Florida's 4th Congressional District

Florida's 4th Congressional District

Incumbent

Aaron Bean

Assumed office: January 3, 2023

Florida's 4th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives is represented by Aaron Bean (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 4th Congressional District election, 2024

Florida's 4th Congressional District election, 2024 (August 20 Democratic primary)

Florida's 4th Congressional District election, 2024 (August 20 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Florida District 4

Incumbent Aaron Bean defeated LaShonda Holloway and Todd Schaefer in the general election for U.S. House Florida District 4 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Aaron Bean (R)	57.3	222,364
		LaShonda Holloway (D)	42.7	165,912
	Submit photo	Todd Schaefer (No Party Affiliation) (Write-in)	0.0	73

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 388,349
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. LaShonda Holloway advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 4.

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Aaron Bean advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 4.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Robert Alvero (R)

2022

See also: Florida's 4th Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Florida District 4

Aaron Bean defeated LaShonda Holloway and Gary Koniz in the general election for U.S. House Florida District 4 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Aaron Bean (R)	60.5	165,696
		LaShonda Holloway (D)	39.5	108,402
		Gary Koniz (No Party Affiliation) (Write-in)	0.0	5

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 274,103
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 4

LaShonda Holloway defeated Anthony Hill in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 4 on August 23, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		LaShonda Holloway	50.2	29,352
		Anthony Hill	49.8	29,145

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 58,497
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Al Robertson (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 4

Aaron Bean defeated Erick Aguilar and Jon Chuba in the Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 4 on August 23, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Aaron Bean	68.1	49,060
		Erick Aguilar	25.8	18,605
		Jon Chuba	6.1	4,388

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 72,053
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Jason Fischer (R)
• Michael Alan Davis (R)

2020

See also: Florida's 4th Congressional District election, 2020

General election

General election for U.S. House Florida District 4

Incumbent John Rutherford defeated Donna Deegan and Gary Koniz in the general election for U.S. House Florida District 4 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		John Rutherford (R)	61.1	308,497
		Donna Deegan (D)	38.9	196,423
		Gary Koniz (R) (Write-in)	0.0	20

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 504,940
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Christopher Eagle (Independent)

Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Donna Deegan advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 4.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Monica DePaul (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 4

Incumbent John Rutherford defeated Erick Aguilar in the Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 4 on August 18, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		John Rutherford	80.2	80,101
		Erick Aguilar	19.8	19,798

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 99,899 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• John White (R)
• Robbi Gleichauf (R)

2018

See also: Florida's 4th Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Florida District 4

Incumbent John Rutherford defeated Ges Selmont, Joceline Berrios, and Jason Bulger in the general election for U.S. House Florida District 4 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		John Rutherford (R)	65.2	248,420
		Ges Selmont (D)	32.4	123,351
		Joceline Berrios (No Party Affiliation)	1.9	7,155
	Submit photo	Jason Bulger (No Party Affiliation)	0.6	2,321
		Other/Write-in votes	0.0	2

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 381,249 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 4

Ges Selmont advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 4 on August 28, 2018.

		Candidate
✔		Ges Selmont

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Monica DePaul (D)
• Rob Ficker (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 4

Incumbent John Rutherford advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 4 on August 28, 2018.

		Candidate
✔		John Rutherford

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2016

See also: Florida's 4th Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Republican. Incumbent Ander Crenshaw (R) did not seek re-election in 2016. John Rutherford (R) defeated David Bruderly (D), Gary Koniz (I), and Daniel Murphy (Write-in) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Rutherford defeated Bill McClure, Lake Ray, Hans Tanzler III, Stephen Kaufman, Edward Malin, and Deborah Katz Pueschel in the Republican primary on August 30, 2016.

U.S. House, Florida District 4 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	John Rutherford	70.2%	287,509
	Democratic	David Bruderly	27.6%	113,088
	Independent	Gary Koniz	2.2%	9,054
	N/A	Write-in	0%	11
Total Votes				409,662
Source: Florida Division of Elections

U.S. House, Florida District 4 Republican Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
John Rutherford	38.7%	38,784
Lake Ray	20.1%	20,164
Hans Tanzler	19%	19,051
Bill McClure	9.8%	9,867
Edward Malin	7.9%	7,895
Stephen Kaufman	2.4%	2,419
Deborah Katz Pueschel	2.1%	2,145
Total Votes		100,325
Source: Florida Division of Elections

2014

See also: Florida's 4th Congressional District elections, 2014

The 4th Congressional District of Florida held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Ander Crenshaw (R) defeated Gary Koniz (I) and Paula Moser-Bartlett (I) in the general election.

