Florida's 5th congressional district

Florida's 3rd congressional district was renumbered to 5th congressional district but was little changed in the redistricting process in 2012, still winding from Orlando in the south to central Jacksonville in the north.{{cite news|title=Florida's 5th Congressional District|url=http://www.news4jax.com/politics/Florida-s-5th-Congressional-District/15666770|access-date=5 August 2014|publisher=WJXT - Jacksonville|date=24 July 2012}}

From 1973 to 1993 the erstwhile 3rd district was based in Orange County, including Walt Disney World and most of Orlando. The peculiar shape of the 3rd (now 5th) congressional district dates from reapportionment done by the Florida Legislature after the 1990 U.S. census. The 1993–2012 3rd congressional district was geographically distinctive. Starting from the southern part of the district, it included the Pine Hills area of the Orlando-Kissimmee Metropolitan Area with small pockets of African-American neighborhoods in the cities of Sanford, Gainesville, Palatka, and finally the larger African American communities of Jacksonville.{{cite news|last1=James|first1=Frank|title=Florida Ruling Is A Primer On Redistricting Chicanery|url=https://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2014/07/11/330771339/florida-ruling-is-a-primer-on-redistricting-chicanery|access-date=5 August 2014|work=NPR.org|publisher=National Public Radio|date=11 July 2014}} Connecting these areas were regions which are sparsely populated—either expansive rural areas or narrow strips which are only a few miles wide.{{cite news|last1=Leary|first1=Alex|title=Democrat U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown again aligns with GOP in Florida redistricting battle|url=http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/national/democrat-us-rep-corrine-brown-again-aligns-with-gop-in-florida/1169453|access-date=5 August 2014|publisher=Tampa Bay Times|date=14 May 2011|archive-date=October 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171007214804/http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/national/democrat-us-rep-corrine-brown-again-aligns-with-gop-in-florida/1169453|url-status=dead}} Barack Obama received 73% of the vote in this district in the 2008 Presidential election.

On July 11, 2014, Florida Circuit Court Judge Terry Lewis ruled that this district, along with the neighboring District 10, had been drawn to favor the Republican Party by packing black Democratic voters into District 5.{{Cite web|url=https://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/house-races/211930-judge-strikes-down-florida-congressional-lines/|title = Judge strikes down GOP-drawn Florida congressional lines|date = July 10, 2014}} On August 1, Judge Lewis gave Florida's state legislature an Aug. 15 deadline to submit new congressional maps for those two districts.{{cite news|last1=Cotterell|first1=Bill|title=Florida elections face uncertainty as congressional maps redrawn|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-florida-redistricting-idUSKBN0G420J20140804|access-date=5 August 2014|work=Reuters|publisher=Thomson Reuters|date=5 August 2014}}

5th district Representative Corrine Brown issued a statement blasting Lewis's decision on the district map as "seriously flawed",{{cite news|last1=Leary|first1=Alex|title=Corrine Brown calls redistricting decision 'seriously flawed'|url=https://www.tampabay.com/corrine-brown-calls-redistricting-decision-seriously-flawed/2188080/|access-date=5 August 2014|publisher=Tampa Bay Times|date=10 July 2012}} and Congressional Black Caucus Chairwoman Marcia Fudge sent a sharply worded letter to Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Steve Israel complaining about the party's support for the lawsuit challenging Florida's district maps.{{cite news|last1=Isenstadt|first1=Alex|title=CBC, DCCC clash over Fla. redistricting suit|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2014/08/florida-redistricting-lawsuit-109700.html|access-date=5 August 2014|work=POLITICO.com|publisher=POLITICO LLC|date=4 August 2014}}

Brown said that "we will go all the way to the United States Supreme Court, dealing with making sure that African Americans are not disenfranchised."{{cite news|last1=Livingston|first1=Abby|title=Florida Redistricting Ruling Gets Mixed Reactions From Democrats|url=http://atr.rollcall.com/florida-redistricting-ruling-house-democrats-reaction-2014/|access-date=5 August 2014|work=Rollcall.com|publisher=CQ-Roll Call|date=11 July 2012}} Florida House Redistricting Chairman Richard Corcoran, a Republican, said that "consideration of political data is legally required" to ensure that district boundaries would not be so shifted as to not allow African-Americans a chance to elect representatives of their choice.{{cite news|last1=Deslatte|first1=Aaron|title=Florida Legislature: Don't talk to congressional members, political consultants|url=http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/blogs/political-pulse/os-florida-legislatrure-bans-staff-from-talking-to-congressional-members-political-consultants-20140805,0,2275505.post|access-date=5 August 2014|publisher=Orlando Sentinel|date=5 August 2014}}

On appeal, the Florida Supreme Court approved a redrawn version of District 5 on December 2, 2015. That plan went into effect for the 2016 elections.{{Cite news|url=http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/florida/2015/12/8584562/siding-redistricting-plaintiffs-top-court-upends-political-landscape|title=Siding with redistricting plaintiffs, top court upends political landscape|last=Dixon|first=Matt|date=December 2, 2015|work=Politico Florida|access-date=May 18, 2016}} The new district had a dramatically different shape than its predecessor. It now stretched in an east-west configuration along the Georgia border from downtown Jacksonville to Tallahassee. However, it was no less Democratic than its predecessor, as noted in the Florida Supreme Court's final opinion:

