Florida's 27th Congressional District
Florida's 27th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives is represented by Maria Elvira Salazar (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 27th Congressional District election, 2024
Florida's 27th Congressional District election, 2024 (August 20 Republican primary)
Florida's 27th Congressional District election, 2024 (August 20 Democratic primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Florida District 27
Incumbent Maria Elvira Salazar defeated Lucia Baez-Geller in the general election for U.S. House Florida District 27 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Maria Elvira Salazar (R) | 60.4 | 199,159 |
 | Lucia Baez-Geller (D) | 39.6 | 130,708 | |
| Total votes: 329,867 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 27
Lucia Baez-Geller defeated Mike Davey in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 27 on August 20, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Lucia Baez-Geller | 54.2 | 18,591 |
 | Mike Davey | 45.8 | 15,738 | |
| Total votes: 34,329 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 27
Incumbent Maria Elvira Salazar defeated Royland Lara in the Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 27 on August 20, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Maria Elvira Salazar | 88.7 | 38,493 |
 | Royland Lara | 11.3 | 4,908 | |
| Total votes: 43,401 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- V. Michael Arias (R)
- Frank Polo Sr. (R)
2022
General election
General election for U.S. House Florida District 27
Incumbent Maria Elvira Salazar defeated Annette Taddeo in the general election for U.S. House Florida District 27 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Maria Elvira Salazar (R) | 57.3 | 136,038 |
 | Annette Taddeo (D) | 42.7 | 101,404 | |
| Total votes: 237,442 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 27
Annette Taddeo defeated Ken Russell and Angel Montalvo in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 27 on August 23, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Annette Taddeo | 67.8 | 27,015 |
 | Ken Russell | 25.9 | 10,337 | |
 | Angel Montalvo | 6.3 | 2,493 | |
| Total votes: 39,845 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Eileen Higgins (D)
- Janelle Perez (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 27
Incumbent Maria Elvira Salazar defeated Frank Polo Sr. in the Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 27 on August 23, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Maria Elvira Salazar | 80.8 | 33,760 |
 | Frank Polo Sr. | 19.2 | 8,023 | |
| Total votes: 41,783 | |||
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2020
General election
General election for U.S. House Florida District 27
Maria Elvira Salazar defeated incumbent Donna Shalala and Frank Polo Sr. in the general election for U.S. House Florida District 27 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Maria Elvira Salazar (R) | 51.4 | 176,141 |
 | Donna Shalala (D) | 48.6 | 166,758 | |
| Frank Polo Sr. (R) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 76 | |
| Total votes: 342,975 | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Donna Shalala advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 27.
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Jonathan Marc (D)
- Michael Hepburn (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 27
Maria Elvira Salazar defeated Raymond Molina and Juan Fiol in the Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 27 on August 18, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Maria Elvira Salazar | 79.1 | 39,687 |
 | Raymond Molina | 10.9 | 5,497 | |
 | Juan Fiol | 10.0 | 5,018 | |
| Total votes: 50,202 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Christian Montiel (R)
- Gabriel Ferrer (R)
- Enrique Tarrio (R)
2018
General election
General election for U.S. House Florida District 27
Donna Shalala defeated Maria Elvira Salazar and Mayra Joli in the general election for U.S. House Florida District 27 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Donna Shalala (D) | 51.8 | 130,743 |
| Maria Elvira Salazar (R) | 45.8 | 115,588 | |
 | Mayra Joli (No Party Affiliation) | 2.5 | 6,255 | |
| Total votes: 252,586 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Cassandra Anna Hefton (No Party Affiliation)
- Ian Hamilton Trottier (No Party Affiliation)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 27
Donna Shalala defeated David Richardson, Kristen Rosen Gonzalez, Matt Haggman, and Michael Hepburn in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 27 on August 28, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Donna Shalala | 31.9 | 14,158 |
 | David Richardson | 27.5 | 12,192 | |
 | Kristen Rosen Gonzalez | 17.5 | 7,783 | |
 | Matt Haggman | 16.9 | 7,511 | |
 | Michael Hepburn | 6.1 | 2,723 | |
| Total votes: 44,367 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Mary Barzee Flores (D)
- Jose Javier Rodriguez (D)
- Ken Russell (D)
- Marvin Dunn (D)
- Mark Anthony Person (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 27
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 27 on August 28, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Maria Elvira Salazar | 40.5 | 15,817 |
 | Bruno Barreiro | 25.7 | 10,029 | |
 | Maria Peiro | 8.0 | 3,121 | |
 | Stephen Marks | 7.0 | 2,733 | |
| Angie Chirino | 6.9 | 2,678 | |
 | Bettina Rodriguez-Aguilera | 4.3 | 1,684 | |
 | Michael Ohevzion | 3.8 | 1,467 | |
| Elizabeth Adadi | 2.0 | 775 | |
 | Gina Sosa-Suarez | 1.9 | 760 | |
| Total votes: 39,064 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Gabe Ferrer (R)
2016
Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Republican. Incumbent Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R) defeated Scott Fuhrman (D) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Ros-Lehtinen defeated David Adams and Maria Peiro in the Republican primary, while Fuhrman defeated Frank Perez and Adam Sackrin to win the Democratic nomination. The primary elections took place on August 30, 2016.[1][2]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican |  Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Incumbent |
54.9% | 157,917 | |
| Democratic | Scott Fuhrman | 45.1% | 129,760 | |
| Total Votes | 287,677 | |||
| Source: Florida Division of Elections | ||||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Incumbent |
80.5% | 30,485 | ||
| Maria Peiro | 11.7% | 4,450 | ||
| David Adams | 7.8% | 2,945 | ||
| Total Votes | 37,880 | |||
| Source: Florida Division of Elections |
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Scott Fuhrman |
58.9% | 17,068 | ||
| Frank Perez | 24.5% | 7,087 | ||
| Adam Sackrin | 16.6% | 4,808 | ||
| Total Votes | 28,963 | |||
| Source: Florida Division of Elections |
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2014
The 27th Congressional District of Florida held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R) ran unopposed in the general election.
