Florida's 4th House District elects one member of the

Florida House of Representatives The Florida House of Representatives is the lower house of the Florida Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Florida, the Florida Senate being the upper house. Article III, Section 1 of the Constitution of Florida, adopted ...

. The district is represented by

Patt Maney Thomas Patterson Maney (born May 1948) is an American politician. He served in the United States Army, retiring in 2007 with the rank of brigadier general. Maney was appointed to a county judgeship in Florida in 1989, and retired from the positi ...

. This district is located in the

Florida Panhandle The Florida Panhandle (also West Florida and Northwest Florida) is the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Florida; it is a Salient (geography), salient roughly long and wide, lying between Alabama on the north and the west, Georgia (U. ...

, and encompasses part of the

Emerald Coast The Emerald Coast is an unofficial name for the coastal area in the US state of Florida on the Gulf of Mexico that stretches about through five counties, Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa, Walton, and Bay, which include Pensacola Beach, Navar ...

, as well as part of the Crestview metropolitan area. The district covers southern

Okaloosa County Okaloosa County is located in the northwestern portion of the U.S. state of Florida, extending from the Gulf of Mexico to the Alabama state line. As of the 2020 census, the population was 211,668. Its county seat is Crestview. Okaloosa County ...

. The largest city in the district is Crestview. As of the 2010 Census, the district's population is 158,781. This district contains Northwest Florida State College, located in

Niceville Niceville is a city in Okaloosa County, Florida, United States, located near Eglin Air Force Base on Boggy Bayou that opens into Choctawhatchee Bay. The population was 11,684 at the 2000 census. The 2010 census population for Niceville was 12, ...

. The district also contains Destin–Fort Walton Beach Airport, as well as

Eglin Air Force Base Eglin Air Force Base is a United States Air Force (USAF) base in the western Florida Panhandle, located about southwest of Valparaiso in Okaloosa County. The host unit at Eglin is the 96th Test Wing (formerly the 96th Air Base Wing). The ...

. There was a vacancy between February 21, 2010 and April 13, 2010 as the incumbent,

Ray Sansom Ray Sansom (born July 11, 1962) is an American politician who was a Republican Party (United States), Republican member of the Florida House of Representatives, representing portions of Okaloosa County, Florida, Okaloosa and Santa Rosa County, Fl ...

, resigned due to a corruption scandal. Lawyer Matt Gaetz won a special election to fill the seat.

served as

Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives The speaker is the presiding member of the Florida House of Representatives. The Speaker and his staff provide direction and coordination to employees throughout the House and serve the members in carrying out their constitutional responsibilitie ...

from 2008 to 2009.

Representatives from 1967 to the present

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Representatives from 1967 to the present

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