After the 2000 census, the Republican-controlled Florida legislature reconfigured the 5th so it was virtually coextensive with the State Senate district of that body's President Pro Tem, Ginny Brown-Waite.
After the 2000 census, the Republican-controlled Florida legislature reconfigured the 5th to make it friendlier to Republicans. The new 5th contained much of the territory located in the State Senate district of that body's President Pro Tem, Ginny Brown-Waite.