Florida's 6th congressional district

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Florida's 6th congressional district
Current Representative		Cliff Stearns (R)
Area	3,026 mi²
Distribution	69.4% urban, 30.6% rural
Population (2000)	639,295
Median income	$36,846
Ethnicity	78.9% White, 11.9% Black, 2.2% Asian, 5.2% Hispanic, 0.3% Native American, 0.1% other
Cook PVI	R+10

Florida’s Sixth District stretches from the St. Johns River and Jacksonville, sweeping through the Heart of North Central Florida, encompassing portions of Gainesville and Ocala, meandering down to the northern tip of the Orlando metropolitan area, in Lake County.

The district contains over 525,000 registered voters, of whom just over 39% are Democratic, while slightly more than 41% identify as Republican. 80 percent of the District is white, with 9.7 percent identified as black and 3.1 percent Hispanic. John McCain received 61% of the vote in this district in 2008.

The district is currently represented by Republican Cliff Stearns. Rep. Stearns was re-elected in 2008 with 61% of the total vote, with Democratic challenger Tim Cunha earning 39%.

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