Florida's 17th congressional district
Florida's 17th congressional district | |||
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Representative |
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Area | 6,315[1] sq mi (16,360 km2) | ||
Distribution |
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Population (2022) | 839,779[3] | ||
Median household income | $70,558[3] | ||
Ethnicity |
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Cook PVI | R+10[4] |
Florida's 17th congressional district is an
The 17th district was created as a result of the
After the 2010 census and its corresponding redistricting cycle, the district included portions of the previous 12th and 16th districts. Most of the district's territory came from the western portion of the old 16th. After court-ordered redistricting for the 2016 elections, the district included a large area of central Florida from eastern Tampa Bay to the western shores of Lake Okeechobee, including all of Charlotte County, DeSoto County, Glades County, Hardee County, Highlands County and Okeechobee County, plus parts of Lee County, Polk County and Sarasota County. Major cities in the district included North Port, Punta Gorda, Venice, Wauchula, Arcadia, and Okeechobee.
Republican Tom Rooney, incumbent congressman of the previous 16th district, ran for reelection in the 17th in 2012 and won. He was re-elected in 2014 and 2016, but did not run for re-election in 2018.[5][6] Greg Steube was elected on November 6.
Voting
Year | Results |
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1992 | Bill Clinton 74% – George H. W. Bush 18% – Ross Perot 7% |
1996 | Bill Clinton 85% – Bob Dole 12% |
2000 | Al Gore 84% – George W. Bush 15% |
2004 | John Kerry 83% – George W. Bush 17% |
2008 | Barack Obama 87% – John McCain 12% |
2012 | Mitt Romney 58% – Barack Obama 41% |
2016 | Donald Trump 62% – Hillary Clinton 35% |
2020 | Donald Trump 63% – Joe Biden 35% |
List of members representing the district
Election results
2002
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic
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Kendrick Meek | 113,749 | 99.94% | |
No party | Others | 73 | 0.06% | |
Total votes | 113,822 | 100.00% | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold
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2004
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic
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Kendrick Meek (Incumbent) | 178,690 | 99.59% | |
No party | Others | 734 | 0.41% | |
Total votes | 179,424 | 100.00% | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold
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2006
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic
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Kendrick Meek (Incumbent) | 90,663 | 99.97% | |
No party | Others | 23 | 0.03% | |
Total votes | 90,686 | 100.00% | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold
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2008
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic
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Kendrick Meek (Incumbent) | 100.00% | ||
Total votes | 100.00% | |||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold
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2010
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic
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Frederica S. Wilson | 106,361 | 86.21% | |
Independent
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Roderick Vereen | 17,009 | 13.79% | |
Total votes | 123,370 | 100.00% | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold
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2012
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Republican | Tom Rooney (incumbent) | 165,488 | 58.6 | ||
Democratic | William Bronson | 116,766 | 41.4 | ||
Independent
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Tom Baumann (write-in) | 12 | 0.0 | ||
Total votes | 282,266 | 100.0 | |||
Republican win (new seat) |
2014
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Tom Rooney (incumbent) | 141,493 | 63.2 | |
Democratic | Will Bronson | 82,263 | 36.8 | |
Total votes | 223,756 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
2016
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Tom Rooney (incumbent) | 209,348 | 61.8 | |
Democratic | April Freeman | 115,974 | 34.2 | |
Independent
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John W Sawyer, III | 13,353 | 4.0 | |
Total votes | 338,675 | 100.0 |
2018
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Greg Steube | 193,326 | 62.3 | |
Democratic | Allen Ellison | 117,194 | 37.7 | |
Total votes | 310,520 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
2020
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Republican | Greg Steube (incumbent) | 266,514 | 64.6% | ||
Democratic | Allen Ellison | 140,487 | 34.1% | ||
Independent
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Theodore "Pink Tie" Murray | 5,396 | 1.3% | ||
Total votes | 412,397 | 100.0 | |||
Republican hold |
2022
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Republican | Greg Steube (incumbent) | 222,601 | 63.8% | ||
Democratic | Andrea Kale | 123,822 | 35.5% | ||
Independent
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Theodore Murray | 2,226 | 0.64% | ||
Total votes | 348,649 | 100.0 | |||
Republican hold |
References
- ^ "Congressional Plan--SC14-1905 (Ordered by The Florida Supreme Court, 2-December-2015)" (PDF). Florida Senate Committee on Reapportionment. Retrieved January 11, 2017.
- U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the originalon April 2, 2013.
- ^ a b Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
- ^ "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. July 12, 2022. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
- ^ Leary, Alex (February 19, 2018). "Rep. Tom Rooney will not seek re-election". Tampa Bay Times. Tampa, Fla. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
- ^ Persons, Sally (February 19, 2018). "Rep. Tom Rooney will not seek re-election: Report". The Washington Times. Washington, D.C. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
- ^ "November 5, 2002 General Election". Florida Division of Elections. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
- ^ "November 2, 2004 General Election". Florida Division of Elections. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
- ^ "November 7, 2006 General Election". Florida Division of Elections. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
- ^ "November 4, 2008 General Election". Florida Division of Elections. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
- ^ "November 2, 2010 General Election". Florida Division of Elections. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
- ^ "November 6, 2012 General Election". Florida Division of Elections. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
- ^ "November 4, 2014 General Election". Florida Division of Elections. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
- ^ "November 8, 2016 General Election". Florida Division of Elections. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
- ^ "November 6, 2018 General Election". Florida Division of Elections. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
- ^ "November 3, 2020 General Election". Florida Division of Elections. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
External links
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
- Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present