Florida's 20th congressional district
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative
  Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick
D–Miramar
Area2,406[1] sq mi (6,230 km2)
Distribution
  • 99% urban[2]
  • 1% rural
Population (2022)768,934 [3]
Median household
income		$57,237[3]
Ethnicity
Cook PVID+25[4]

Florida's 20th congressional district is a U.S. congressional district in Southeast Florida. It is currently held by Democrat Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, who was elected in a January 2022 special election, following the death of Alcee Hastings on April 6, 2021.[5] With a Cook Partisan Voting Index (CPVI) rating of D+25, it is one of the most Democratic districts in Florida.[4]

The district includes most of the majority-Black precincts in and around western and central Broward County and small portion of southeastern Palm Beach County, including places like North Lauderdale, Fort Lauderdale, Lauderhill, Lauderdale Lakes, Tamarac, Lake Park, Riviera Beach, Plantation, and Dania Beach, along with parts of Pompano Beach, and Sunrise. It also includes a vast area inland to the southeastern shores of Lake Okeechobee, including the community of Belle Glade. The district also includes Palm Beach International Airport. In the 2020 redistricting cycle, the city of Miramar was redrawn out of the district and into the 24th and 25th districts instead.

From 1993 to 2013, the 20th district took in parts of Broward and Miami-Dade counties. The district was based in Fort Lauderdale and included many of its suburbs including Davie. Most of that district is now the 23rd district, while the current 20th covers most of what was the 23rd district from 1993 to 2013.

The district is one of two majority-Black districts in Florida. The current representative, Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, is the first Haitian-American woman elected to Congress from Florida.[6]

Voting

Presidential election results

Results from previous presidential elections

Year Office Results
2000 President Al Gore 68% – George W. Bush 30%
2004 President John Kerry 63% – George W. Bush 36%
2008 President Barack Obama 63% – John McCain 36%
2012 President Barack Obama 61% – Mitt Romney 39%
2016 President Hillary Clinton 80% – Donald Trump 18%
2020 President Joe Biden 77% – Donald Trump 22%

Non-presidential results

Results from previous non-presidential statewide elections

Year Office Results
2016 Senate Patrick Murphy 77% – Marco Rubio 21%
2018 Senate Bill Nelson 82% – Rick Scott 18%
2018 Governor Andrew Gillum 82% – Ron DeSantis 17%
2018 Attorney General Sean Shaw 81% – Ashley Moody 18%

List of members representing the district

Member Party Years Cong
ress		 Electoral history District location
District created January 3, 1993

Peter Deutsch
(Fort Lauderdale)		 Democratic January 3, 1993 –
January 3, 2005		 103rd
104th
105th
106th
107th
108th		 Elected in 1992.
Re-elected in 1994.
Re-elected in 1996.
Re-elected in 1998.
Re-elected in 2000.
Re-elected in 2002.
Retired to run for U.S. Senator.		 1993–2003
[data missing]
2003–2013

Debbie Wasserman Schultz
(Weston)		 Democratic January 3, 2005 –
January 3, 2013		 109th
110th
111th
112th		 Elected in 2004.
Re-elected in 2006.
Re-elected in 2008.
Re-elected in 2010.
Redistricted to the 23rd district.

Alcee Hastings
(Delray Beach)		 Democratic January 3, 2013 –
April 6, 2021		 113th
114th
115th
116th
117th		 Redistricted from the 23rd district and re-elected in 2012.
Re-elected in 2014.
Re-elected in 2016.
Re-elected in 2018.
Re-elected in 2020.
Died.		 2013–2017
2017–2023
Vacant April 6, 2021 –
January 18, 2022		 117th

Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick
(Miramar)		 Democratic January 18, 2022 –
present		 117th
118th		 Elected to finish Hastings's term.
Re-elected in 2022.
2023–present

Election results

2002

Florida's 20th Congressional District Election (2002)
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Peter Deutsch (Incumbent) 96,787 100
Total votes 96,787 100
Turnout  
Democratic hold

2004

Florida's 20th Congressional District Election (2004)
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Debbie Wasserman Schultz 191,195 70
Republican Margaret Hostetter 81,213 30
Total votes 200,408 100
Turnout  
Democratic hold

2006

Florida's 20th Congressional District Election (2006)
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Incumbent) 124,554 100
Total votes 124,544 100
Turnout  
Democratic hold

2008

Florida's 20th Congressional District Election (2008)
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Incumbent) 202,832 77
Independent Margaret Hostetter 58,958 23
Total votes 261,790 100
Turnout  
Democratic hold

2010

Florida's 20th Congressional District Election (2010)
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Incumbent) 100,787 60
Republican Karen Harrington 63,845 38
Independent Stanley Blumenthal 1,663 1
Independent Bob Kunst 1,272 1
Total votes 167,567 100
Turnout  
Democratic hold

2012

2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Alcee Hastings 214,727 88
Independent Randall Terry 29,553 12
Independent Anthony M. Dutrow (write-in) 5 nil
Total votes 244,285 100
Democratic hold

2014

2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Alcee Hastings (incumbent) 128,498 82
Republican Jay Bonner 28,968 18
Total votes 157,466 100
Democratic hold

2016

2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Alcee Hastings (incumbent) 222,914 80
Republican Gary Stein 54,646 20
Total votes 277,560 100
Democratic hold

2018

2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Alcee Hastings (incumbent) 202,659 99.92
Independent Jay Bonner (write-in) 165 0.08
Total votes 202,824 100
Democratic hold

2020

2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Alcee Hastings (incumbent) 253,661 79
Republican Greg Musselwhite 68,748 21
Total votes 322,409 100
Democratic hold

2022 (special)

2022 Florida's 20th congressional district special election[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick 44,707 79
Republican Jason Mariner 10,966 19
Libertarian Mike ter Maat 395 1
Independent Jim Flynn 265 nil
Independent Lenny Serratore 262 nil
Total votes 56,595 100
Democratic hold

2022 (regular)

2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (incumbent) 136,215 72
Republican Drew-Montez Clark 52,151 28
Total votes 188,366 100
Democratic hold

References

  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. ↑ "Congressional Districts Relationship Files (State-based)". U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on April 2, 2013.
  3. 1 2 "My Congressional District".
  4. 1 2 "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
  5. ↑ Man, Anthony. "Congressman Alcee Hastings, after career of triumph, calamity and comeback, dies at 84". South Florida Sun-Sentinel. Retrieved April 6, 2021.
  6. ↑ Times, The Haitian (August 24, 2018). "Haitian-American Woman Looks to Unseat Hastings in Florida Primary". The Haitian Times. Retrieved November 28, 2022.
  7. ↑ "Florida Special Election Results: 20th Congressional District". The New York Times. January 11, 2022. Retrieved January 11, 2022.

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