Palm Beach Gardens Congressional District
Florida's 21st Congressional District
Incumbent
| Census Topic | Value |
|---|---|
| Population | 788,007 |
| Gender | 48.6% Male 51.4% Female |
| Race | 58.4% White 15.1% Black 3% Asian 0.8% Native American 0% Pacific Islander |
| Ethnicity | 25% Hispanic |
| Median household income | $62,988 |
| High school graduation rate | 88.6% |
| College graduation rate | 36.1% |
Florida's 21st Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives is represented by Lois Frankel (D).
As of the 2020 Census, Florida representatives represented an average of 769,220 residents. After the 2010 Census, each member represented 671,475 residents.
Elections
2022
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- See also: Florida's 21st Congressional District election, 2022
General election
The primary will occur on August 23, 2022. The general election will occur on November 8, 2022. Additional general election candidates will be added here following the primary.
Republican primary election
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Laura Loomer (R)
- Keith Feit (R)
2020
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- See also: Florida's 21st Congressional District election, 2020
General election
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Stephen Canton (Independent)
Democratic primary election
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Adam Aarons (D)
Republican primary election
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Victor Garcia da Rosa (R)
- Michael Bluemling Jr. (R)
2018
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- See also: Florida's 21st Congressional District election, 2018
General election
The primary occurred on August 28, 2018. The general election will occur on November 6, 2018. Additional general election candidates will be added here following the primary.
Democratic primary election
Republican primary election
No Republican candidates ran in the primary.
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Kurt Jetta (R)
2016
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- See also: Florida's 21st Congressional District election, 2016
Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Democratic. District 22 incumbent Lois Frankel (D) defeated Paul Spain (R) and Michael Trout (I) in the general election on November 8, 2016. No candidate faced a primary opponent in August.[1] [2]
| U.S. House, Florida District 21 General Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Lois Frankel Incumbent | 62.7% | 210,606 | |
| Republican | Paul Spain | 35.1% | 118,038 | |
| Independent | Michael Trout | 2.1% | 7,217 | |
| Total Votes | 335,861 | |||
| Source: Florida Division of Elections | ||||
2014
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- See also: Florida's 21st Congressional District elections, 2014
The 21st Congressional District of Florida held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Ted Deutch (D) ran unopposed in the general election.
| U.S. House, Florida District 21 General Election, 2014 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Ted Deutch Incumbent | 99.6% | 153,395 | |
| Write-in | W. Michael Trout | 0.4% | 575 | |
| Total Votes | 153,970 | |||
| Source: Florida Division of Elections | ||||
2012
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- See also: Florida's 21st Congressional District elections, 2012
The 21st District of Florida held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012. Incumbent from the 19th District, Theodore E. Deutch won election in the district.[3]
| U.S. House, Florida District 21 General Election, 2012 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Theodore E. Deutch Incumbent | 77.8% | 221,263 | |
| Independent | Cesear Henao | 8.9% | 25,361 | |
| Independent | W. Michael Trout | 13.3% | 37,776 | |
| Total Votes | 284,400 | |||
| Source: Florida Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election" | ||||
2010
In 2010, Mario Diaz-Balart decided to run for the 21st District his brother, Lincoln Diaz-Balart, was vacating. He ran unopposed.[4]
2008
On November 4, 2008, Lincoln Diaz-Balart won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Raul L. Martinez (D) in the general election.[5]
| U.S. House, Florida District 21 General Election, 2008 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Lincoln Diaz-Balart incumbent | 57.9% | 137,226 | |
| Democratic | Raul L. Martinez | 42.1% | 99,776 | |
| Total Votes | 237,002 | |||
2006
On November 7, 2006, Lincoln Diaz-Balart won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Frank J. Gonzalez (D) in the general election.[6]
| U.S. House, Florida District 21 General Election, 2006 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Lincoln Diaz-Balart incumbent | 59.5% | 66,784 | |
| Democratic | Frank J. Gonzalez | 40.5% | 45,522 | |
| Total Votes | 112,306 | |||
2004
On November 2, 2004, Lincoln Diaz-Balart won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Frank J. Gonzalez (D) in the general election.[7]
| U.S. House, Florida District 21 General Election, 2004 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Lincoln Diaz-Balart incumbent | 72.8% | 146,507 | |
| Democratic | Frank J. Gonzalez | 27.2% | 54,736 | |
| Total Votes | 201,243 | |||
2002
Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R) ran unopposed for re-election in 2002.
