Florida's 13th Congressional District

Florida's 13th Congressional District

Incumbent

Anna Paulina Luna

Assumed office: January 3, 2023

Florida's 13th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives is represented by Anna Paulina Luna (R).

As of the 2020 Census, Florida representatives represented an average of 770,376 residents. After the 2010 Census, each member represented 700,029 residents.

Elections

2024

See also: Florida's 13th Congressional District election, 2024

Florida's 13th Congressional District election, 2024 (August 20 Democratic primary)

Florida's 13th Congressional District election, 2024 (August 20 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Florida District 13

Incumbent Anna Paulina Luna defeated Whitney Fox and Tony D'Arrigo in the general election for U.S. House Florida District 13 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Anna Paulina Luna (R)	54.8	225,636
		Whitney Fox (D)	45.2	185,930
		Tony D'Arrigo (No Party Affiliation) (Write-in)	0.0	27

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 411,593
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 13

Whitney Fox defeated Sabrina Bousbar, Liz Dahan, Mark Weinkrantz, and John Liccione in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 13 on August 20, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Whitney Fox	57.9	29,678
		Sabrina Bousbar	17.4	8,929
		Liz Dahan	13.5	6,904
		Mark Weinkrantz	7.2	3,697
		John Liccione	3.9	2,013

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 51,221
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Peter Owen (D)

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Anna Paulina Luna advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 13.

2022

See also: Florida's 13th Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Florida District 13

Anna Paulina Luna defeated Eric Lynn, Frank Craft, Dwight Young, and Jacob Curnow in the general election for U.S. House Florida District 13 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Anna Paulina Luna (R)	53.1	181,487
		Eric Lynn (D)	45.1	153,876
		Frank Craft (L)	1.8	6,163
		Dwight Young (No Party Affiliation) (Write-in)	0.0	17
		Jacob Curnow (No Party Affiliation) (Write-in)	0.0	3

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 341,546
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Eric Lynn advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 13.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Ben Diamond (D)
• Christian Hotchkiss (D)
• Michele Rayner-Goolsby (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 13

Anna Paulina Luna defeated Kevin Hayslett, Amanda Makki, Christine Quinn, and Moneer Kheireddine in the Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 13 on August 23, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Anna Paulina Luna	44.5	37,156
		Kevin Hayslett	33.6	28,108
		Amanda Makki	17.0	14,159
		Christine Quinn	3.0	2,510
		Moneer Kheireddine	1.9	1,599

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 83,532
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Audrey Henson (R)
• Will Braddock (R)
• Christian Boston (R)
• Jim Davis (R)

Libertarian primary election

The Libertarian primary election was canceled. Frank Craft advanced from the Libertarian primary for U.S. House Florida District 13.

2020

See also: Florida's 13th Congressional District election, 2020

General election

General election for U.S. House Florida District 13

Incumbent Charlie Crist defeated Anna Paulina Luna and Jacob Curnow in the general election for U.S. House Florida District 13 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Charlie Crist (D)	53.0	215,405
		Anna Paulina Luna (R)	47.0	190,713
		Jacob Curnow (R) (Write-in)	0.0	7

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 406,125
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Charlie Crist advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 13.

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 13

Anna Paulina Luna defeated Amanda Makki, George Buck, Sheila Griffin, and Sharon Barry Newby (Unofficially withdrew) in the Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 13 on August 18, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Anna Paulina Luna	36.1	22,941
		Amanda Makki	28.3	17,967
		George Buck	25.8	16,371
		Sheila Griffin	6.8	4,329
		Sharon Barry Newby (Unofficially withdrew)	2.9	1,866

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 63,474 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Matt Becker (R)

2018

See also: Florida's 13th Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Florida District 13

Incumbent Charlie Crist defeated George Buck in the general election for U.S. House Florida District 13 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Charlie Crist (D)	57.6	182,717
		George Buck (R)	42.4	134,254

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 316,971 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 13

Incumbent Charlie Crist advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 13 on August 28, 2018.

