| State: | Florida |
| District Number: | 17 |
| Image Caption: | Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023 |
| Representative: | Greg Steube |
| Party: | Republican |
| Residence: | Sarasota |
| English Area: | 6,315[1] |
| Distribution Ref: | [2] |
| Percent Urban: | 82.08 |
| Percent Rural: | 17.92 |
| Population: | 839,779[3] |
| Population Year: | 2022 |
| Median Income: | $70,558 |
| Percent White: | 75.5 |
| Percent Hispanic: | 13.8 |
| Percent Black: | 5.2 |
| Percent Asian: | 1.6 |
| Percent More Than One Race: | 3.2 |
| Percent Other Race: | 0.7 |
| Cpvi: | R+10[4] |
Florida's 17th congressional district is an electoral district for the U.S. Congress, located in Southwest Florida. In the 2020 redistricting cycle, the district was shrunk to only include the coastal counties of Sarasota and Charlotte as well as northeastern Lee County, including most of Lehigh Acres. Other inland counties which were previously in the district were instead redistricted into the new 18th district.
The 17th district was created as a result of the redistricting cycle after the 1980 census. From 2003 to 2013 it was located in South Florida, and was a majority African American district. It included the southern parts of Broward County and the eastern parts of Miami-Dade County. Included within the district were Pembroke Pines, Hollywood, Miramar, and North Miami. Most of this district is now the 24th district.
After the 2010 census and its corresponding redistricting cycle, the district included portions of the previous 12th and 16th districts. Most of the district's territory came from the western portion of the old 16th. After court-ordered redistricting for the 2016 elections, the district included a large area of central Florida from eastern Tampa Bay to the western shores of Lake Okeechobee, including all of Charlotte County, DeSoto County, Glades County, Hardee County, Highlands County and Okeechobee County, plus parts of Lee County, Polk County and Sarasota County. Major cities in the district included North Port, Punta Gorda, Venice, Wauchula, Arcadia, and Okeechobee.
Republican Tom Rooney, incumbent congressman of the previous 16th district, ran for reelection in the 17th in 2012 and won. He was re-elected in 2014 and 2016, but did not run for re-election in 2018.[5] [6] Greg Steube was elected on November 6.
| Year | Results | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Bill Clinton 74% – George H. W. Bush 18% – Ross Perot 7% | ||
| 1996 | Bill Clinton 85% – Bob Dole 12% | ||
| 2000 | Al Gore 84% – George W. Bush 15% | ||
| 2004 | John Kerry 83% – George W. Bush 17% | ||
| 2008 | Barack Obama 87% – John McCain 12% | ||
| 2012 | Mitt Romney 58% – Barack Obama 41% | ||
| 2016 | Donald Trump 62% – Hillary Clinton 35% | ||
| 2020 | Donald Trump 63% – Joe Biden 35% |
| County | Seat | Population | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | Charlotte | Punta Gorda | 206,134 | |
| 71 | Lee | Fort Myers | 834,573 | |
| 115 | Sarasota | Sarasota | 469,013 |
| Representative | Party | Years | Cong ress | Electoral history | Congressional map | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District created January 3, 1983 | ||||||||
| align=left | William Lehman | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 1990. Retired. | 1983–1993 | ||
| align=left | Carrie Meek | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2003 | Elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Retired. | 1993–2003 | ||
| align=left | Kendrick Meek | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2011 | Elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Retired to run for U.S. senator. | 2003–2013 | ||
| align=left | Frederica Wilson | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2013 | Elected in 2010. Redistricted to the . | |||
Tom Rooney | Republican | January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2019 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Retired. | 2013–2017 | ||||
| 2017–2023 | ||||||||
Greg Steube | Republican | January 3, 2019 – present | Elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. | |||||
| 2023–present | ||||||||