Florida's 5th congressional district

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Florida's 5th congressional district
Current Representative		Rich Nugent (R–Spring Hill)
Area	4,801 mi²
Distribution	64.5% urban, 35.5% rural
Population (2007)	829,029
Median income	$34,815
Ethnicity	87.7% White, 4.5% Black, 0.8% Asian, 5.6% Hispanic, 0.3% Native American, 0.1% other
Cook PVI	R+9

Florida's 5th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Florida that comprises all of Citrus, Hernando, and Sumter counties and most of Lake, Levy, and Pasco counties and portions of Marion and Polk counties. The district includes northern exurbs of Tampa and western exurbs of Orlando within the high-growth Interstate 4 Corridor.

The district is currently represented by Republican Rich Nugent.

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Years	District home	Notes
District created January 3, 1937
Joe Hendricks	Democratic	January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1949
Albert S. Herlong, Jr.	Democratic	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1967		Redistricted to the 4th district
Edward Gurney	Republican	January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1969		Redistricted from the 11th district
Louis Frey, Jr.	Republican	January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1973		Redistricted to the 9th district
Bill Gunter	Democratic	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975
Richard Kelly	Republican	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1981
Bill McCollum	Republican	January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1993		Redistricted to the 8th district
Karen Thurman	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2003
Ginny Brown-Waite	Republican	January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2011
Rich Nugent	Republican	January 3, 2011 – Present		Incumbent

Presidential Voting History

Election results from presidential races
Year	Office	Results
2008	President	John McCain 56 - Barack Obama 43%
2004	President	George W. Bush 58 - John Kerry 41%
2000	President	George W. Bush 54 - Al Gore 46%

Election Results

2002

Florida's 5th Congressional District Election (2002)
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Ginny Brown-Waite	121,998	47.90%
	Democratic	Karen L. Thurman*	117,758	46.24%
	Independent	Jack Gargan	8,639	3.39%
	Independent	Brian P. Moore	6,223	2.44%
	No party	Others	53	0.02%
Totals			254,671	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican gain from Democratic

2004

Florida's 5th Congressional District Election (2004)
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Ginny Brown-Waite*	240,315	65.93%
	Democratic	Robert G. Whittel	124,140	34.06%
	No party	Others	33	0.01%
Totals			364,488	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

2006

Florida's 5th Congressional District Election (2006)
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Ginny Brown-Waite*	162,421	59.85%
	Democratic	John T. Russell	108,959	40.15%
Totals			271,380	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

2008

Florida's 5th Congressional District Election (2008)
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Ginny Brown-Waite*	265,186	61.15%
	Democratic	John T. Russell	168,446	38.85%
Totals			433,632	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

2010

Florida's 5th Congressional District Election (2010)
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Rich Nugent	208,815	67.43%
	Democratic	Jim Piccillo	100,858	32.57%
Totals			309,673	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

References

• 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