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Florida's 4th congressional district

Coordinates: 30°25′35″N 81°51′51″W / 30.42639°N 81.86417°W / 30.42639; -81.86417
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Florida's 4th congressional district
Map
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative
Area1,962[1] sq mi (5,080 km2)
Distribution
  • 87.4% urban[2]
  • 12.6% rural
Population (2023)811,996[3]
Median household
income
$69,863[4]
Ethnicity
Cook PVIR+6[5]

Florida's 4th congressional district is a congressional district in northeastern Florida, encompassing Nassau and Clay counties and Duval County west of the St. Johns River, including Downtown Jacksonville. The district is currently represented by Aaron Bean of the Republican Party.

As part of the 2020 redistricting cycle, the district was redrawn to include Clay County and exclude St. Johns County. Rutherford was redistricted into the 5th district, and Republican state senator Aaron Bean was elected to be the district's representative in the 2022 election.

Before 1993, most of the territory now in the 4th district was the 3rd district, represented by Charles Edward Bennett, a Democrat. He had held the seat and its predecessors since 1949 and was facing a stiff reelection contest against Republican Tillie Fowler in the 1992 election. Bennett retired after his wife fell ill, and Fowler easily defeated an underfunded replacement candidate. She became the first Republican woman to represent the district.

From 1967 to 1993, the 4th district stretched from the southern Jacksonville suburbs to the northern Orlando suburbs. Much of this area became the 7th district after redistricting, and is now the 6th district.

Voting

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Election results from presidential races
Year Office Results
1992 President Bush 53–30%
1996 President Dole 56–37%
2000 President Bush 63–35%
2004 President Bush 69–31%
2008 President McCain 61–38%
2012 President Romney 64–36%
2016 President Trump 62.1–34.1%
2020 President Trump 59.9–38.9%

Voter registration

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Voter Registration and Party Enrollment as of February 20, 2024[6]
Party Voters Percentage
Republican 209,858 40.70%
Democratic 186,958 36.26%
No Party Affiliation 105,509 20.46%

Composition

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# County Seat Population
19 Clay Green Cove Springs 232,439
31 Duval Jacksonville 1,030,822
89 Nassau Fernandina Beach 101,501

Cities with 10,000 or more people

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2,500-10,000 people

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List of members representing the district

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Member Party Years Cong
ress
Electoral history
District created March 4, 1915

William J. Sears
(Kissimmee)
Democratic March 4, 1915 –
March 3, 1929
64th
65th
66th
67th
68th
69th
70th
Elected in 1914.
Re-elected in 1916.
Re-elected in 1918.
Re-elected in 1920.
Re-elected in 1922.
Re-elected in 1924.
Re-elected in 1926.
Lost renomination.

Ruth Bryan Owen
(Miami)
Democratic March 4, 1929 –
March 3, 1933
71st
72nd
Elected in 1928.
Re-elected in 1930.
Lost renomination.

J. Mark Wilcox
(West Palm Beach)
Democratic March 4, 1933 –
January 3, 1939
73rd
74th
75th
Elected in 1932.
Re-elected in 1934.
Re-elected in 1936.
Retired to run for U.S. Senate.

Pat Cannon
(Miami)
Democratic January 3, 1939 –
January 3, 1947
76th
77th
78th
79th
Elected in 1938.
Re-elected in 1940.
Re-elected in 1942.
Re-elected in 1944
Lost renomination.

George Smathers
(Miami)
Democratic January 3, 1947 –
January 3, 1951
80th
81st
Elected in 1946.
Re-elected in 1948.
Retired to run for U.S. Senate.

Bill Lantaff
(Miami Springs)
Democratic January 3, 1951 –
January 3, 1955
82nd
83rd
Elected in 1950.
Re-elected in 1952.
[data missing]

Dante Fascell
(Miami)
Democratic January 3, 1955 –
January 3, 1967
84th
85th
86th
87th
88th
89th
Elected in 1954.
Re-elected in 1956.
Re-elected in 1958.
Re-elected in 1960.
Re-elected in 1962.
Re-elected in 1964.
Redistricted to the 12th district.

Syd Herlong
(Leesburg)
Democratic January 3, 1967 –
January 3, 1969
90th Redistricted from the 5th district and re-elected in 1966.
[data missing]

Bill Chappell
(Ormond Beach)
Democratic January 3, 1969 –
January 3, 1989
91st
92nd
93rd
94th
95th
96th
97th
98th
99th
100th
Elected in 1968.
Re-elected in 1970.
Re-elected in 1972.
Re-elected in 1974.
Re-elected in 1976.
Re-elected in 1978.
Re-elected in 1980.
Re-elected in 1982.
Re-elected in 1984.
Re-elected in 1986.
Lost re-election.

