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2012 Florida House of Representatives election
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2012 Florida House of Representatives election Florida legislative no 2010 Florida House of Representatives election 2010 2014 Florida House of Representatives election 2014 120 seats of the Florida House of Representatives November 6, 2012 File:Dean Cannon.jpeg 160x160px Dean Cannon(term limited) November 16, 2010 Republican Party (United States) 35th – Winter Park 81 76 5 2,560,166 54.08% File:Ron Sauders House portrait.jpg Ron Saunders(retired) November 16, 2010 Democratic Party (United States) 120th – Key West 39 44 5 1,886,911 39.86% House Speaker Dean Cannon Republican Party (United States) Will Weatherford Republican Party of Florida 61 39.66% 2012 Florida State House election.svg 400px Results:#CA0020 Republican gain #0671B0 Democratic gain#F48882 Republican hold #92C5DE Democratic hold
The elections for the Florida House of Representatives was held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012 to elect all the 120 seats in the Florida House of Representatives. The day also coincided with the 2012 United States presidential election, 2012 United States House of Representatives elections, and 2012 United States Senate election in Florida. The result was gain of 8 seats by the Democrats while Republicans maintained their control of the State House.
The resulting victors of the election took their seats for the 115th session which began in 2013.
Predictions
SourceRankingAs of GoverningDaigneau Elizabeth Jacobson Louis 2012-10-23 The Latest Chamber-by-Chamber Analysis of the 2012 State Legislative Elections https://www.governing.com/archive/gov-latest-chamber-by-chamber-analysis-2012-state-legislative-elections.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20210224195701/https://www.governing.com/archive/gov-latest-chamber-by-chamber-analysis-2012-state-legislative-elections.html February 24, 2021 2024-07-13 Governing en
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Results
center|250x250pxPartyVotesSeatsNo. Number%No. Number+/−%Republican Party of Florida2,560,16654.0876 -561.67Florida Democratic Party1,886,91139.8644 +538.33Independent160,3253.39000.00Libertarian Party of Florida53,1931.12000.00Independent Party of Florida51,2581.08000.00Green Party of Florida20,4960.43000.00Write-in1,3400.03000.00Total4,733,689100.00120±0100.00Registered voters11,934,446100.00Turnout4,733,68939.66Source: Florida Division of ElectionsElection Results Data Extract Utility https://results.elections.myflorida.com/downloadresults.asp?ElectionDate=11/3/2020&DATAMODE= 2020-12-03 results.elections.myflorida.comVoter Registration - By County and Party - Division of Elections - Florida Department of State https://dos.fl.gov/elections/data-statistics/voter-registration-statistics/voter-registration-reports/voter-registration-by-county-and-party/ 2020-12-03 dos.myflorida.com
A Republican majority was secured, but was reduced from its prior supermajority by the electoral strengthening of the Democratic minority.
Complete list
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District Incumbent Party Firstelected 2012 status / Result Candidates 1 Doug Broxson Republican 2010 Redistricted to District 3Republican hold Clay Ingram (R) 2 Clay Ingram Republican 2007 Redistricted to District 1Republican hold Clay Ford (R)Jeremy Bosso (R)Christine Bruha (i, Write-in) 3 Clay Ford Republican 2007 Re-districted to District 2Republican hold Doug Broxson (R)Margaret Smith (i, Write-in)Gloria Wiggins (D, withdrawn) 4 Matt Gaetz Republican 2010 Re-elected Matt Gaetz (R) 5 Brad Drake Republican 2005 RetiredRepublican hold Marti Coley (R)Eddy Holman (i) Travis Pitts (i) 6 Jimmy Patronis Republican 2006 Re-elected Jimmy Patronis (R) 7 Marti Coley Republican 2005 Re-districted to District 5 Halsey Beshears (R)Robert Hill (D) 8 Alan Williams Democratic 2008 Re-elected Alan Williams (D) 9 Michelle Rehwinkel Vasilinda Democratic 2008 Re-elected Michelle Rehwinkel Vasilinda (D)Bradley Maxwell (R) 10 Leonard Bembry Democratic 2008 RedistrictedRepublican gain Elizabeth Porter (R) 11 Elizabeth Porter Republican 2010 Redistricted to District 10Republican hold Janet Adkins (R)David Smith (D) 12 Janet Adkins Republican 2008 Redistricted to District 11Republican hold Lake Ray (R)Karen Morian (D) 13 Daniel Davis Republican 2010 Redistricted to District 15Democratic gain Reggie Fullwood (D) 14 Mia Jones Democratic 2008 Re-electedDemocratic hold Mia Jones (D)Jonathan Loesche (L) 15 Reggie Fullwood Democratic 2010 Redistricted to District 13Republican gain Daniel Davis (R) 16 Charles McBurney Republican 2007 Re-electedRepublican hold Charles McBurney (R) 17 Lake Ray Republican 2008 Redistricted to District 12Republican hold Ronald Renuart (R)Sue Sharp (i, write-in) 18 Ronald Renuart Republican 2008 Redistricted to District 17Republican hold Travis Cummings (R) 19 Mike Weinstein Republican 2008 Redistricted to District 12Republican hold Charles Van Zant (R) 20 William L. Proctor Republican 2008 Redistricted to District ?Democratic gain Clovis Watson Jr. (D) 21 Charles Van Zant Republican 2008 Redistricted to District 19Republican hold Keith Perry (R)Andrew Morey (D) 22 Keith Perry Republican 2008 Redistricted to District 21Republican hold Charlie Stone (R) 23 Charles Chestnut Democratic 2006 Redistricted to District ?Republican gain Dennis Baxley (R) 24 Dennis Baxley Republican 2010 Redistricted to District 23Republican hold Travis Hutson (R)Milissa Holland (D)Michael Cornish (i) 25 Larry Metz Republican 2010 Redistricted to District 32Republican hold Dave Hood (R)Kristina Spencer-Kephart (D) 26 Fred Costello Republican 2010 RetiredDemocratic gain Dwayne Taylor (D) 27 Dwayne Taylor Democratic 2008 Redistricted to District 26Republican gain David Santiago (R)Phil Giorno (D) 28 Dorothy Hukill Republican 2004 RetiredRepublican hold Jason Brodeur (R)Franklin Perez (L) 29 Tom Goodson Republican 2010 Redistricted to District 50Republican hold Mike Clelland (D)Chris Dorworth (R) 30 Ritch Workman Republican 2008 Redistricted to District 52Republican hold Karen Castor Dentel (D)Scott Plakon (R)313233343536373839404142 Eileen Game Democratic 2012 Democratic Gain from Republican Eileen Game (D)43444546474849Darren Soto Democratic2007Democratic holdJoe Saunders (D) Marco Peña (R)5051525354555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778798081828384858687888990919293949596979899100101102103104105106107108109110111112113None (previous incumbent Richard L. Steinberg resigned Feb. 2012) DemocraticvacantDemocratic holdDavid Richardson (D)114115116117118119120
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