U.S. House of Representatives
Elections 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 ,
US House of Representatives Collection|left 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.
Darrell Issa on the Navigation bridge of the
USS Carl Vinson in 2014.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%.
Tenure In November 1997, Mica was one of eighteen Republicans in the House to co-sponsor
a resolution by
Bob Barr that sought to launch an
impeachment inquiry against President
Bill Clinton. This was an early effort to
impeach Clinton, predating the eruption of the
Clinton–Lewinsky scandal. The eruption of that scandal would ultimately lead to a more serious effort to impeach Clinton in 1998. On October 8, 1998, Mica voted in favor of legislation that was passed to open
an impeachment inquiry.
On December 19, 1998, Mica voted in favor of all four proposed
articles of impeachment against Clinton (only two of which received the needed majority of votes to be adopted). ==Policy positions==