Florida's 18th congressional district
- Florida's 18th congressional district
Infobox U.S. congressional district
state = Florida
district number = 18
representative = Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
party = Republican
english area =
metric area =
percent urban =
percent rural =
population = 639,295
population year = 2000
median income = 32,298
percent white = 83.9
percent black = 7.2
percent asian = 1.0
percent native american = 0.2
percent hispanic = 62.7
percent other race = 0.0
percent blue collar =
percent white collar =
percent gray collar =
cpvi = R + 4
Florida's Eighteenth Congressional District is a U.S. congressional district in Florida. The district includes many of the southern Miami suburbs as well as the entire Florida Keys. George W. Bush received 54% of the vote in this district in 2004. The district has a Cook Partisan Voting Index score of R +4.
Currently, the residents of the Eighteenth District are represented by Republican Ileana Ros-Lehtinen.
2008 Congressional elections
On February 26, 2008 Annette Taddeo, a local businesswoman, announced that she would run against Ros-Lehtinen in the 2008 general elections. She is one of three Democratic candidates hoping to unseat the three Republicans that represent South Florida in Congress. Two of the three Democrats and all three Republicans are Cuban-American, while Taddeo is Colombian-American.
External links
* [http://www.house.gov/ros-lehtinen/ Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen's official House of Representatives website]
* [http://www.votetaddeo.com/index.php?src=news&submenu=News&srctype=detail&category=Latest%20News&refno=14 Business Executive To Challenge Ros-Lehtinen: Annette Taddeo Announces Candidacy For Congress]
* [http://www.votetaddeo.com/ Annette Taddeo's campaign website]
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