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Florida's 28th Congressional District
Florida's 28th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives is represented by Carlos Gimenez (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.
This district was one of seven new U.S. House districts created as a result of apportionment after the 2020 census. Click here to read more.
Click here for more information about apportionment in the U.S. House of Representatives after the 2020 census and here for more information about redistricting in Florida.
Elections
2024
See also: Florida's 28th Congressional District election, 2024
Florida's 28th Congressional District election, 2024 (August 20 Democratic primary)
Florida's 28th Congressional District election, 2024 (August 20 Republican primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Florida District 28
Incumbent Carlos Gimenez defeated Phil Ehr in the general election for U.S. House Florida District 28 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Carlos Gimenez (R) | 64.6 | 210,057 |
 | Phil Ehr (D) | 35.4 | 115,280 | |
| Total votes: 325,337 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Elan Vyskocil (No Party Affiliation)
Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Phil Ehr advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 28.
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Jim Henry (D)
- Marcos Reyes (D)
- Jacqueline Boulin Romain (D)
Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Carlos Gimenez advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 28.
2022
General election
General election for U.S. House Florida District 28
Incumbent Carlos Gimenez defeated Robert Asencio and Jeremiah Schaffer in the general election for U.S. House Florida District 28 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Carlos Gimenez (R) | 63.7 | 134,457 |
 | Robert Asencio (D) | 36.3 | 76,665 | |
 | Jeremiah Schaffer (No Party Affiliation) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 28 | |
| Total votes: 211,150 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 28
Robert Asencio defeated Juan Paredes in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 28 on August 23, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Robert Asencio | 69.2 | 18,504 |
 | Juan Paredes | 30.8 | 8,217 | |
| Total votes: 26,721 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 28
Incumbent Carlos Gimenez defeated Carlos Garin and K.W. Miller in the Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 28 on August 23, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Carlos Gimenez | 73.4 | 28,762 |
 | Carlos Garin | 15.4 | 6,048 | |
 | K.W. Miller | 11.2 | 4,395 | |
| Total votes: 39,205 | |||
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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.[1][2] | ” |
On December 1, 2023, the Florida First District Court of Appeal ruled 8-2 that the redistricting plan did not unconstitutionally limit Black voting power.[3] The plaintiffs appealed to the Florida Supreme Court, which heard arguments on September 12, 2024.[4]
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.[5] 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.[6]
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.[7][8] 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.[9] 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.[10]
DeSantis signed the original congressional map into law on April 22, 2022.[11] 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.[12][13]
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.[14] DeSantis submitted a map to the legislature on April 13, which became the enacted map.[15]
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.[16]
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."[16][17]
Florida District 28
starting January 3, 2023
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District analysis
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+2. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 2 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Florida's 28th the 209th most Republican district nationally.[18]
See also
- Redistricting in Florida
- Florida's 28th Congressional District election, 2024
- Florida's 28th Congressional District election, 2022
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ CBS News, "Florida appeals court upholds congressional redistricting plan backed by Gov. Ron DeSantis," December 1, 2023
- ↑ Politico, "Florida’s high court poised to protect DeSantis’ congressional map that helps GOP," September 12, 2024
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 All About Redistricting, "Florida," accessed April 22, 2015
- ↑ Florida Constitution, "Article III, Sections 20-21," accessed April 22, 2015
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed February 6, 2023
