Florida's 18th congressional district

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Florida's 18th congressional district
Florida's 18th congressional district - since January 3, 2017
U.S. Representative	Brian Mast (R–Hutchinson Island)
Area	1,889[1] sq mi (4,890 km2)
Distribution	96.37[2]% urban 3.63% rural
Population (2016)	754,652[3]
Median income	$58,754[4]
Ethnicity	81.31% White 12.45% Black 2.19% Asian 16.11% Hispanic 0.31% Native American
Cook PVI	R+5[5]

Florida's 18th congressional district is an electoral district for the U.S. Congress, located in southeastern Florida. The district includes an area stretching from Ft. Pierce to Palm Beach.

Since 2012, the district contains the whole of St. Lucie County and Martin County as well as the northeastern part of Palm Beach County.^[6]

The district is currently represented by Republican Brian Mast.

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  1 History
  


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  2 List of members representing the district
  


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  3 Election results from recent presidential races
  


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  4 Election results
  
  
  
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    4.1 2002
    
  
  
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    4.2 2004
    
  
  
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    4.3 2006
    
  
  
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    4.4 2008
    
  
  
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    4.5 2010
    
  
  
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    4.6 2012
    
  
  
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    4.7 2014
    
  
  
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    4.8 2016
    
  
  
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    4.9 2018
    
  
  
  
  


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  5 Living former representatives
  


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  6 References
  


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  7 External links
  

History

From 2003 to 2012, it was based in South Florida. The district included portions of Miami-Dade and Monroe counties. The Miami-Dade section included most of the city of Miami, the South Beach section of Miami Beach, and many of the southern Miami suburbs, including Coral Gables and Coral Terrace. The Monroe County section of the district included all of the Florida Keys.

List of members representing the district

District created January 3, 1983.

Representative	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	District boundaries
Claude Pepper	Democratic	January 3, 1983 – May 30, 1989	98th 99th 100th 101st	Redistricted from the 14th district. Died.	[Data unknown/missing.]
Vacant		May 30, 1989 – August 29, 1989	101st
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen	Republican	August 29, 1989 – January 3, 2013	101st 102nd	Elected to finish Pepper's term. Redistricted to the 27th district.
			103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th		[Data unknown/missing.]
			108th 109th 110th 111th 112th		The District from 2003 to 2013
Patrick Murphy	Democratic	January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2017	113th 114th	Elected in 2012. Retired to run for U.S. Senator.	The District since 2013
Brian Mast	Republican	January 3, 2017 – Present	115th 116th	Incumbent

Election results from recent presidential races

Year	Results
2000	George W. Bush 56% - Al Gore 42%
2004	George W. Bush 54% - John Kerry 45%
2008	Barack Obama 51% - John McCain 48%
2012	Mitt Romney 52% - Barack Obama 48%
2016	Donald Trump 53% - Hillary Clinton 44%

Election results

2002

Florida's 18th Congressional District Election (2002)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen*	103,512	69.11
	Democratic	Ray Chote	42,852	28.61
	Independent	Orin Opperman	3,423	2.29
Total votes			149,787	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

2004

Florida's 18th Congressional District Election (2004)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen*	143,647	64.73
	Democratic	Sam Sheldon	78,281	35.27
Total votes			221,928	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

2006

Florida's 18th Congressional District Election (2006)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen*	79,631	62.15
	Democratic	Dave Patlak	48,499	37.85
Total votes			128,130	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

2008

Florida's 18th Congressional District Election (2008)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen*	140,617	57.87
	Democratic	Annette Taddeo	102,372	41.11
Total votes			242,989	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

2010

Florida's 18th Congressional District Election (2010)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen*	102,360	68.89
	Democratic	Rolando A. Banciella	46,235	31.11
Total votes			148,595	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

2012

Florida's 18th Congressional District Election (2012)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Patrick Murphy	166,799	50.4
	Republican	Allen West*	164,370	49.6
Total votes			331,169	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic gain from Republican

2014

Florida's 18th Congressional District election (2014)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Patrick Murphy	151,478	59.78
	Republican	Carl J. Domino	101,896	40.22
Total votes			253,374	100.00
	Democratic hold

2016

Florida’s 18th congressional district election (2016)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brian Mast	201,488	53.60
	Democratic	Randy Perkins	161,918	43.07
	No Party Affiliation	Carla Spalding	12,503	3.33
	No Party Affiliation	Marilyn Holloman	9	0.00
Total votes			375,918	100
	Republican gain from Democratic

2018

Florida's 18th congressional district election (2018)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brian Mast (incumbent)	185,905	54.3
	Democratic	Lauren Baer	156,454	45.7
Total votes			342,359	100.0
	Republican hold

Living former representatives

As of January 2017^[update], there are two former members from the district who are currently living.

Representative	Term of office	Date of birth (and age)
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen	1989 – 2013	(1952-07-15) July 15, 1952 (age 66)
Patrick Murphy	2013 – 2017	(1983-03-30) March 30, 1983 (age 35)

References

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   ^ Florida Redistricted Map, 2012 Retrieved June 14, 2013
   

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External links

• Rep. Brian Mast's official House of Representatives website

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