2012
The 27th District of Florida held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012. Incumbent from the 18th District, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen won the election in the district.[3]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Incumbent |
60.2% | 138,488 | |
| Democratic | Manny Yevancey | 36.9% | 85,020 | |
| Independent | Thomas Joe Cruz-Wiggins | 2.9% | 6,663 | |
| Total Votes | 230,171 | |||
| Source: Florida Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election" | ||||
District map
Redistricting
2020-2024
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:
| “ | 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.[4][5] | ” |
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.[6] 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.[7]
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.[8][9] 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.[10] 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.[11]
DeSantis signed the original congressional map into law on April 22, 2022.[12] 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.[13][14]
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.[15] DeSantis submitted a map to the legislature on April 13, which became the enacted map.[16]
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.[17]
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."[17][18]
Florida District 27
until January 2, 2023
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Florida District 27
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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."[19]
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.[19]
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.[20][21][22]
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.
2012
In 2011, the Florida State Legislature re-drew the congressional districts based on updated population information from the 2010 census. Florida's 27th Congressional District is a new district that was created as a result of the 2010 Census.[23] It is entirely within Miami-Dade county.[24]
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 EVEN. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were about the same as the national average. This made Florida's 27th the 210th most Democratic district nationally.[25]
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) 49.9%-49.6%.[26]
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 EVEN. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were about the same as the national average. This made Florida's 27th the 225th most Republican district nationally.[27]
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 49.6% of the vote in this district and Donald Trump (R) would have received 49.9%.[28]
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+5. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 5 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Florida's 27th Congressional District the 170th most Democratic nationally.[29]
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 1.09. This means that for every 1 point the national political mood moved toward a party, the district was expected to move 1.09 points toward that party.[30]
See also
- Redistricting in Florida
- Florida's 27th Congressional District election, 2024
- Florida's 27th Congressional District election, 2022
- Florida's 27th Congressional District election, 2020
- Florida's 27th Congressional District election, 2018
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Florida Department of State, "Candidate Listing for 2016 General Election," accessed June 25, 2016
- ↑ Politico, " Florida House Races Results," August 30, 2016
- ↑ Politico, "2012 Election Map, Florida," November 6, 2012
- ↑ United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida, "Common Cause Florida v. Byrd," March 27, 2024
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Tampa Bay Times, "Judge rules against DeSantis in challenge to congressional map," September 2, 2023
- ↑ Florida Politics, "Florida Supreme Court declines to hear challenge to congressional map ahead of Midterms," June 2, 2022
- ↑ Orlando Sentinel, "Florida appeals court reinstates DeSantis’ congressional map," May 20, 2022
- ↑ Florida District Court of Appeal, First District, "Secretary of State Laurel Lee v. Black Voters Matter, et al.," May 20, 2022
- ↑ NBC News, "Florida judge says he’ll block DeSantis' congressional redistricting map," May 11, 2022
- ↑ Florida Supreme Court, "Black Voters Matter, et al. v. Cord Byrd, Florida Secretary of State," May 23, 2022
- ↑ Florida Politics, "Gov. DeSantis signs his congressional map into law," April 22, 2022
- ↑ Florida Politics, "Florida Senate passes Gov. DeSantis’ congressional map," April 20, 2022
- ↑ Florida Politics, "Legislature approves Gov. DeSantis’ controversial congressional redistricting map," April 21, 2022
- ↑ Tampa Bay Times, "Florida Legislature won’t draft new redistricting map, deferring to DeSantis," April 11, 2022
- ↑ Florida Politics, "Gov. DeSantis submits congressional redistristing plan critics contend is ‘partisan gerrymandering’," April 14, 2022
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 All About Redistricting, "Florida," accessed April 22, 2015
- ↑ Florida Constitution, "Article III, Sections 20-21," accessed April 22, 2015
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 Tampa Bay Times, "Florida Supreme Court orders new congressional map with eight districts to be redrawn," July 9, 2015
- ↑ Sun Sentinel, "Redistricting session collapses amid acrimony," August 21, 2015
- ↑ Bradenton Herald, "Trial will be held on new Florida congressional districts," September 12, 2015
- ↑ Politico, "Final day of map trial highlights Miami-Dade race politics," September 29, 2015
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedsource - ↑ Florida 2012 Redistricting Map, "Map" accessed July 5, 2012
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed January 10, 2024
- ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2020 presidential results by congressional district, for new and old districts," accessed September 15, 2022
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed February 6, 2023
- ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2020 presidential results by congressional district, for new and old districts," accessed September 15, 2022
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "Introducing the 2017 Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index," April 7, 2017
- ↑ FiveThirtyEight, "Election Update: The Most (And Least) Elastic States And Districts," September 6, 2018
