Florida's 6th congressional district is a

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in the

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. The district is located on the Eastern Florida Coast and stretches from the southern

Jacksonville Jacksonville is a city located on the Atlantic coast of northeast Florida, the most populous city proper in the state and is the List of United States cities by area, largest city by area in the contiguous United States as of 2020. It is the co ...

suburbs to

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. It includes the city of

Daytona Beach Daytona Beach, or simply Daytona, is a coastal resort-city in east-central Florida. Located on the eastern edge of Volusia County near the Atlantic coastline, its population was 72,647 at the 2020 census. Daytona Beach is approximately nort ...

. From 2003 to 2013 the district stretched from the

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and

, sweeping through

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, encompassing portions of Gainesville and

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, and meandered down to the northern tip of the

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area in Lake County. It included all of

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and Gilchrist counties and portions of Alachua,

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, and

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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 Michael George Glen Waltz (born January 31, 1974) is an American politician and United States Army officer serving as the U.S. representative for Florida's 6th congressional district. A member of the Republican Party, he was first elected in 201 ...

Recent results in statewide elections

The district contains over 525,000 registered voters, of whom just over 39% are Democratic, while slightly more than 41% identify as

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List of members representing the district

Election results

2000

2002

2004

2006

2008

2010

2016

2018

2020

{{Election box candidate with party link no change, {{Election box total no change , votes = 437,698 , percentage = 100.0 {{Election box hold with party link no swing , winner = Republican Party (United States) {{Election box end

2022

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(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% {{Election box candidate with party link no change, {{Election box total no change , votes = 300,194 , percentage = 100.0 {{Election box hold with party link no swing , winner = Republican Party (United States) {{Election box end

Historical district boundaries

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References

{{reflist *{{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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