Election 2008 Results
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2008 US House elections in Florida
Florida elected 25 members of the House in 2008: Democrats won 10 seats and Republicans 15.
The closest was the 8th district, decided by 4.0 points: Alan Grayson (Democrat) beat Ric Keller (Republican), 52.0% to 48.0%, a margin of 4.0 points and 13,364 votes.
In the House vote by county, Republicans led in 47 of the 67 counties and Democrats in 20. The largest, Miami-Dade, cast 651,204 votes and went to the Republican by 8.5 points. The closest was Madison, where 47 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 | James "Jim" Bryan | 98,797 (29.8%) | Jeff Miller | 232,559 (70.2%) | R+40.4 | |
| 2 | Allen Boyd | 216,804 (61.9%) | Mark Mulligan | 133,404 (38.1%) | 159 | D+23.8 |
| 3 | Corrine Brown | none | no vote | |||
| Unopposed; no votes were counted. | ||||||
| 4 | Jay McGovern | 119,330 (34.7%) | Ander Crenshaw | 224,112 (65.3%) | R+30.5 | |
| 5 | John Russell | 168,446 (38.8%) | Ginny Brown-Waite | 265,186 (61.2%) | R+22.3 | |
| 6 | Tim Cunha | 146,655 (39.1%) | Cliff Stearns | 228,302 (60.9%) | R+21.8 | |
| 7 | Faye Armitage | 146,292 (38.0%) | John L. Mica | 238,721 (62.0%) | R+24.0 | |
| 8 | Alan Grayson | 172,854 (52.0%) | Ric Keller | 159,490 (48.0%) | D+4.0 | |
| 9 | Bill Mitchell | 126,346 (36.3%) | Gus M. Bilirakis | 216,591 (62.2%) | 5,441 | R+25.9 |
| 10 | Bob Hackworth | 118,430 (39.3%) | C. W. Bill Young | 182,781 (60.7%) | 9 | R+21.4 |
| 11 | Kathy Castor | 184,106 (71.7%) | Eddie Adams Jr. | 72,825 (28.3%) | D+43.3 | |
| 12 | Doug Tudor | 137,465 (42.5%) | Adam H. Putnam | 185,698 (57.5%) | R+14.9 | |
| 13 | Christine Jennings | 137,967 (37.5%) | Vern Buchanan | 204,382 (55.5%) | 25,647 | R+18.1 |
| 14 | Robert M. Neeld | 93,590 (24.8%) | Connie Mack | 224,602 (59.4%) | 59,699 | R+34.7 |
| 15 | Stephen Blythe | 151,951 (42.0%) | Bill Posey | 192,151 (53.1%) | 17,769 | R+11.1 |
| 16 | Tim Mahoney | 139,373 (39.9%) | Tom Rooney | 209,874 (60.1%) | R+20.2 | |
| 17 | Kendrick B. Meek | none | no vote | |||
| Unopposed; no votes were counted. | ||||||
| 18 | Annette Taddeo | 102,372 (42.1%) | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | 140,617 (57.9%) | R+15.7 | |
| 19 | Robert Wexler | 202,465 (66.2%) | Edward J. Lynch | 83,357 (27.2%) | 20,214 | D+38.9 |
| 20 | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | 202,832 (77.5%) | none | 58,967 | D+77.5 | |
| 21 | Raul L. Martinez | 99,776 (42.1%) | Lincoln Diaz-Balart | 137,226 (57.9%) | R+15.8 | |
| 22 | Ron Klein | 169,041 (54.7%) | Allen West | 140,104 (45.3%) | 6 | D+9.4 |
| 23 | Alcee L. Hastings | 172,835 (82.2%) | Marion D. Thorpe Jr. | 37,431 (17.8%) | 40 | D+64.4 |
| 24 | Suzanne M. Kosmas | 211,284 (57.2%) | Tom Feeney | 151,863 (41.1%) | 6,223 | D+16.1 |
| 25 | Joe Garcia | 115,820 (46.9%) | Mario Diaz-Balart | 130,891 (53.1%) | R+6.1 | |
The House vote in every county
| County | Democrat | Republican | Others | Total | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami-Dade | 294,144 45.2% | 349,400 53.7% | 7,660 | 651,204 | R+8.5 |
| Broward | 430,762 70.1% | 124,650 20.3% | 59,099 | 614,511 | D+49.8 |
| Palm Beach | 319,999 61.4% | 188,314 36.2% | 12,442 | 520,755 | D+25.3 |
| Hillsborough | 258,876 52.8% | 229,719 46.8% | 1,894 | 490,489 | D+5.9 |
| Pinellas | 182,632 41.8% | 252,436 57.8% | 1,793 | 436,861 | R+16.0 |
| Orange | 203,705 55.4% | 162,578 44.2% | 1,425 | 367,708 | D+11.2 |
| Duval | 102,685 35.7% | 185,235 64.3% | 287,920 | R+28.7 | |
| Brevard | 116,381 42.3% | 144,303 52.4% | 14,744 | 275,428 | R+10.1 |
| Lee | 64,712 25.3% | 153,446 60.1% | 37,224 | 255,382 | R+34.7 |
