page_title: John Mica
section_title: Elections
hierarchical_section_title: John Mica / U.S. House of Representatives / Elections
caption_attribution_description: English: Capt. Karl Thomas, commanding officer of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson, speaks with U.S. Representatives John Mica, left, from Florida, Juan Vargas, middle, and Darrell Issa, seated, from California, on the navigation bridge. Carl Vinson and its embarked air wing, Carrier Air Wing 17, are deployed in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations supporting Operation Inherent Resolve, strike operations in Iraq and Syria as directed, maritime security operations, and theater security cooperation efforts in the region.
context_page_description: John Luigi Mica is an American businessman, consultant and Republican politician who represented Florida's 7th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1993 to 2017. He was defeated by Democrat Stephanie Murphy in the November 8, 2016, general election while serving his 12th term in office.
context_section_description: 1992
  In 1992, Mica ran for Congress in the 7th District, previously the 4th District represented by two-term Republican Craig T. James.
  Mica won the Republican primary with 53% of the vote, defeating State Representative Richard Graham (34%) and Vaughn Forrest (13%). In the general election, he defeated Democrat Dan Webster 56%–44%.
  1994–2004
  During this time period, he won re-election every two years with at least 60% of the vote.
  2006
  Mica defeated Jack Chagnon 63%–37%.
  2008
  Mica defeated Faye Armitage 62%–38%.
  2010
  Mica defeated Heather Beaven 69%–31%.
  2012
  For his first 10 terms, Mica represented a district that stretched from the Orlando suburbs through Daytona Beach all the way to St. Augustine.
  After the 2010 Census, the bulk of Mica's territory became the 6th District. However, most of the Orange County portion, including Mica's home in Winter Park, was drawn into the new 7th District. That district had previously been the 24th District, represented by freshman Republican Sandy Adams.  Although the new 7th was over 58 percent new to Mica, he defeated Adams in the Republican primary with 61 percent of the vote.  In the general election, Mica defeated Jason Kendall 59%–41%.
  2014
  Mica defeated Wes Neuman 64%–32%.
  2016
  A court-ordered redistricting made the 7th slightly friendlier to Democrats. The new map cut out the district's share of Volusia County, while pushing it farther into Orlando.
  The 7th had already been a marginal district, even though Mica had been elected twice from this district without serious difficulty. Mitt Romney narrowly won it over Barack Obama in 2012, with 51 percent of the vote. In contrast, had the redrawn 7th existed in 2012, Obama would have won it with 49.4 percent.
  In the general election, Mica lost to Democrat Stephanie Murphy by a margin of 51%–49%.
caption: Mica with Congressman Darrell Issa on the Navigation bridge of the USS Carl Vinson in 2014.
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