Florida's 9th congressional district

Florida's 9th congressional district
	Florida's 9th congressional district since January 3, 2017
	Darren Soto; D–Kissimmee
Area	2,620[1] sq mi (6,800 km2)
Distribution	89.9[2]% urban; 10.1% rural;
Population (2016)	832,753[3]
Median income	$50,964[4]
Ethnicity	42.81% white; 14.09% black; 3.44% Asian; 39.02% Hispanic; 0.22% Native American;
Cook PVI	D+5[5]

Florida's 9th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Florida. It stretches from eastern Orlando south-southeast to Yeehaw Junction. It also includes the cities of Kissimmee and St. Cloud.

From 2003 to 2012, it encompassed most of rural eastern Hillsborough County, northern parts of Pinellas County (including Clearwater) and the Gulf coast of Pasco County (including New Port Richey). The redistricting on January 3, 2013, completely reassigned the boundaries of the 9th district to mostly Osceola County with central Orange County plus northeastern Polk County,[6][7] while the former 9th district became parts of the 10th, 11th, 12th (Pasco County) or the 14th district which split Hillborough County with the 15th and 17th district. The 2013 redistricting also expanded the State of Florida from 25 to 27 districts, adding 2 at Miami-Dade County, Florida.

The district is currently represented by Democrat Darren Soto.

List of U.S. Representatives

Representative	Party	Years	Cong ress	Notes
District created January 3, 1963
Don Fuqua	Democratic	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1967	88th 89th	Redistricted to the 2nd district
Paul Rogers	Democratic	January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1973	90th 91st 92nd	Redistricted from the 6th district, Redistricted to the 11th district
Louis Frey, Jr.	Republican	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1979	93rd 94th 95th	Redistricted from the 5th district
Bill Nelson	Democratic	January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1983	96th 97th	Redistricted to the 11th district
Michael Bilirakis	Republican	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 2007	98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th	Retired
Gus Bilirakis	Republican	January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2013	110th 111th 112th	Redistricted to the 12th district
Alan Grayson	Democratic	January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2017	113th 114th	Retired after running for U.S. Senate
Darren Soto	Democratic	January 3, 2017 – Present	115th 116th

Election results from presidential races
Year	Office	Results
2004	President	Bush 57% – Kerry 43%
2008	President	McCain 52% – Obama 46%
2012	President	Obama 62% – Romney 37%
2016	President	Clinton 55% – Trump 42%

Florida's 9th Congressional District Election (2002)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Michael Bilirakis (incumbent)	169,369	71.46
	Democratic	Chuck Kalogianis	67,623	28.53
	No party	Others	16	0.01
Total votes			237,008	100.00
	Republican hold

Florida's 9th Congressional District Election (2004)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Michael Bilirakis (incumbent)	284,035	99.92
	No party	Others	243	0.08
Total votes			284,278	100.00
	Republican hold

Florida's 9th Congressional District Election (2006)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gus Bilirakis	123,016	55.91
	Democratic	Phyllis Busansky	96,978	44.08
	No party	Others	19	0.01
Total votes			220,013	100.00
	Republican hold

Florida's 9th Congressional District Election (2008)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gus Bilirakis (incumbent)	216,591	62.17
	Democratic	Bill Mitchell	126,346	36.27
	Independent	John Kalimnios	3,394	0.97
	No party	Others	2,047	0.59
Total votes			348,378	100.00
	Republican hold

Florida's 9th Congressional District Election (2010)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gus Bilirakis (incumbent)	165,433	71.43
	Democratic	Anita de Palma	66,158	28.57
Total votes			231,591	100.00
	Republican hold

Florida's 9th Congressional District Election (2012)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Alan Grayson	164,894	62.52
	Republican	Todd Long	98,856	37.48
Total votes			263,750	100.00
	Democratic gain from Republican

Florida's 9th Congressional District Election (2014)[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Alan Grayson (incumbent)	93,850	53.97
	Republican	Carol Platt	74,963	43.11
	Independent	Marko Milakovich	5,060	2.91
	No party	Leon Leo Ray (write-in)	5	0.00
Total votes			173,878	100.00
	Democratic hold

Florida's 9th Congressional District Election (2016)[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Darren Soto	195,311	57.5
	Republican	Wayne Liebnitzky	144,450	42.5
Total votes			339,761	100.00
	Democratic hold

Florida's 9th congressional district, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Darren Soto (incumbent)	172,172	58.0
	Republican	Wayne Liebnitzky	124,565	42.0
Total votes			296,683	100.0
	Democratic hold

"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=09
https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=12&cd=09
"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 9th district covering Osceola County and Orange and Polk County: 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 9th district covering Osceola County and northeastern Polk County in the 2013 districts map: H000C9047_map_sw.pdf, for the southwest region of Florida, along the Gulf of Mexico, from Pasco County to Collier County, Florida. Congressional Plan: H000C9047. Chapter No. 2012-2, Laws of Florida. www.flsenate.gov. February 2012.
""Florida Department of State Division of Elections"".
""Florida Department of State Division of Elections"".

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Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
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