| State: | Florida |
| District Number: | 4 |
| Image Caption: | Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023 |
| Representative: | Aaron Bean |
| Party: | Republican |
| Residence: | Fernandina Beach |
| English Area: | 1,962[1] |
| Distribution Ref: | [2] |
| Percent Urban: | 87.4 |
| Percent Rural: | 12.6 |
| Population: | 801,792[3] |
| Population Year: | 2022 |
| Median Income: | $70,226[4] |
| Percent White: | 52.1 |
| Percent Hispanic: | 8.8 |
| Percent Black: | 31.1 |
| Percent Asian: | 2.5 |
| Percent More Than One Race: | 4.5 |
| Percent Other Race: | 0.9 |
| Cpvi: | R+6[5] |
Florida's 4th congressional district is a congressional district in northeastern Florida, encompassing Nassau and Clay counties and Duval County east of the St. Johns River, including Downtown Jacksonville. The district is currently represented by Aaron Bean of the Republican Party.
As part of the 2020 redistricting cycle, the district was redrawn to include Clay County and exclude St. Johns County. Rutherford was redistricted into the 5th district, and Republican state senator Aaron Bean was elected to be the district's representative in the 2022 election.
Before 1993, most of the territory now in the 4th district was the 3rd district, represented by Charles Edward Bennett, a Democrat. He had held the seat and its predecessors since 1949 and was facing a stiff reelection contest against Republican Tillie Fowler in the 1992 election. Bennett retired after his wife fell ill, and Fowler easily defeated an underfunded replacement candidate. She became the first Republican woman to represent the district.
From 1967 to 1993, the 4th district stretched from the southern Jacksonville suburbs to the northern Orlando suburbs. Much of this area became the 7th district after redistricting, and is now the 6th district.
| Election results from presidential races | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Office | Results | |
| 1992 | President | Bush 53–30% | |
| 1996 | President | Dole 56–37% | |
| 2000 | President | Bush 63–35% | |
| 2004 | President | Bush 69–31% | |
| 2008 | President | McCain 61–38% | |
| 2012 | President | Romney 64–36% | |
| 2016 | President | Trump 62.1–34.1% | |
| 2020 | President | Trump 59.9–38.9% | |
| Voter Registration and Party Enrollment as of February 20, 2024[6] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Voters | Percentage | ||
| Republican | 209,858 | 40.70% | ||
| Democratic | 186,958 | 36.26% | ||
| No Party Affiliation | 105,509 | 20.46% | ||
| County | Seat | Population | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | Clay | Green Cove Springs | 232,439 | |
| 31 | Duval | Jacksonville | 1,030,822 | |
| 89 | Nassau | Fernandina Beach | 101,501 |
| Member | Party | Years | Cong ress | Electoral history | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District created March 4, 1915 | |||||||
| align=left | William J. Sears | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1929 | Elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Lost renomination. | ||
| align=left | Ruth Bryan Owen | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1933 | Elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Lost renomination. | ||
| align=left | J. Mark Wilcox | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939 | Elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Retired to run for U.S. Senate. | ||
| align=left | Pat Cannon | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1947 | Elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944 Lost renomination. | ||
| align=left | George Smathers | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1951 | Elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Retired to run for U.S. Senate. | ||
| align=left | Bill Lantaff | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1955 | Elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. | ||
| align=left | Dante Fascell | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1967 | Elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Redistricted to the . | ||
| align=left | Syd Herlong | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1969 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1966. | ||
| align=left | Bill Chappell | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1989 | Elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Lost re-election. | ||
| align=left | Craig James | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 1989 – January 3, 1993 | Elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Retired. | ||
| align=left | Tillie Fowler | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2001 | Elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Retired. | ||
| align=left | Ander Crenshaw | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2017 | Elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Retired. | ||
| align=left | John Rutherford | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 2017 – January 3, 2023 | Elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Redistricted to the . | ||
| align=left | Aaron Bean | Republican | January 3, 2023 – present | 118th | Elected in 2022. | ||