Florida's 13th congressional district
{{Short description|U.S. House district for Florida}}
{{redirect|FL-13|the state road|Florida State Road 13}}
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{{Infobox U.S. congressional district
| state = Florida
| district number = 13
|image name = {{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|from=Florida's 13th congressional district (2023–).map|frame-height=300|frame-width=400|frame-latitude=27.9|frame-longitude=-82.7|zoom=9|overlay-horizontal-alignment=right|overlay-vertical-alignment=bottom|overlay=120px}}
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|image caption = Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
| representative = Anna Paulina Luna
| party = Republican
| residence = St. Petersburg
| distribution ref = {{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/cd_state.html |title=Congressional Districts Relationship Files (State-based) |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |archive-date=April 2, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130402141525/http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/cd_state.html |url-status=dead}}
| percent urban = 99.99
| percent rural = 0.01
| population = 767,679{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=12&cd=13|title = My Congressional District}}
| population year = 2023
| percent white = 74.0
| percent hispanic = 11.1
| percent black = 6.6
| percent asian = 3.5
| percent more than one race = 4.1
| percent other race = 0.8
}}
Florida's 13th congressional district is an electoral district for the U.S. Congress on Florida's Gulf Coast, assigned to Pinellas County.
See whole Florida state map for 2013, with the 13th district covering
Sumter County, Hernando to Marion County:
[http://www.flsenate.gov/PublishedContent/SESSION/HOME/REDISTRICTING2012/PUBLICCOMMENTS/h000c9047_35x42L.pdf h9047_35x42L.pdf]
Congressional Plan: H000C9047. Chapter No. 2012-2, Laws of Florida.
www.flsenate.gov. February 16, 2012.
See 2013 borders of 13th district in the 2013 districts map:
[http://www.flsenate.gov/PublishedContent/Session/Redistricting/Plans/H000C9047/H000C9047_map_bb.pdf H000C9047_map_bb.pdf],
for the Big Bend region of Florida.
Congressional Plan: H000C9047. Chapter No. 2012-2, Laws of Florida.
www.flsenate.gov. February 2012.
The district includes Largo, Clearwater, and Palm Harbor. In the 2020 redistricting cycle, most of St. Petersburg facing Tampa Bay was redistricted into the 14th district, while the rest of Pinellas County formerly in the 12th district became included in the 13th district.
From 2003 to 2012, it encompassed all of Sarasota, DeSoto, and Hardee Counties; as well as most of Manatee County, except for a small northern coastal portion that was then located in the neighboring 11th congressional district. It also included a small section of Charlotte County. Most of that district is now the 16th congressional district, while the current 13th covers most of what had been the 10th district from 1993 to 2013.
The district is currently represented by Republican Anna Paulina Luna.
Characteristics
= 2015 court-ordered redistricting =
In July 2015 the Florida Supreme Court overturned the boundaries of the state's congressional districts, ruling that "the maps were the product of an unconstitutional political gerrymandering". It expressed its distrust of lawmakers and "provided detailed instructions on how to repair the flawed map in time for the 2016 election."[https://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/stateroundup/florida-supreme-court-orders-new-congressional-map-with-eight-districts-to/2236734/ Mary Ellen Klass, "Florida Supreme Court orders new congressional map with eight districts to be redrawn"], Tampa Bay Times, July 9, 2015, February 11, 2016
{{cquote|In 2012, the Legislature drew these districts so that District 14 crossed Tampa Bay from Hillsborough County, splitting Pinellas County and the City of St. Petersburg to include a portion of the black population in southern Pinellas County in District 14. The Challengers contended that the Legislature's configuration of these districts{{emdash}}which 'added more Democratic voters to an already safely Democratic District 14, while ensuring that District 13 was more favorable to the Republican Party'{{emdash}}was directly connected to the trial court's finding that the enacted map was unconstitutionally drawn to favor the Republican Party.{{cite web|title=Supreme Court of Florida: The League of Women Voters of Florida vs. Ken Detzner|url=https://www.flsenate.gov/usercontent/session/redistricting/legal/sc14-1905_Final_Opinion.pdf }}}}
With the future of the boundaries of the district undetermined, the Republican Party may abandon it. This was where (under slightly different boundaries) William C. Cramer was elected to Congress, and he helped build the Republican Party in Florida and the South. He held office from 1954 to 1970. Republican C.W. Bill Young essentially represented the district from 1971 to his death in 2013. But demographics have continued to change, and more recently it has been a swing district. Several Democrats may be interested in running for the seat.
