Last updated Feb. 5, 2015: House District 61 in Hillsborough county is a safely Democratic seat covering a large portion of the Tampa metropolitan area. 61 is a majority minority district: 40 percent of the electorate is black, 28 percent white and 18 percent Hispanic, according to the 2010 census. The district is also younger than much of the surrounding area, with a median age of 33 years. Democrats massively outnumber Republicans: roughly 59,000 of the district’s residents are Democrats, 10,000 are Republicans, and 20,000 claim no party.
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