| State: | Florida |
| District Number: | 18 |
| Image Caption: | Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023 |
| Representative: | Scott Franklin |
| Party: | Republican |
| Residence: | Lakeland |
| English Area: | 1,889[1] |
| Distribution Ref: | [2] |
| Percent Urban: | 96.37 |
| Percent Rural: | 3.63 |
| Population: | 833,693[3] |
| Population Year: | 2022 |
| Median Income: | $57,810[4] |
| Percent White: | 55.3 |
| Percent Hispanic: | 27.0 |
| Percent Black: | 12.3 |
| Percent Asian: | 1.5 |
| Percent More Than One Race: | 3.1 |
| Percent Other Race: | 0.7 |
| Cpvi: | R+13[5] |
Florida's 18th congressional district is an electoral district for the U.S. Congress, located in the Florida Heartland. In the 2020 redistricting cycle, the district was redrawn to cover inland counties of DeSoto, Glades, Hardee, Hendry, Highlands, and Okeechobee, as well as most of Polk County (including Bartow, eastern Lakeland, and Winter Haven) and some of Immokalee in Collier County. It is essentially the successor to the old 15th district. The district is currently represented by Republican Scott Franklin.
From 2013 to 2023, the district was located in the Treasure Coast and contained the whole of St. Lucie County and Martin County as well as the northeastern part of Palm Beach County, and included Port St. Lucie, Fort Pierce, Stuart, and Jupiter, as well as Treasure Coast International Airport.[6] Much of this district is now the 21st district.
The 18th district was created as a result of the redistricting cycle after the 1980 census. From 1983 to 2012, it was based in South Florida. In its final configuration as a South Florida district, it included portions of Miami-Dade and Monroe counties. The Miami-Dade section included most of the city of Miami, the South Beach section of Miami Beach, and many of the southern Miami suburbs, including Coral Gables and Coral Terrace. The Monroe County section of the district included all of the Florida Keys.
| Year | Results | |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | George W. Bush 56% - Al Gore 42% | |
| 2004 | George W. Bush 54% - John Kerry 45% | |
| 2008 | Barack Obama 51% - John McCain 48% | |
| 2012 | Mitt Romney 52% - Barack Obama 48% | |
| 2016 | Donald Trump 53% - Hillary Clinton 44% | |
| 2020 | Donald Trump 53% - Joe Biden 45% |
| County | Seat | Population | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | Collier | East Naples | 404,310 | |
| 27 | DeSoto | Arcadia | 35,979 | |
| 43 | Glades | Moore Haven | 12,786 | |
| 49 | Hardee | Wauchula | 25,760 | |
| 51 | Hendry | LaBelle | 43,33 | |
| 55 | Highlands | Sebring | 107,614 | |
| 93 | Okeechobee | Okeechobee | 41,427 | |
| 105 | Polk | Bartow | 818,330 |
| Member | Party | Years | Cong ress | Electoral history | Counties | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District created January 3, 1983 | |||||||||
| align=left | Claude Pepper | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1983 – May 30, 1989 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Died. | 1983–1993 Miami-Dade | |||
| Vacant | nowrap | May 30, 1989 – September 7, 1989 | |||||||
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | Republican | September 7, 1989 – January 3, 2013 | Elected to finish Pepper's term. 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 . | ||||||
| 1993–2003 Miami-Dade | |||||||||
| 2003–2013 Miami-Dade and Monroe | |||||||||
| align=left | Patrick Murphy | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2017 | Elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Retired to run for U.S. senator. | 2013–2017 Martin, Palm Beach, and St. Lucie | |||
| align=left | Brian Mast | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 2017 – January 3, 2023 | Elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Redistricted to the . | 2017–2023 Martin, Palm Beach, and St. Lucie | |||
| align=left | Scott Franklin | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 2023 – present | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 2022. | 2023–present: 250px | |||