= 2022 DeSantis redistricting =
Despite the July 2015 Florida Supreme Court ruling overturning a blatantly redistricted congressional map, in which the 2012 legislature redrew Tampa's 14th District to include portions of the City of Saint Petersburg and black populations in southern Pinellas County, Governor DeSantis' administration redrew Pinellas County's 13th District to be exclusive of these known Democratic areas. Under the Fair Districts constitutional amendments that Florida voters approved in 2010, legislators are forbidden to draw districts that intentionally favor or disfavor incumbents or parties. In September of 2023 Circuit Judge J. Lee Marsh determined the redistricting plan pushed by Ron DeSantis violated the state constitution and is prohibited from being used for any future U.S. congressional elections.https://www.npr.org/2023/09/02/1197452442/desantis-florida-redistricting-map-gerrymandering-unconstitutional {{bare URL inline|date=February 2024}}
Composition
For the 118th and successive Congresses (based on redistricting following the 2020 census), the district contains all or portions of the following counties and communities:https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/cong_dist/cd118/cd_based/ST12/CD118_FL13.pdf
Pinellas County (37)
: Bardmoor, Bay Pines, Bear Creek, Belleair, Belleair Beach, Belleair Bluffs, Belleair Shore, Clearwater, Dunedin, East Lake, Feather Sound (part; also 14th), Greenbriar, Gulfport, Harbor Bluffs, Indian Rocks Beach, Indian Shores, Kenneth City, Largo, Lealman (part; also 14th), Madeira Beach, North Redington Beach, Oldsmar, Palm Harbor, Pinellas Park, Redington Beach, Redington Shores, Ridgecrest, Safety Harbor, St. Pete Beach, St. Petersburg (part; also 14th), Seminole, South Highpoint, South Pasadena, Tarpon Springs, Tierra Verde, Treasure Island, West Lealman
List of members representing the district
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| valign=bottom
! Representative ! Party ! Years ! Cong ! Electoral history ! Congressional map |
| style="height:3em"
| colspan=6 | District created January 3, 1973 |
| style="height:3em"
| align=left | 100px | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1973 – | {{USCongressOrdinal|93|97}} | Elected in 1972. | 1973–1983 |
| style="height:3em"
| align=left | 100px | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 1983 – | {{USCongressOrdinal|98|100}} | Elected in 1982. | rowspan=2 | 1983–1993 |
| style="height:3em"
| align=left | 100px | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 1989 – | {{USCongressOrdinal|101|102}} | Elected in 1988. |
| style="height:3em"
| align=left | 100px | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 1993 – | {{USCongressOrdinal|103|107}} | Elected in 1992. | 1993–2003 |
| style="height:3em"
| align=left | 100px | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 2003 – | {{USCongressOrdinal|108|109}} | Elected in 2002. | rowspan=2 | 2003–2013 |
| style="height:3em"
| align=left | 100px | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 2007 – | {{USCongressOrdinal|110|112}} | Elected in 2006. |
| style="height:3em"
| align=left | 100px | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 2013 – | rowspan=2 | {{USCongressOrdinal|113}} | Redistricted from the {{ushr|Florida|10|C}} and re-elected in 2012. | rowspan=3 | 2013–2017 |
| style="height:3em"
| colspan=2 | Vacant | nowrap | October 18, 2013 – | |
| style="height:3em"
| align=left | 100px | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican | nowrap | March 13, 2014 – | {{USCongressOrdinal|113|114}} | Elected to finish Young's term. |
| style="height:3em"
| align=left | 100px | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 2017 – | {{USCongressOrdinal|115|117}} | Elected in 2016. | rowspan="2" | 2017–2023 |
| style="height:3em"
| colspan=2 | Vacant | nowrap | August 31, 2022 – | {{USCongressOrdinal|117}} | |
| align=left |100px Anna Paulina Luna {{Small|(St. Petersburg)}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican |January 3, 2023 – |{{USCongressOrdinal|118|present}} |Elected in 2022. | 2023–present |
Recent election results from statewide races
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! Year ! Office ! Resultshttps://davesredistricting.org/maps#viewmap::3a6791b9-a186-4691-a95c-5d51dbb3be1chttps://mcimaps.substack.com/p/issue-235-these-florida-specials |
| |2008
| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Obama 51% - 48% |
| rowspan=3|2010
| Governor | align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Sink 50.2% - 49.8% |
| Attorney General
| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Bondi 55% - 38% |
| Chief Financial Officer
| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Atwater 57% - 33% |
| rowspan=2|2012
| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Romney 50.1% - 49.9% |
