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Florida's congressional district boundaries since 2023 Florida is divided into 28 congressional districts , each represented by a member of the United States House of Representatives . After the 2020 census , the number of Florida's seats was increased from 27 to 28, due to the state's increase in population, and subsequent reapportionment in 2022.
Florida's current congressional delegation in the 118th Congress consists of its two senators, both of whom are Republicans, and its 28 representatives: 19 Republicans, 8 Democrats, and 1 vacancy. Per the 2020 United States census , Florida gained one new congressional seat starting in the 2022 midterms .
The 2022 elections were the first to be based on the congressional districts which were defined based on the 2020 United States census. [ 3 ] Each state is responsible for the redistricting of districts within their state, while several states have one "at-large" division.
The district has been represented by Republican Kat Cammack since 2021. While Florida has had at least three congressional districts since the 1900 U.S. census, the 1993–2012 3rd congressional district dates to reapportionment done by the Florida Legislature after the 1990 U.S. census.
Florida's 28th congressional district is a new district created as a result of the 2020 census. The first candidates ran in the 2022 House elections for a seat in the 118th United States Congress. [4] The district was created during the 2020 redistricting cycle as the successor to the previous 26th district in the 2010s.
Despite the July 2015 Florida Supreme Court ruling overturning a blatantly redistricted congressional map, in which the 2012 legislature redrew Tampa's 14th District to include portions of the City of Saint Petersburg and black populations in southern Pinellas County, Governor DeSantis' administration redrew Pinellas County's 13th District to be exclusive of these known Democratic areas.
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