Florida's 72nd House of Representatives district

Florida's 72nd House District elects one member of the Florida House of Representatives. Its current representative is Republican Tommy Gregory. This district is located in the Sarasota metropolitan area and encompasses northwestern parts of Sarasota County.[1] As of the 2010 census, the district's population is 159,167. The most populated census-designated place in the district is its share of Sarasota, with around 54,400 people living there; followed by Sarasota Springs (16,400 people) and Fruitville (13,300 people).[2] In the 2022 election for the district, 82,707 total people voted, 67% of which voted for republican Tommy Gregory, District 73's representative at the time; Gregory defeated resident Roberts Dameus in the election.

Florida's 72nd State
House of Representatives
district
Map of the district
Representative
  Tommy Gregory
R–Sarasota
Demographics80.4% White
2.6% Black
13.6% Hispanic
2.2% Asian
0.3% Native American
0.9% Remainder of multiracial
Population (2020)
 • Voting age		171,725
18

Representatives from 1972 to the present
Representatives by party affiliation
Party Representatives
Republican 8
Democratic 5
Name Term of Service Residence Political Party
Harry H. Pfeiffer 1967-1970 Cocoa Beach Republican
F. Eugene Tubbs 1970-1972 Rockledge Republican
John P. Harllee[3] 1972-1974 Bradenton Democratic
Pat Neal 1974-1978 Bradenton Democratic
Lawrence F. Shackelford 1978-1982 Palmetto Democratic
Vernon Peeples 1982-1996 Punta Gorda Democratic
Lindsay M. Harrington 1996-2004 Punta Gorda Republican
Paige Kreegel 2004-2012 Punta Gorda Republican
Ray Pilon 2012-2016 Sarasota Republican
Alexandra Miller 2016-2018 Sarasota Republican
Margaret Good 2018-2020 Sarasota Democratic
Fiona McFarland 2020-2022 Sarasota Republican
Tommy Gregory 2022- present Sarasota Republican

References
  1. "Florida House of Representatives District 72". Ballotpedia. Retrieved September 25, 2021.
  2. "The Demographic Statistical Atlas of the United States - Statistical Atlas". statisticalatlas.com. Retrieved September 25, 2021.
  3. "Membership of the Florida House of Representatives by County 1845-2012" (PDF).


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