| Senate
| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Nelson 59% - 41% |
| |2014
| Governor | align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Crist 53% - 47% |
| rowspan=2|2016
| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Trump 51% - 44% |
| Senate
| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Rubio 52% - 43% |
| rowspan=4|2018
| Senate | align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Scott 51% - 49% |
| Governor
| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|DeSantis 51% - 47% |
| Attorney General
| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Moody 56% - 41% |
| Chief Financial Officer
| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Patronis 54% - 46% |
| |2020
| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Trump 53% - 46% |
| rowspan=4|2022
| Senate | align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Rubio 56% - 42% |
| Governor
| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|DeSantis 58% - 41% |
| Attorney General
| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Moody 60% - 40% |
| Chief Financial Officer
| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Patronis 58% - 42% |
| rowspan=2|2024
| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Trump 55% - 43% |
| Senate
| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Scott 54% - 44% |
Election results
=2002=
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| candidate = Katherine Harris
| votes = 139,048
| percentage = 54.79
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| candidate = Jan Schneider
| votes = 114,739
| percentage = 45.21
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 253,787
| percentage = 100.00
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{{Election box hold with party link without swing
| winner = Republican Party (United States)
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{{Election box end}}
=2004=
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| title=Florida's 13th congressional district election (2004)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| candidate = Katherine Harris (incumbent)
| votes = 190,477
| percentage = 55.30
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| candidate = Jan Schneider
| votes = 153,961
| percentage = 44.70
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 344,438
| percentage = 100.00
}}
{{Election box turnout no change
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{{Election box hold with party link without swing
| winner = Republican Party (United States)
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{{Election box end}}
=2006=
{{Election box begin no change
| title=Florida's 13th congressional district election (2006)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| candidate = Vern Buchanan
| votes = 119,309
| percentage = 50.08
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| candidate = Christine Jennings
| votes = 118,940
| percentage = 49.92
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 238,249
| percentage = 100.00
}}
{{Election box turnout no change
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{{Election box hold with party link without swing
| winner = Republican Party (United States)
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{{Election box end}}
Election officials certified Buchanan as the winner of the race over Jennings by 369 votes. Buchanan was declared the winner after a mandatory recount and analysis of alleged voting machine errors in the race. The primary controversy in this race was that over 18,000 ballots (or roughly one in six) cast in Sarasota County apparently did not register a vote for this race, far higher than in the two previous elections involving Jan Schneider, but lower than the undervote in 2000. Sarasota County voted for Jennings by a six-point margin. Jennings refused to concede the race and pursued administrative and legal challenges to the result, including an appeal for an investigation of the election with the House Administration Committee.[http://www.cqpolitics.com/2006/12/the_cqpolitics_interview_chris_1.html The CQPolitics Interview: Christine Jennings] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061207114518/http://www.cqpolitics.com/2006/12/the_cqpolitics_interview_chris_1.html |date=December 7, 2006 }} (December 6, 2006) Preliminary results from an investigation by Congress's Government Accountability Office concluded that there was no evidence that the voting machines caused the high undervote, but that inadequate testing made it impossible to prove their complete reliability.[http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d0897t.pdf GAO Report] (October 2, 2007) Sarasota County has since moved to optical scanned paper ballots as a result of a 2006 referendum vote.
