Florida's 11th congressional district

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Florida's 11th congressional district
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative	Daniel Webster R–Clermont
Area	2,888[1] sq mi (7,480 km2)
Distribution	75.19% urban[2] 24.81% rural
Population (2022)	822,462[3]
Median household income	$78,966[4]
Ethnicity	59.4% White 19.3% Hispanic 11.7% Black 4.5% Two or more races 3.9% Asian 1.2% other
Cook PVI	R+8[5]

Florida's 11th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Florida. It includes Sumter County, home to The Villages, and parts of Lake, Orange, and Polk counties. In the 2020 redistricting cycle, the district was moved out of its coastal counties and into Orlando's western suburbs.

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. Most of that district is now the 14th district, while the current 11th is the successor of the old 5th district.

From 2013 to 2017 as well as its next iteration from 2017 to 2023, the district included Sumter County, Citrus County, Hernando and central Marion County, as well as northern Lake County. It also included southern Ocala, Bushnell, and Spring Hill. The Villages, a large retirement and golfing community for seniors, is situated in this district, aiding Republican candidates in the district and statewide.^[6]

Since the redistricting for the 2022 elections, the district includes Bay Lake, home to all four theme parks of Walt Disney World.

The district is currently represented by Republican Daniel Webster.

List of members representing the district

Representative	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history
District created January 3, 1963
Edward Gurney (Winter Park)	Republican	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1967	88th 89th	Elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Redistricted to the 5th district.
Claude Pepper (Miami)	Democratic	January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1973	90th 91st 92nd	Redistricted from the 3rd district and re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Redistricted to the 14th district.
Paul Rogers (West Palm Beach)	Democratic	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1979	93rd 94th 95th	Redistricted from the 9th district and re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Retired.
Dan Mica (West Palm Beach)	Democratic	January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1983	96th 97th	Elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Redistricted to the 14th district.
Bill Nelson (Melbourne)	Democratic	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1991	98th 99th 100th 101st	Redistricted from the 9th district and re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Retired to run for Governor of Florida.
Jim Bacchus (Miami Beach)	Democratic	January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1993	102nd	Elected in 1990. Redistricted to the 15th district.
Sam Gibbons (Tampa)	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1997	103rd 104th	Redistricted from the 7th district and re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Retired.
Jim Davis (Tampa)	Democratic	January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2007	105th 106th 107th 108th 109th	Elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Retired to run for Governor of Florida.
Kathy Castor (Tampa)	Democratic	January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2013	110th 111th 112th	Elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Redistricted to the 14th district.
Rich Nugent (Spring Hill)	Republican	January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2017	113th 114th	Redistricted from the 5th district and re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Retired.
Daniel Webster (Clermont)	Republican	January 3, 2017 – present	115th 116th 117th 118th	Redistricted from the 10th district and re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022.

Voting

Election results from presidential races:

Election results

2002

2004

2006

2008

2010

2016

2018

2020

2022

Historical district boundaries

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  2003–2013
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  2013–2017
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  2017–2023

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, (who later served as U.S. Senator from Florida from 2001 to 2019, and has been NASA Administrator since 2021) 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.
• 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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