Florida's 14th Congressional District

Florida's 14th Congressional District

Incumbent

Kathy Castor

Assumed office: January 3, 2013

Florida's 14th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives is represented by Kathy Castor (D).

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 14th Congressional District election, 2024

Florida's 14th Congressional District election, 2024 (August 20 Republican primary)

Florida's 14th Congressional District election, 2024 (August 20 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Florida District 14

Incumbent Kathy Castor defeated Robert Rochford, Christopher Bradley, and Nathaniel Snyder in the general election for U.S. House Florida District 14 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kathy Castor (D)	56.9	199,423
		Robert Rochford (R)	41.6	145,643
		Christopher Bradley (No Party Affiliation)	0.7	2,595
		Nathaniel Snyder (L)	0.7	2,524

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 350,185
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Kathy Castor advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 14.

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 14

Robert Rochford defeated John Peters, Ehsan Joarder, and Neelam Perry in the Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 14 on August 20, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Robert Rochford	54.1	15,575
		John Peters	27.0	7,771
		Ehsan Joarder	13.3	3,837
		Neelam Perry	5.5	1,594

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 28,777
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Renee Marsella (R)

Libertarian primary election

The Libertarian primary election was canceled. Nathaniel Snyder advanced from the Libertarian primary for U.S. House Florida District 14.

2022

See also: Florida's 14th Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Florida District 14

Incumbent Kathy Castor defeated James Judge in the general election for U.S. House Florida District 14 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kathy Castor (D)	56.9	149,737
		James Judge (R)	43.1	113,427

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 263,164
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 14

Incumbent Kathy Castor defeated Christopher Bradley in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 14 on August 23, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kathy Castor	90.3	62,562
		Christopher Bradley	9.7	6,684

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 69,246
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Anthony Eldon (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 14

James Judge defeated Jerry Torres and Samar Nashagh in the Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 14 on August 23, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		James Judge	53.1	20,466
		Jerry Torres	29.6	11,398
		Samar Nashagh	17.3	6,650

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 38,514
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Angel Urbina (R)
• Landon Campbell (R)

2020

See also: Florida's 14th Congressional District election, 2020

General election

General election for U.S. House Florida District 14

Incumbent Kathy Castor defeated Christine Quinn in the general election for U.S. House Florida District 14 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kathy Castor (D)	60.3	224,240
		Christine Quinn (R)	39.7	147,896

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 372,136
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Robert Wunderlich (Independent)

Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Kathy Castor advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 14.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Carlos Frontela (D)
• A.C. Toulme (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 14

Christine Quinn defeated Paul Sidney Elliott in the Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 14 on August 18, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Christine Quinn	64.5	24,077
		Paul Sidney Elliott	35.5	13,257

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 37,334 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Lloyd Wiggins (R)
• Edgar Cahse (R)
• Jeremy Brown (R)

2018

See also: Florida's 14th Congressional District election, 2018

General election

The general election was canceled. Incumbent Kathy Castor won election in the general election for U.S. House Florida District 14.

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 14

Incumbent Kathy Castor advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 14 on August 28, 2018.

		Candidate
✔		Kathy Castor

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• John Crowley (D)
• Lloyd Wiggins (D)

Republican primary election

No Republican candidates ran in the primary.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Christine Quinn (R)
• Angel Urbina (R)
• Jermaine Evans (R)

2016

See also: Florida's 14th Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Democratic. Incumbent Kathy Castor (D) defeated Christine Quinn (R) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Neither candidate faced a primary opponent in August.

U.S. House, Florida District 14 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Kathy Castor Incumbent	61.8%	195,789
	Republican	Christine Quinn	38.2%	121,088
Total Votes				316,877
Source: Florida Division of Elections

2014

See also: Florida's 14th Congressional District elections, 2014

The 14th Congressional District of Florida held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Kathy Castor (D) ran unopposed in the general election.

2012

See also: Florida's 14th Congressional District elections, 2012

The 14th District of Florida held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012. Incumbent from the 11th District, Kathy Castor won the election in the district.

U.S. House, Florida District 14 General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Kathy Castor Incumbent	70.2%	197,121
	Republican	Evelio Otero Jr.	29.8%	83,480
Total Votes				280,601
Source: Florida Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election"

2010
On November 2, 2010, Connie Mack won re-election to the United States House. He defeated James Lloyd Roach (D) and William Maverick St. Claire (No Party Affiliation) in the general election.

U.S. House, Florida District 14 General Election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Connie Mack incumbent	68.6%	188,341
	Democratic	James Lloyd Roach	27.1%	74,525
	Independent	William Maverick St. Claire	4.3%	11,825
Total Votes				274,691

2008
On November 4, 2008, Connie Mack won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Robert Neeld (D), Burt Saunders (I) and Jeff George (I) in the general election.

U.S. House, Florida District 14 General Election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Connie Mack incumbent	59.4%	224,602
	Democratic	Robert Neeld	24.8%	93,590
	Independent	Burt Saunders	14.5%	54,750
	Independent	Jeff George	1.3%	4,949
Total Votes				377,891

2006
On November 7, 2006, Connie Mack won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Robert Neeld (D), Richard Grayson (Write-in) and Dan (Write-in) in the general election.

U.S. House, Florida District 14 General Election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Connie Mack incumbent	64.4%	151,615
	Democratic	Robert Neeld	35.6%	83,920
	Write-in	Richard Grayson	0%	3
	Write-in	Dan	0%	1
Total Votes				235,539

2004
On November 2, 2004, Connie Mack won election to the United States House. He defeated Robert Neeld (D) in the general election.

U.S. House, Florida District 14 General Election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Connie Mack	67.6%	226,662
	Democratic	Robert Neeld	32.4%	108,672
Total Votes				335,334

2002
Porter J. Goss ran unopposed for re-election in 2002.

2000
On November 7, 2000, Porter J. Goss won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Sam Farling (Natural Law) in the general election.

U.S. House, Florida District 14 General Election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Porter J. Goss incumbent	85.2%	242,614
	Natural Law	Sam Farling	14.8%	41,988
	Write-in		0%	0
Total Votes				284,615

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."

Florida District 14
until January 2, 2023

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Florida District 14
starting January 3, 2023

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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."

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.

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.

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 were each composed of less than 40 percent of their old seats. The redrawn map is displayed below.

2010-2011

This is the 14th 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. On March 30, 2012, the National Journal released a list of the top ten most contorted congressional districts, as a result of redistricting. The 14th District was included in the list.

Prior to redistricting the 14th District was located in the Gulf Coast region in southwestern Florida and included all of Lee County and portions of Charlotte and Collier counties. Fort Myers, Naples, Cape Coral and part of Port Charlotte were also located in the district.

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 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 14th the 159th most Democratic 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 D+8. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 8 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Florida's 14th the 139th most Democratic 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 defeated Donald Trump (R) 59.0%-39.8%.

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 D+8. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 8 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Florida's 14th the 139th most Democratic 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 59.0% of the vote in this district and Donald Trump (R) would have received 39.8%.

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+7. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 7 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Florida's 14th Congressional District the 144th most Democratic 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 0.97. This means that for every 1 point the national political mood moved toward a party, the district was expected to move 0.97 points toward that party.

See also

• Redistricting in Florida
• Florida's 14th Congressional District election, 2024
• Florida's 14th Congressional District election, 2022
• Florida's 14th Congressional District election, 2020
• Florida's 14th Congressional District election, 2018

External links

• GovTrack District 14

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)