Florida's 13th congressional district

Florida's 13th congressional district
Florida's 13th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Current Representative		David Jolly (R–Indian Shores)
Cook PVI	R+1

Florida's 13th congressional district is an electoral district for the U.S. Congress and was reassigned in 2012, effective January 2013, to Pinellas County.^[1][2] The 13th district includes an area from Dunedin to western and northern St. Petersburg.

During 2003–2012, it encompassed all of Sarasota, DeSoto, and Hardee counties and 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.

The district is currently represented by Republican David Jolly.

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Years	Electoral history
District created January 3, 1973
William Lehman	Democratic	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1983	Redistricted to the 17th district
Connie Mack III	Republican	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1989	Retired to run for U.S. Senate
Porter Goss	Republican	January 3, 1989 – January 3, 1993	Redistricted to the 14th district
Dan Miller	Republican	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2003	Retired
Katherine Harris	Republican	January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2007	Retired to run for U.S. Senate
Vern Buchanan	Republican	January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2013	Redistricted to the 16th district
Bill Young	Republican	January 3, 2013 – October 18, 2013	Redistricted from the 10th district Died
David Jolly	Republican	March 11, 2014 – present	Elected in 2014 special election

Voting

Election Results

2002

2004

2006

• 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.^[4] 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.^[5] 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,^[6] 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

2010

2012

2014 (special)

The district's seat was vacated following the death of Republican Bill Young.^[9] 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 Democratic candidate Alex Sink's 46.64% and Libertarian candidate Lucas Overby's 4.84%.

2014

Historical district boundaries

2003 - 2013 Former 13th district covering several counties further south.

References

• Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company. 
• Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company. 
• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

External links

• Voting inquiry finds reasons to dig deeper (Sarasota Herald-Tribune, August 4, 2007)
• Congressional task force to begin investigating contested Florida 13 election. (The Bradenton Herald, March 31, 2007)
• Congressional Republicans act to block Congressional Task Force slated to begin investigation into Florida 13. (Sarasota Herald-Tribune, March 28, 2007)
• Memo on voting machines "misfiled" by Kathy Dent's office. (Sarasota Herald-Tribune, March 17, 2007)
• People for the American Way Statement on Newly Revealed ES&S Memo on Possible Machine Malfunction. (People for the American Way, March 15, 2007)
• August 2006 Memo from Elections Systems and Software warning Florida Supervisors of Elections of a response time issue on their iVotronics touchscreen voting systems.
• Sarasota: Could a Bug Have Lost Votes? (Professor Ed Felten, February 27, 2006)
• 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)
• 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)
• Analysis: Undervoted ballots heavily favored Democrats. (Orlando Sentinel, November 22, 2006)
• Buchanan declared winner; rival Jennings sues (Sarasota Herald-Tribune, November 21, 2006)
• Christine Jennings' "Complaint to Contest Election" (Filed in Florida Court, November 20, 2006)
• Sarasota County Electronic Ballot Screenshots (Posted on The BradBlog, November 20, 2006)
• Christine Jennings' web site.
• Vern Buchanan's Congressional web site.

Coordinates: 27°51′58″N 82°44′54″W / 27.86611°N 82.74833°W / 27.86611; -82.74833