Florida's 9th congressional district

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Florida's 9th congressional district
Florida's ninth congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Current Representative		Alan Grayson (D–Orlando)
Population (2013)	688,665
Ethnicity	76.5%% White, 10.7%% Black, 3.7&% Asian, 0.4%% Native American
Cook PVI	D+4

Florida's 9th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Florida. The district stretches from eastern Orlando south-southeast to Yeehaw Junction. It also includes the cities of Kissimmee and St. Cloud.

From 2003 to 2012, it encompassed most of rural eastern Hillsborough County, northern parts of Pinellas County (including Clearwater) and the Gulf coast of Pasco County (including New Port Richey). The redistricting on January 3, 2013, completely reassigned the boundaries of the 9th district to mostly Osceola County with central Orange County plus northeastern Polk County, while the former 9th district became parts of the 10th, 11th, 12th (Pasco County) or the 14th district which split Hillborough County with the 15th and 17th district. The 2013 redistricting also expanded the State of Florida from 25 to 27 districts, adding 2 at Miami-Dade County, Florida.

The district is currently represented by Democrat Alan Grayson.

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Years	District home	Notes
District created January 3, 1963
Don Fuqua	Democratic	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1967		Redistricted to the 2nd district
75px Paul Rogers	Democratic	January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1973		Redistricted from the 6th district, Redistricted to the 11th district
Louis Frey, Jr.	Republican	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1979		Redistricted from the 5th district
Bill Nelson	Democratic	January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1983		Redistricted to the 11th district
Michael Bilirakis	Republican	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 2007
Gus Bilirakis	Republican	January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2013		Redistricted to the 12th district
Alan Grayson	Democratic	January 3, 2013 – present

Presidential Voting History

Election results from presidential races
Year	Office	Results
2012	President	Barack Obama 62 - Mitt Romney 37%
2008	President	John McCain 52 - Barack Obama 46%
2004	President	George W. Bush 57 - John Kerry 43%

Election Results

2002

Florida's 9th Congressional District Election (2002)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Michael Bilirakis (incumbent)	169,369	71.46
	Democratic	Chuck Kalogianis	67,623	28.53
	No party	Others	16	0.01%
Total votes			237,008	100.00
	Republican hold

2004

Florida's 9th Congressional District Election (2004)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Michael Bilirakis (incumbent)	284,035	99.92
	No party	Others	243	0.08%
Total votes			284,278	100.00
	Republican hold

2006

Florida's 9th Congressional District Election (2006)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gus Bilirakis	123,016	55.91
	Democratic	Phyllis Busansky	96,978	44.08
	No party	Others	19	0.01%
Total votes			220,013	100.00
	Republican hold

2008

Florida's 9th Congressional District Election (2008)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gus Bilirakis (incumbent)	216,591	62.17
	Democratic	Bill Mitchell	126,346	36.27
	Independent	John Kalimnios	3,394	0.97
	No party	Others	2,047	0.59%
Total votes			348,378	100.00
	Republican hold

2010

Florida's 9th Congressional District Election (2010)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gus Bilirakis (incumbent)	165,433	71.43
	Democratic	Anita de Palma	66,158	28.57
Total votes			231,591	100.00
	Republican hold

2012

Florida's 9th Congressional District Election (2012)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Alan Grayson	164,894	62.52
	Republican	Todd Long	98,856	37.48
Total votes			263,750	100.00
	Democratic gain from Republican

2014

Florida's 9th Congressional District Election (2014)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Alan Grayson (incumbent)	93,850	53.97
	Republican	Carol Platt	74,963	43.11
	Independent	Marko Milakovich	5,060	2.91
	No party	Leon Leo Ray (write-in)	5	0.00%
Total votes			173,878	100.00
	Democratic hold

Living former Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida's 9th congressional district

As of May 2015, there are four former members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida's 9th congressional district who are currently living at this time.

Representative	Term of office	Date of birth (and age)
Louis Frey, Jr.	1973–1979	(1934-01-11) January 11, 1934
Bill Nelson	1979–1983	(1942-09-29) September 29, 1942
Michael Bilirakis	1983–2007	(1930-07-16) July 16, 1930
Gus Bilirakis	2007–2013	(1963-02-08) February 8, 1963

Historical district boundaries

2003 - 2013 Former 9th district before redistricting in January 2013 reassigned the 9th district to mostly Osceola County plus central Orange County with northeastern Polk County, when expanding Florida's 25 to 27 districts.

References

• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present