Florida's 6th congressional district is a
congressional district in the
U.S. state of
Florida. The district is located on the
Eastern Florida Coast and stretches from the southern
Jacksonville suburbs to
New Smyrna Beach. It includes the city of
Daytona Beach
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.
From 2003 to 2013 the district stretched from the
St. Johns River and
Jacksonville, sweeping through
North Central Florida, encompassing portions of
Gainesville and
Ocala, and meandered down to the northern tip of the
Greater Orlando area in
Lake County. It included all of
Bradford
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and
Gilchrist counties and portions of
Alachua,
Clay,
Duval
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,
Lake,
Levy, and
Marion counties. Most of this district is now the
3rd District, while the current 6th covers most of the territory that was previously in the
7th district.
The district is currently represented by Republican
Michael Waltz.
Recent results in statewide elections
The district contains over 525,000 registered voters, of whom just over 39% are
Democratic
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*A member of a Democratic Party:
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, while slightly more than 41% identify as
Republican.
List of members representing the district
Election results
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
2016
2018
2020
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, votes = 437,698
, percentage = 100.0
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, winner = Republican Party (United States)
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2022
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
, party = Republican Party (United States)
, candidate =
Michael Waltz (incumbent)
, votes = 226,140
, percentage = 75.33%
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
, party = Libertarian Party (United States)
, candidate = Joseph Hannoush
, votes = 74,054
, percentage = 24.67%
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, votes = 300,194
, percentage = 100.0
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
, winner = Republican Party (United States)
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Historical district boundaries
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File:United States House of Representatives, Florida District 6 map.png, {{center, 2003 - 2013
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References
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*{{cite book, title = The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress, last = Martis, first = Kenneth C., year = 1989, publisher = Macmillan Publishing Company, location = New York
*{{cite book, title = The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts, last = Martis, first = Kenneth C., year = 1982, publisher = Macmillan Publishing Company, location = New York
Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
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1945 establishments in Florida