Election 1996 Results
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1996 US House elections in Florida
Florida elected 23 members of the House in 1996: Democrats won 8 seats and Republicans 15.
The closest was the 15th district, decided by 8.5 points: Dave Weldon (Republican) beat John L. Byron (Democrat), 51.4% to 42.9%, a margin of 8.5 points and 23,033 votes.
In the House vote by county, Republicans led in 37 of the 65 counties and Democrats in 28. The largest, Broward, cast 550,559 votes and went to the Democrat by 22.8 points. The closest was Flagler, where 194 votes separated the two parties.
Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.
Every district
| District | Democrat | Votes | Republican | Votes | Others | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kevin Beck | 66,495 (27.4%) | Joe Scarborough | 175,946 (72.5%) | 104 | R+45.1 |
| 2 | Allen Boyd | 138,151 (59.4%) | Bill Sutton | 94,122 (40.5%) | 127 | D+19.0 |
| 3 | Corrine Brown | 98,085 (61.2%) | Preston James Fields | 62,196 (38.8%) | D+22.4 | |
| 4 | none | Tillie K. Fowler | no vote | |||
| Unopposed; no votes were counted. | ||||||
| 5 | Karen L. Thurman | 161,050 (61.7%) | Dave Gentry | 100,051 (38.3%) | D+23.4 | |
| 6 | Newell O'Brien | 78,908 (32.8%) | Cliff Stearns | 161,527 (67.2%) | 7 | R+34.4 |
| 7 | George Stuart Jr. | 87,832 (37.9%) | John L. Mica | 143,667 (62.0%) | 58 | R+24.1 |
| 8 | Al Krulick | 65,794 (32.5%) | Bill McCollum | 136,515 (67.5%) | 17 | R+35.0 |
| 9 | Jerry Provenzano | 73,809 (31.3%) | Michael Bilirakis | 161,708 (68.7%) | R+37.3 | |
| 10 | Henry Green | 57,375 (33.4%) | C. W. Bill Young | 114,443 (66.6%) | 2 | R+33.2 |
| 11 | Jim Davis | 108,522 (57.9%) | Mark Sharpe | 78,881 (42.1%) | D+15.8 | |
| 12 | Mike Canady | 76,513 (38.4%) | Charles T. Canady | 122,584 (61.6%) | R+23.1 | |
| 13 | Sanford Gordon | 96,098 (35.6%) | Dan Miller | 173,671 (64.3%) | 135 | R+28.7 |
| 14 | Jim Nolan | 63,842 (26.5%) | Porter J. Goss | 176,992 (73.5%) | R+47.0 | |
| 15 | John L. Byron | 115,981 (42.9%) | Dave Weldon | 139,014 (51.4%) | 15,355 | R+8.5 |
| 16 | Jim Stuber | 98,827 (36.0%) | Mark Foley | 175,714 (64.0%) | R+28.0 | |
| 17 | Carrie P. Meek | 114,638 (88.8%) | Wellington Rolle | 14,525 (11.2%) | 2 | D+77.5 |
| 18 | none | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | 123,659 (100.0%) | 6 | R+100.0 | |
| 19 | Robert Wexler | 188,766 (65.6%) | Beverly Kennedy | 99,101 (34.4%) | D+31.2 | |
| 20 | Peter Deutsch | 159,256 (65.0%) | Jim Jacobs | 85,777 (35.0%) | D+30.0 | |