According to a statistical study published in 2008,{{cite journal| author = Arlene Ash and John Lamperti|date=Spring 2008| title = Florida 2006: Can Statistics Tell Us Who Won Congressional District-13?| journal = Chance | volume = 21 | issue = 2 | pages = 18–24 | publisher = Springer | url = http://www.amstat.org/outreach/pdfs/AshCHANCE21.2.pdf | access-date = October 20, 2010 | doi = 10.1007/s00144-008-0015-5 }} the missing votes were caused by the ballot screen layout. The authors' best estimate on what the result would have been, had this problem not occurred, gave victory to Jennings at a 99.9% confidence level, and a mean margin of victory for her of 639 votes.
=2008=
{{Election box begin no change
| title=Florida's 13th congressional district election (2008)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| candidate = Vern Buchanan (incumbent)
| votes = 204,382
| percentage = 55.43
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| candidate = Christine Jennings
| votes = 137,967
| percentage = 37.42
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Independent
| candidate = Jan Schneider
| votes = 20,989
| percentage = 5.69
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Independent
| candidate = Don Baldauf
| votes = 5,358
| percentage = 1.45
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 368,696
| percentage = 100.00
}}
{{Election box turnout no change
| percentage =
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{{Election box hold with party link without swing
| winner = Republican Party (United States)
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{{Election box end}}
=2010=
{{Election box begin no change
| title=Florida's 13th congressional district election (2010)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| candidate = Vern Buchanan (incumbent)
| votes = 183,811
| percentage = 68.86
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| candidate = James T. Golden
| votes = 83,123
| percentage = 31.14
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 266,934
| percentage = 100.00
}}
{{Election box turnout no change
| percentage =
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{{Election box hold with party link without swing
| winner = Republican Party (United States)
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{{Election box end}}
=2012=
{{Election box begin no change
| title=Florida's 13th congressional district election (2012){{cite web|url=http://enr.votepinellas.com/FL/Pinellas/43334/112818/en/summary.html|title = Pinellas - Election Results}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| candidate = Bill Young (redistricted incumbent)
| votes = 189,609
| percentage = 57.57
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| candidate = Jessica Ehrlich
| votes = 139,742
| percentage = 42.43
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 329,347
| percentage = 100.00
}}
{{Election box turnout no change
| percentage =
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{{Election box hold with party link without swing
| winner = Republican Party (United States)
}}
{{Election box end}}
=2014 (special)=
{{Election box begin no change
|title = Florida's 13th congressional district special election (2014){{cite web|url=http://www.politico.com/2013-election/results/house/florida/|title=2014 Florida House Results|website=Politico}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = David Jolly
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 89,095
| percentage = 48.52
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Alex Sink
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| votes = 85,639
| percentage = 46.64
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Lucas Overby
| party = Libertarian Party (United States)
| votes = 8,893
| percentage = 4.84
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 183,927
| percentage = 100
}}
{{Election box turnout no change
| percentage =
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{{Election box hold with party link without swing
| winner = Republican Party (United States)
}}
{{Election box end}}
The district's seat was vacated following the death of Bill Young.{{cite news|title=C. W. "Bill" Young, longest-serving Republican in the House, dies at 82|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/1|newspaper=The Washington Post|author=Juliet Eilperin|date=October 18, 2013|access-date=August 28, 2017|archive-date=November 11, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111133252/http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/1/|url-status=dead}} A special election was held on March 11, 2014 to replace him. The election was won by Republican David Jolly with 48.52% of the vote over one-time gubernatorial candidate Democrat Alex Sink's 46.64% and Libertarian candidate Lucas Overby's 4.84%.
