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Florida's 20th congressional district
Florida's 20th congressional district
	Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative	Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick; D–Miramar
Area	2,406 sq mi (6,230 km2)
Distribution	99% urban; 1% rural;
Population (2023)	803,297
Median household; income	$62,696
Ethnicity	49.1% Black; 23.5% Hispanic; 20.6% White; 3.3% Two or more races; 2.4% Asian; 1.1% other;
Cook PVI	D+25

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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%

Composition

#	County	Seat	Population
11	Broward	Fort Lauderdale	1,962,531
99	Palm Beach	West Palm Beach	1,533,801

Cities with 10,000 or more people

Fort Lauderdale – 183,146
West Palm Beach – 120,932
Pompano Beach – 112,302
Sunrise – 97,335
Plantation – 91,750
Deerfield Beach – 86,772
Lauderhill – 74,482
Tamarac – 71,897
Margate – 58,712
North Lauderdale – 44,794
Oakland Park – 44,229
The Acreage – 41,654
Royal Palm Beach – 38,932
Riviera Beach – 37,604
Lauderdale Lakes – 35,954
Belle Glade – 16,698

2,500-10,000 people

Lake Park – 9,047
Westgate – 8,435
Pahokee – 5,524
South Bay – 4,860
Loxahatchee Groves – 3,355
Roosevelt Gardens – 2,749

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]
Peter Deutsch (Fort Lauderdale)	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2005	103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th		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.	2003–2013
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
Alcee Hastings (Delray Beach)	Democratic	January 3, 2013 – April 6, 2021	113th 114th 115th 116th 117th		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.
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

^ "Congressional Plan--SC14-1905 (Ordered by The Florida Supreme Court, 2-December-2015)" (PDF). Florida Senate Committee on Reapportionment. Retrieved January 11, 2017.
^ "Congressional Districts Relationship Files (State-based)". U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on April 2, 2013.
^ ^a ^b "My Congressional District".
^ ^a ^b "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
^ Man, Anthony. "Congressman Alcee Hastings, after career of triumph, calamity and comeback, dies at 84". South Florida Sun-Sentinel. Retrieved April 6, 2021.
^ Times, The Haitian (August 24, 2018). "Haitian-American Woman Looks to Unseat Hastings in Florida Primary". The Haitian Times. Retrieved November 28, 2022.
^ "Florida Special Election Results: 20th Congressional District". The New York Times. January 11, 2022. Retrieved January 11, 2022.

External links

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[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.

[My_Congressional_District-3] "My Congressional District".

[Cook-4] "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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