Florida's 20th congressional district

Florida's 20th congressional district is an electoral district for the U.S. Congress, located in southeast Florida. It is currently vacant, after the death of Democrat Alcee Hastings on April 6, 2021.[6] With a Cook Partisan Voting Index rating of D+31, it is one of the most Democratic districts in Florida.[5]

Florida's 20th congressional district
Florida's 20th congressional district since January 3, 2017
Representative
  Vacant
Area2,406[1] sq mi (6,230 km2)
Distribution
  • 99% urban[2]
  • 1% rural
Population (2019)802,463 [3]
Median household
income
$49,223[4]
Ethnicity
Cook PVID+31[5]

The district includes most of the majority-black precincts in and around Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach. 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. 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.

Statewide election results

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
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 unknown/missing]
2003–2013

Debbie Wasserman Schultz
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
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–present
Vacant April 6, 2021 –
present
117th

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 0
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) 202,659 100
Independent Jay Bonner (write-in) 165 0
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 78%
Republican Greg Musselwhite 68,748 21%
Total votes 322,409 100
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. https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/cd_state.html
  3. "My Congressional District".
  4. "My Congressional District".
  5. "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
  6. Man, Anthony. "Congressman Alcee Hastings, after career of triumph, calamity and comeback, dies at 84". South Florida Sun-Sentinel. Retrieved April 6, 2021.

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