=2014=
{{Election box begin no change
| title= Florida's 13th congressional district election (2014){{cite web| title = November 4, 2014 General Election Official Results| publisher = Florida Department of State Division of Elections| url = http://election.dos.state.fl.us/elections/resultsarchive/Index.asp?ElectionDate=11/4/2014&DATAMODE=| access-date = January 1, 2015| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150124195350/http://election.dos.state.fl.us/elections/resultsarchive/Index.asp?ElectionDate=11%2F4%2F2014&DATAMODE=| archive-date = January 24, 2015| url-status = dead}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| candidate = David Jolly (incumbent)
| votes = 168,172
| percentage = 75.22
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Libertarian Party (United States)
| candidate = Lucas Overby
| votes = 55,318
| percentage = 24.74
}}
{{Election box candidate no change
| party = Write-in
| candidate = Michael Stephen Levinson
| votes = 86
| percentage = .04
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 223,576
| percentage = 100.00
}}
{{Election box hold with party link without swing
| winner = Republican Party (United States)
}}
{{Election box end}}
=2016=
{{Election box begin no change
| title=Florida's 13th congressional district election (2016){{cite web|url=http://enr.votepinellas.com/FL/Pinellas/64408/183835/en/summary.html|title = Pinellas - Election Results}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| candidate = Charlie Crist
| votes = 184,693
| percentage = 51.90
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| candidate = David Jolly (incumbent)
| votes = 171,149
| percentage = 48.10
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 355,842
| percentage = 100.00
}}
{{Election box gain with party link without swing
| winner = Democratic Party (United States)
| loser = Republican Party (United States)
}}
{{Election box end}}
=2018=
{{Election box begin no change
| title=Florida's 13th congressional district election (2018){{cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Florida%27s_13th_Congressional_District_election,_2018 |title=Florida's 13th Congressional District election, 2018 |publisher=Ballotpedia |date= |accessdate=2022-04-14}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| candidate = Charlie Crist (incumbent)
| votes = 182,717
| percentage = 57.64
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| candidate = George Buck
| votes = 134,254
| percentage = 42.36
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 316,971
| percentage = 100.00
}}
{{Election box hold with party link without swing
| winner = Democratic Party (United States)
}}
{{Election box end}}
=2020=
{{Election box begin no change| title=2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Charlie Crist (incumbent)
|votes = 215,405
|percentage = 53.04%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Anna Paulina Luna
|votes = 190,713
|percentage = 46.96%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Independent Republican (United States)|candidate=Jacob Curnow (write-in)|votes=7|percentage=0.01%}}{{Election box total no change
| votes = 406,125
| percentage = 100.0
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
| winner = Democratic Party (United States)
}}
{{Election box end}}
=2022=
{{Election box begin no change| title=2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Anna Paulina Luna
|votes = 181,487
|percentage = 53.14%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Eric Lynn
|votes = 153,876
|percentage = 45.06%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Frank Craft
| party = Libertarian Party (United States)
| votes = 6,163
| percentage = 1.80%
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 341,526
| percentage = 100.00
}}
{{Election box gain with party link without swing
| winner = Republican Party (United States)
| loser = Democratic Party (United States)
}}
{{Election box end}}
=2024=
{{Election box begin no change| title=2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Anna Paulina Luna (incumbent)
|votes = 225,636
|percentage = 54.82%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Whitney Fox
|votes = 185,930
|percentage = 45.17%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate =
| party = Write-In
| votes = 27
| percentage = 0.01%
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 411,593
| percentage = 100.00
}}
{{Election box hold with party link without swing
| winner = Republican Party (United States)
}}
{{Election box end}}
References
{{reflist}}