2000
On November 7, 2000, Lincoln Diaz-Balart won re-election to the United States House. He ran unopposed in the general election.[8]
| U.S. House, Florida District 21 General Election, 2000 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Lincoln Diaz-Balart incumbent | 100% | 132,317 | |
| N/A | Write-in | 0% | 25 | |
| Total Votes | 132,342 | |||
District map
The map below shows this district's current boundaries, not those enacted as part of the 2020 redistricting cycle.
Redistricting
2020-2021
- See also: Redistricting in Florida after the 2020 census
On June 2, 2022, the Florida Supreme Court declined to block Florida's enacted congressional map, which Governor Ron DeSantis (R) signed into law on April 22.[9] This map takes effect for Florida's 2022 congressional elections.
The Florida First District Court of Appeal had reinstated the congressional district boundaries on May 20, overruling Leon County Circuit Court Judge Layne Smith's temporary hold on the map.[10] [11] On May 11, Smith issued an order declaring Florida's enacted congressional map unconstitutional, saying, "The enacted map is unconstitutional under the Fair District amendment. It diminishes African-Americans' ability to elect the representative of their choice." Smith also said a map drawn by a court-appointed special master should be substituted for the enacted map in the 2022 elections.[12] The plaintiffs in the case filed an emergency appeal with the Florida Supreme Court on May 23, 2022, seeking a hold on the enacted congressional map.[13]
DeSantis signed the original congressional map into law on April 22, 2022.[14] The map bill was proposed and approved by the Florida State Legislature during a special session called for the purposes of redistricting. The Florida State Senate voted 24-15 to approve the map on April 20, and the Florida House of Representatives voted 68-34 to approve the map on April 21.[15] [16]
This was the second congressional map bill approved by the state legislature. DeSantis vetoed the first on March 29. Republican leaders in the legislature said on April 11 that they would wait to receive a map from DeSantis to support.[17] DeSantis submitted a map to the legislature on April 13, which became the enacted map.[18]
How does redistricting in Florida work? In Florida, both congressional and state legislative district lines are drawn by the state legislature. Congressional lines are adopted as regular legislation and are subject to gubernatorial veto. State legislative lines are passed via joint resolution and are not subject to gubernatorial veto. State legislative district maps are automatically submitted to the Florida Supreme Court for approval. In the event that the court rejects the lines, the legislature is given a second chance to draft a plan. If the legislature cannot approve a state legislative redistricting plan, the state attorney general must ask the state supreme court to draft a plan. There are no similar procedures in place for congressional districts.[19]
The Florida Constitution requires that all districts, whether congressional or state legislative, be contiguous. Also, "where doing so does not conflict with minority rights, [districts] must be compact and utilize existing political and geographical boundaries where feasible." Districts cannot be drawn in such a way as to "favor or disfavor a political party or incumbent."[19] [20]
Florida District 21
before 2020 redistricting cycle
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Florida District 21
after 2020 redistricting cycle
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2015
On July 9, 2015, the Florida Supreme Court ruled that the state's congressional district map was unconstitutional. The suit was brought to the court by the League of Women Voters and a coalition of other voter groups. David King, lead attorney for the League of Women Voters, said of the ruling, "This is a complete victory for the people of Florida who passed the Fair District amendment and sought fair representation where the Legislature didn't pick their voters. The Supreme Court accepted every challenge we made and ordered the Legislature to do it over."[21]
As a result of the ruling, eight congressional districts were ordered to be redrawn: FL-05, FL-13, FL-14, FL-21, FL-22, FL-25, FL-26 and FL-27. However, the redrawing of these districts had an effect on most of the state's other congressional districts as well. The court gave the legislature until August 25, 2015, to complete the redrawn map.[21]
The House and Senate could not reach an agreement on a new map in late August. Each chamber presented its own map, but they did not agree on which map to use. As a result, Judge Terry Lewis scheduled a trial in order to pick a map. The trial began on September 24, 2015, and lasted for three days. Following the trial, Judge Lewis recommended a map to the Florida Supreme Court, which had the ultimate decision as to which map to use.[22] [23] [24]
On December 2, 2015, the Florida Supreme Court upheld the map that was recommended by the voters' coalition.
