Florida's 22nd congressional district

Infobox U.S. congressional district
state = Florida
district number = 22


representative = Ron Klein
party = Democratic
english area =
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percent urban =
percent rural =
population = 639,295
population year = 2000
median income =51,200
percent white = 90.3
percent black = 4
percent asian = 1.7
percent native american = 0.2
percent hispanic = 2.3
percent other race = 0.7
percent blue collar =
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cpvi = D+4

Florida's 22nd congressional district is a congressional district in Florida. The residents of the 22nd district are represented in the United States House of Representatives by Democrat Ron Klein. The district has a Cook Partisan Voting Index score of D+4.

The 22nd district encompasses the coastline of South Florida from northern Broward County to the northern end of Palm Beach County, with a long finger jutting out into the northeastern part of Palm Beach county and another finger encompassing Boca Raton, Deerfield Beach, and Coconut Creek. Also included in the district are the towns of Oakland Park and part of Cooper City.

The district was created after the 1990 Census. Republican E. Clay Shaw, Jr. was elected in the first election for the district in 1992 and was subsequently reelected for six terms until he lost to Democrat Ron Klein in the 2006 election.

The 22nd district was the center of the disputed 2000 presidential election in Florida and the ensuing Florida election recount, which was shut down in the middle of counting of the Supreme Court in "Bush v. Gore". The official count had the district narrowly voting for Al Gore.

In the 2004 presidential election, 52 percent of the votes cast in the district went for John Kerry.

*Male: 48.8%
*Female: 51.2%
*Median age: 43.0
*18 years and over: 81.1%
*65 years and over: 20.8%
*Employed: 58.1%
*Median household income: $51,200
*Families below poverty level: 4.6%
*Bachelor's degree or higher: 34.1%

Representatives