Florida's 24th congressional district is a congressional district

Congressional district

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 in the U.S. state

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 of Florida

Florida

Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...

. Created after the 2000 U.S. Census, the district includes portions of Brevard County

Brevard County, Florida

Brevard County is a county located in the U.S. state of Florida, along the coast of the Atlantic Ocean. As of 2007 U.S. Census Bureau estimates, the population is 536,521, making it the 10th most populous county in the state. Influenced by the presence of the John F. Kennedy Space Center, Brevard...

 (including Titusville

Titusville, Florida

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) and parts of Orange

Orange County, Florida

Orange County is a county located in the U.S. state of Florida and is part of the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford Metropolitan Statistical Area . As of 2010 U.S. Census, the county had a population of 1,145,956....

, Seminole

Seminole County, Florida

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, and Volusia

Volusia County, Florida

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 counties. The district encompasses Port Orange

Port Orange, Florida

Port Orange is a city in Volusia County, Florida, United States. In 2006, the U.S. Census Bureau estimated the city's population as 52,793. The city is part of the Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area; the metropolitan area's 2006 population was estimated at...

, Winter Park

Winter Park, Florida

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, Edgewater

Edgewater, Volusia County, Florida

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, and New Smyrna Beach

New Smyrna Beach, Florida

New Smyrna Beach is a city in Volusia County, Florida, United States. The population was 20,048 according to the 2000 census. As of 2007, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau is 23,161.-History:...

.

The district is represented by Republican

Republican Party (United States)

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 Sandy Adams

Sandy Adams

Sandra "Sandy" Adams is the U.S. Representative for . She is a member of the Republican Party. She is also a former law enforcement professional who represented District 33 in the Florida House of Representatives....

 who defeated Democratic

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 incumbent

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 Suzanne Kosmas

Suzanne Kosmas

Suzanne M. Kosmas is the former U.S. Representative for , serving from 2009 until 2011. She is a member of the Democratic Party...

 in 2010

United States House of Representatives elections, 2010

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.

Voter Registration

As of October 2010:

• Republicans: 193,865 (39.74%)
• Democrats: 179,342 (36.76%)
• Others: 114,655 (23.50%)

List of representatives

The district was created on January 3, 2003. Previously, Florida had 23 congressional districts.

Representative	Party	Years	Congress	Note
Tom Feeney Tom Feeney Thomas Charles "Tom" Feeney III, usually known as Tom Feeney , is an American politician from the state of Florida. He represented . He was defeated in the 2008 election by Democrat Suzanne Kosmas.-Early life:...	Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...	January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2009		Defeated
Suzanne Kosmas Suzanne Kosmas Suzanne M. Kosmas is the former U.S. Representative for , serving from 2009 until 2011. She is a member of the Democratic Party...	Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...	January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2011		Defeated
Sandy Adams Sandy Adams Sandra "Sandy" Adams is the U.S. Representative for . She is a member of the Republican Party. She is also a former law enforcement professional who represented District 33 in the Florida House of Representatives....	Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...	January 3, 2011-		Incumbent

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2008

2010

External links

• Rep. Sandy Adams official House of Representatives site