Florida's 6th congressional district

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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 South Daytona Beach. It includes the city of Daytona Beach.

Florida's 6th congressional district
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative	Michael Waltz R–St. Augustine Beach
Area	2,682[1] sq mi (6,950 km2)
Distribution	86.15% urban[2] 13.85% rural
Population (2023)	821,498
Median household income	$61,265[3]
Ethnicity	71.3% White 11.5% Hispanic 11.0% Black 3.9% Two or more races 1.5% Asian 0.8% other
Cook PVI	R+14[4]

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.

Voting

Year	Office	Results
2004	President	George W. Bush 61% – John Kerry 39%
2008	President	John McCain 56% – Barack Obama 42%
2012	President	Mitt Romney 57.7% – Barack Obama 41.4%
2016	President	Donald Trump 57% – Hillary Clinton 40%
2020	President	Donald Trump 58% – Joe Biden 40%

Voter registration

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

Composition

#	County	Seat	Population
35	Flagler	Bunnell	131,439
69	Lake	Tavares	424,462
83	Marion	Ocala	409,959
107	Putnam	Palatka	75,955
109	St. Johns	St. Augustine	320,110
127	Volusia	DeLand	590,357

Cities with 10,000 or more people

• Palm Coast – 89,258
• The Villages – 79,077
• Daytona Beach – 72,647
• Ormond Beach – 43,080
• DeLand – 37,351
• Silver Springs Shores – 24,846
• Eustis – 23,189
• Mount Dora – 16,341
• Lady Lake – 15,970
• Holly Hill – 12,958
• South Daytona – 12,865
• Palatka – 10,446

2,500-10,000 people

• St. Augustine Shores – 8,706
• Ormond-by-the-Sea – 7,312
• Belleview – 5,413
• Flagler Beach – 5,160
• St. Augustine South – 5,066
• Butler Beach – 4,978
• Mount Plymouth – 4,417
• West DeLand – 3,908
• Umatilla – 3,685
• Flagler Estates – 3,540
• Bunnell – 3,276
• Silver Springs – 2,844
• DeLeon Springs – 2,619

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history
District created January 3, 1945
Dwight L. Rogers (Fort Lauderdale)	Democratic	January 3, 1945 – December 1, 1954	79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd	Elected in 1944 Re-elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954 but died.
Vacant		December 1, 1954 – January 11, 1955	83rd 84th
Paul Rogers (West Palm Beach)	Democratic	January 11, 1955 – January 3, 1967	84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th	Elected to finish his father's term. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Redistricted to the 9th district.
Sam Gibbons (Tampa)	Democratic	January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1973	90th 91st 92nd	Redistricted from the 10th district and re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Redistricted to the 7th district.
Bill Young (St. Petersburg)	Republican	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1983	93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th	Redistricted from the 8th district and re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Redistricted to the 8th district.
Buddy MacKay (Ocala)	Democratic	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1989	98th 99th 100th	Elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Retired to run for U.S. Senator
Cliff Stearns (Ocala)	Republican	January 3, 1989 – January 3, 2013	101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th	Elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Redistricted to the 3rd district and lost renomination.
Ron DeSantis (Ponte Vedra Beach)	Republican	January 3, 2013 – September 10, 2018	113th 114th 115th	Elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Retired and resigned to run for Governor of Florida.[5]
Vacant		September 10, 2018 – January 3, 2019	115th
Michael Waltz (St. Augustine Beach)	Republican	January 3, 2019 – present	116th 117th 118th 119th	Elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. Re-elected in 2024. Resigning to become National Security Advisor.

Election results

2000

Florida 6th Congressional District 2000^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Cliff Stearns (incumbent)	178,789	99.9
	Write-In	Timothy Clower	152	0.1
	Write-In	Barbara Elliott	31	0.0
Total votes			178,972	100.0
	Republican hold

2002

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
	Republican hold

2004

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
	Republican hold

2006

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
	Republican hold

2008

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
	Republican hold

2010

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
	Republican hold

2016

Florida's 6th congressional district, 2016 ^[7]

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

2018

Florida's 6th congressional district, 2018^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Michael Waltz	187,891	56.31%
	Democratic	Nancy Soderberg	145,758	43.69%
Total votes			333,649	100%
	Republican hold

2020

Florida's 6th congressional district, 2020^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Michael Waltz (incumbent)	265,393	60.63%
	Democratic	Clint Curtis	172,305	39.37%
Total votes			437,698	100.0
	Republican hold

2022

Florida's 6th congressional district, 2022^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Michael Waltz (incumbent)	226,548	75.33%
	Libertarian	Joseph Hannoush	74,207	24.67%
Total votes			300,755	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

1. "Congressional Plan--SC14-1905 (Ordered by The Florida Supreme Court, 2-December-2015)" (PDF). Florida Senate Committee on Reapportionment. Retrieved January 11, 2017.
2. "Congressional Districts Relationship Files (State-based)". U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on April 2, 2013.
3. "My Congressional District".
4. "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
5. Farrington, Brendan (January 5, 2018). "Trump's tweeted choice for Florida governor enters the race". Associated Press News. Retrieved January 5, 2018.
6. 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.
7. "2016 General Election November 8, 2016 Official Results". Florida Division of Elections. November 8, 2016. Retrieved December 14, 2016.
8. "2018 Florida general election results". Retrieved June 30, 2019.
9. "November 8, 2022 General Election - Official Results". Florida Department of State.

• 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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