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Florida 2016 Election Results

August 30, 2016 and November 8, 2016

Ballot Measures, August 30, 2016

Florida voters decided 1 statewide ballot measure on August 30, 2016.

Ballot measures

MeasureDescriptionResult
Amendment 4Provides property tax exemptions for renewable energy devicesPassed (72.62% yes)

General Election, November 8, 2016

Florida held its general election on November 8, 2016, deciding 160 legislative seats. No chamber changed party control.

Highlights

Legislature

  • House (120 seats): 39 D, 81 R before the election, 41 D, 79 R after; control stayed with Republicans.
  • Senate (40 seats): 14 D, 26 R before the election, 15 D, 25 R after; control stayed with Republicans.

Legislative races

RaceWinnerOthersNotes
House 1Clay Ingram (R) 76.45%Bill Fetke (I) 23.55%
House 2Frank White (R) 61.34%Ray Guillory (D) 38.66%
House 3Jayer Williamson (R)Unopposed
House 4Mel Ponder (R) 99.9%Christopher Eugene Schwantz (write-in) 0.1%
House 5Brad Drake (R) 67.95%Jamey Westbrook (I) 32.05%
House 6Jay Trumbull (R) 99.82%Jerry Wyche (write-in) 0.18%
House 7Halsey Beshears (R)Unopposed
House 8Ramon Alexander (D) 99.92%Frantz Millien (write-in) 0.08%
House 9Loranne Ausley (D) 56.15%Jim Messer (R) 43.85%
House 10Elizabeth Porter (R) 64.3%Jerry Lawrence Bullard (D) 35.7%
House 11Cord Byrd (R) 99.94%Walter Eugene Haynes (write-in) 0.06%
House 12Clay Yarborough (R) 99.9%Jerry B Steckloff (write-in) 0.1%
House 13Tracie Davis (D) 59.71%Mark L Griffin (R) 40.29%
House 14Kim Daniels (D) 66.76%Christian M Whitfield (R) 33.24%
House 15Jay Fant (R) 99.81%Timothy S Glidden (write-in) 0.19%
House 16Jason Fischer (R) 99.9%George Doran (write-in) 0.1%
House 17Cyndi Stevenson (R)Unopposed
House 18Travis Cummings (R) 81.78%Ken Willey (L) 18.22%
House 19Bobby Payne (R) 72.54%Hubert 'Joe' Snodgrass (D) 27.46%, Charles F.N Lowe (write-in) 0%
House 20Clovis Watson, Jr. (D)Unopposed
House 21Chuck Clemons (R) 53.66%Marihelen Wheeler (D) 46.34%, Ryan Thomas Dyson (write-in) 0%
House 22Charlie Stone (R)Unopposed
House 23Stan McClain (R) 62.21%Rick Perry (D) 37.79%
House 24Paul Renner (R) 62.74%Adam Morley (D) 37.26%
House 25Tom Leek (R) 62.26%Noel Cheryl Bickford (D) 37.74%
House 26Patrick Henry (D) 52.9%Michael Cantu (R) 47.1%
House 27David Santiago (R) 58.98%Robert L Mann (D) 41.02%
House 28Jason Brodeur (R) 63.96%Steve Edmonds (I) 36.04%
House 29Scott Plakon (R)Unopposed
House 30Bob Cortes (R) 53.38%Ryan Neal Yadav (D) 46.62%
House 31Jennifer Sullivan (R) 73.21%Robert Rightmyer (I) 26.79%
House 32Larry Metz (R)Unopposed
House 33Don Hahnfeldt (R)Unopposed
House 34Ralph Massullo (R)Unopposed
House 35Blaise Ingoglia (R) 61.79%Ramon J Gutierrez (D) 38.21%
