Florida's 11th congressional district

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Florida's 11th congressional district
Florida's 11th congressional district - since January 3, 2017
Representative	Daniel Webster R–Winter Garden
Area	2,888 sq mi (7,480 km2)
Cook PVI	R+15

Florida's 11th congressional district is an electoral district for the U.S. Congress and was reassigned in 2012, effective January 2013, from the Tampa area north to 4 other Florida counties: Sumter County, Citrus County, Hernando, and central Marion County, as well as the far northwestern corner of Lake County. The district stretches from Ocala southwest to Spring Hill.

From 1993 to 2013, the former 11th district had encompassed most of the city of Tampa and its suburbs and the shoreline of southeastern Hillsborough County. It also included two areas in other counties: urban neighborhoods of south St. Petersburg in Pinellas County and neighborhoods in and around Bradenton in Manatee County.

The district is currently represented by Republican Daniel Webster.

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Years	District home	Notes
District created January 3, 1963
Edward Gurney	Republican	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1967		Redistricted to the 5th district
Claude Pepper	Democratic	January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1973		Redistricted from the 3rd district, Redistricted to the 14th district
Paul Rogers	Democratic	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1979		Redistricted from the 9th district
Dan Mica	Democratic	January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1983		Redistricted to the 14th district
Bill Nelson	Democratic	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1991		Redistricted from the 9th district
Jim Bacchus	Democratic	January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1993		Redistricted to the 15th district
Sam Gibbons	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1997		Redistricted from the 7th district
Jim Davis	Democratic	January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2007	Tampa	Retired to Run for Governor
Kathy Castor	Democratic	January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2013	Tampa	Redistricted to the 14th district
Rich Nugent	Republican	January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2017	Tampa	Redistricted from the 5th district
Daniel Webster	Republican	January 3, 2017 –	Winter Garden

Presidential races

Year	Results
2000	Gore 61 - George W. Bush 39%
2004	Kerry 58 - George W. Bush 41%
2008	Obama 66 - John McCain 33%

Election Results

2002

Florida's 11th Congressional District Election (2002)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jim Davis*		100.00
Total votes				100.00
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	Democratic hold

2004

Florida's 11th Congressional District Election (2004)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jim Davis*	191,780	85.82
	Libertarian	Robert Edward Johnson	31,579	14.13
	Socialist Workers	Karl M. Butts	122	0.06
Total votes			223,481	100.00
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	Democratic hold

2006

Florida's 11th Congressional District Election (2006)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kathy Castor	97,470	69.65
	Republican	Eddie Adams, Jr.	42,454	30.34
	No party	Others	18	0.01
Total votes			139,942	100.00
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	Democratic hold

2008

Florida's 11th Congressional District Election (2008)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kathy Castor*	184,106	71.66
	Republican	Eddie Adams, Jr.	72,825	28.34
Total votes			256,931	100.00
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	Democratic hold

2010

Florida's 11th Congressional District Election (2010)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kathy Castor*	91,328	59.64
	Republican	Mike Pendergast	61,817	40.36
Total votes			153,145	100.00
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	Democratic hold

Living former Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida's 11th congressional district

As of January 2017, there are four former members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida's 11th congressional district who are currently living at this time. The most recent representative to die was Sam Gibbons (1993-1997) on October 10, 2012

Representative	Term of office	Date of birth (and age)
Jim Bacchus	1991–1993	(1949-06-21) June 21, 1949
Jim Davis	1997–2007	(1957-10-11) October 11, 1957
Kathy Castor	2007–2013	(1966-08-20) August 20, 1966
Rich Nugent	2013–2017	(1951-05-26) May 26, 1951

Historical district boundaries

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  2013 - 2017
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  2003 - 2013

Over 3 decades earlier, from 1983 to 1993, the district was based in Brevard County, including the Kennedy Space Center. In 1986, weeks before the Challenger disaster, the district's then-congressman, Bill Nelson, (now Florida's Senior Senator) flew on board the Space Shuttle Columbia as part of mission STS-61-C.

From 1993 to 2013 the district was based in Tampa plus the shoreline of Tampa Bay; the city's long-serving congressman Sam Gibbons retired in 1997 after nearly 35 years in the House.

References

• Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
• Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present