Florida's 12th congressional district
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative	Gus Bilirakis R–Palm Harbor
Area	1,069[1] mi2 (2,770 km2)
Distribution	93.09% urban[2] 6.91% rural
Population (2024)	871,072[3]
Median household income	$68,503[3]
Ethnicity	75.3%White 13.6%Hispanic 4.4%Black 4.1%Two or more races 2.0%Asian 0.7% other
Cook PVI	R+17[4]

Florida's 12th congressional district is anelectoral district for theU.S. Congress and was assigned along the Gulf coast of centralFlorida. The district includesCitrus County andHernando County, as well as most ofPasco County, including the places ofNew Port Richey,Dade City,Spring Hill, andHomosassa Springs.

From 2013 to 2023, it coveredPasco County and parts of northPinellas County andHillsborough County.^[5][6][7]

The district is currently represented byRepublicanGus Bilirakis.

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

CitrusCounty(15)

All 15 communities

Hernando County(22)

All 22 communities

PascoCounty(29)

Aripeka,Bayonet Point,Beacon Square,Connerton,Dade City,Dade City North,Elfers,Heritage Pines,Holiday,Hudson,Jasmine Estates,Key Vista,Lacoochee,Land O' Lakes (part; also15th),Meadow Oaks,Moon Lake,New Port Richey,New Port Richey East,Odessa (part; also15th),Pasadena Hills (part; also15th),Port Richey,Quail Ridge,River Ridge,San Antonio,Shady Hills,St. Leo,Trilby,Trinity,Wesley Chapel (part; also15th),

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	Location
District created January 3, 1963
William C. Cramer (St. Petersburg)	Republican	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1967	88th 89th	Redistricted from the1st district andre-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Redistricted to the8th district.	1963–1967 [data missing]
Dante Fascell (Miami)	Democratic	January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1973	90th 91st 92nd	Redistricted from the4th district andre-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Redistricted to the15th district.	1967–1973 [data missing]
J. Herbert Burke (Hollywood)	Republican	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1979	93rd 94th 95th	Redistricted from the10th district andre-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Lost re-election.	1973–1983 [data missing]
Edward J. Stack (Fort Lauderdale)	Democratic	January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1981	96th	Elected in 1978. Lost renomination.
Clay Shaw (Fort Lauderdale)	Republican	January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1983	97th	Elected in 1980. Redistricted to the15th district.
Tom Lewis (North Palm Beach)	Republican	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993	98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd	Elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Redistricted to the16th district.	1983–1993 [data missing]
Charles T. Canady (Lakeland)	Republican	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2001	103rd 104th 105th 106th	Elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Retired.	1993–2003 [data missing]
Adam Putnam (Bartow)	Republican	January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2011	107th 108th 109th 110th 111th	Elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Retired to run forFlorida Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
					2003–2013 The district covered areas further east and encompassed much ofPolk County as well as parts of rural and suburban eastHillsborough County and a small piece of westernOsceola County, which later became the center of the9th district.
Dennis Ross (Lakeland)	Republican	January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2013	112th	Elected in 2010. Redistricted to the15th district.
Gus Bilirakis (Palm Harbor)	Republican	January 3, 2013 – present	113th 114th 115th 116th 117th 118th 119th	Redistricted from the9th district andre-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. Re-elected in 2024.	2013–2017
					2017–2023
					2023–present

Bilirakis ran uncontested.^[16]

• 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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