Florida's 16th congressional district
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Florida's 16th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
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| Current Representative | Vern Buchanan (R–Sarasota) |
| Area | 1,664 sq mi (4,310 km2) |
| Cook PVI | R+6 |
NOTE: This district's boundaries were changed in 2016. This map is not presently accurate.
Florida's 16th congressional district is an electoral district for the U.S. Congress and was reassigned in 2012, effective January 2013, to western Manatee County, Florida and Sarasota County. The district stretches from Bradenton, the County Seat, in Manatee County to North Port, in Sarasota County, the county's youngest and most populous incorporated city. The city of Sarasota is the County Seat of Sarasota County.
The district is currently represented by Republican Vern Buchanan.
When the Florida legislature redistricted in 2002 after the 2000 U.S. Census, a federal court described the boundaries of the 16th Congressional District and the interlocking 23rd Congressional District as an example of gerrymandering and a "raw exercise of majority legislative power."
As of January 2017[update], there are three former members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida's 16th congressional district that are currently living at this time.
The former 16th district in 2003–2012 stretched from the Gulf of Mexico to the Atlantic Coast and included parts of Charlotte, Glades, Hendry, Highlands, Okeechobee, St. Lucie, Martin, and Palm Beach counties. Included within the district were Port Charlotte, Port St. Lucie, and Palm Beach.
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