In total, 24 of Florida's 27 congressional districts saw some change with the new map. The most drastic changes were made to the 5th and 10th Congressional Districts. The new 5th and 10th are each composed of less than 40 percent of their old seats. The redrawn map is displayed below.
2010-2011
This is the 21st Congressional District of Florida after the 2001 redistricting process. The current district is displayed in the infobox at the top of the page.
- See also: Redistricting in Florida after the 2010 census
In 2011, the Florida State Legislature re-drew the congressional districts based on updated population information from the 2010 census. Prior to redistricting, the 21st District was located in Miami-Dade County. The district included many of the western suburbs of Miami such as Hialeah, Olympia Heights, and Cutler.
District analysis
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- See also: The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index
- See also: FiveThirtyEight's elasticity scores
The 2017 Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+9, meaning that in the previous two presidential elections, this district's results were 9 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Florida's 21st Congressional District the 129th most Democratic nationally.[25]
FiveThirtyEight's September 2018 elasticity score for states and congressional districts measured "how sensitive it is to changes in the national political environment." This district's elasticity score was 1.06. This means that for every 1 point the national political mood moved toward a party, the district was expected to move 1.06 points toward that party.[26]
District demographics
The table below presents demographic data in Congressional Districts from the U.S. Census Bureau. Use the drop-down boxes on the right side of the table to sort the data by characteristic information and state. The tables were provided by the American Public Media Research Lab.
See also
- Redistricting in Florida
- Florida's 21st Congressional District election, 2022
External links
- GovTrack District 21
Footnotes
- ↑ Florida Department of State, "Candidate Listing for 2016 General Election," accessed June 25, 2016
- ↑ Politico, " Florida House Races Results," August 30, 2016
- ↑ Politico, "2012 Election Map, Florida," November 6, 2012
- ↑ Florida Division of Elections--Department of State, "Candidate Listing for 2010 General Election," accessed October 20, 2011
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 2008," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 2006," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2004," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 2000," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ Florida Politics, "Florida Supreme Court declines to hear challenge to congressional map ahead of Midterms," June 2, 2022
- ↑ Orlando Sentinel, "Florida appeals court reinstates DeSantis' congressional map," May 20, 2022
- ↑ Florida District Court of Appeal, First District, "Secretary of State Laurel Lee v. Black Voters Matter, et al.," May 20, 2022
- ↑ NBC News, "Florida judge says he'll block DeSantis' congressional redistricting map," May 11, 2022
- ↑ Florida Supreme Court, "Black Voters Matter, et al. v. Cord Byrd, Florida Secretary of State," May 23, 2022
- ↑ Florida Politics, "Gov. DeSantis signs his congressional map into law," April 22, 2022
- ↑ Florida Politics, "Florida Senate passes Gov. DeSantis' congressional map," April 20, 2022
- ↑ Florida Politics, "Legislature approves Gov. DeSantis' controversial congressional redistricting map," April 21, 2022
- ↑ Tampa Bay Times, "Florida Legislature won't draft new redistricting map, deferring to DeSantis," April 11, 2022
- ↑ Florida Politics, "Gov. DeSantis submits congressional redistristing plan critics contend is 'partisan gerrymandering'," April 14, 2022
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 All About Redistricting, "Florida," accessed April 22, 2015
- ↑ Florida Constitution, "Article III, Sections 20-21," accessed April 22, 2015
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 Tampa Bay Times, "Florida Supreme Court orders new congressional map with eight districts to be redrawn," July 9, 2015
- ↑ Sun Sentinel, "Redistricting session collapses amid acrimony," August 21, 2015
- ↑ Bradenton Herald, "Trial will be held on new Florida congressional districts," September 12, 2015
- ↑ Politico, "Final day of map trial highlights Miami-Dade race politics," September 29, 2015
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "Introducing the 2017 Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index," April 7, 2017
- ↑ FiveThirtyEight, "Election Update: The Most (And Least) Elastic States And Districts," September 6, 2018
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Source: https://ballotpedia.org/Florida%27s_21st_Congressional_District
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