Florida's 23rd congressional district

Florida's 23rd congressional district
	Florida's 23rd congressional district since January 3, 2017
	Debbie Wasserman Schultz; D–Weston
Area	259[1] sq mi (670 km2)
Distribution	99.96% urban[2]; 0.04% rural;
Population (2019)	762,858[3]
Median household; income	$69,198[4]
Ethnicity	44.69% White; 37.11% Hispanic; 13.41% Black; 4.51% Asian; 0.28% Native American;
Cook PVI	D+11[5]

Florida's 23rd congressional district is an electoral district for the U.S. Congress, located in the Greater Miami area and covering parts of Broward County and Miami-Dade County. The district includes cities such as Weston, Davie, Pembroke Pines, and Aventura.[6][7] The district also includes Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport and Nova Southeastern University.

From 2003 to 2012, the former 23rd district consisted of a major part of Broward County and parts of Palm Beach county. The district included Pompano Beach, Boynton Beach and Belle Glade.

The district is currently represented by Democrat Debbie Wasserman Schultz.

History

Florida's 23rd Congressional District was created after the 1990 U.S. Census. Democrat Alcee Hastings was elected in the first election for the district in 1992 until being redistricted to the 20th Congressional District in 2013.

Statewide Election Results

Presidential Election Results

Results from previous presidential elections

Year	Office	Results
2004	President	John Kerry 76% – George W. Bush 24%
2008	President	Barack Obama 83% – John McCain 17%
2012	President	Barack Obama 62% – Mitt Romney 38%
2016	President	Hillary Clinton 61.3% – Donald Trump 37%
2020	President	Joe Biden 58.2% - Donald Trump 41%

Non-Presidential Results

Results from previous non-presidential statewide elections

Year	Office	Results
2016	Senate	Patrick Murphy 57.8% - Marco Rubio 39.8%
2018	Senate	Bill Nelson 63.7% - Rick Scott 36.3%
2018	Governor	Andrew Gillum 62.2% - Ron DeSantis 37%
2018	Attorney General	Sean Shaw 61.3% - Ashley Moody 37%

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	District location
District created January 3, 1993
Alcee Hastings	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2013	103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th	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 20th district.	1993-2003 [data unknown/missing]
Alcee Hastings	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2013	103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th		2003–2013
Debbie Wasserman Schultz	Democratic	January 3, 2013 – present	113th 114th 115th 116th 117th	Redistricted from the 20th district and re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020.	2013–2017

Election results

2002

Florida's 23rd Congressional District Election (2002)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Alcee Hastings (Incumbent)	96,347	77.49%
	Republican	Charles Laurie	27,986	22.51%
	No party	Others	5	0.00%
Total votes			124,338	100.00%
Turnout
	Democratic hold

2004

Florida's 23rd Congressional District Universal Primary Election (2004)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Alcee Hastings (Incumbent)	49,284	74.23%
	Democratic	Keith A. Clayborne	17,106	25.77%
Total votes			66,390	100.00%
Turnout
	Democratic hold

2006

Florida's 23rd Congressional District Election (2006)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Alcee Hastings (Incumbent)	106,278	100.00%
Total votes			106,278	100.00%
Turnout				100.00%
	Democratic hold

2008

Florida's 23rd Congressional District Election (2008)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Alcee Hastings (Incumbent)	172,835	82.18%
	Republican	Marion D. Thorpe, Jr.	37,431	17.80%
	No party	April Cook	40	0.02%
Total votes			210,306	100.00%
Turnout
	Democratic hold

2010

Florida's 23rd Congressional District Election (2010)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Alcee Hastings (Incumbent)	100,066	79.12%
	Republican	Bernard Sansaricq	26,414	20.88%
Total votes			126,480	100.00%
Turnout
	Democratic hold

2012

Florida's 23rd Congressional District Election (2012)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Debbie Wasserman Schultz	174,205	63.25%
	Republican	Karen Harrington	98,096	35.62%
	No party	Ilya Katz	3,129	1.13%
Total votes			275,430	100.00%
Turnout
	Democratic hold

2014

Florida's 23rd Congressional District Election (2014)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Incumbent)	103,269	62.67%
	Republican	Joe Kaufman	61,519	37.33%
Total votes			164,788	100.00%
Turnout
	Democratic hold

2016

Florida's 23rd Congressional District Election (2016)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Incumbent)	183,225	56.70%
	Republican	Joe Kaufman	130,818	40.49%
	No party	Don Endriss	5,180	1.60
	No party	Lyle Milstein	3,897	1.21
Total votes			323,120	100.00%
Turnout
	Democratic hold

2018

Florida's 23rd congressional district, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Incumbent)	161,611	58.5%
	Republican	Joe Kaufman	99,446	36.0%
	No party	Tim Canova	13,697	5.0
	No party	Don Endriss	1,612	0.6
Total votes			276,366	100.0%
	Democratic hold

2020

2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Debbie Wasserman Schultz (incumbent)	221,239	58.19%
	Republican	Carla Spalding	158,874	41.78%
	Independent Republican	Jeff Olson (write-in)	46	0.01%
	Independent Republican	D. B. Fugate (write-in)	37	0.01%
Total votes			381,196	100.0
	Democratic hold

References

"Congressional Plan--SC14-1905 (Ordered by The Florida Supreme Court, 2-December-2015)" (PDF). Florida Senate Committee on Reapportionment. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/cd_state.html
https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=12&cd=23
https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=12&cd=23
"Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
See whole Florida state map for 2013, with the 23rd district: 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 23rd district covering southeast Florida in the 2013 districts map: H000C9047_map_se.pdf, for the southeast region of Florida, along the Atlantic Ocean. Congressional Plan: H000C9047. Chapter No. 2012-2, Laws of Florida. www.flsenate.gov. February 2012.

Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

External links

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz's official House of Representatives website

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[1] "Congressional Plan--SC14-1905 (Ordered by The Florida Supreme Court, 2-December-2015)" (PDF). Florida Senate Committee on Reapportionment. Retrieved 11 January 2017.

[2] ttps://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/cd_state.html

[3] ttps://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=12&cd=23

[4] ttps://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=12&cd=23

[Cook-5] "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.

[FLmap-6] See whole Florida state map for 2013, with the 23rd district: h9047_35x42L.pdf Congressional Plan: H000C9047. Chapter No. 2012-2, Laws of Florida. www.flsenate.gov. February 16, 2012.

[7] See the 2013 boundaries of the 23rd district covering southeast Florida in the 2013 districts map: H000C9047_map_se.pdf, for the southeast region of Florida, along the Atlantic Ocean. Congressional Plan: H000C9047. Chapter No. 2012-2, Laws of Florida. www.flsenate.gov. February 2012.