Florida's 12th congressional district

Florida's 12th congressional district
	Florida's 12th congressional district since January 3, 2017
	Gus Bilirakis; R–Palm Harbor
Area	1,069[1] sq mi (2,770 km2)
Distribution	93.09% urban[2]; 6.91% rural;
Population (2016)	760,472[3]
Median income	$52,573[3]
Ethnicity	88.55% white; 12.23% Hispanic; 4.87% black; 2.81% Asian; 0.31% Native American;
Cook PVI	R+8[4]

Florida's 12th congressional district is an electoral district for the U.S. Congress and was reassigned in 2012, effective January 2013, along the Gulf coast of central Florida. The district includes Palm Harbor, New Port Richey, Dade City, and Zephyrhills. It covers Pasco County and parts of north Pinellas County and Hillsborough County.[5][6]

The district is currently represented by Republican Gus Bilirakis.

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	Location
District created		January 3, 1963
William C. Cramer	Republican	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1967	88th 89th	Redistricted from the 1st district and re-elected in 1962. Redistricted to the 8th district.	1963–1967 [data unknown/missing]
Dante Fascell	Democratic	January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1973	90th 91st 92nd	Redistricted from the 4th district and re-elected in 1966. Redistricted to the 15th district.	1967–1973 [data unknown/missing]
J. Herbert Burke	Republican	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1979	93rd 94th 95th	Redistricted from the 10th district and re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Lost re-election.	1973–1983 [data unknown/missing]
Edward J. Stack	Democratic	January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1981	96th	Elected in 1978. Lost renomination.
Clay Shaw	Republican	January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1983	97th	Elected in 1980. Redistricted to the 15th district.
Tom Lewis	Republican	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993	98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd	Elected in 1982. Redistricted to the 16th district.	1983–1993 [data unknown/missing]
Charles T. Canady	Republican	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2001	103rd 104th 105th 106th	Elected in 1992. Retired.	1993–2003 [data unknown/missing]
Adam Putnam	Republican	January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2011	107th 108th 109th 110th 111th	Elected in 2000. Retired to run for Florida Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services.	1993–2003 [data unknown/missing]
Adam Putnam	Republican	January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2011	107th 108th 109th 110th 111th		2003–2013 The district covered areas further east and encompassed much of Polk County as well as parts of rural and suburban east Hillsborough County and a small piece of western Osceola County, which later became the center of the 9th district.
Dennis Ross	Republican	January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2013	112th	Elected in 2010. Redistricted to the 15th district.
Gus Bilirakis	Republican	January 3, 2013 – present	113th 114th 115th 116th	Redistricted from the 9th district and re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018.	2003–2017
Gus Bilirakis	Republican	January 3, 2013 – present	113th 114th 115th 116th		2017–Present

Election results from presidential races

Year	Office	Results
2004	President	George W. Bush 58 - John Kerry 42%
2008	President	John McCain 50 - Barack Obama 48%

Recent election results

2002

Florida's 12th Congressional District Election (2002)
Party		Candidate	%
	Republican	Adam Putnam (Incumbent)	100.00
Total votes			100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

2004

Florida's 12th Congressional District Election (2004)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Adam Putnam (Incumbent)	179,204	64.89
	Democratic	Bob Hagenmaier	96,965	35.11
Total votes			276,169	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

2006

Florida's 12th Congressional District Election (2006)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Adam Putnam (Incumbent)	124,452	69.12
	Independent	Joe Viscusi	34,976	19.42
	Independent	Ed Bowlin	20,636	11.46
Total votes			180,064	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

2008

Florida's 12th Congressional District Election (2008)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Adam Putnam (Incumbent)	185,698	57.46
	Democratic	Doug Tudor	137,465	42.54
Total votes			323,163	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

2010

Florida's 12th Congressional District Election (2010)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dennis Ross (Incumbent)	102,704	48.14
	Democratic	Lori Edwards	87,769	41.14
	Independent	Randy Wilkinson[lower-alpha 1]	22,857	10.71
Total votes			213,330	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

Notes

Randy Wilkinson ran on the Tea Party platform on the ballot.

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References

"Congressional Plan--SC14-1905 (Ordered by The Florida Supreme Court, 2-December-2015)" (PDF). Florida Senate Committee on Reapportionment. Retrieved January 11, 2017.
https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/cd_state.html
Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
"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 12th district covering Pasco County and counties below: 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 12th district, covering Pasco County and northern Pinellas County and northwest Hillsborough in the 2013 districts map: H000C9047_map_sw.pdf, for the southwest region of Florida. Congressional Plan: H000C9047. Chapter No. 2012-2, Laws of Florida. www.flsenate.gov. February 2012.

Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

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[7] Randy Wilkinson ran on the Tea Party platform on the ballot.

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

[auto-3] Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.

[Cook-4] "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.

[FLmap-5] See whole Florida state map for 2013, with the 12th district covering Pasco County and counties below: h9047_35x42L.pdf Congressional Plan: H000C9047. Chapter No. 2012-2, Laws of Florida. www.flsenate.gov. February 16, 2012.

[6] See the 2013 boundaries of the 12th district, covering Pasco County and northern Pinellas County and northwest Hillsborough in the 2013 districts map: H000C9047_map_sw.pdf, for the southwest region of Florida. Congressional Plan: H000C9047. Chapter No. 2012-2, Laws of Florida. www.flsenate.gov. February 2012.