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Florida's 12th congressional district

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Area
  
1,069 sq mi (2,770 km)

Cook PVI
  
R+6

Florida's 12th congressional district

Current Representative
  
Gus Bilirakis (R–Palm Harbor)

Florida's 12th congressional district is an electoral district for the U.S. Congress and was reassigned in 2012, effective January 2013, along the Gulf coast of central Florida. The district includes New Port Richey north of Tampa. It covers Pasco County and parts of north Pinellas County and Hillsborough County.

Contents

The district is currently represented by Republican Gus Bilirakis.

List of representatives

The following list includes the names of the former representatives of the 12th congressional district, who are elected for 2-year terms, but can be re-elected to serve multiple terms.

2010

  • NOTE: Randy Wilkinson ran on the Tea Party platform on the ballot.
  • Living former Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida's 12th congressional district

    As of January 2017, there are three former members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida's 12th congressional district who are currently living at this time. The most recent representative to die was E. Clay Shaw Jr. (1981-1983) on September 10, 2013. The most recently serving representative to die was Tom Lewis (1983-1993) on August 1, 2003.

    Historical district boundaries

    The former 12th district, during 2003–2012, covered areas further east and encompassed much of Polk County as well as parts of rural and suburban east Hillsborough County and a small piece of western Osceola County, which became the center of the 9th district.

    References

    Florida's 12th congressional district Wikipedia