Florida's 7th congressional district

Florida's 7th congressional district
Map
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative
Area436[1] sq mi (1,130 km2)
Distribution
  • 97.87% urban[2]
  • 2.13% rural
Population (2023)802,027[3]
Median household
income		$76,668[3]
Ethnicity
Cook PVIR+5[4]

Florida's 7th congressional district is a congressional district in the north central portion of the U.S. state of Florida.

From 2003 to 2013, the district consisted of the suburban area between Orlando and Daytona Beach and included St. Augustine. The district included all of Flagler and St. Johns Counties; a very small portion of eastern Putnam County; parts of Volusia County, including portions of DeLand, Deltona, Ormond Beach, and Daytona Beach; much of western Seminole County; and a small, predominantly suburban portion of Orange County.

Following court-ordered redistricting in 2015, the district included all of Seminole County and northern Orange County, including much of downtown and northern Orlando and the cities of Maitland and Winter Park. At the time, the district was also home to the University of Central Florida (UCF), the state's largest university by student population in 2020–2021.[5]

Following further redistricting in 2022 based on the 2020 United States census, the 7th district still includes all of Seminole County. It now includes the southern half of Volusia County, while the portion of the district that extended into Orange County, including UCF, is now part of the 10th congressional district.

The district is currently represented in the U.S. Congress by Rep. Cory Mills.

Voting

Presidential

Results from previous presidential elections

Year Office Results
2000 President George W. Bush 53% - Al Gore 45%
2004 President George W. Bush 57% - John Kerry 43%
2008 President John McCain 53% - Barack Obama 45%
2012 President Barack Obama 49.4% - Mitt Romney 49.4%
2016 President Hillary Clinton 50.8% - Donald Trump 43.6%
2020 President Joe Biden 54.6% - Donald Trump 44.2%

Non-presidential

Results from previous non-presidential statewide elections

Year Office Results
2016 Senate Marco Rubio 48.2% - Patrick Murphy 45.5%
2018 Senate Bill Nelson 55.2% - Rick Scott 44.8%
2018 Governor Andrew Gillum 54.6% - Ron DeSantis 44.2%
2018 Attorney General Sean Shaw 50.3% - Ashley Moody 47.7%

Composition

# County Seat Population
117 Seminole Sanford 484,271
127 Volusia DeLand 590,357

Cities with 10,000 or more people

2,500-10,000 people

List of members representing the district

Member Party Years Cong
ress 		Electoral history District map
District created January 3, 1953

James A. Haley
(Sarasota) 		Democratic January 3, 1953 –
January 3, 1973 		83rd
84th
85th
86th
87th
88th
89th
90th
91st
92nd 		Elected in 1952.
Re-elected in 1954.
Re-elected in 1956.
Re-elected in 1958.
Re-elected in 1960.
Re-elected in 1962.
Re-elected in 1964.
Re-elected in 1966.
Re-elected in 1968.
Re-elected in 1970.
Redistricted to the 8th district. 		1953–1973
[data missing]

Sam Gibbons
(Tampa) 		Democratic January 3, 1973 –
January 3, 1993 		93rd
94th
95th
96th
97th
98th
99th
100th
101st
102nd 		Redistricted from the 6th district and re-elected in 1972.
Re-elected in 1974.
Re-elected in 1976.
Re-elected in 1978.
Re-elected in 1980.
Re-elected in 1982.
Re-elected in 1984.
Re-elected in 1986.
Re-elected in 1988.
Re-elected in 1990.
Redistricted to the 11th district. 		1973–1993
[data missing]

John Mica
(Winter Park) 		Republican January 3, 1993 –
January 3, 2017 		103rd
104th
105th
106th
107th
108th
109th
110th
111th
112th
113th
114th 		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.
Re-elected in 2012.
Re-elected in 2014.
Lost re-election. 		1993–2003
[data missing]
2003-2013
2013–2017

Stephanie Murphy
(Winter Park) 		Democratic January 3, 2017 –
January 3, 2023 		115th
116th
117th 		Elected in 2016.
Re-elected in 2018.
Re-elected in 2020.
Retired. 		2017–2023

Cory Mills
(New Smyrna Beach) 		Republican January 3, 2023 –
present 		118th Elected in 2022.
Re-elected in 2024. 		2023–present

Electoral history

2002

Florida's 7th Congressional District Election (2002)
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John L. Mica* 142,147 59.58
Democratic Wayne Hogan 96,444 40.42
Total votes 238,591 100.00
Republican hold

2004

Florida's 7th Congressional District Election (2004)
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John L. Mica* 100.00
Total votes 100.00
Republican hold

2006

Florida's 7th Congressional District Election (2006)
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John L. Mica* 149,656 59.88
Democratic John F. Chagnon 87,584 36.92
Total votes 237,240 100.00
Republican hold

2008

Florida's 7th Congressional District Election (2008)
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John L. Mica* 238,721 62.00
Democratic Faye Armitage 146,292 38.00
Total votes 385,013 100.00
Republican hold

2010

Florida's 7th Congressional District Election (2010)
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John L. Mica* 185,470 69.03
Democratic Heather Beaven 83,206 30.97
Total votes 268,676 100.00
Republican hold

2012

Florida 7th Congressional District 2012
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John Mica (Incumbent) 185,518 58.7
Democratic Jason H. Kenall 130,479 41.3
Write-in Fred Marra 13 0.0
Total votes 316,010 100.0
Republican hold

2014

Florida's 7th Congressional District election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John Mica (Incumbent) 144,474 63.60
Democratic Wes Neuman 73,011 32.14
No Party Affiliation Al Krulick 9,679 4.26
Total votes 227,164 100.00
Republican hold

2016

Florida's 7th congressional district election, 2016
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Stephanie Murphy 182,039 51.47
Republican John Mica (Incumbent) 171,583 48.52
No Party Affiliation Mike Plaskon 33 0.01
Total votes 353,655 100
Democratic gain from Republican

2018

Florida's 7th Congressional District Election, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Stephanie Murphy (Incumbent) 183,113 57.7
Republican Mike Miller 134,285 42.3
Total votes 317,398 100.00
Democratic hold

2020

Florida's 7th Congressional District Election, 2020
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Stephanie Murphy (Incumbent) 224,946 55.34
Republican Leo Valentín 175,750 43.24
No Party Affiliation William Garlington 5,753 1.42
Total votes 406,449 100.00
Democratic hold

2022

Florida's 7th congressional district election, 2022
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Cory Mills 177,966 58.53
Democratic Karen Green 126,079 41.47
Independent Cardon Pompey (write-in) 10 <0.01
Total votes 304,045 100.00
Republican gain from Democratic

References

  1. ^ "Congressional Plan--SC14-1905 (Ordered by The Florida Supreme Court, 2-December-2015)" (PDF). Florida Senate Committee on Reapportionment. Retrieved January 11, 2017.
  2. ^ "Congressional Districts Relationship Files (State-based)". U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on April 2, 2013. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
  3. ^ a b "My Congressional District".
  4. ^ "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. July 12, 2022. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
  5. ^ "UCF Facts 2020-2021 | University of Central Florida - Orlando, FL". University of Central Florida. Retrieved March 21, 2021.

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