Florida's 3rd congressional district
Florida's 3rd congressional district | |||
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Representative |
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Area | 3,844[1] sq mi (9,960 km2) | ||
Distribution |
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Population (2022) | 794,723[3] | ||
Median household income | $56,286[3] | ||
Ethnicity |
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Cook PVI | R+9[4] |
Florida's 3rd congressional district is an electoral district of the
Redistricting in Florida, effective for the 2012 federal elections, radically altered the nature of the 3rd district. From 1993 through 2012 the district called the 3rd district comprised an entirely different territory, roughly similar to the 5th district as of 2013[update]. Likewise the present territory of the new 3rd district, as of the 2012 elections, is made up of parts of the former 2nd, 4th, 5th, and 6th districts, though it is geographically similar to the pre-2013 6th district. The former 3rd district was an intentionally gerrymandered territory designed to unite disparate areas of northeastern Florida with significant African-American populations into a black-majority district, and was overwhelmingly Democratic in voting patterns.
The new 3rd district has a majority white population, largely in rural areas and small towns. The only cities of any size in the district are Gainesville and Ocala. The district has been represented by Republican Kat Cammack since 2021.
While Florida has had at least three congressional districts since the
The 1993–2012 3rd congressional district was geographically diverse. Starting from the southern part of the district, it included the
Voting
Year | Office | Results |
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1992 | President | B. Clinton 52–34% |
1996 | President
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B. Clinton 61–33% |
2000 | President
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Gore 60–38% |
2004 | President
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Kerry 65–35% |
2008 | President
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Obama 73–26% |
2012 | President
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Romney 56.6–41.9% |
2016 | President
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Trump 56.2–40.2% |
2020 | President | Trump 56.0–42.8% |
Voter registration
List of members representing the district
Member | Party | Years | Cong ress |
Electoral history |
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District created March 4, 1903 | ||||
William B. Lamar (Monticello) |
Democratic | March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1909 |
58th 59th 60th |
run for U.S. senator .
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Dannite H. Mays )
(Monticello |
Democratic | March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1913 |
61st 62nd |
Re-elected in 1910 .Lost renomination. |
Emmett Wilson (Pensacola) |
Democratic | March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1917 |
63rd 64th |
Re-elected in 1914 .Lost renomination. |
Walter Kehoe (Pensacola) |
Democratic | March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1919 |
65th | Elected in 1916 .Lost renomination. |
John H. Smithwick (Pensacola) |
Democratic | March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1927 |
66th 67th 68th 69th |
Re-elected in 1924 .Lost renomination. |
Tom Yon (Tallahassee) |
Democratic | March 4, 1927 – March 3, 1933 |
70th 71st 72nd |
Re-elected in 1930 .Lost renomination. |
Millard Caldwell (Milton) |
Democratic | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1941 |
73rd 74th 75th 76th |
Re-elected in 1938. .
Retired to run for U.S. senator |
Bob Sikes (Crestview) |
Democratic | January 3, 1941 – October 19, 1944 |
77th 78th |
Re-elected in 1942. .
Resigned to enter the U.S. Army |
Vacant | October 19, 1944 – January 3, 1945 |
78th | ||
Bob Sikes (Crestview) |
Democratic | January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1963 |
79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th |
Re-elected in 1960. .
Redistricted to the 1st district |
Miami )
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Democratic | January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1967 |
88th 89th |
Re-elected in 1964. .
Redistricted to the 11th district |
Charles E. Bennett (Jacksonville) |
Democratic | January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1993 |
90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd |
Redistricted from the Re-elected in 1990. and retired.
Redistricted to the 4th district |
Corrine Brown (Jacksonville) |
Democratic | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2013 |
103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th |
Re-elected in 2002. .
Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Redistricted to the 5th district |
Ted Yoho (Gainesville) |
Republican | January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2021 |
113th 114th 115th 116th |
Elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Retired. |
Kat Cammack (Gainesville) |
Republican | January 3, 2021 – present |
117th 118th |
Elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. |
Recent election results
2002
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic
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Corrine Brown (Incumbent) | 88,462 | 59.29 | |
Republican
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Jennifer Carroll | 60,747 | 40.71 | |
Total votes | 149,209 | 100.00 | ||
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Democratic hold
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2004
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic
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Corrine Brown (Incumbent) | 172,833 | 99.24 | |
No party | Others | 1,323 | 0.76 | |
Total votes | 174,156 | 100.00 | ||
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Democratic hold
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2006
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic
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Corrine Brown (Incumbent) | 100.00 | ||
Total votes | 100.00 | |||
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Democratic hold
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2008
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic
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Corrine Brown (Incumbent) | 100.00 | ||
Total votes | 100.00 | |||
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Democratic hold
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2010
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic
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Corrine Brown (Incumbent) | 94,744 | 63.04 | |
Republican
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Mike Yost | 50,932 | 33.89 | |
Independent
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Terry Martin-Back | 4,625 | 3.08 | |
Total votes | 150,301 | 100.00 | ||
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Democratic hold
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2012
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Republican
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Ted Yoho | 204,331 | 64.7 | |||
Democratic
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Jacques Rene Gaillot Jr. | 102,468 | 32.5 | |||
Independent
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Philip Dodds | 8,870 | 2.8 | |||
Independent
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Michael Ricks | 0 | 0 | |||
Total votes | 315,669 | 100.00 | ||||
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Democratic
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2014
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican
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Ted Yoho (Incumbent) | 148,691 | 65.0 | |
Democratic
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Marihelen Wheeler | 73,910 | 32.3 | |
Independent
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Howard Lawson | 6,208 | 2.7 | |
Total votes | 228,809 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold
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2016
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican
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Ted Yoho (Incumbent) | 193,843 | 56.6 | |
Democratic
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Kenneth McGurn | 136,338 | 39.8 | |
Independent
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Tom Wells | 12,519 | 3.7 | |
Total votes | 342,700 | 100.00 | ||
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Republican hold
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2018
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican
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Ted Yoho (Incumbent) | 176,616 | 57.6 | |
Democratic
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Yvonne Hayes Hinson | 129,880 | 42.4 | |
Total votes | 306,496 | 100.00 | ||
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Republican hold
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2020
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Republican | Kat Cammack | 223,075 | 57.14% | ||
Democratic | Adam Christensen | 167,326 | 42.86% | ||
Total votes | 390,401 | 100.0 | |||
Republican hold |
2022
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Republican | Kat Cammack (Incumbent) | 178,101 | 62.5% | ||
Democratic | Danielle Hawk | 103,382 | 36.3% | ||
No party | Linda Brooks | 3,410 | 1.2% | ||
Total votes | 284,893 | 100.0 | |||
Republican hold |
Historical district boundaries
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2003–2013
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2013–2017
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2017–2023
References
- ^ "Congressional Plan--SC14-1905 (Ordered by The Florida Supreme Court, 2-December-2015)" (PDF). Florida Senate Committee on Reapportionment. Retrieved January 11, 2017.
- ^ "Geography Program". The United States Census Bureau.
- ^ a b Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP). "My Congressional District Bureau". www.census.gov.
- ^ "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
- ^ Leary, Alex (May 14, 2011). "Democrat U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown again aligns with GOP in Florida redistricting battle". Tampa Bay Times. Archived from the original on October 7, 2017. Retrieved August 5, 2014.
- ^ "Florida's 3rd Congressional District elections, 2012". Ballotpedia.
- ^ "Florida's 3rd Congressional District elections, 2014". Ballotpedia.
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- 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