Florida's 7th congressional district is a congressional district in the north central portion of the U.S. state of Florida .
Florida's 7th congressional district Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative Area 436[ 1] sq mi (1,130 km2 ) Distribution 97.87% urban[ 2] 2.13% rural Population (2022) 788,222[ 3] Median household income $75,437[ 3] Ethnicity Cook PVI R+5[ 4]
From 2003 to 2013, the district consisted of the suburban area between Orlando and Daytona Beach and included St. Augustine . The district included all of Flagler and St. Johns Counties ; a very small portion of eastern Putnam County ; parts of Volusia County , including portions of DeLand , Deltona , Ormond Beach , and Daytona Beach; much of western Seminole County ; and a small, predominantly suburban portion of Orange County .
Following court-ordered redistricting in 2015, the district included all of Seminole County and northern Orange County, including much of downtown and northern Orlando and the cities of Maitland and Winter Park . At the time, the district was also home to the University of Central Florida (UCF), the state's largest university by student population in 2020-2021.[ 5]
Following further redistricting in 2022 based on the 2020 United States census , the 7th district still includes all of Seminole County . It now includes the southern half of Volusia County , while the portion of the district that extended into Orange County , including UCF, is now part of the 10th congressional district .
The district is currently represented in the U.S. Congress by Rep. Cory Mills .
Results from previous presidential elections
Results from previous non-presidential statewide elections
Cities with 10,000 or more people
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Deltona – 93,692
Port Orange – 62,596
Sanford – 61,051
Altamonte Springs – 46,231
Oviedo – 40,059
Winter Springs – 38,342
New Smyrna Beach – 30,142
Casselberry – 28,794
Wekiwa Springs – 23,428
Edgewater – 23,097
DeBary – 22,260
Lake Mary – 16,798
Forest City – 14,623
Longwood – 15,097
Goldenrod – 13,431
Orange City – 12,632
List of members representing the district
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Member
Party
Years
Cong ress
Electoral history
District map
District created January 3, 1953
James A. Haley (Sarasota )
Democratic
January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1973
83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd
Elected in 1952 .Re-elected in 1954 .Re-elected in 1956 .Re-elected in 1958 .Re-elected in 1960 .Re-elected in 1962 .Re-elected in 1964 .Re-elected in 1966 .Re-elected in 1968 .Re-elected in 1970 . Redistricted to the 8th district .
1953–1973 [data missing ]
Sam Gibbons (Tampa )
Democratic
January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1993
93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd
Redistricted from the 6th district and 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 .Re-elected in 1988 .Re-elected in 1990 . Redistricted to the 11th district .
1973–1993 [data missing ]
John Mica (Winter Park )
Republican
January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2017
103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th 114th
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 .Re-elected in 2012 .Re-elected in 2014 . Lost re-election.
1993–2003 [data missing ]
2003-2013
2013–2017
Stephanie Murphy (Winter Park )
Democratic
January 3, 2017 – January 3, 2023
115th 116th 117th
Elected in 2016 .Re-elected in 2018 .Re-elected in 2020 . Retired.
2017–2023
Cory Mills (New Smyrna Beach )
Republican
January 3, 2023 – present
118th
Elected in 2022 .
2023–present