Florida FL-13 House2020
RACE AT A GLANCE
RACE TYPE
Incumbent running
Charlie Crist (D)
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Last updated : Oct 2, 2020Key Dates
Filing Deadline: Apr 24, 2020
Primary Election: Aug 18, 2020
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Full Bio:
CRIST, Charlie Joseph Jr., a Representative from Florida; born in Altoona, Blair County, Pa., July 24, 1956; graduated from St. Petersburg High School, St. Petersburg, Fla., 1974; attended Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, N.C.; B.A., Florida State University, Tallahassee, Fla., 1978; J.D., Cumberland School of Law, Birmingham, Ala., 1981; lawyer, private practice; unsuccessful candidate for election to the Florida state senate in 1986; staff, United States Senator Connie Mack of Florida, 1989; member of the Florida state senate, 1993-1999; Florida deputy secretary of business and professional regulation, 1999-2001; Florida state education commissioner, 2001-2003; Florida state attorney general, 2003-2007; Governor of Florida, 2007-2011; unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate in 2010; unsuccessful candidate for election for Governor of Florida in 2014; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Fifteenth Congress (January 3, 2017-present).
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CANDIDATES
Republicans
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DISTRICT DATA
Florida - 13
Pinellas County: parts of St. Petersburg, Clearwater
Population Breakdown
Source: American Community Survey 2015
Past Presidential Results from this District
2016 Election Results
Source: Dave's Redistricting/VEST
2012 Election Results
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RACE ANALYSIS
The Bottom Line
Updated: Aug 30, 2019
FL-13: Charlie Crist (D) - Tampa Bay: St. Petersburg, Clearwater
Solid Democratic. After losing bids for Senate in 2010 and governor in 2014, the party-switching Crist finally settled for this House seat when a new map added more of St. Petersburg and made the seat more Democratic. In 2018, former GOP Rep. David Jolly ultimately passed on a comeback bid and Crist won reelection with 58 percent against "America First" retired Army veteran George Buck. Buck is running again in 2020 but this isn't a GOP target.
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