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] Cook Partisan Voting Index (CPVI) rating of D+25, it is one of the most Democratic districts in Florida.[ 4]
Florida's 20th congressional district Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative Area 2,406[ 1] 2 ) Distribution Population (2023) 803,297 [ 3] Median household $62,696[ 3] Ethnicity Cook PVI D+25[ 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 the only majority-Black district in Florida. The current representative, Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick , is the first Haitian-American woman elected to Congress from Florida .[ 6]
Presidential election results
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Results from previous presidential elections
Non-presidential results
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Results from previous non-presidential statewide elections
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Fort Lauderdale – 183,146West Palm Beach – 120,932Pompano Beach – 112,302Sunrise – 97,335Plantation – 91,750Deerfield Beach – 86,772Lauderhill – 74,482Tamarac – 71,897Margate – 58,712North Lauderdale – 44,794Oakland Park – 44,229The Acreage – 41,654Royal Palm Beach – 38,932Riviera Beach – 37,604Lauderdale Lakes – 35,954Belle Glade – 16,698 List of members representing the district
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Member
Party
Years
Cong
Electoral history
District location
District created January 3, 1993
Peter Deutsch (Fort Lauderdale )
Democratic
January 3, 1993 –
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 .run for U.S. Senator .
1993–2003 [data missing
2003–2013
Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Weston )
Democratic
January 3, 2005 –
109th 110th 111th 112th
Elected in 2004 .Re-elected in 2006 .Re-elected in 2008 .Re-elected in 2010 .23rd district
Alcee Hastings (Delray Beach )
Democratic
January 3, 2013 –
113th 114th 115th 116th 117th
Redistricted from the 23rd district re-elected in 2012 .Re-elected in 2014 .Re-elected in 2016 .Re-elected in 2018 .Re-elected in 2020 .
2013–2017
2017–2023
Vacant
April 6, 2021 –
117th
Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (Miramar )
Democratic
January 18, 2022 –
117th 118th
Elected to finish Hastings's term .Re-elected in 2022 .Re-elected in 2024 .
2023–present
^ "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 .
