| Florida's 3rd congressional district | |
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.svg)  Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023 | |
| Representative | |
| Area | 3,844[1] sq mi (9,960 km2) |
| Distribution |
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| Population (2024) | 845,635[3] |
| Median household income | $63,348[3] |
| Ethnicity |
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| Cook PVI | R+10[4] |
Florida's 3rd congressional district is an electoral district of theUnited States House of Representatives located inFlorida. It presently comprises a large section of north central Florida, including the entire counties ofAlachua,Baker,Bradford,Columbia,Dixie,Gilchrist,Hamilton,Levy,Suwannee, andUnion, along with the majority ofLafayette andMarion County. The city ofGainesville is in the district as well as part ofOcala (its northern suburbs), and portions of theJacksonville metropolitan area.
Redistricting in Florida, effective for the 2012 federal elections, radically altered the nature of the 3rd district. From 1993 through 2012 the district called the 3rd district comprised an entirely different territory, roughly similar to the 5th district as of 2013[update]. Likewise the present territory of the new 3rd district, as of the 2012 elections, is made up of parts of the former 2nd, 4th, 5th, and 6th districts, though it is geographically similar to the pre-2013 6th district. The former 3rd district was an intentionallygerrymandered territory designed to unite disparate areas of northeastern Florida with significant African-American populations into a black-majority district, and was overwhelmingly Democratic in voting patterns.
The new 3rd district has a majority white population, largely in rural areas and small towns. The only cities of any size in the district are Gainesville and Ocala. The district has been represented by RepublicanKat Cammack since 2021.
While Florida has had at least three congressional districts since the1900 U.S. census, the 1993–2012 3rd congressional district dates toreapportionment done by theFlorida Legislature after the1990 U.S. census. Because Florida has a large population ofAfrican Americans, but not a large enough concentration anywhere in the state to easily configure a congressional district with a majority, there were several attempts to create a fewgerrymandered districts which were certain to elect an African American candidate. This created an odd coalition of black Democrats and Republicans who supported such districts (since this not only created black-majority districts, but also made "safer" Republican districts elsewhere). This effort was opposed by many white Democrats, but eventually, this idea won the support of the state legislature and this district was created as a result.[5]
The 1993–2012 3rd congressional district was geographically diverse. Starting from the southern part of the district, it included thePine Hills area of theOrlando-Kissimmee Metropolitan Area with small pockets ofAfrican-American neighborhoods in the cities ofSanford,Gainesville,Palatka, and finally the larger African American communities ofJacksonville. Connecting these areas were regions that are sparsely populated—either expansive rural areas or narrow strips which are only a few miles wide.Barack Obama received 73% of the vote in this district in the2008 Presidential election. The old 3rd district was represented from 1993 through 2012 byCorrine Brown, who was elected to the similar new 5th district in the November 2012 elections.
| Year | Office | Results[6][7] |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | President | McCain 53% - 46% |
| 2010 | Senate | Rubio 52% - 21% |
| Governor | Scott 52% - 48% | |
| Attorney General | Bondi 54% - 38% | |
| Chief Financial Officer | Atwater 54% - 36% | |
| 2012 | President | Romney 56% - 44% |
| Senate | Nelson 53% - 47% | |
| 2014 | Governor | Scott 55% - 45% |
| 2016 | President | Trump 55% - 41% |
| Senate | Rubio 57% - 39% | |
| 2018 | Senate | Scott 54% - 45% |
| Governor | DeSantis 55% - 43% | |
| Attorney General | Moody 58% - 41% | |
| Chief Financial Officer | Patronis 57% - 43% | |
| 2020 | President | Trump 57% - 42% |
| 2022 | Senate | Rubio 62% - 37% |
| Governor | DeSantis 64% - 35% | |
| Attorney General | Moody 65% - 35% | |
| Chief Financial Officer | Patronis 64% - 36% | |
| 2024 | President | Trump 60% - 39% |
| Senate | Scott 60% - 38% |
For the118th and successive Congresses (based on redistricting following the2020 census), the district contains all or portions of the following counties and communities:[8]
BakerCounty(2)
DixieCounty(3)
LevyCounty(16)
MarionCounty(11)
UnionCounty(3)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Corrine Brown (Incumbent) | 88,462 | 59.29 | |
| Republican | Jennifer Carroll | 60,747 | 40.71 | |
| Total votes | 149,209 | 100.00 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Corrine Brown (Incumbent) | 172,833 | 99.24 | |
| No party | Others | 1,323 | 0.76 | |
| Total votes | 174,156 | 100.00 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Corrine Brown (Incumbent) | 100.00 | ||
| Total votes | 100.00 | |||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Corrine Brown (Incumbent) | 100.00 | ||
| Total votes | 100.00 | |||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Corrine Brown (Incumbent) | 94,744 | 63.04 | |
| Republican | Mike Yost | 50,932 | 33.89 | |
| Independent | Terry Martin-Back | 4,625 | 3.08 | |
| Total votes | 150,301 | 100.00 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Ted Yoho | 204,331 | 64.7 | |||
| Democratic | Jacques Rene Gaillot Jr. | 102,468 | 32.5 | |||
| Independent | Philip Dodds | 8,870 | 2.8 | |||
| Independent | Michael Ricks | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total votes | 315,669 | 100.00 | ||||
| Turnout | ||||||
| Republicangain fromDemocratic | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Ted Yoho (Incumbent) | 148,691 | 65.0 | |
| Democratic | Marihelen Wheeler | 73,910 | 32.3 | |
| Independent | Howard Lawson | 6,208 | 2.7 | |
| Total votes | 228,809 | 100.00 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Ted Yoho (Incumbent) | 193,843 | 56.6 | |
| Democratic | Kenneth McGurn | 136,338 | 39.8 | |
| Independent | Tom Wells | 12,519 | 3.7 | |
| Total votes | 342,700 | 100.00 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Ted Yoho (Incumbent) | 176,616 | 57.6 | |
| Democratic | Yvonne Hayes Hinson | 129,880 | 42.4 | |
| Total votes | 306,496 | 100.00 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Kat Cammack | 223,075 | 57.14% | ||
| Democratic | Adam Christensen | 167,326 | 42.86% | ||
| Total votes | 390,401 | 100.0 | |||
| Republicanhold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Kat Cammack (Incumbent) | 178,101 | 62.5% | ||
| Democratic | Danielle Hawk | 103,382 | 36.3% | ||
| No party | Linda Brooks | 3,410 | 1.2% | ||
| Total votes | 284,893 | 100.0 | |||
| Republicanhold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Kat Cammack (incumbent) | 241,174 | 61.61 | ||
| Democratic | Tom Wells | 150,283 | 38.39 | ||
| Total votes | 391,457 | 100.00 | |||
| Republicanhold | |||||
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