House 36Amber Mariano (R) 50.51%Amanda Hickman Murphy (D) 49.49%Flipped D to R; Incumbent defeated
House 37Richard Corcoran (R)Unopposed
House 38Danny Burgess (R)Unopposed
House 39Neil Combee (R) 62.22%Victor Sims (D) 37.78%
House 40Colleen Burton (R) 59.47%Shandale Terrell (D) 40.53%
House 41Sam Killebrew (R) 52.82%Bob Doyel (D) 47.18%
House 42Mike La Rosa (R) 55.29%Benny Valentin (D) 44.71%
House 43John Cortes (D) 99.95%Gilbert A Soule (write-in) 0.05%
House 44Eric Eisnaugle (R)Unopposed
House 45Kamia Brown (D)Unopposed
House 46Bruce Antone (D) 99.97%Treminasha Holmes (write-in) 0.03%
House 47Mike Miller (R) 52.94%Beth Tuura (D) 47.06%
House 48Amy Mercado (D) 79.84%Augustin 'Gus' Martinez (I) 20.16%
House 49Carlos Smith (D) 69.38%Shea Silverman (I) 30.62%Flipped R to D
House 50Rene Plasencia (R) 57.31%Sean Ashby (D) 42.69%
House 51Tom Goodson (R) 59.62%Mike Blake (D) 40.38%
House 52Thad Altman (R)Unopposed
House 53Randy Fine (R) 56.88%David A Kearns (D) 43.12%
House 54Erin Grall (R) 99.94%James Christian Bailey (write-in) 0.06%
House 55Cary Pigman (R)Unopposed
House 56Ben Albritton (R) 64.74%David C Poulin (D) 35.26%
House 57Jake Raburn (R)Unopposed
House 58Dan Raulerson (R) 58.5%Jose N Vazquez Figueroa (D) 41.5%
House 59Ross Spano (R) 54.29%Rena Frazier (D) 45.71%
House 60Jackie Toledo (R) 57.13%David Singer (D) 42.87%
House 61Sean Shaw (D)Unopposed
House 62Janet Cruz (D)Unopposed
House 63Shawn Harrison (R) 50.92%Lisa J Montelione (D) 49.08%
House 64Jamie Grant (R)Unopposed
House 65Chris Sprowls (R) 65.2%Bernard 'Bernie' Fensterwald (D) 34.8%
House 66Larry Ahern (R) 58.33%Lorena Grizzle (D) 41.67%
House 67Christopher Latvala (R) 58.57%David S Vogel (D) 41.43%
House 68Ben Diamond (D) 55.91%Joseph Jb Bensmihen (R) 44.09%
House 69Kathleen Peters (R) 56.55%Jennifer Webb (D) 43.45%
House 70Wengay Newton (D) 76.3%Cori Fournier (R) 23.7%
House 71Jim Boyd (R)Unopposed
House 72Alexandra 'Alex' Miller (R) 58.06%Ted James (D) 41.94%
House 73Joe Gruters (R) 65.08%James T Golden (D) 34.92%
House 74Julio Gonzalez (R) 62.65%Manny Lopez (D) 37.35%
House 75Michael Grant (R)Unopposed
House 76Ray Rodrigues (R) 73.71%Charles C Messina (I) 26.29%
House 77Dane Eagle (R)Unopposed
House 78Heather Fitzenhagen (R)Unopposed
House 79Matt Caldwell (R) 51.17%John W Scott (D) 38.26%, Matt Miller (I) 10.57%
House 80Byron Donalds (R) 99.99%Anthony Joseph Cetrangelo (write-in) 0.01%
House 81Joseph Abruzzo (D)Unopposed
House 82MaryLynn Magar (R) 62.76%Mary W Higgins (D) 37.24%
House 83Gayle Harrell (R) 54.41%Crystal Lucas (D) 45.59%
House 84Larry Lee, Jr. (D)Unopposed
House 85Richard Roth (R) 57.66%Robert Simeone (D) 42.34%
House 86Matt Willhite (D) 57.59%Laurel S. Bennett (R) 42.41%
House 87David Silvers (D)Unopposed
House 88Al Jacquet (D)Unopposed
