Florida's 12th congressional district Florida's 12th congressional district since January 3, 2017
Representative Area 1,069[1] 2 ) Distribution 93.09% urban[2] 6.91% rural Population (2021) 829,889[3] Median household $62,064[3] Ethnicity Cook PVI R+8[4]
Florida's 12th congressional district is an electoral district for the U.S. Congress and was reassigned in 2012, effective January 2013, along the Gulf coast of central Florida . The district includes Palm Harbor , New Port Richey , Dade City , and Zephyrhills . It covers Pasco County and parts of north Pinellas County and Hillsborough County .[5] [6] [7]
The district is currently represented by Republican Gus Bilirakis .
List of members representing the district
Member
Party
Years
Cong
Electoral history
Location
District created January 3, 1963
William C. Cramer Republican
January 3, 1963 –
88th 89th
Redistricted from the 1st district re-elected in 1962 .Re-elected in 1964 .Redistricted to the 8th district 1963–1967 [data unknown/missing
Dante Fascell Democratic
January 3, 1967 –
90th 91st 92nd
Redistricted from the 4th district re-elected in 1966 .Re-elected in 1968 .Re-elected in 1970 .Redistricted to the 15th district 1967–1973 [data unknown/missing
J. Herbert Burke Republican
January 3, 1973 –
93rd 94th 95th
Redistricted from the 10th district re-elected in 1972 .Re-elected in 1974 .Re-elected in 1976 .1973–1983 [data unknown/missing
Edward J. Stack Democratic
January 3, 1979 –
96th
Elected in 1978 .Lost renomination .
Clay Shaw Republican
January 3, 1981 –
97th
Elected in 1980 .Redistricted to the 15th district
Tom Lewis Republican
January 3, 1983 –
98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd
Elected in 1982 .Re-elected in 1984 .Re-elected in 1986 .Re-elected in 1988 .Re-elected in 1990 .Redistricted to the 16th district 1983–1993 [data unknown/missing
Charles T. Canady Republican
January 3, 1993 –
103rd 104th 105th 106th
Elected in 1992 .Re-elected in 1994 .Re-elected in 1996 .Re-elected in 1998 .1993–2003 [data unknown/missing
Adam Putnam Republican
January 3, 2001 –
107th 108th 109th 110th 111th
Elected in 2000 .Re-elected in 2002 .Re-elected in 2004 .Re-elected in 2006 .Re-elected in 2008 .Florida Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services .
2003–2013 Polk County as well as parts of rural and suburban east Hillsborough County and a small piece of western Osceola County , which later became the center of the 9th district
Dennis Ross Republican
January 3, 2011 –
112th
Elected in 2010 .Redistricted to the 15th district
Gus Bilirakis Republican
January 3, 2013 –
113th 114th 115th 116th 117th
Redistricted from the 9th district re-elected in 2012 .Re-elected in 2014 .Re-elected in 2016 .Re-elected in 2018 .Re-elected in 2020 .
2013–2017
2017–Present
Election results from presidential races Recent election results 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 Bilirakis ran uncontested.[14]
2016 2018 2020 Notes
^ Randy Wilkinson ran on the Tea Party platform on the ballot.
References
^ "Congressional Plan--SC14-1905 (Ordered by The Florida Supreme Court, 2-December-2015)" (PDF) . Florida Senate Committee on Reapportionment. Retrieved January 11, 2017 .^ "Congressional Districts Relationship Files (State-based)" . U.S. Census Bureau . Archived from the original on April 2, 2013.^ a b Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District" . www.census.gov . ^ "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF) . The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017 .^ https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/cong_dist/cd113/cd_based/ST12/CD113_FL12.pdf [bare URL PDF ^
See whole Florida state map for 2013, with the 12th district covering
Pasco County and counties below:
h9047_35x42L.pdf
Congressional Plan: H000C9047 . Chapter No. 2012-2, Laws of Florida.
www.flsenate.gov. February 16, 2012.
^ See the 2013 boundaries of the 12th district, covering
Pasco County and northern
Pinellas County and northwest
Hillsborough in the 2013 districts map:
H000C9047_map_sw.pdf ,
for the southwest region of Florida.
Congressional Plan: H000C9047 . Chapter No. 2012-2, Laws of Florida.
www.flsenate.gov. February 2012.
^ "November 5, 2002 General Election" . Florida Division of Elections. Retrieved January 15, 2021 .^ "November 2, 2004 General Election" . Florida Division of Elections. Retrieved January 15, 2021 .^ "November 7, 2006 General Election" . Florida Division of Elections. Retrieved January 15, 2021 .^ "November 4, 2008 General Election" . Florida Division of Elections. Retrieved January 15, 2021 .^ "November 2, 2010 General Election" . Florida Division of Elections. Retrieved January 15, 2021 .^ "November 6, 2012 General Election" . Florida Division of Elections. Retrieved January 15, 2021 .^ "November 4, 2014 General Election" . Florida Division of Elections. Retrieved January 15, 2021 .^ "November 8, 2016 General Election" . Florida Division of Elections. Retrieved January 15, 2021 .^ "Florida Department of State - Election Results" . Florida Division of Elections. Retrieved January 24, 2021 .^ "Florida Department of State - Election Results" . Florida Division of Elections. Retrieved January 24, 2021 .
The territorial and at-large seats are obsolete. See also
Florida's past and present representatives , senators , and delegations
Coordinates : 28°16′07″N 82°29′30″W / 28.26861°N 82.49167°W / 28.26861; -82.49167