{{blockquote|With a black share of registered Democrats of 66.1%, the black candidate of choice is likely to win a contested Democratic primary, and with a Democratic registration advantage of 61.1% to 23.0% over Republicans, the Democratic candidate is likely to win the general election.}}

• Jacksonville – 990,931
• Fruit Cove – 32,143
• Jacksonville Beach – 23,830
• Nocatee – 22,503
• World Golf Village – 22,117
• Palm Valley – 21,827
• St. Augustine – 14,329
• Atlantic Beach – 13,513

• Neptune Beach – 7,217
• St. Augustine Beach – 6,803
• Sawgrass – 5,385
• St. Augustine South – 5,066
• Vilano Beach – 2,514

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (US)

| candidate = Ginny Brown-Waite

| votes = 121,998

| percentage = 47.90%

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| party = Democratic Party (US)

| candidate = Karen L. Thurman (Incumbent)

| votes = 117,758

| percentage = 46.24%

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Independent

| candidate = Jack Gargan

| votes = 8,639

| percentage = 3.39%

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Independent

| candidate = Brian P. Moore

| votes = 6,223

| percentage = 2.44%

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| candidate = Others

| votes = 53

| percentage = 0.02%

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| votes = 254,671

| percentage = 100.00%

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| winner = Republican Party (US)

| loser = Democratic Party (US)

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (US)

| candidate = Ginny Brown-Waite (Incumbent)

| votes = 240,315

| percentage = 65.93%

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (US)

| candidate = Robert G. Whittel

| votes = 124,140

| percentage = 34.06%

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| candidate = Others

| votes = 33

| percentage = 0.01%

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| votes = 364,488

| percentage = 100.00%

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| winner = Republican Party (US)

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (US)

| candidate = Ginny Brown-Waite (Incumbent)

| votes = 162,421

| percentage = 59.85%

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| party = Democratic Party (US)

| candidate = John T. Russell

| votes = 108,959

| percentage = 40.15%

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| votes = 271,380

| percentage = 100.00%

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| winner = Republican Party (US)

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (US)

| candidate = Ginny Brown-Waite (Incumbent)

| votes = 265,186

| percentage = 61.15%

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| party = Democratic Party (US)

| candidate = John T. Russell

| votes = 168,446

| percentage = 38.85%

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| votes = 433,632

| percentage = 100.00%

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| winner = Republican Party (US)

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (US)

| candidate = Rich Nugent

| votes = 208,815

| percentage = 67.43%

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (US)

| candidate = Jim Piccillo

| votes = 100,858

| percentage = 32.57%

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| votes = 309,673

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| winner = Republican Party (US)

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (US)

| candidate = Corrine Brown

| votes = 190,472

| percentage = 70.80%

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (US)

| candidate = LeAnne Kolb

| votes = 70,700

| percentage = 26.30%

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{{Election box candidate no change

| party = No Party Affiliation

| candidate = Eileen Fleming

| votes = 7,978

| percentage = 3.00%

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| votes = 269,153

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| winner = Democratic Party (US)

| loser = Republican Party (US)

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (US)

| candidate = Corrine Brown (Incumbent)

| votes = 112,340

| percentage = 65.47%

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (US)

| candidate = Glo Smith

| votes = 59,237

| percentage = 34.53%

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| votes = 171,577

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| winner = Democratic Party (US)

| loser = Republican Party (US)

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (US)

| candidate = Al Lawson

| votes = 194,549

| percentage = 64.2%

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (US)

| candidate = Glo Smith

| votes = 108,325

| percentage = 35.8%

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| votes = 302,874

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| percentage = 100.0%

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| winner = Democratic Party (US)

| loser = Republican Party (US)

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (US)

| candidate = Al Lawson (Incumbent)

| votes = 180,527

| percentage = 66.78%

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (US)

| candidate = Virginia Fuller

| votes = 89,799

| percentage = 33.22%

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| votes = 270,326

| percentage = 100.0%

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| winner = Democratic Party (US)

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| title=Florida's 5th Congressional District Election (2020)

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

|party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = Al Lawson (Incumbent)

|votes = 219,463

|percentage = 65.13%

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Gary Adler

|votes = 117,510

|percentage = 34.87%

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{{Election box total no change

| votes = 336,973

| percentage = 100.0%

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| winner = Democratic Party (United States)

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|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = John Rutherford

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| winner = Republican Party (United States)

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| title=Florida's 5th Congressional District Election (2024)

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = John Rutherford (Incumbent)

|votes = 267,471

|percentage = 63.07%

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

|party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = Jay McGovern

|votes = 156,570

|percentage = 36.92%

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{{Election box candidate no party in partisan race no change

| party = (Write-ins)

| candidate = Gary Koniz

| votes = 23

| percentage = 0.01%

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{{Election box total no change

| votes = 424,064

| percentage = 100.0%

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing

| winner = Republican Party (United States)

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{{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]

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