- {{cite book|title = The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress|last = Martis|first = Kenneth C.|year = 1989|publisher = Macmillan Publishing Company|location = New York}}
- {{cite book|title = The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts|last = Martis|first = Kenneth C.|year = 1982|publisher = Macmillan Publishing Company|location = New York}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100423082228/http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present]
External links
- [http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20070804/NEWS/708040356/1006/SPORTS Voting inquiry finds reasons to dig deeper] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160530111750/http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20070804/NEWS/708040356/1006/SPORTS |date=May 30, 2016 }} (Sarasota Herald-Tribune, August 4, 2007)
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110607053603/http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/news/local/16997273.htm Congressional task force to begin investigating contested Florida 13 election.] (The Bradenton Herald, March 31, 2007)
- [http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070328/NEWS/703280546/1060 Congressional Republicans act to block Congressional Task Force slated to begin investigation into Florida 13.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929121410/http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070328/NEWS/703280546/1060 |date=September 29, 2007 }} (Sarasota Herald-Tribune, March 28, 2007)
- [http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070317/NEWS/703170432/-1/xml Memo on voting machines "misfiled" by Kathy Dent's office.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929162324/http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070317/NEWS/703170432/-1/xml |date=September 29, 2007 }} (Sarasota Herald-Tribune, March 17, 2007)
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070712202402/http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/default.aspx?oid=23728 People for the American Way Statement on Newly Revealed ES&S Memo on Possible Machine Malfunction.] (People for the American Way, March 15, 2007)
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070616065408/http://www.ncvoter.net/downloads/ESS_Aug_2006_iVotronic_FL_memo.pdf August 2006 Memo from Elections Systems and Software warning Florida Supervisors of Elections of a response time issue on their iVotronics touchscreen voting systems.]
- [http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/?p=1126 Sarasota: Could a Bug Have Lost Votes?] (Professor Ed Felten, February 27, 2006)
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070228134151/http://election.dos.state.fl.us/pdf/FinalAudRepSAIT.pdf Software Review and Security Analysis of the ES&S iVotronic 8.0.1.2 Voting Machine Firmware, Final Report.] (Florida Department of State, February 2007)
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070928143232/http://www.voteroversight.org/id19.htm Affidavit by Clare Ward-Jenkins, poll worker in Precinct 14, Sarasota County. Ms. Ward-Jenkins' affidavit details her encounters with a bug that repeatedly cleared votes cast for Democratic Congressional candidate, Christine Jennings.], January 19, 2007
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20061206020537/http://www.verifiedvotingfoundation.org/article.php?id=6423 Analysis: Undervoted ballots heavily favored Democrats.] (Orlando Sentinel, November 22, 2006)
- [http://heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061121/NEWS/611210505/-1/NEWS0521 Buchanan declared winner; rival Jennings sues] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170708085251/http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20061121%2FNEWS%2F611210505%2F-1%2FNEWS0521 |date=July 8, 2017 }} (Sarasota Herald-Tribune, November 21, 2006)
- [http://heraldtribune.com/assets/pdf/SH81371120.PDF Christine Jennings' "Complaint to Contest Election"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070616065408/http://heraldtribune.com/assets/pdf/SH81371120.PDF |date=June 16, 2007 }} (Filed in Florida Court, November 20, 2006)
- [http://www.bradblog.com/Docs/FL13_SarasotaBallotScreenshots_110706.pdf Sarasota County Electronic Ballot Screenshots] (Posted on The BradBlog, November 20, 2006)
- [http://www.christinejenningsforcongress.com Christine Jennings' web site.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211129161859/http://christinejenningsforcongress.com/ |date=November 29, 2021 }}
- [http://buchanan.house.gov Vern Buchanan's Congressional web site.]
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