Florida State House elections, 2016

November 8, 2016

All 120 seats of the Florida House of Representatives

	Majority party	Minority party

Leader	Richard Corcoran	Janet Cruz
Party	Republican Party of Florida	Democratic Party of Florida
Last election	81	37
Seats before	81	37
Seats won	79	41
Seat change	3	4

Speaker before election

Steve Crisafulli
Florida Republican Party

Speaker after election

Richard Corcoran
Florida Republican Party

The 2016 Florida House election was held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016, with the primary election held on August 30, 2016. Voters in the 120 districts of the Florida State House elected their representatives. The elections coincided with the elections for other offices, including for U.S. President, U.S. Senate, U.S. House, and the Florida Legislative.

Results

District 1

District 1 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Clay Ingram (incumbent)	55,795	76.45%
	Independent	Bill Fetke	17,192	23.55%
Total votes			72,987	100%
	Republican hold

District 2

District 2 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frank White	48,117	61.34%
	Democratic	Ray Guillory	30,329	38.66%
Total votes			78,446	100%
	Republican hold

District 3

Jayer Williamson ran unopposed in the Florida House of Representatives District 3 general election.

District 4

District 4 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mel Ponder	72,010	99.9%
	Independent	Christopher Eugene Schwantz	70	0.1%
Total votes			72,080	100%
	Republican hold

District 5

District 5 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brad Drake (Incumbent)	51,832	67.95%
	Independent	Jamey Westbrook	24,443	32.05%
Total votes			76,275	100%
	Republican hold

District 6

District 6 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jay Trumbull (Incumbent)	69,118	99.82%
	Independent	Jerry Wyche	127	0.18%
Total votes			69,245	100%
	Republican hold

District 7

Incumbent Halsey Beshears ran unopposed in the Florida House of Representatives District 7 general election.

District 8

District 8 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ramon Alexander	60,929	99.92%
	Independent	Frantz Millien	51	0.08%
Total votes			60,980	100%
	Democratic hold

District 9

District 9 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Loranne Ausley	53,535	56.16%
	Republican	Jim Messer	41,816	43.85%
Total votes			95,351	100%
	Democratic hold

District 10

District 10 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Elizabeth Porter (Incumbent)	43,043	64.3%
	Democratic	Jerry Lawrence Bullard	23,893	35.7%
Total votes			66,936	100%
	Republican hold

District 11

District 11 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Cord Byrd	76,502	99.94%
	Independent	Walter Eugene Haynes	46	0.06%
Total votes			76,548	100%
	Republican hold

District 12

District 12 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Clay Yarborough	59,165	99.9%
	Independent	Jerry B. Steckloff	59	0.1%
Total votes			59,224	100%
	Republican hold

District 13

District 13 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tracie Davis	37,517	59.71%
	Republican	Mark L. Griffin	25,318	40.29%
Total votes			62,835	100%
	Democratic hold

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