| 21 | none | Lincoln Diaz-Balart | 125,469 (100.0%) | 4 | R+100.0 | |
| 22 | Kenneth D. Cooper | 84,517 (38.1%) | E. Clay Shaw Jr. | 137,098 (61.9%) | 3 | R+23.7 |
| 23 | Alcee L. Hastings | 102,161 (73.5%) | Robert Paul Brown | 36,907 (26.5%) | 21 | D+46.9 |
The House vote in every county
| County | Democrat | Republican | Others | Total | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broward | 338,105 61.4% | 212,442 38.6% | 12 | 550,559 | D+22.8 |
| Palm Beach | 215,015 52.1% | 197,482 47.9% | 8 | 412,505 | D+4.3 |
| Hillsborough | 144,611 48.0% | 156,886 52.0% | 301,497 | R+4.1 | |
| Pinellas | 92,788 33.4% | 184,980 66.6% | 2 | 277,770 | R+33.2 |
| Orange | 80,684 36.5% | 140,115 63.5% | 19 | 220,818 | R+26.9 |
| Brevard | 87,363 45.0% | 95,407 49.1% | 11,355 | 194,125 | R+4.1 |
| Polk | 56,264 38.2% | 90,497 61.5% | 495 | 147,256 | R+23.2 |
| Sarasota | 50,867 35.2% | 93,434 64.7% | 105 | 144,406 | R+29.5 |
| Lee | 36,248 25.4% | 106,372 74.6% | 142,620 | R+49.2 | |
| Pasco | 59,667 46.2% | 69,520 53.8% | 129,187 | R+7.6 | |
| Volusia | 54,793 45.3% | 66,213 54.7% | 48 | 121,054 | R+9.4 |
| Seminole | 38,315 34.2% | 73,864 65.8% | 8 | 112,187 | R+31.7 |
| Escambia | 32,114 30.5% | 72,980 69.4% | 33 | 105,127 | R+38.9 |
| Duval | 59,437 59.1% | 41,171 40.9% | 100,608 | D+18.2 | |
| Manatee | 32,626 35.6% | 59,052 64.4% | 30 | 91,708 | R+28.8 |
| Marion | 31,122 34.9% | 57,999 65.1% | 7 | 89,128 | R+30.2 |
| Leon | 50,672 57.2% | 37,823 42.7% | 60 | 88,555 | D+14.5 |
| Alachua | 48,817 67.3% | 23,731 32.7% | 72,548 | D+34.6 | |
| St. Lucie | 29,286 40.4% | 43,224 59.6% | 72,510 | R+19.2 | |
| Lake | 23,404 33.3% | 46,953 66.7% | 70,357 | R+33.5 | |
| Okaloosa | 14,019 22.7% | 47,805 77.3% | 44 | 61,868 | R+54.6 |
| Charlotte | 21,606 35.3% | 39,601 64.7% | 61,207 | R+29.4 | |
| Hernando | 33,788 59.2% | 23,268 40.8% | 57,056 | D+18.4 | |
| Collier | 13,127 24.3% | 40,864 75.7% | 53,991 | R+51.4 | |
| Martin | 14,580 29.1% | 35,523 70.9% | 50,103 | R+41.8 | |
| Citrus | 25,703 53.0% | 22,822 47.0% | 48,525 | D+5.9 | |
| Bay | 18,620 39.5% | 28,431 60.4% | 42 | 47,093 | R+20.8 |
| Clay | 11,903 26.0% | 33,790 74.0% | 45,693 | R+47.9 | |
| Indian River | 15,003 35.1% | 25,674 60.1% | 2,041 | 42,718 | R+25.0 |
| Osceola | 17,498 41.3% | 23,435 55.3% | 1,458 | 42,391 | R+14.0 |
| Santa Rosa | 9,969 23.9% | 31,720 76.0% | 23 | 41,712 | R+52.1 |
| Monroe | 19,365 55.9% | 15,295 44.1% | 34,660 | D+11.7 | |
| Highlands | 11,229 35.2% | 20,660 64.8% | 31,889 | R+29.6 | |
| Putnam | 10,425 42.2% | 14,266 57.8% | 24,691 | R+15.6 | |
