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2014 United States House Of Representatives Elections In Florida
The 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida were held on Tuesday, November 4, 2014, to elect the 27 United States House of Representatives, U.S. representatives from the state of Florida, one from each of the state's 27 congressional districts. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices, including 2014 Florida gubernatorial election, Governor of Florida. There was no net party change, as Democrat Gwen Graham defeated Republican incumbent Steve Southerland (Florida politician), Steve Southerland in the Florida's 2nd congressional district, 2nd district, while Republican Carlos Curbelo defeated Democratic incumbent Joe Garcia in the Florida's 26th congressional district, 26th district. Overview Statewide District Results of the 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida by district: District 1 Incumbent Republican Jeff Miller (Florida politician), Jeff Miller, who had represented the district ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States House Of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives is a chamber of the Bicameralism, bicameral United States Congress; it is the lower house, with the U.S. Senate being the upper house. Together, the House and Senate have the authority under Article One of the United States Constitution, Article One of the Constitution of the United States, U.S. Constitution to pass or defeat federal legislation, known as Bill (United States Congress), bills. Those that are also passed by the Senate are sent to President of the United States, the president for signature or veto. The House's exclusive powers include initiating all revenue bills, Impeachment in the United States, impeaching federal officers, and Contingent election, electing the president if no candidate receives a majority of votes in the United States Electoral College, Electoral College. Members of the House serve a Fixed-term election, fixed term of two years, with each seat up for election before the start of the next Congress. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florida's Congressional Districts
Florida is divided into 28 congressional districts, each represented by a member of the United States House of Representatives. After the 2020 census, the number of Florida's seats was increased from 27 to 28, due to the state's increase in population, and subsequent reapportionment in 2022. Current districts and representatives Republicans have complete control of the congressional redistricting process in Florida, as any new maps are drawn and passed by the Republican-held state legislature and signed into law by the Republican governor. This has resulted in Florida’s maps being an ‘extreme’ partisan gerrymander in favor of the Republican Party, with few competitive districts. Despite challenges from groups such as the NAACP and Common Cause, the current map was upheld by a panel of judges from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida, which found that, while a partisan gerrymander, there was not sufficient evidence that the maps are a racial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florida's 12th Congressional District
Florida's 12th congressional district is an congressional district, electoral district for the U.S. Congress and was assigned along the Gulf coast of central Florida. The district includes Citrus County, Florida, Citrus County and Hernando County, Florida, Hernando County, as well as most of Pasco County, Florida, Pasco County, including the places of New Port Richey, Florida, New Port Richey, Dade City, Florida, Dade City, Spring Hill, Florida, Spring Hill, and Homosassa Springs, Florida, Homosassa Springs. From 2013 to 2023, it covered Pasco County, Florida, Pasco County and parts of north Pinellas County, Florida, Pinellas County and Hillsborough County, Florida, Hillsborough County. See whole Florida state map for 2013, with the 12th district covering Pasco County, Florida, Pasco County and counties below: -->ING2012/PUBLICCOMMENTS/h000c9047_35x42L.pdf h9047_35x42L.pdf ''Congressional Plan: H000C9047''. Chapter No. 2012-2, Laws of Florida. www.flsenate.gov. Fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florida's 11th Congressional District
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, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florida's 10th Congressional District
Florida's 10th congressional district is a List of United States congressional districts, congressional district in the U.S. state of Florida. It was reassigned in 2012, effective January 3, 2013, Central Florida. Before 2017, the district included parts of western Orange County, Florida, Orange County, most of Lake County, Florida, Lake County, as well as a northern section of Polk County, Florida, Polk County. The current district is entirely within Orange County, Florida, Orange County, and covers most of its western portion. It is situated along the Interstate 4 corridor. It includes most of the western half of Orlando, Florida, Orlando. Other cities and towns wholly or partly within the district include Apopka, Florida, Apopka, Belle Isle, Florida, Belle Isle, Beulah, Orange County, Florida, Beulah, Eatonville, Florida, Eatonville, Harlem Heights, Florida, Harlem Heights, Ocoee, Florida, Ocoee, Oak Ridge, Florida, Oak Ridge, Orlo Vista, Winter Garden, Florida, Winter Garden, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florida's 9th Congressional District
Florida's 9th congressional district is a List of United States congressional districts, congressional district in the U.S. state of Florida. It stretches from eastern Orlando, Florida, Orlando south-southeast to Yeehaw Junction, Florida, Yeehaw Junction. It also includes the cities of Kissimmee, Florida, Kissimmee and St. Cloud, Florida, St. Cloud. From 2003 to 2012, it encompassed most of rural eastern Hillsborough County, Florida, Hillsborough County, northern parts of Pinellas County, Florida, Pinellas County (including Clearwater, Florida, Clearwater) and the Gulf of Mexico, Gulf coast of Pasco County, Florida, Pasco County (including New Port Richey, Florida, New Port Richey). The redistricting on January 3, 2013, completely reassigned the boundaries of the 9th district to mostly Osceola County, Florida, Osceola County with central Orange County, Florida, Orange County plus northeastern Polk County, Florida, Polk County, while the former 9th district became parts of the F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florida's 8th Congressional District
