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20th Congressional District

The 20th District, stretching from Miramar in southwest Broward to Riviera Beach in northeastern Palm Beach County, encompasses most of the African American and Caribbean American communities in Broward and Palm Beach counties.

It takes in all or parts of Belle Glade, Cloud Lake, Fort Lauderdale, Glen Ridge, Haverhill, Lake Park, Lauderdale Lakes, Lauderhill, Loxahatchee Groves, Mangonia Park, Miramar, North Lauderdale, Oakland Park, Pahokee, Palm Beach Gardens, Parkland, Plantation, Pompano Beach, Riviera Beach, Royal Palm Beach, South Bay, Sunrise, Tamarac, West Palm Beach, Wellington and Weston.

The partisan voting index from the nonpartisan Cook Political Report rates the district as D plus 28, which means it performed 28 points more Democratic than the nation during the past two presidential contests.

President Joe Biden won 77.2% of the 2020 presidential vote in the district. In 2016, Democrat Hillary Clinton received 79.8%.