U.S. Representative — Florida’s 6th Congressional District
Florida’s 6th · educational cover · regional illustration
What this office is
A United States Representative is a federal legislator elected from one congressional district. Florida’s 6th is one of the state’s 28 House seats. The term is two years. The whole House stands for election every even-numbered year.
This page is Side One: inform, educate, inspire. It is not the race, not legal advice, and not an official government notice. For the 2026 cycle, use the election twin.
Confirm the current Member and the official map on House.gov — Find your Representative and the Clerk of the House.
How the job fits this community
Florida’s congressional map for the 2026 ballot is HB 1D, signed 4 May 2026. North Florida’s 1st through 7th were not redrawn — those lines are the 2022 lines. The 8th is the first seat that moved. Litigation is pending. Unless a court says otherwise, HB 1D is the map. Confirm on the Division of Elections and voter lookup. Look up the address.
The 6th is the north-central Atlantic and the St. Johns interior: Daytona Beach, Ormond Beach, DeLand, all of Flagler (Palm Coast), all of Putnam (Palatka), north and east Lake (Eustis, Mount Dora, Umatilla), east Marion (Silver Springs, Belleview), and southern St. Johns (Hastings, Butler Beach). Historic St. Augustine is the 5th. Sanford and the rest of Seminole County are the 7th. This is not the old Jacksonville–Gainesville–Ocala 6th — that geography is now the 3rd. Confirm the county.
Federal work here is a speedway inbox and a river-county inbox. Daytona files a beach and a race week. Flagler files a newer coast city. Putnam files a river seat. Lake and Marion file the northern edge of The Villages — The Villages themselves are split with the 11th. Staff who still file St. Augustine here, or who file this as Gainesville, are not doing the job.
The Representative is the human hinge between this Daytona-and-interior map and Washington.
What the job entails
- Legislate. Introduce and cosponsor bills. Sit on committees. Vote.
- The purse. The House originates revenue bills. Appropriations decide what actually gets built or staffed.
- Oversight. Hearings and letters that watch the executive branch.
- Casework. SSA, VA, IRS, USCIS, military records, passports.
- District presence. Town halls, city halls, employers, schools — the district is the employer.
- Two homes. Washington for votes and committees. The district for the people who hired the office.
What a day is like
There is no single Tuesday. In Washington: a visitor from Daytona Beach and a visitor from Palatka. In the district: a Volusia desk and a Putnam desk.
The staff is the office. A serious Member is a serious principal: clear priorities, honest casework, no rumor as policy.
Place snapshot (verify official sources)
- State: Florida · Seat: District 6 of 28
- On HB 1D (unchanged from 2022): Daytona Beach / Flagler / Putnam / north Lake
- St. Augustine is the 5th. Seminole is the 7th.
Orientation adapted from public congressional-district descriptions and Florida official election sources for education. The map and the Member of record are whatever the Division of Elections and House.gov say today.
What this is not
- Not a U.S. Senator (statewide, six-year term).
- Not the Governor.
- Not a county commission, or a mayor.
- Not a campaign flyer. This page does not tell anyone who to vote for.
Official doors
- Find your Representative
- Florida Division of Elections
- Voter lookup
- Volusia County Supervisor of Elections
The arena: 2026 election — Florida’s 6th