Florida's 18th congressional district

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Florida's 18th congressional district
Florida's 18th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Current Representative		Patrick Murphy (D–Jupiter)
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Florida's 18th congressional district is an electoral district for the U.S. Congress, located in southeastern Florida. The district includes an area stretching from Ft. Pierce to Palm Beach.

From 2003 to 2012, it was based in South Florida. The district included portions of Miami-Dade and Monroe counties. The Miami-Dade section included most of the city of Miami, the South Beach section of Miami Beach, and many of the southern Miami suburbs, including Coral Gables and Coral Terrace. The Monroe County section of the district included all of the Florida Keys.

As of 2012, the district contains the whole of St. Lucie County and Martin County as well as the northeastern part of Palm Beach County.

The district is currently represented by Democrat Patrick Murphy.

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Years	Congress	Note
District created		January 3, 1983
Claude Pepper	Democratic	January 3, 1983 – May 30, 1989	98th 99th 100th 101st	Redistricted from the 14th district. Died.
Vacant		May 30, 1989 – August 29, 1989	101st
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen	Republican	August 29, 1989 – January 3, 2013	101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th	First elected to finish Pepper's term. Redistricted to the 27th district.
Patrick Murphy	Democratic	January 3, 2013 – present	113th 114th	First elected in 2012. Retiring to run for U.S. Senate.

Election results from recent presidential races

Year	Results
2000	George W. Bush 56% - Al Gore 42%
2004	George W. Bush 54% - John Kerry 45%
2008	Barack Obama 51% - John McCain 48%
2012	Mitt Romney 52% - Barack Obama 48%

Election Results

2002

Florida's 18th Congressional District Election (2002)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen*	103,512	69.11
	Democratic	Ray Chote	42,852	28.61
	Independent	Orin Opperman	3,423	2.29
Total votes			149,787	100.00
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

2004

Florida's 18th Congressional District Election (2004)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen*	143,647	64.73
	Democratic	Sam Sheldon	78,281	35.27
Total votes			221,928	100.00
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

2006

Florida's 18th Congressional District Election (2006)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen*	79,631	62.15
	Democratic	Dave Patlak	48,499	37.85
Total votes			128,130	100.00
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

2008

Florida's 18th Congressional District Election (2008)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen*	140,617	57.87
	Democratic	Annette Taddeo	102,372	41.11
Total votes			242,989	100.00
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

2010

Florida's 18th Congressional District Election (2010)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen*	102,360	68.89
	Democratic	Rolando A. Banciella	46,235	31.11
Total votes			148,595	100.00
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

2012

Florida's 22nd Congressional District Election (2012)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Patrick Murphy	166,799	50.4
	Republican	Allen West*	164,370	49.6
Total votes			331,169	100.00
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic gain from Republican

Living former members of the from the district

As of May 2015, there is one former member from the district who is currently living.

Representative	Term of office	Date of birth (and age)
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen	1989 – 2013	(1952-07-15) July 15, 1952

References

• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

External links

• Rep. Patrick Murphy's official House of Representatives website