Florida's 8th congressional district is an congressional district, electoral district for the U.S. Congress and was reassigned in 2012, effective January 2013, from the inland central part of Florida to the central Atlantic coast. The district includes Titusville, Florida, Titusville, Melbourne, FL, Melbourne, Cocoa, Florida, Cocoa, Cape Canaveral, Florida, Cape Canaveral, and Vero Beach. The district includes all of Brevard County, Florida, Brevard and Indian River County, Florida, Indian River counties and parts of Orange County, Florida, Orange County. The district also includes the Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. See whole Florida state map for 2013, with the 8th district covering Brevard County, Florida, Brevard County and Indian River County: -->ING2012/PUBLICCOMMENTS/h000c9047_35x42L.pdf h9047_35x42L.pdf ''Congressional Plan: H000C9047''. Chapter No. 2012-2, Laws of Florida. www.flsenate.gov. February 16, 2012. Currently, the r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florida's 7th Congressional District
Florida's 7th congressional district is a congressional district in the north central portion of the U.S. state of Florida. From 2003 to 2013, the district consisted of the suburban area between Orlando, Florida, Orlando and Daytona Beach, Florida, Daytona Beach and included St. Augustine, Florida, St. Augustine. The district included all of Flagler County, Florida, Flagler and St. Johns County, Florida, St. Johns Counties; a very small portion of eastern Putnam County, Florida, Putnam County; parts of Volusia County, Florida, Volusia County, including portions of DeLand, Florida, DeLand, Deltona, Florida, Deltona, Ormond Beach, Florida, Ormond Beach, and Daytona Beach; much of western Seminole County, Florida, Seminole County; and a small, predominantly suburban portion of Orange County, Florida, Orange County. Following court-ordered redistricting in 2015, the district included all of Seminole County and northern Orange County, including much of downtown and northern Orlando a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florida's 6th Congressional District
Florida's 6th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Florida. The district is located on the East Coast of the United States, Eastern Florida Coast and stretches from south of St. Augustine, Florida, Saint Augustine to South Daytona, Florida, South Daytona and inland to the southwest to the outskirts of Ocala, Leesburg and Sanford. It includes the city of Daytona Beach, Florida, Daytona Beach. From 2003 to 2013, the district stretched from the St. Johns River and Jacksonville, Florida, Jacksonville, sweeping through North Central Florida, encompassing portions of Gainesville, Florida, Gainesville and Ocala, Florida, Ocala, and meandered down to the northern tip of the Greater Orlando area in Lake County, Florida, Lake County. It included all of Bradford County, Florida, Bradford and Gilchrist County, Florida, Gilchrist counties and portions of Alachua County, Florida, Alachua, Clay County, Florida, Clay, Duval County, Florida, Duval, Lake County ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florida's 5th Congressional District
Florida's 5th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Florida. It includes the southeastern area of Jacksonville, Florida, Jacksonville which comprises areas such as Arlington, East Arlington, Southside, Mandarin, San Jose, and the Beaches. It stretches south to St. Augustine, Florida, St. Augustine in St. Johns County, Florida, St. Johns County. From 2002 to 2013 the district comprised all of Citrus County, Florida, Citrus, Hernando County, Florida, Hernando, and Sumter County, Florida, Sumter counties and most of Lake County, Florida, Lake, Levy County, Florida, Levy, and Pasco County, Florida, Pasco counties and portions of Marion County, Florida, Marion and Polk County, Florida, Polk counties. The district included northern exurbs of Tampa, Florida, Tampa and western exurbs of Orlando, Florida, Orlando within the high-growth Interstate 4, Interstate 4 Corridor. This iteration of the 5th district is now largely contained in the Florida's 11th c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florida's 4th Congressional District
Florida's 4th congressional district is a congressional district in northeastern Florida, encompassing Nassau County, Florida, Nassau and Clay County, Florida, Clay counties and Duval County, Florida, Duval County west of the St. Johns River, including Downtown Jacksonville. The district is currently represented by Aaron Bean of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party. As part of the 2020 United States redistricting cycle, 2020 redistricting cycle, the district was redrawn to include Clay County and exclude St. Johns County, Florida, St. Johns County. Rutherford was redistricted into the Florida's 5th congressional district, 5th district, and Republican Florida Senate, state senator Aaron Bean was elected to be the district's representative in the 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, 2022 election. Before 1993, most of the territory now in the 4th district was the Florida's 3rd congressional district, 3rd district, represented by Char ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florida's 3rd Congressional District
Florida's 3rd congressional district is an electoral district of the United States House of Representatives located in Florida. It presently comprises a large section of north central Florida, including the entire counties of Alachua County, Alachua, Baker County, Florida, Baker, Bradford County, Florida, Bradford, Columbia County, Florida, Columbia, Dixie County, Florida, Dixie, Gilchrist County, Florida, Gilchrist, Hamilton County, Florida, Hamilton, Levy County, Florida, Levy, Suwannee County, Florida, Suwannee, and Union County, Florida, Union, along with the majority of Lafayette County, Florida, Lafayette and Marion County, Florida, Marion County. The city of Gainesville, Florida, Gainesville is in the district as well as part of Ocala, Florida, Ocala (its northern suburbs), and portions of the Jacksonville metropolitan area. Redistricting in Florida, effective for the 2012 federal elections, radically altered the nature of the 3rd district. From 1993 through 2012 the dist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