U.S. House, Florida District 4 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Ander Crenshaw Incumbent	78.3%	177,887
	Independent	Paula Moser-Bartlett	15.7%	35,663
	Independent	Gary Koniz	6%	13,690
	Write-in	Deborah Katz Pueschel	0%	13
Total Votes				227,253
Source: Florida Division of Elections

2012

See also: Florida's 4th Congressional District elections, 2012

The 4th Congressional District of Florida held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012. Incumbent Ander Crenshaw won re-election in the district.

U.S. House, Florida District 4 General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Ander Crenshaw Incumbent	76.1%	239,988
	Independent	Gary Koniz	0.1%	246
	Independent	James Klauder	23.8%	75,236
Total Votes				315,470
Source: Florida Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election"

Florida's 4th Congressional District Republican Primary, 2012

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Ander Crenshaw Incumbent	71.9%	46,788
Bob Black	18.1%	11,816
Deborah Katz Pueschel	10%	6,505
Total Votes		65,109

2010
On November 2, 2010, Ander Crenshaw won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Troy D. Stanley (Independent), Deborah "Deb" Katz Puschel (Independent) and Gary L. Koniz (Independent) in the general election.

U.S. House, Florida District 4 General Election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Ander Crenshaw incumbent	77.2%	178,238
	Independent	Troy D. Stanley	22.8%	52,540
	Independent	Deborah "Deb" Katz Puschel	0%	40
	Independent	Gary L. Koniz	0%	27
Total Votes				230,845

2008
On November 4, 2008, Ander Crenshaw won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Jay McGovern (D) in the general election.

U.S. House, Florida District 4 General Election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Ander Crenshaw incumbent	65.3%	224,112
	Democratic	Jay McGovern	34.7%	119,330
Total Votes				343,442

2006
On November 7, 2006, Ander Crenshaw won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Robert J. Harms (D) and John Blade (Write-in) in the general election.

U.S. House, Florida District 4 General Election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Ander Crenshaw incumbent	69.7%	141,759
	Democratic	Robert J. Harms	30.3%	61,704
	Write-in	John Blade	0%	16
Total Votes				203,479

2004
On November 2, 2004, Ander Crenshaw won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Richard Grayson (Write-in) in the general election.

U.S. House, Florida District 4 General Election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Ander Crenshaw incumbent	99.5%	256,157
	Write-in	Richard Grayson	0.5%	1,170
Total Votes				257,327

2002
On November 5, 2002, Ander Crenshaw won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Charles S. Knause (Write-in) in the general election.

U.S. House, Florida District 4 General Election, 2002
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Ander Crenshaw incumbent	99.7%	171,152
	Write-in	Charles S. Knause	0.3%	509
Total Votes				171,661

2000
On November 7, 2000, Ander Crenshaw won election to the United States House. He defeated Tom Sullivan (D) and Deborah Katz Pueschel (Independent) in the general election.

U.S. House, Florida District 4 General Election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Ander Crenshaw	67%	203,090
	Democratic	Tom Sullivan	31.2%	94,587
	Independent	Deborah Katz Pueschel	1.8%	5,609
Total Votes				303,286

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 December 1, 2023, the Florida First District Court of Appeal ruled 8-2 that the redistricting plan did not unconstitutionally limit Black voting power. The plaintiffs appealed to the Florida Supreme Court, which heard arguments on September 12, 2024.

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."

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2010-2011

This is the 4th 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 4th District included most of Jacksonville along with a portion of North Florida. The district also included all of Baker, Columbia, Hamilton, Madison, Nassau, and Union counties and portions of Duval, Jefferson, and Leon counties.

District analysis

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

See also: FiveThirtyEight's elasticity scores

2026

Heading into the 2026 elections, based on results from the 2024 and 2020 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district is R+5. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 5 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Florida's 4th the 187th most Republican district nationally.

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 4th 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. Donald Trump (R) would have defeated Joe Biden (D) 52.7%-46.0%.

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 4th the 185th 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 46.0% of the vote in this district and Donald Trump (R) would have received 52.7%.

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 R+17. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 17 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Florida's 4th Congressional District the 61st most Republican 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 1.02. This means that for every 1 point the national political mood moved toward a party, the district was expected to move 1.02 points toward that party.

See also

• Redistricting in Florida
• Florida's 4th Congressional District election, 2024
• Florida's 4th Congressional District election, 2022
• Florida's 4th Congressional District election, 2020
• Florida's 4th Congressional District election, 2018

External links

• GovTrack District 4

Footnotes

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Florida's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Ashley Moody (R)

Rick Scott (R)

Representatives

District 1

Jimmy Patronis (R)

District 2

Neal Dunn (R)

District 3

Kat Cammack (R)

District 4

Aaron Bean (R)

District 5

John Rutherford (R)

District 6

Randy Fine (R)

District 7

Cory Mills (R)

District 8

Mike Haridopolos (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 (22)

Democratic Party (8)