| Polk | 94,969 40.2% | 140,708 59.6% | 481 | 236,158 | R+19.4 |
| Volusia | 116,608 51.3% | 108,995 47.9% | 1,819 | 227,422 | D+3.3 |
| Pasco | 82,319 39.8% | 122,947 59.4% | 1,763 | 207,029 | R+19.6 |
| Sarasota | 78,479 39.5% | 106,173 53.4% | 14,276 | 198,928 | R+13.9 |
| Seminole | 84,753 46.0% | 97,895 53.1% | 1,614 | 184,262 | R+7.1 |
| Marion | 62,314 41.2% | 88,829 58.8% | 151,143 | R+17.5 | |
| Escambia | 53,593 36.2% | 94,304 63.8% | 147,897 | R+27.5 | |
| Manatee | 54,613 37.0% | 83,215 56.5% | 9,582 | 147,410 | R+19.4 |
| Leon | 97,110 69.8% | 41,870 30.1% | 127 | 139,107 | D+39.7 |
| Collier | 36,169 27.1% | 75,396 56.6% | 21,694 | 133,259 | R+29.4 |
| Lake | 49,812 39.6% | 75,836 60.4% | 125,648 | R+20.7 | |
| St. Lucie | 55,461 49.0% | 57,725 51.0% | 26 | 113,212 | R+2.0 |
| St. Johns | 30,420 30.7% | 68,679 69.3% | 99,099 | R+38.6 | |
| Alachua | 48,968 51.7% | 45,820 48.3% | 94,788 | D+3.3 | |
| Okaloosa | 22,014 24.4% | 68,246 75.6% | 90,260 | R+51.2 | |
| Osceola | 49,998 55.6% | 37,745 42.0% | 2,134 | 89,877 | D+13.6 |
| Hernando | 34,412 41.2% | 49,085 58.8% | 83,497 | R+17.6 | |
| Charlotte | 31,469 38.3% | 48,898 59.5% | 1,810 | 82,177 | R+21.2 |
| Clay | 21,236 26.2% | 59,721 73.8% | 80,957 | R+47.5 | |
| Bay | 36,583 46.7% | 41,769 53.3% | 2 | 78,354 | R+6.6 |
| Martin | 24,787 33.0% | 50,268 67.0% | 75,055 | R+33.9 | |
| Citrus | 27,399 38.1% | 44,596 61.9% | 71,995 | R+23.9 | |
| Santa Rosa | 15,976 22.7% | 54,437 77.3% | 70,413 | R+54.6 | |
| Indian River | 23,851 36.2% | 40,207 61.1% | 1,775 | 65,833 | R+24.8 |
| Sumter | 14,302 30.9% | 31,950 69.1% | 46,252 | R+38.2 | |
| Flagler | 18,963 41.9% | 26,321 58.1% | 45,284 | R+16.2 | |
| Highlands | 15,847 36.8% | 27,180 63.2% | 43,027 | R+26.3 | |
| Monroe | 17,477 44.9% | 21,411 55.1% | 38,888 | R+10.1 | |
| Nassau | 9,672 26.2% | 27,312 73.8% | 36,984 | R+47.7 | |
| Columbia | 9,352 34.8% | 17,504 65.2% | 26,856 | R+30.4 | |
| Walton | 7,545 30.0% | 17,566 70.0% | 25,111 | R+39.9 | |
| Gadsden | 17,706 80.7% | 4,243 19.3% | 3 | 21,952 | D+61.3 |
| Jackson | 13,865 66.4% | 7,019 33.6% | 1 | 20,885 | D+32.8 |
| Levy | 6,599 36.4% | 11,511 63.6% | 18,110 | R+27.1 | |
| Suwannee | 9,842 57.4% | 7,287 42.5% | 3 | 17,132 | D+14.9 |
| Putnam | 4,752 33.4% | 9,482 66.6% | 14,234 | R+33.2 | |
| Wakulla | 9,219 66.0% | 4,728 33.9% | 19 | 13,966 | D+32.2 |
| Okeechobee | 5,168 42.4% | 7,017 57.6% | 12,185 | R+15.2 | |
| Bradford | 3,354 30.1% | 7,796 69.9% | 11,150 | R+39.8 | |
| Washington | 3,366 32.2% | 7,091 67.8% | 10,457 | R+35.6 | |
| Baker | 2,310 22.1% | 8,145 77.9% | 10,455 | R+55.8 | |
| Hendry | 5,070 48.6% | 5,368 51.4% | 10,438 | R+2.9 | |
| Desoto | 4,209 42.9% | 5,164 52.6% | 442 | 9,815 | R+9.7 |
| Taylor | 6,164 67.4% | 2,980 32.6% | 1 | 9,145 | D+34.8 |
| Madison | 4,118 49.7% | 4,165 50.3% | 8,283 | R+0.6 | |
| Holmes | 2,176 26.5% | 6,028 73.5% | 8,204 | R+47.0 | |
| Gilchrist | 2,022 26.7% | 5,539 73.3% | 7,561 | R+46.5 | |
| Jefferson | 4,977 65.9% | 2,579 34.1% | 7,556 | D+31.7 | |
| Hardee | 2,178 30.4% | 4,670 65.2% | 318 | 7,166 | R+34.8 |
| Gulf | 4,478 63.3% | 2,591 36.6% | 1 | 7,070 | D+26.7 |
| Dixie | 4,652 66.8% | 2,313 33.2% | 2 | 6,967 | D+33.6 |
| Calhoun | 4,323 70.7% | 1,788 29.3% | 6,111 | D+41.5 | |
| Franklin | 4,016 69.0% | 1,806 31.0% | 5,822 | D+38.0 | |
| Hamilton | 2,471 46.9% | 2,799 53.1% | 5,270 | R+6.2 | |
| Union | 1,333 26.6% | 3,681 73.4% | 5,014 | R+46.8 | |
| Lafayette | 2,177 65.6% | 1,143 34.4% | 3,320 | D+31.1 | |
| Glades | 1,575 48.2% | 1,692 51.8% | 3,267 | R+3.6 | |
| Liberty | 2,344 73.3% | 853 26.7% | 3,197 | D+46.6 |
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 |