Florida's 12th congressional district U.S. House district for Florida
Florida's 12th congressional district Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative Area 1,069[ 1] 2 ) Distribution 93.09% urban[ 2] 6.91% rural Population (2023) 843,806[ 3] Median household $63,762[ 3] Ethnicity Cook PVI R+17[ 4]
Florida's 12th congressional district is an electoral district for the U.S. Congress and was assigned along the Gulf coast of central Florida . The district includes Citrus County and Hernando County , as well as most of Pasco County , including the places of New Port Richey , Dade City , Spring Hill , and Homosassa Springs .
From 2013 to 2023, it covered Pasco County and parts of north Pinellas County and Hillsborough County .[ 5] [ 6] [ 7]
The district is currently represented by Republican Gus Bilirakis .
Composition
Spring Hill – 113,568Wesley Chapel – 64,866Land O' Lakes – 35,929Bayonet Point – 26,713Holiday – 24,939Jasmine Estates – 21,525New Port Richey – 16,728Elfers – 14,573Homosassa Springs – 14,283Hudson – 12,944Trinity – 11,924Shady Hills – 11,690Sugarmill Woods – 11,204Citrus Springs – 10,246
Beverly Hills – 9,961Pine Ridge – 9,598Citrus Hills – 9,302Hernando – 9,284North Weeki Wachee – 9,131Brooksville – 8,890Beacon Square – 8,320Pasadena Hills – 7,570Inverness – 7,543Odessa – 7,538Dade City – 7,275Inverness Highlands South – 6,698Lecanto – 6,301Connerton – 5,282Floral City – 5,261Timber Pines – 5,163Ridge Manor – 4,743River Ridge – 4,702Brookridge – 4,658South Brooksville – 4,311Moon Lake – 4,214High Point – 3,837North Brooksville – 3,506Crystal River – 3,396Port Richey – 3,052Dade City North – 3,002Meadow Oaks – 2,842Inverness Highlands North – 2,707
List of members representing the district
Member
Party
Years
Cong
Electoral history
Location
District created January 3, 1963
William C. Cramer (St. Petersburg )
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 missing
Dante Fascell (Miami )
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 missing
J. Herbert Burke (Hollywood )
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 missing
Edward J. Stack (Fort Lauderdale )
Democratic
January 3, 1979 –
96th
Elected in 1978 .Lost renomination .
Clay Shaw (Fort Lauderdale )
Republican
January 3, 1981 –
97th
Elected in 1980 .Redistricted to the 15th district
Tom Lewis (North Palm Beach )
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 missing
Charles T. Canady (Lakeland )
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 missing
Adam Putnam (Bartow )
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 (Lakeland )
Republican
January 3, 2011 –
112th
Elected in 2010 .Redistricted to the 15th district
Gus Bilirakis (Palm Harbor )
Republican
January 3, 2013 –
113th 114th 115th 116th 117th 118th
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 .Re-elected in 2022 .Re-elected in 2024 .
2013–2017
2017–2023
2023–present
Voting
Recent election results
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014
Bilirakis ran uncontested.[ 14]
2016
2018
2020
2022
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 . ^ "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List" . Cook Political Report . July 12, 2022. Retrieved January 10, 2023 .^ 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 .
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