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Florida's 9th congressional district
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative	Darren Soto D–Kissimmee
Area	2,620[1] mi2 (6,800 km2)
Distribution	89.9% urban[2] 10.1% rural
Population (2024)	909,540[3]
Median household income	$81,134[3]
Ethnicity	51.8%Hispanic 30.0%White 9.3%Black 4.1%Asian 3.5%Two or more races 1.3% other
Cook PVI	D+4[4]

Florida's 9th congressional district is acongressional district in theU.S. state ofFlorida. Currently represented byDemocratDarren Soto, it stretches from easternOrlando south-southeast toYeehaw Junction. It also includes the cities ofKissimmee andSt. Cloud.

From 2003 to 2012, it encompassed most of rural easternHillsborough County, northern parts ofPinellas County (includingClearwater) and theGulf coast ofPasco County (includingNew Port Richey). The redistricting on January 3, 2013, completely reassigned the boundaries of the 9th district to mostlyOsceola County with centralOrange County plus northeasternPolk County,^[5][6] while the former 9th district became parts of the10th,11th,12th (Pasco County) or the14th district which splitHillsborough County with the15th and17th district. The 2013 redistricting also expanded the State of Florida from 25 to 27 districts, adding 2 in Miami - Dade.

For the118th and successive Congresses (based on redistricting following the2020 census), the district contains all or portions of the following counties and communities:^[8]

OrangeCounty(8)

Belle Isle,Conway,Edgewood,Holden Heights,Hunter's Creek,Lake Hart,Lake Mary Jane,Meadow Woods,Orlando (part; also10th),Pine Castle,Sky Lake,Southchase,Taft,Williamsburg

OsceolaCounty(8)

All 8 communities

PolkCounty(2)

Loughman (part; also18th),Poinciana (shared with Osceola County)

Name	Party	Years	Cong– ress	Electoral history	Counties
District created January 3, 1963
Don Fuqua (Altha)	Democratic	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1967	88th 89th	Elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Redistricted to the2nd district.	1963–1967 Calhoun,Franklin,Gadsden,Hamilton,Jackson,Jefferson,Lafayette,Leon,Liberty,Madison,Suwannee,Taylor, andWakulla
Paul Rogers (West Palm Beach)	Democratic	January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1973	90th 91st 92nd	Redistricted from the6th district andre-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Redistricted to the11th district.	1967–1973 Broward,Collier,Glades,Hendry,Highlands,Martin,Okeechobee,Palm Beach, andSt. Lucie
Louis Frey, Jr. (Winter Park)	Republican	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1979	93rd 94th 95th	Redistricted from the5th district andre-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Retired torun for Governor of Florida.	1973–1983 Brevard andOrange
Bill Nelson (Melbourne)	Democratic	January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1983	96th 97th	Elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Redistricted to the11th district.
Michael Bilirakis (Tarpon Springs)	Republican	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 2007	98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th	Elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Re-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. Retired.	1983–1993 Hillsborough,Pasco, andPinellas
					1993–2003 Hillsborough,Pasco, andPinellas
					2003–2013 Hillsborough,Pasco, andPinellas
Gus Bilirakis (Palm Harbor)	Republican	January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2013	110th 111th 112th	Elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Redistricted to the12th district.
Alan Grayson (Orlando)	Democratic	January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2017	113th 114th	Elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Retired torun for U.S. senator.	2013–2017 Orange,Osceola, andPolk
Darren Soto (Kissimmee)	Democratic	January 3, 2017 – present	115th 116th 117th 118th 119th	Elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. Re-elected in 2024.	2017–2023 Orange,Osceola, andPolk
					2023–present Orange,Osceola, andPolk

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• 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

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