's 15th congressional district - since January 3, 2017 | |||
| Representative |
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| Area | 1,170[1] sq mi (3,000 km2) | ||
| Distribution |
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| Population (2019) | 801,294[3] | ||
| Median household income | $57,496[4] | ||
| Ethnicity |
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| Cook PVI | R+6[5] | ||
From 2003–2012, the prior 15th district contained most of Brevard County south of the city of Cocoa (including the Kennedy Space Center), all of Indian River County, most of Osceola County, and a very small portion of Polk County. The district took in the cities of Kissimmee, Melbourne and Vero Beach, and Patrick Space Force Base. Boundaries were redrawn due to a lawsuit in 2015.[8] Much of this area is now the 8th District, while the current 15th takes in most of what was previously the 12th District.
The district is currently represented by Republican Scott Franklin.
List of members representing the district
Election results
2002
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Dave Weldon* | 146,414 | 63.15 | |
| Democratic | Jim Tso | 85,433 | 36.85 | |
| Total votes | 231,847 | 100.00 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republican hold | ||||
2004
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Dave Weldon* | 210,388 | 65.35 | |
| Democratic | Simon Pristoop | 111,538 | 34.65 | |
| Total votes | 321,926 | 100.00 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republican hold | ||||
2006
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Dave Weldon* | 125,965 | 56.29 | |
| Democratic | Robert Bowman | 97,834 | 43.71 | |
| Total votes | 223,799 | 100.00 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republican hold | ||||
2008
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Bill Posey | 192,151 | 53.10 | |
| Democratic | Stephen Lee Blythe | 151,951 | 41.99 | |
| Independent | Frank Zilaitis | 14,274 | 3.94 | |
| Independent | Trevor Lowing | 3,495 | 0.97 | |
| Total votes | 361,871 | 100.00 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republican hold | ||||
2010
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Bill Posey* | 157,079 | 64.76 | |
| Democratic | C. Shannon Roberts | 85,595 | 35.27 | |
| Total votes | 242,674 | 100.00 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republican hold | ||||
2012
Republican candidate Dennis Ross won the election unopposed, as the Democrats did not nominate a candidate.[9] Ross at the time was already the incumbent of the old 12th District prior to the 2010 reapportionment.
2014
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Dennis Ross | 128,750 | 60.3 | |
| Democratic | Alan Cohn | 84,832 | 39.7 | |
| Total votes | 213,582 | 100.00 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republican hold | ||||
2016
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Dennis Ross* | 182,999 | 57.5 | |
| Democratic | Jim Lange | 135,475 | 42.5 | |
| Total votes | 318,474 | 100.00 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republican hold | ||||
2018
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Ross Spano | 151,380 | 53.02 | |
| Democratic | Kristen Carlson | 134,132 | 46.98 | |
| Total votes | 285,532 | 100.00 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republican hold | ||||
2020
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Scott Franklin | 216,374 | 55.38% | ||
| Democratic | Alan Cohn | 174,297 | 44.61% | ||
| Total votes | 390,671 | 100.0 | |||
| Republican hold | |||||
Historical district boundaries
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2013 - 2017 
2003 - 2013
References
- "Congressional Plan--SC14-1905 (Ordered by The Florida Supreme Court, 2-December-2015)" (PDF). Florida Senate Committee on Reapportionment. Retrieved January 11, 2017.
- "Congressional Districts Relationship Files (State-based)". U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on April 2, 2013.
- "My Congressional District".
- "My Congressional District".
- "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
- See whole Florida state map for 2013, with the 15th district in northern Hillsborough County and Polk County: h9047_35x42L.pdf Congressional Plan: H000C9047. Chapter No. 2012-2, Laws of Florida. www.flsenate.gov. February 16, 2012.
- See 2013 borders of 15th district in the 2013 districts map: H000C9047_map_bb.pdf, for the Big Bend region of Florida. Congressional Plan: H000C9047. Chapter No. 2012-2, Laws of Florida. www.flsenate.gov. February 2012.
- Klas, Mary Ellen. "Florida Supreme Court approves congressional map drawn by challengers". Miami Herald. Retrieved July 17, 2017.
- "Ballotpedia results for Florida's 15th Congressional District, 2012".
- "Ballotpedia for Florida's 15th district, 2014".
- "Ballotpedia for Florida's 15th district, 2016".
- "Florida Election Watch, 15th district, 2018".
External links
- 2008 Race Tracker
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
- Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
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