Florida's 2nd House district elects one member of the Florida House of Representatives. The district is represented by Alex Andrade. This district is located in the Florida Panhandle and encompasses part of the Emerald Coast. The district covers the southern portion of Escambia County and a small part of Santa Rosa County. The district is anchored on Pensacola, its largest city, and contains part of its metropolitan area. As of the 2010 census, the district's population is 155,932.

This district contains Naval Air Station Pensacola and Pensacola International Airport. The district also contains Pensacola State College and Pensacola Christian College, both located in Pensacola.

There was a vacancy between March 13, 2013 and March 4, 2014 due to the death of incumbent Clay Ford. Mike Hill, the president of the Northwest Florida Tea Party, won a special election to fill the seat.

Representatives from 1967 to the present +Representatives by party affiliation Party Representatives Republican 8 Democratic 6 + Representatives from Florida's 2nd district#NameTerm of serviceResidencePolitical partyCounties represented1Warren M. Briggs1967–1968PensacolaDemocraticEscambia2Gordon Tyrrell1968–1972PensacolaDemocraticEscambia3R. W. Peaden1972–1976PensacolaDemocraticEscambia4Tom Patterson1976–1982PensacolaDemocraticEscambia5Ginger Wetherell1982–1988PensacolaDemocraticEscambia6Buzz Ritchie1988–1992PensacolaDemocraticEscambia7Lois Benson1992–1994PensacolaRepublicanEscambia8Jerry Maygarden1994–2002PensacolaRepublicanEscambia9Dave Murzin2002–2010PensacolaRepublicanEscambia10Clay Ingram2010–2012PensacolaRepublicanEscambia11Clay Ford2012–2013PensacolaRepublicanEscambia, Santa RosaVacant12Mike Hill2013–2016PensacolaRepublicanEscambia, Santa Rosa13Frank White2016–2018PensacolaRepublicanEscambia, Santa Rosa14Alex Andrade2018–presentPensacolaRepublicanEscambia, Santa Rosa

See also

Florida's 1st Senate district Florida's 1st congressional district

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