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.

Florida's 7th congressional district
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative	Cory Mills R–New Smyrna Beach
Area	436[1] sq mi (1,130 km2)
Distribution	97.87% urban[2] 2.13% rural
Population (2023)	802,027[3]
Median household income	$76,668[3]
Ethnicity	61.5% White 20.8% Hispanic 8.8% Black 4.2% Two or more races 3.9% Asian 0.8% other
Cook PVI	R+5[4]

From 2003 to 2013, the district consisted of the suburban area between Orlando and Daytona Beach and included St. Augustine. The district included all of Flagler and St. Johns Counties; a very small portion of eastern Putnam County; parts of Volusia County, including portions of DeLand, Deltona, Ormond Beach, and Daytona Beach; much of western Seminole County; and a small, predominantly suburban portion of 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 and the cities of Maitland and Winter Park. At the time, the district was also home to the University of Central Florida (UCF), the state's largest university by student population in 2020-2021.^[5]

Following further redistricting in 2022 based on the 2020 United States census, the 7th district still includes all of Seminole County. It now includes the southern half of Volusia County, while the portion of the district that extended into Orange County, including UCF, is now part of the 10th congressional district.

The district is currently represented in the U.S. Congress by Rep. Cory Mills.

Voting

Presidential

Results from previous presidential elections

Year	Office	Results
2000	President	George W. Bush 53% - Al Gore 45%
2004	President	George W. Bush 57% - John Kerry 43%
2008	President	John McCain 53% - Barack Obama 45%
2012	President	Barack Obama 49.4% - Mitt Romney 49.4%
2016	President	Hillary Clinton 50.8% - Donald Trump 43.6%
2020	President	Joe Biden 54.6% - Donald Trump 44.2%

Non-presidential

Results from previous non-presidential statewide elections

Year	Office	Results
2016	Senate	Marco Rubio 48.2% - Patrick Murphy 45.5%
2018	Senate	Bill Nelson 55.2% - Rick Scott 44.8%
2018	Governor	Andrew Gillum 54.6% - Ron DeSantis 44.2%
2018	Attorney General	Sean Shaw 50.3% - Ashley Moody 47.7%

Composition

#	County	Seat	Population
117	Seminole	Sanford	484,271
127	Volusia	DeLand	590,357

Cities with 10,000 or more people

• Deltona – 93,692
• Port Orange – 62,596
• Sanford – 61,051
• Altamonte Springs – 46,231
• Oviedo – 40,059
• Winter Springs – 38,342
• New Smyrna Beach – 30,142
• Casselberry – 28,794
• Wekiwa Springs – 23,428
• Edgewater – 23,097
• DeBary – 22,260
• Lake Mary – 16,798
• Forest City – 14,623
• Longwood – 15,097
• Goldenrod – 13,431
• Orange City – 12,632

2,500-10,000 people

• Fern Park – 8,205
• Heathrow – 6,806
• Daytona Beach Shores – 5,179
• Samsula-Spruce Creek – 4,877
• Ponce Inlet – 3,364
• Geneva – 2,913
• Lake Helen – 2,842
• Chuluota – 2,524

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	District map
District created January 3, 1953
James A. Haley (Sarasota)	Democratic	January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1973	83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd	Elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Redistricted to the 8th district.	1953–1973 [data missing]
Sam Gibbons (Tampa)	Democratic	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1993	93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd	Redistricted from the 6th district and re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Redistricted to the 11th district.	1973–1993 [data missing]
John Mica (Winter Park)	Republican	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2017	103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th 114th	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. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Lost re-election.	1993–2003 [data missing]
					2003-2013
					2013–2017
Stephanie Murphy (Winter Park)	Democratic	January 3, 2017 – January 3, 2023	115th 116th 117th	Elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Retired.	2017–2023
Cory Mills (New Smyrna Beach)	Republican	January 3, 2023 – present	118th	Elected in 2022.	2023–present

Electoral history

2002

Florida's 7th Congressional District Election (2002)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John L. Mica*	142,147	59.58
	Democratic	Wayne Hogan	96,444	40.42
Total votes			238,591	100.00
	Republican hold

2004

Florida's 7th Congressional District Election (2004)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John L. Mica*		100.00
Total votes				100.00
	Republican hold

2006

Florida's 7th Congressional District Election (2006)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John L. Mica*	149,656	59.88
	Democratic	John F. Chagnon	87,584	36.92
Total votes			237,240	100.00
	Republican hold

2008

Florida's 7th Congressional District Election (2008)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John L. Mica*	238,721	62.00
	Democratic	Faye Armitage	146,292	38.00
Total votes			385,013	100.00
	Republican hold

2010

Florida's 7th Congressional District Election (2010)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John L. Mica*	185,470	69.03
	Democratic	Heather Beaven	83,206	30.97
Total votes			268,676	100.00
	Republican hold

2012

Florida 7th Congressional District 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Mica (Incumbent)	185,518	58.7
	Democratic	Jason H. Kenall	130,479	41.3
	Write-in	Fred Marra	13	0.0
Total votes			316,010	100.0
	Republican hold

2014

Florida's 7th Congressional District election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Mica (Incumbent)	144,474	63.60
	Democratic	Wes Neuman	73,011	32.14
	No Party Affiliation	Al Krulick	9,679	4.26
Total votes			227,164	100.00
	Republican hold

2016

Florida's 7th congressional district election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Stephanie Murphy	182,039	51.47
	Republican	John Mica (Incumbent)	171,583	48.52
	No Party Affiliation	Mike Plaskon	33	0.01
Total votes			353,655	100
	Democratic gain from Republican

2018

Florida's 7th Congressional District Election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Stephanie Murphy (Incumbent)	183,113	57.7
	Republican	Mike Miller	134,285	42.3
Total votes			317,398	100.00
	Democratic hold

2020

Florida's 7th Congressional District Election, 2020

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Stephanie Murphy (Incumbent)	224,946	55.34
	Republican	Leo Valentín	175,750	43.24
	No Party Affiliation	William Garlington	5,753	1.42
Total votes			406,449	100.00
	Democratic hold

2022

Florida's 7th congressional district election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Cory Mills	177,966	58.53
	Democratic	Karen Green	126,079	41.47
	Independent	Cardon Pompey (write-in)	10	<0.01
Total votes			304,045	100.00
	Republican gain from Democratic

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. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
3. "My Congressional District".
4. "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. July 12, 2022. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
5. "UCF Facts 2020-2021 | University of Central Florida - Orlando, FL". University of Central Florida. Retrieved March 21, 2021.

• 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

External links

• Rep. John Mica's official House of Representatives website

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