Florida's 21st congressional district
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative
  Brian Mast
R–Fort Pierce
Area352[1] sq mi (910 km2)
Distribution
  • 99.44% urban[2]
  • 0.56% rural
Population (2022)807,943[3]
Median household
income		$76,355[3]
Ethnicity
Cook PVIR+7[4]

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.

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

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. ↑ "Congressional Districts Relationship Files (State-based)". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on March 27, 2019.
  3. 1 2 "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. 1 2 Man, Anthony; Sweeney, Dan (December 3, 2015). "Ted Deutch to run in Broward-based district, leaving Lois Frankel to run in all-Palm Beach County district". 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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