Florida's 15th congressional district

Florida's 15th congressional district
Florida's 15th congressional district - since January 3, 2017
Current Representative Dennis Ross (R–Lakeland)
Area 1,170[1] sq mi (3,000 km2)
Distribution
  • 92.06[2]% urban
  • 7.94% rural
Population (2016) 762,822[3]
Ethnicity
Cook PVI R+6[4]

Florida's 15th congressional district is an electoral district for the U.S. Congress and was reassigned in 2012, effective January 2013, to the northern parts of Hillsborough and Polk counties.[5][6] The district includes many of the eastern suburbs & exurbs of Tampa including Brandon, Plant City, Lakeland and Bartow.

From 2003–2012, the prior 15th district contained most of Brevard County south of the city of Cocoa (including the Kennedy Space Center), all of Indian River County, most of Osceola County, and a very small portion of Polk County. The district took in the cities of Kissimmee, Melbourne and Vero Beach, and Patrick Air Force Base. Boundaries were redrawn due to a lawsuit in 2015.[7] Much of this area is now the 8th District, while the current 15th takes in most of what was previously the 12th District.

The district is currently represented by Republican Dennis Ross. Representative Ross announced his retirement on April 11, 2018.[8]

List of representatives

Representative Party Years Congress Note
District created January 3, 1973
Dante Fascell Democratic January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1983 93rd
94th
95th
96th
97th		 Redistricted from the 12th district, Redistricted to the 19th district
Clay Shaw Republican January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993 98th
99th
100th
101st
102nd		 Redistricted from the 12th district, Redistricted to the 22nd district
Jim Bacchus Democratic January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995 103rd Redistricted from the 11th district, Retired
Dave Weldon Republican January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2009 104th
105th
106th
107th
108th
109th
110th		 Retired
Bill Posey Republican January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2013 111th
112th		 Redistricted to the 8th district
Dennis Ross Republican January 3, 2013 – present 113th
114th
115th		 Redistricted from the 12th district

Election results

2002

Florida's 15th Congressional District Election (2002)
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Dave Weldon* 146,414 63.15
Democratic Jim Tso 85,433 36.85
Total votes 231,847 100.00
Turnout  
Republican hold

2004

Florida's 15th Congressional District Election (2004)
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Dave Weldon* 210,388 65.35
Democratic Simon Pristoop 111,538 34.65
Total votes 321,926 100.00
Turnout  
Republican hold

2006

Florida's 15th Congressional District Election (2006)
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Dave Weldon* 125,965 56.29
Democratic Robert Bowman 97,834 43.71
Total votes 223,799 100.00
Turnout  
Republican hold

2008

Florida's 15th Congressional District Election (2008)
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bill Posey 192,151 53.10
Democratic Stephen Lee Blythe 151,951 41.99
Independent Frank Zilaitis 14,274 3.94
Independent Trevor Lowing 3,495 0.97
Total votes 361,871 100.00
Turnout  
Republican hold

2010

Florida's 15th Congressional District Election (2010)
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bill Posey* 157,079 64.76
Democratic C. Shannon Roberts 85,595 35.27
Total votes 242,674 100.00
Turnout  
Republican hold

2012

Republican candidate Dennis Ross won the election unopposed, as the Democrats did not nominate a candidate.[9] Ross at the time was already the incumbent of the old 12th District prior to the 2010 reapportionment.

2014

Florida's 15th Congressional District Election (2014)[10]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Dennis Ross 128,750 60.3
Democratic Alan Cohn 84,832 39.7
Total votes 213,582 100.00
Turnout  
Republican hold

2016

Florida's 15th Congressional District Election (2016)[11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Dennis Ross 182,999 57.5
Democratic Jim Lange 135,475 42.5
Total votes 318,474 100.00
Turnout  
Republican hold

Living former representatives

As of January 2017, there are three former members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida's 15th congressional district who are currently living at this time. The most recent representative to die was E. Clay Shaw Jr. (1983-1993) on September 10, 2013.

Representative Term in office Date of birth (and age)
Jim Bacchus 1993–1995 June 21, 1949
Dave Weldon 1995–2009 August 31, 1953
Bill Posey 2009-2011 December 18, 1947

Historical district boundaries

References

  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. ↑ https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/cd_state.html
  3. ↑ https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=12&cd=15
  4. ↑ "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
  5. ↑ See whole Florida state map for 2013, with the 15th district in northern Hillsborough County and Polk County: h9047_35x42L.pdf Congressional Plan: H000C9047. Chapter No. 2012-2, Laws of Florida. www.flsenate.gov. February 16, 2012.
  6. ↑ See 2013 borders of 15th district in the 2013 districts map: H000C9047_map_bb.pdf, for the Big Bend region of Florida. Congressional Plan: H000C9047. Chapter No. 2012-2, Laws of Florida. www.flsenate.gov. February 2012.
  7. ↑ Klas, Mary Ellen. "Florida Supreme Court approves congressional map drawn by challengers". Miami Herald. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  8. ↑ Leary, Alex. "Rep. Dennis Ross is retiring". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
  9. ↑ "Ballotpedia results for Florida's 15th Congressional District, 2012".
  10. ↑ "Ballotpedia for Florida's 15th district, 2014".
  11. ↑ "Ballotpedia for Florida's 15th district, 2016".
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