Florida's 21st congressional district

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Florida's 21st congressional district is a U.S. congressional district in the Treasure Coast. In the 2020 redistricting cycle, the district was drawn as a successor to the previous 18th district and contains all of St. Lucie County and Martin County as well as the northeastern part of Palm Beach County, and includes Port St. Lucie, Fort Pierce, Stuart, Jupiter, and Palm Beach Gardens, as well as Treasure Coast International Airport. The previous iteration of the 21st district, which extended from Delray Beach to Palm Beach, was instead renamed the 22nd district.

Florida's 21st congressional district
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative	Brian Mast R–Fort Pierce
Area	352^[1] sq mi (910 km^2)
Distribution	99.44% urban^[2] 0.56% rural
Population (2022)	807,943^[3]
Median household income	$76,355^[3]
Ethnicity	58.2% White 21.8% Hispanic 15.5% Black 2.5% Asian 1.4% Two or more races 0.6% other
Cook PVI	R+7^[4]

From 2003 to 2013, the 21st district was located in Miami-Dade County and included many of Miami's western suburbs, such as Hialeah, Olympia Heights and Cutler Bay. In December 2015, Florida underwent redistricting due to a Florida Supreme Court ruling. Much of the 21st district became the 22nd district and was pushed further into Broward County. In the process, it absorbed the part of Broward County that had previously been in the neighboring 22nd district, which had been renumbered the 21st. This came after the state supreme court urged the creation of one district covering most of Palm Beach County and another covering most of Broward County and a part of Palm Beach.^[5]

The district was represented by Democrat Lois Frankel from 2017 until 2023. After redistricting, the district has been represented by Republican Brian Mast since 2023.

List of members representing the district

See also: 2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida § District 1

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	Location
District created January 3, 1993
Lincoln Díaz-Balart (Miami)	Republican	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2011	103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th	Elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Retired.	1993–2003 [data missing]
					2003–2013
Mario Díaz-Balart (Miami)	Republican	January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2013	112th	Redistricted from the 25th district and re-elected in 2010. Redistricted to the 25th district.
Ted Deutch (Boca Raton)	Democratic	January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2017	113th 114th	Redistricted from the 19th district and re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Redistricted to the 22nd district.	2013–2017
Lois Frankel (West Palm Beach)	Democratic	January 3, 2017 – January 3, 2023	115th 116th 117th	Redistricted from the 22nd district and re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Redistricted to the 22nd district.	2017–2023
Brian Mast (Fort Pierce)	Republican	January 3, 2023 – present	118th	Redistricted from the 18th district and re-elected in 2022.	2023–present St. Lucie County and Martin County; parts of Palm Beach County

Voting

Year	Office	Results
2000	President	George W. Bush 57% – Al Gore 42%
2004	President	George W. Bush 57% – John Kerry 43%
2008	President	John McCain 51% – Barack Obama 49%
2012	President	Barack Obama 61% – Mitt Romney 39%
2016	President	Hillary Clinton 59% – Donald Trump 39%
2020	President	Joe Biden 58% – Donald Trump 41%

Election results

2002

Florida's 21st Congressional District Election (2002)^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lincoln Díaz-Balart (Incumbent)		100.00%
Total votes				100.00%
Turnout
	Republican hold

2004

Florida's 21st Congressional District Election (2004)^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lincoln Díaz-Balart (Incumbent)	146,507	72.80%
	Libertarian	Frank Gonzalez	54,736	27.20%
Total votes			201,243	100.00%
Turnout
	Republican hold

2006

Florida's 21st Congressional District Election (2006)^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lincoln Díaz-Balart (Incumbent)	66,784	59.47%
	Democratic	Frank Gonzalez	45,522	40.53%
Total votes			112,306	100.00%
Turnout
	Republican hold

2008

Florida's 21st Congressional District Election (2008)^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lincoln Díaz-Balart (Incumbent)	137,226	57.90%
	Democratic	Raul L. Martinez	99,776	42.10%
Total votes			237,002	100.00%
Turnout
	Republican hold

2010

Florida's 21st Congressional District Election (2010)^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mario Díaz-Balart		100.00%
Total votes				100.00%
Turnout
	Republican hold

2012

Redistrict from 19th district

Florida's 21st Congressional District Election (2012)^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ted Deutch (incumbent)	221,263	77.8%
	No Party Affiliation	W. Michael (Mike) Trout	37,776	13.3%
	No Party Affiliation	Cesar Henao	25,361	8.9%
Total votes			284,400	100.0%
	Democratic hold

2016

Democrat Ted Deutch represented the district after being elected in 2012. As a result of 2015's statewide redistricting, Deutch effectively swapped seats with Lois Frankel, the 22nd District's current representative. In 2016, Deutch sought election to the 22nd District seat while Frankel sought election from District 21.^[5]

Florida's 21st congressional district (2016)^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lois Frankel (incumbent)	210,606	62.7
	Republican	Paul Spain	118,038	35.1
	Independent	W Michael "Mike" Trout	7,217	2.2
Total votes			335,861	100.0
	Democratic hold

2020

Florida's 21st congressional district (2020)^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lois Frankel (incumbent)	237,925	59.0
	Republican	Laura Loomer	157,612	39.1
	Independent	Charleston Malkemus	7,544	1.9
	Write-in		12	<0.1
Total votes			403,093	100.0
	Democratic hold

2022

Florida's 21st congressional district (2022)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brian Mast (incumbent)	208,614	63.5
	Democratic	Corinna Robinson	119,891	36.5
Total votes			328,505	100.0
	Republican hold

References

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. . United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on March 27, 2019.
3. "My Congressional District". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 5, 2023.
4. "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
5. Man, Anthony; Sweeney, Dan (December 3, 2015). . Sun Sentinel. Archived from the original on June 11, 2020. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
6. "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 5, 2002" (PDF). United States House of Representatives. p. 10. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
7. "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 2, 2004" (PDF). United States House of Representatives. p. 14. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
8. "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 2006" (PDF). United States House of Representatives. p. 11. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
9. "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 4, 2008" (PDF). United States House of Representatives. p. 14. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
10. "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010" (PDF). United States House of Representatives. p. 12. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
11. "2012 Florida House Results". Politico. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
12. "Florida U.S. House 21st District Results: Lois Frankel Wins". The New York Times. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
13. "Florida Election Results: 21st Congressional District". The New York Times. Retrieved April 6, 2021.

• The Miami Herald; 3 Fla Congressional Candidates in Spotlight by Lesley Clark; August 27, 2008, page A2

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