Florida's 6th congressional district

Florida's 6th congressional district
Florida's 6th congressional district
	Florida's 6th congressional district since January 3, 2017
Representative	Michael Waltz; R–St. Augustine Beach
Area	2,682 sq mi (6,950 km2)
Distribution	86.15% urban; 13.85% rural;
Population (2016)	765,005
Median household; income	$48,197
Ethnicity	84.13% White; 12.59% Hispanic; 10.26% Black; 1.7% Asian; 0.35% Native American;
Cook PVI	R+7

Florida's 6th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Florida. The district is located on the Eastern Florida Coast and stretches from the southern Jacksonville suburbs to New Smyrna Beach. It includes the city of 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. Most of this district is now the 3rd District, while the current 6th covers most of the territory that was previously in the 7th district.

The district is currently represented by Republican Michael Waltz.

Recent results in statewide elections

The district contains over 525,000 registered voters, of whom just over 39% are Democratic, while slightly more than 41% identify as Republican.

Year	Office	Results
2004	President	George W. Bush 61 - John Kerry 39%
2008	President	John McCain 56 - Barack Obama 42%
2012	President	Mitt Romney 53 - Barack Obama 47%
2016	President	Donald Trump 57 - Hillary Clinton 40%

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history
District created January 3, 1945
Dwight L. Rogers	Democratic	January 3, 1945 – December 1, 1954	79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd	[data missing] Re-elected in 1954 but died.
Vacant		December 1, 1954 – January 11, 1955	83rd 84th
Paul Rogers	Democratic	January 11, 1955 – January 3, 1967	84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th	Elected to finish his father's term. [data missing] Redistricted to the 9th district.
Sam Gibbons	Democratic	January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1973	90th 91st 92nd	Redistricted from the 10th district. Redistricted to the 7th district.
Bill Young	Republican	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1983	93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th	Redistricted from the 8th district. Redistricted to the 8th district.
Buddy MacKay	Democratic	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1989	98th 99th 100th	[data missing] Retired to run for U.S. Senator
Cliff Stearns	Republican	January 3, 1989 – January 3, 2013	101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th	[data missing] Redistricted to the 3rd district and lost renomination.
Ron DeSantis	Republican	January 3, 2013 – September 10, 2018	113th 114th 115th	[data missing] Resigned to run for Governor of Florida^[5]
Vacant		September 10, 2018 – January 3, 2019
Michael Waltz	Republican	January 3, 2019 – present	116th 117th 118th	Elected in 2018.

Florida 6th Congressional District 2000^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Cliff Stearns	178,789	99.9
	Write-In	Timothy Clower	152	0.1
	Write-In	Barbara Elliott	31	0.0
Total votes			178,972	100.0
Turnout
	Republican hold

Florida's 6th Congressional District Election (2002)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Cliff Stearns (Incumbent)	141,570	65.35
	Democratic	Dave Bruderly	75,046	34.65
Total votes			216,616	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

Florida's 6th Congressional District Election (2004)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Cliff Stearns (Incumbent)	211,137	64.40
	Democratic	Dave Bruderly	116,680	35.59
	No party	Others	36	0.01
Total votes			327,853	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

Florida's 6th Congressional District Election (2006)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Cliff Stearns (Incumbent)	136,601	59.88
	Democratic	Dave Bruderly	91,528	40.12
Total votes			228,129	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

Florida's 6th Congressional District Election (2008)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Cliff Stearns (Incumbent)	228,302	60.89
	Democratic	Tim Cunha	146,655	39.11
Total votes			374,957	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

Florida's 6th Congressional District Election (2010)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Cliff Stearns (Incumbent)	179,349	71.46
	Independent	Steven E. Schonberg	71,632	28.54
Total votes			250,981	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

Florida's 6th congressional district, 2012 ^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ron DeSantis	195,962	57.3
	Democratic	Heather Beaven	146,489	42.8
Total votes			342,451	100.0
	Republican hold

Florida's 6th congressional district, 2014^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ron DeSantis (incumbent)	166,254	62.5
	Democratic	David Cox	99,563	37.5
Total votes			265,817	100.0
	Republican hold

Florida’s 6th congressional district, 2016 ^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ron DeSantis (incumbent)	213,519	58.6
	Democratic	Bill McCullough	151,051	41.4
Total votes			364,570	100.0
	Republican hold

Florida's 6th congressional district, 2018^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Michael Waltz	187,891	56.31%
	Democratic	Nancy Soderberg	145,758	43.69%
Total votes			333,649	100%
	Republican hold

Pending

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^ https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/cd_state.html
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^ "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
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^ November 7, 2000 General Election (Report). Tallahassee, Florida: Florida Department of State. 2000. Archived from the original on May 16, 2015. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
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^ "2016 General Election November 8, 2016 Official Results". Florida Division of Elections. November 8, 2016. Retrieved December 14, 2016.
^ "2018 Florida general election results". Retrieved June 30, 2019.

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