		Candidate
✔		Charlie Crist

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 13

George Buck defeated Brad Sostack in the Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 13 on August 28, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		George Buck	56.0	30,567
		Brad Sostack	44.0	24,020

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 54,587
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2016

See also: Florida's 13th Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as a race to watch. It was previously rated as a battleground, but due to court-ordered redistricting, the seat became much more Democratic. Incumbent David Jolly (R) sought re-election in 2016. He initially planned to pursue a U.S. Senate bid, but he dropped out of the race in preparation for incumbent Marco Rubio's entry. Jolly was defeated by former Governor Charlie Crist (D) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Jolly defeated Mark Bircher in the Republican primary on August 30, 2016.

U.S. House, Florida District 13 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Charlie Crist	51.9%	184,693
	Republican	David Jolly Incumbent	48.1%	171,149
Total Votes				355,842
Source: Florida Division of Elections

U.S. House, Florida District 13 Republican Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
David Jolly Incumbent	75.1%	41,005
Mark Bircher	24.9%	13,592
Total Votes		54,597
Source: Florida Division of Elections

2014

See also: Florida's 13th Congressional District elections, 2014

The 13th Congressional District of Florida held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Incumbent David Jolly (R) defeated Lucas Overby (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Florida District 13 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	David Jolly Incumbent	75.2%	168,172
	Libertarian	Lucas Overby	24.7%	55,318
	Write-in	Michael Stephen Levinson	0%	86
Total Votes				223,576
Source: Florida Division of Elections

Special election

See also: Florida's 13th Congressional District special election, 2014

The 13th Congressional District of Florida held a special election for the U.S. House in 2014.

The special election was held to fill the vacancy left by the death of Rep. C.W. Bill Young (R). The primary election took place on January 14, 2014, and the general election was held on March 11, 2014.

Young died on October 18, 2013, following complications resulting from a chronic injury. At the time of his death, Young was the longest serving House Republican.

David Jolly defeated Kathleen Peters and Mark Bircher in the Republican primary on January 14, 2014. He defeated Alex Sink (D), Lucas Overby (L) and write-in candidate Michael Levinson in the special general election on March 11, 2014.

U.S. House, Florida District 13 General Special Election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	David Jolly	48.5%	88,294
	Democratic	Alex Sink	46.6%	84,877
	Libertarian	Lucas Overby	4.8%	8,799
Total Votes				181,970
Source: Unoffocial Results via Associated Press

U.S. House, Florida District 13 Republican Primary, 2014

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
David Jolly	44.6%	20,337
Kathleen Peters	31%	14,120
Mark Bircher	24.5%	11,158
Total Votes		45,615
Source: Unofficial results via Associated Press

2012

See also: Florida's 13th Congressional District elections, 2012

The 13th District of Florida held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012. Incumbent from the 10th District, C.W. Bill Young won the election in the district.

U.S. House, Florida District 13 General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	C.W. Bill Young Incumbent	57.6%	189,605
	Democratic	Jessica Ehrlich	42.4%	139,742
Total Votes				329,347
Source: Florida Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election"

2010
On November 2, 2010, Vern Buchanan won re-election to the United States House. He defeated James T. Golden (D) in the general election.

U.S. House, Florida District 13 General Election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Vern Buchanan incumbent	68.8%	183,341
	Democratic	James T. Golden	31.2%	83,123
Total Votes				266,464

2008
On November 4, 2008, Vern Buchanan won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Christine Jennings (D), Jan Schneider (No Party Affiliation) and Don Baldauf (No Party Affiliation) in the general election.

U.S. House, Florida District 13 General Election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Vern Buchanan incumbent	55.5%	204,382
	Democratic	Christine Jennings	37.5%	137,967
Total Votes				367,996

2006
On November 7, 2006, Vern Buchanan won election to the United States House. He defeated Christine Jennings (D) in the general election.

U.S. House, Florida District 13 General Election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Vern Buchanan	50.1%	119,309
	Democratic	Christine Jennings	49.9%	118,940
Total Votes				238,249

2004
On November 2, 2004, Katherine Harris won re-election to the United States House. She defeated Jan Schneider (D) in the general election.