Craig James
(DeLand)
Republican January 3, 1989 –
January 3, 1993
101st
102nd
Elected in 1988.
Re-elected in 1990.
Retired.

Tillie Fowler
(Jacksonville)
Republican January 3, 1993 –
January 3, 2001
103rd
104th
105th
106th
Elected in 1992.
Re-elected in 1994.
Re-elected in 1996.
Re-elected in 1998.
Retired.

Ander Crenshaw
(Jacksonville)
Republican January 3, 2001 –
January 3, 2017
107th
108th
109th
110th
111th
112th
113th
114th
Elected in 2000.
Re-elected in 2002.
Re-elected in 2004.
Re-elected in 2006.
Re-elected in 2008.
Re-elected in 2010.
Re-elected in 2012.
Re-elected in 2014.
Retired.

John Rutherford
(Jacksonville)
Republican January 3, 2017 –
January 3, 2023
115th
116th
117th
Elected in 2016.
Re-elected in 2018.
Re-elected in 2020.
Redistricted to the 5th district.

Aaron Bean
(Fernandina Beach)
Republican January 3, 2023 –
present
118th Elected in 2022.

Election results

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2002

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Florida's 4th Congressional District Election (2002)
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ander Crenshaw (incumbent) 171,152 99.70
No party Others 509 0.30
Total votes 171,661 100.00
Republican hold

2004

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Florida's 4th Congressional District Election (2004)
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ander Crenshaw* 256,157 99.55
No party Richard Grayson 1,170 0.45
Total votes 257,327 100.00
Republican hold

2006

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Florida's 4th Congressional District Election (2006)
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ander Crenshaw* (incumbent) 141,759 69.67
Democratic Robert Harms 61,704 30.33
Total votes 203,463 100.00
Republican hold

2008

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Florida's 4th Congressional District Election (2008)
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ander Crenshaw* 224,112 65.26
Democratic Jay McGovern 119,330 34.74
Total votes 343,442 100.00
Republican hold

2010

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Florida's 4th Congressional District Election (2010)
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ander Crenshaw* 178,238 77.21
Independent Troy Dwayne Stanley 52,540 22.76
No party Others 67 0.03
Total votes 230,845 100.00
Republican hold

2012

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Florida's 4th Congressional District Election (2012)
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ander Crenshaw* 239,988 76.07
Independent James Klauder 75,236 23.85
Independent Gary Koniz 246 0.08
Total votes 315,470 100.00
Republican hold

2014

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Florida's 4th Congressional District Election (2014)
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ander Crenshaw* 177,887 78.28
Independent Paula Moser-Bartlett 35,663 15.69
Independent Gary Koniz 13,690 6.02
No party Deborah Katz Pueschel 13 0.01
Total votes 227,253 100.00
Republican hold

2016

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Florida's 4th Congressional District Election (2016)
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John Rutherford 287,509 70.18
Democratic David Bruderly 113,088 27.61
Independent Gary Koniz 9,054 2.21
No party Others 11 0.00
Total votes 409,662 100.00
Republican hold

2018

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Florida's 4th Congressional District Election (2018)
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John Rutherford (incumbent) 248,420 65.16
Democratic Ges Selmont 123,351 32.35
Independent Joceline Berrios 7,155 1.88
Independent Jason Bulger 2,321 0.61
Write-in 2 <0.01
Total votes 381,249 100.00
Republican hold

2020

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2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John Rutherford (incumbent) 308,497 61.10%
Democratic Donna Deegan 196,423 38.90%
Independent Gary Koniz (write-in) 20 0.00%
Total votes 504,940 100.0
Republican hold

2022

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2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Aaron Bean 165,696 60.45%
Democratic LaShonda Holloway 108,402 39.55%
Independent Gary Koniz (write-in) 5 <0.01%
Total votes 274,103 100.0
Republican hold

Historical district boundaries

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References

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Specific
  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)". www.census.gov. US Census Bureau Geography.
  3. ^ "My Congressional District". www.census.gov. Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau.
  4. ^ "My Congressional District".
  5. ^ "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. July 12, 2022. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
  6. ^ "Bookclosing Reports - General/Primary Elections - Division of Elections - Florida Department of State". dos.fl.gov. Retrieved May 1, 2024.
General
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