| Jackson | 9,544 62.5% | 5,724 37.5% | 15,268 | D+25.0 | |
| Columbia | 9,097 60.5% | 5,941 39.5% | 15,038 | D+21.0 | |
| Walton | 4,243 29.7% | 10,045 70.3% | 3 | 14,291 | R+40.6 |
| Gadsden | 10,131 72.3% | 3,882 27.7% | 14,013 | D+44.6 | |
| Sumter | 5,306 42.3% | 7,223 57.7% | 12,529 | R+15.3 | |
| Suwannee | 7,113 59.5% | 4,833 40.5% | 11,946 | D+19.1 | |
| Levy | 7,370 67.1% | 3,620 32.9% | 10,990 | D+34.1 | |
| Okeechobee | 3,861 39.1% | 6,008 60.9% | 4 | 9,873 | R+21.7 |
| Hendry | 3,268 38.1% | 5,319 61.9% | 8,587 | R+23.9 | |
| Bradford | 2,951 37.1% | 5,001 62.9% | 7,952 | R+25.8 | |
| Taylor | 5,570 71.9% | 2,172 28.1% | 7,742 | D+43.9 | |
| Desoto | 3,494 46.1% | 4,086 53.9% | 7,580 | R+7.8 | |
| Washington | 4,507 61.3% | 2,844 38.7% | 1 | 7,352 | D+22.6 |
| Wakulla | 4,474 63.1% | 2,616 36.9% | 7,090 | D+26.2 | |
| Baker | 2,414 38.9% | 3,786 61.1% | 6,200 | R+22.1 | |
| Holmes | 2,186 36.1% | 3,875 63.9% | 1 | 6,062 | R+27.9 |
| St. Johns | 3,119 52.2% | 2,853 47.8% | 5,972 | D+4.5 | |
| Gulf | 3,833 65.2% | 2,025 34.5% | 18 | 5,876 | D+30.8 |
| Hardee | 2,157 37.0% | 3,668 63.0% | 5,825 | R+25.9 | |
| Madison | 3,988 69.7% | 1,733 30.3% | 3 | 5,724 | D+39.4 |
| Jefferson | 3,589 71.2% | 1,450 28.8% | 5,039 | D+42.4 | |
| Gilchrist | 3,393 69.1% | 1,514 30.9% | 4,907 | D+38.3 | |
| Franklin | 3,041 68.0% | 1,427 31.9% | 3 | 4,471 | D+36.1 |
| Dixie | 2,988 71.2% | 1,207 28.8% | 4,195 | D+42.5 | |
| Calhoun | 2,414 61.4% | 1,519 38.6% | 3,933 | D+22.8 | |
| Hamilton | 2,377 67.1% | 1,167 32.9% | 3,544 | D+34.1 | |
| Glades | 1,266 37.3% | 2,126 62.7% | 3,392 | R+25.4 | |
| Union | 1,166 37.8% | 1,920 62.2% | 3,086 | R+24.4 | |
| Lafayette | 1,538 66.8% | 765 33.2% | 2,303 | D+33.6 | |
| Liberty | 1,332 64.6% | 729 35.4% | 2,061 | D+29.3 | |
| Flagler | 814 56.8% | 620 43.2% | 1,434 | D+13.5 |
Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.
Florida in every House election we hold
| Year | Seats | House vote |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | D 8, R 20 | R+15.8 |
| 2022 | D 8, R 20 | R+18.6 |
| 2020 | D 11, R 16 | R+5.0 |
| 2018 | D 13, R 14 | R+5.2 |
| 2016 | D 11, R 16 | R+8.5 |
| 2014 | D 10, R 17 | R+11.7 |
| 2012 | D 10, R 17 | R+5.8 |
| 2010 | D 6, R 19 | R+22.5 |
| 2008 | D 10, R 15 | R+4.8 |
| 2006 | D 9, R 16 | R+15.1 |
| 2004 | D 7, R 18 | R+19.7 |
| 2002 | D 7, R 18 | R+16.6 |
| 2000 | D 8, R 15 | R+17.5 |
| 1998 | D 8, R 15 | D+1.9 |
| 1996 | D 8, R 15 | R+12.9 |
| 1994 | D 8, R 15 | R+18.9 |
| 1992 | D 10, R 13 | R+5.2 |
| 1990 | D 9, R 10 | D+2.1 |