U.S. House, Florida District 13 General Election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Katherine Harris incumbent	55.3%	190,477
	Democratic	Jan Schneider	44.7%	153,961
Total Votes				344,438

2002
On November 5, 2002, Katherine Harris won election to the United States House. She defeated Jan Schneider (D) and Wayne Genthner (Write-in) in the general election.

U.S. House, Florida District 13 General Election, 2002
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Katherine Harris	54.8%	139,048
	Democratic	Jan Schneider	45.2%	114,739
	Write-in	Wayne Genthner	0%	22
Total Votes				253,809

2000
On November 7, 2000, Dan Miller won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Daniel E. Dunn (D) in the general election.

U.S. House, Florida District 13 General Election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Dan Miller incumbent	63.8%	175,918
	Democratic	Daniel E. Dunn	36.1%	99,568
	N/A	Write-in	0%	101
Total Votes				275,587

Redistricting

2020-2024

See also: Redistricting in Florida after the 2020 census

On March 27, 2024, the U.S. District Court for Northern Florida upheld the state's congressional map after it was struck down by a lower court on Sep. 2, 2023. As a result, this map was used for Florida's 2024 congressional elections. According to the U.S. District Court for Northern Florida's order:

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This case involves constitutional challenges to the congressional districting map proposed by Governor Ron DeSantis and enacted by the Florida Legislature in 2022 ... Plaintiffs had to prove both discriminatory effects and a discriminatory purpose. They proved neither. Thus, [we] concur in the decision to grant judgment in the Secretary’s favor.

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On September 2, 2023, Leon County Circuit Court Judge J. Lee Marsh struck down enacted North Florida congressional districts and ordered the Legislature to redraw district boundaries. On June 2, 2022, the Florida Supreme Court had declined to block Florida's enacted congressional map, which Governor Ron DeSantis (R) signed into law on April 22.

The Florida First District Court of Appeal had reinstated the congressional district boundaries on May 20, overruling Leon County Circuit Court Judge Layne Smith's temporary hold on the map. On May 11, Smith issued an order declaring Florida's enacted congressional map unconstitutional, saying, "The enacted map is unconstitutional under the Fair District amendment. It diminishes African-Americans’ ability to elect the representative of their choice." Smith also said a map drawn by a court-appointed special master should be substituted for the enacted map in the 2022 elections. The plaintiffs in the case filed an emergency appeal with the Florida Supreme Court on May 23, 2022, seeking a hold on the enacted congressional map.

DeSantis signed the original congressional map into law on April 22, 2022. The map bill was proposed and approved by the Florida State Legislature during a special session called for the purposes of redistricting. The Florida State Senate voted 24-15 to approve the map on April 20, and the Florida House of Representatives voted 68-34 to approve the map on April 21.

This was the second congressional map bill approved by the state legislature. DeSantis vetoed the first on March 29. Republican leaders in the legislature said on April 11 that they would wait to receive a map from DeSantis to support. DeSantis submitted a map to the legislature on April 13, which became the enacted map.

How does redistricting in Florida work? In Florida, both congressional and state legislative district lines are drawn by the state legislature. Congressional lines are adopted as regular legislation and are subject to gubernatorial veto. State legislative lines are passed via joint resolution and are not subject to gubernatorial veto. State legislative district maps are automatically submitted to the Florida Supreme Court for approval. In the event that the court rejects the lines, the legislature is given a second chance to draft a plan. If the legislature cannot approve a state legislative redistricting plan, the state attorney general must ask the state supreme court to draft a plan. There are no similar procedures in place for congressional districts.

The Florida Constitution requires that all districts, whether congressional or state legislative, be contiguous. Also, "where doing so does not conflict with minority rights, [districts] must be compact and utilize existing political and geographical boundaries where feasible." Districts cannot be drawn in such a way as to "favor or disfavor a political party or incumbent."

Florida District 13
until January 2, 2023

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Florida District 13
starting January 3, 2023

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2015

On July 9, 2015, the Florida Supreme Court ruled that the state's congressional district map was unconstitutional. The suit was brought to the court by the League of Women Voters and a coalition of other voter groups. David King, lead attorney for the League of Women Voters, said of the ruling, "This is a complete victory for the people of Florida who passed the Fair District amendment and sought fair representation where the Legislature didn't pick their voters. The Supreme Court accepted every challenge we made and ordered the Legislature to do it over."

