Florida's 18th congressional district

Florida's 18th congressional district
Florida's 18th congressional district
	Florida's 18th congressional district since January 3, 2017
Representative
	Brian Mast; R–Palm City
Area	1,889 sq mi (4,890 km2)
Distribution	96.37% urban; 3.63% rural;
Population (2021)	809,802
Median household; income	$69,867
Ethnicity	68.4% White; 15.1% Hispanic; 12.7% Black; 2.1% Asian; 1.4% Two or more races; 0.4% other;
Cook PVI	R+5

Florida's 18th congressional district is an electoral district for the U.S. Congress, located in southeastern Florida. The district includes Port St. Lucie, Fort Pierce, Stuart, and Jupiter. The district also includes Treasure Coast International Airport.

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.

History

The 18th district was created as a result of the redistricting cycle after the 1980 Census.

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.

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%
2020	Donald Trump 53% - Joe Biden 45%

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	Counties
District created January 3, 1983.
Claude Pepper	Democratic	January 3, 1983 – May 30, 1989	98th 99th 100th 101st	Redistricted from the 14th district and re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Died.	1983–1993 Miami-Dade
Vacant		May 30, 1989 – August 29, 1989	101st
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen	Republican	August 29, 1989 – January 3, 2013	101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th	Elected to finish Pepper's term. 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 27th district.
					1993–2003 Miami-Dade
					2003–2013 Miami-Dade and Monroe
Patrick Murphy	Democratic	January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2017	113th 114th	Elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Retired to run for U.S. senator.	2013–2017 Martin, Palm Beach, and St. Lucie
Brian Mast	Republican	January 3, 2017 – present	115th 116th 117th	Elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Redistricted to the 21st district.	2017–present Martin, Palm Beach, and St. Lucie

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 (Incumbent)	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

2020

Florida's 18th congressional district election (2020)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brian Mast (incumbent)	253,286	56.3
	Democratic	Pam Keith	186,674	41.5
	No Party Affiliation	K.W. Miller	9,760	2.2
Total votes			449,720	100.0
	Republican hold

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.
^ "My Congressional District".
^ "My Congressional District".
^ "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.
^ Florida Redistricted Map, 2012 Retrieved June 14, 2013

Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

External links

Rep. Brian Mast's official House of Representatives website

Coordinates: 27°08′18″N 80°22′46″W / 27.13833°N 80.37944°W / 27.13833; -80.37944

[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] "My Congressional District".

[Cook-5] "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.

[6] Florida Redistricted Map, 2012 Retrieved June 14, 2013

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