Florida's 15th congressional district

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 as well as the southernmost parts of Lake.[6][7] The district includes Brandon, Plant City, Lakeland and Bartow.

"FL-15" redirects here. For the state road, see Florida State Road 15.

Florida's 15th congressional district
Florida's 15th congressional district - since January 3, 2017
Representative	Ross Spano R–Dover
Area	1,170[1] sq mi (3,000 km^2)
Distribution	92.06% urban[2] 7.94% rural
Population (2016)	762,822[3]
Median income	$53,367[4]
Ethnicity	59.67% white 22.96% Hispanic 13.9% black 3.22% Asian 0.25% Native American
Cook PVI	R+6[5]

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.[8] 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 Ross Spano.

List of members representing the district

District created January 3, 1973.

Representative	Party	Years	Congress	Note
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 – January 3, 2019	113th 114th 115th	Redistricted from the 12th district. Retired.
Ross Spano	Republican	January 3, 2019 – Present	116th	Elected in 2018.

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

2018

Florida's 15th Congressional District Election (2018)[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ross Spano	151,380	53.02
	Democratic	Kristen Carlson	134,132	46.98
Total votes			285,532	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

Historical district boundaries

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  2013 - 2017
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  2003 - 2013

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. https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=12&cd=15
5. "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. Klas, Mary Ellen. "Florida Supreme Court approves congressional map drawn by challengers". Miami Herald. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
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".
12. "Florida Election Watch, 15th district, 2018".

External links

• 2008 Race Tracker
• 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