As a result of the ruling, eight congressional districts were ordered to be redrawn: FL-05, FL-13, FL-14, FL-21, FL-22, FL-25, FL-26 and FL-27. However, the redrawing of these districts had an effect on most of the state's other congressional districts as well. The court gave the legislature until August 25, 2015, to complete the redrawn map.

The House and Senate could not reach an agreement on a new map in late August. Each chamber presented its own map, but they did not agree on which map to use. As a result, Judge Terry Lewis scheduled a trial in order to pick a map. The trial began on September 24, 2015, and lasted for three days. Following the trial, Judge Lewis recommended a map to the Florida Supreme Court, which had the ultimate decision as to which map to use.

On December 2, 2015, the Florida Supreme Court upheld the map that was recommended by the voters' coalition.

In total, 24 of Florida's 27 congressional districts saw some change with the new map. The most drastic changes were made to the 5th and 10th Congressional Districts. The new 5th and 10th are each composed of less than 40 percent of their old seats. The redrawn map is displayed below.

2010-2011

This is the 13th Congressional District of Florida after the 2001 redistricting process.

See also: Redistricting in Florida after the 2010 census

In 2011, the Florida State Legislature re-drew the congressional districts based on updated population information from the 2010 census. Prior to redistricting the 13th District encompassed all of Sarasota, DeSoto, and Hardee counties and most of Manatee County except for a small northern coastal portion that was located in the neighboring 11th Congressional District. It also included a small section of Charlotte County.

District analysis

See also: The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index

See also: FiveThirtyEight's elasticity scores

2024

Heading into the 2024 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was R+6. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 6 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Florida's 13th the 187th most Republican district nationally.

Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Donald Trump (R) would have defeated Joe Biden (D) 52.9%-46.1%.

2022

Heading into the 2022 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was R+6. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 6 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Florida's 13th the 186th most Republican district nationally.

Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have received 46.1% of the vote in this district and Donald Trump (R) would have received 52.9%.

2018

Heading into the 2018 elections, based on results from the 2016 and 2012 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+2. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 2 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Florida's 13th Congressional District the 184th most Democratic nationally.

FiveThirtyEight's September 2018 elasticity score for states and congressional districts measured "how sensitive it is to changes in the national political environment." This district's elasticity score was 1.03. This means that for every 1 point the national political mood moved toward a party, the district was expected to move 1.03 points toward that party.

See also

• Redistricting in Florida
• Florida's 13th Congressional District election, 2024
• Florida's 13th Congressional District election, 2022
• Florida's 13th Congressional District election, 2020
• Florida's 13th Congressional District election, 2018

External links

• GovTrack District 13

Footnotes

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Florida's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Marco Rubio (R)

Rick Scott (R)

Representatives

District 1

Vacant

District 2

Neal Dunn (R)

District 3

Kat Cammack (R)

District 4

Aaron Bean (R)

District 5

John Rutherford (R)

District 6

Michael Waltz (R)

District 7

Cory Mills (R)

District 8

Bill Posey (R)

District 9

Darren Soto (D)

District 10

Maxwell Frost (D)

District 11

Daniel Webster (R)

District 12

Gus Bilirakis (R)

District 13

Anna Luna (R)

District 14

Kathy Castor (D)

District 15

Laurel Lee (R)

District 16

Vern Buchanan (R)

District 17

Greg Steube (R)

District 18

Scott Franklin (R)

District 19

Byron Donalds (R)

District 20

Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D)

District 21

Brian Mast (R)

District 22

Lois Frankel (D)

District 23

Jared Moskowitz (D)

District 24

Frederica Wilson (D)

District 25

Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D)

District 26

Mario Diaz-Balart (R)

District 27

Maria Elvira Salazar (R)

District 28

Carlos Gimenez (R)

Republican Party (21)

Democratic Party (8)

Vacancies (1)