| State: | Florida |
| District Number: | 6 |
| Image Caption: | Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023 |
| Representative: | Michael Waltz |
| Party: | Republican |
| Residence: | St. Augustine Beach |
| English Area: | 2,682[1] |
| Distribution Ref: | [2] |
| Percent Urban: | 86.15 |
| Percent Rural: | 13.85 |
| Population: | 812,621 |
| Population Year: | 2022 |
| Median Income: | $60,287[3] |
| Percent White: | 71.3 |
| Percent Hispanic: | 11.5 |
| Percent Black: | 11.0 |
| Percent Asian: | 1.5 |
| Percent More Than One Race: | 3.9 |
| Percent Other Race: | 0.8 |
| Cpvi: | R+14[4] |
Florida's 6th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Florida. The district is located on the Eastern Florida Coast and stretches from the southern Jacksonville suburbs to New Smyrna Beach. It includes the city of Daytona Beach.
From 2003 to 2013 the district stretched from the St. Johns River and Jacksonville, sweeping through North Central Florida, encompassing portions of Gainesville and Ocala, and meandered down to the northern tip of the Greater Orlando area in Lake County. It included all of Bradford and Gilchrist counties and portions of Alachua, Clay, Duval, Lake, Levy, and Marion counties. Most of this district is now the 3rd District, while the current 6th covers most of the territory that was previously in the 7th district.
The district is currently represented by Republican Michael Waltz.
| Year | Office | Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | President | George W. Bush 61% – John Kerry 39% | |
| 2008 | President | John McCain 56% – Barack Obama 42% | |
| 2012 | President | Mitt Romney 57.7% – Barack Obama 41.4% | |
| 2016 | President | Donald Trump 57% – Hillary Clinton 40% | |
| 2020 | President | Donald Trump 58% – Joe Biden 40% |
The district contains over 525,000 registered voters, of whom just over 39% are Democratic, while slightly more than 41% identify as Republican.
| County | Seat | Population | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35 | Flagler | Bunnell | 131,439 | |
| 69 | Lake | Tavares | 424,462 | |
| 83 | Marion | Ocala | 409,959 | |
| 107 | Putnam | Palatka | 75,955 | |
| 109 | St. Johns | St. Augustine | 320,110 | |
| 127 | Volusia | DeLand | 590,357 |
| Member | Party | Years | Cong ress | Electoral history | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District created January 3, 1945 | ||||||||
| align=left | Dwight L. Rogers | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1945 – December 1, 1954 | Elected in 1944 Re-elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954 but died. | |||
| Vacant | nowrap | December 1, 1954 – January 11, 1955 | ||||||
| align=left | Paul Rogers | Democratic | nowrap | January 11, 1955 – January 3, 1967 | Elected to finish his father's term. 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 | Sam Gibbons | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1973 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Redistricted to the . | |||
| align=left | Bill Young | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1983 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Redistricted to the . | |||
| align=left | Buddy MacKay | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1989 | Elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Retired to run for U.S. Senator | |||
| align=left | Cliff Stearns | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 1989 – January 3, 2013 | 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. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Redistricted to the and lost renomination. | |||
| align=left | Ron DeSantis | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 2013 – September 10, 2018 | Elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Retired and resigned to run for Governor of Florida.[5] | |||
| Vacant | nowrap | September 10, 2018 – January 3, 2019 | ||||||
| align=left | Michael Waltz | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 2019 – present | Elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. | |||