House 89Bill Hager (R)Unopposed
House 90Lori Berman (D) 79.54%Artie Lurie (L) 20.46%
House 91Emily Slosberg (D) 99.97%Kelley Howell (write-in) 0.03%
House 92Patricia Hawkins-Williams (D)Unopposed
House 93George Moraitis (R) 53.86%Ken Keechl (D) 46.14%
House 94Bobby DuBose (D)Unopposed
House 95Barrington A. Russell (D)Unopposed
House 96Kristin Jacobs (D)Unopposed
House 97Jared Moskowitz (D)Unopposed
House 98Katie Edwards (D)Unopposed
House 99Evan Jenne (D)Unopposed
House 100Joseph Geller (D)Unopposed
House 101Shev Jones (D)Unopposed
House 102Sharon Pritchett (D)Unopposed
House 103Manny Diaz, Jr. (R) 52.76%Ivette Gonzalez Petkovich (D) 47.24%
House 104Richard Stark (D) 62.43%Oscar Ganem (R) 37.57%
House 105Carlos Trujillo (R) 52.44%Patricio Moreno (D) 47.56%
House 106Bob Rommel (R) 99.98%Connor Maguire (write-in) 0.02%
House 107Barbara Watson (D)Unopposed
House 108Roy Hardemon (D)Unopposed
House 109Cynthia Stafford (D)Unopposed
House 110Jose Oliva (R) 55.47%Carlos A Puentes (D) 44.53%
House 111Bryan Ávila (R) 59.18%Sevi Miyar (D) 40.82%
House 112Nick Duran (D) 53.32%Rosa Palomino (R) 46.68%
House 113David Richardson (D) 64.62%Jonathan Parker (R) 35.38%
House 114Daisy J Baez (D) 50.99%John Daniel Couriel (R) 49.01%Flipped R to D
House 115Michael Bileca (R) 53.71%Jeffrey Solomon (D) 46.29%
House 116Jose Felix Diaz (R) 61.91%Heath Rassner (D) 38.09%
House 117Kionne McGhee (D)Unopposed
House 118Robert Asencio (D) 50.04%David Rivera (R) 49.96%Flipped R to D
House 119Jeanette Nunez (R) 56.99%Wendy Villanueva (D) 43.01%
House 120Holly Merrill Raschein (R) 57.31%Dan Horton (D) 42.69%
Senate 1Doug Broxson (R) 99.8%Miriam Woods (write-in) 0.17%, Aaron Matthew Erskine (write-in) 0.02%
Senate 2George Gainer (R)Unopposed
Senate 3Bill Montford (D) 67.36%Nancy Miller (R) 32.64%
Senate 4Aaron Bean (R)Unopposed
Senate 5Robert P. Bradley (R)Unopposed
Senate 6Audrey Gibson (D)Unopposed
Senate 7Travis Hutson (R) 63.92%Curtis Ceballos (D) 36.08%
Senate 8Warren Keith Perry (R) 52.61%Rod Smith (D) 47.39%
Senate 9David Simmons (R)Unopposed
Senate 10Wilton Simpson (R)Unopposed
Senate 11Randolph Bracy III (D) 99.88%Joseph Harris (write-in) 0.09%, Miranda Sherelle Ratcliffe (write-in) 0.02%
Senate 12Dennis Baxley (R) 99.82%Elizabeth Kathryn Mcnutt (write-in) 0.18%
Senate 13Linda Stewart (D) 58.1%Dean Asher (R) 41.9%
Senate 14Dorothy L Hukill (R) 68.44%Richard Paul Dembinsky (I) 31.56%
Senate 15Victor Torres (D) 59.27%Peter Vivaldi (R) 40.73%
Senate 16Jack Latvala (R) 99.76%Katherine Perkins (write-in) 0.24%
Senate 17Debbie Mayfield (R) 62.12%Amy C Tidd (D) 37.88%, Ronald Julian Thomas (write-in) 0%
Senate 18Dana Young (R) 48.21%Bob Buesing (D) 41.43%, Joe Redner (I) 9.48%
Senate 19Darryl Rouson (D) 66.91%John Houman (R) 33.09%
Senate 20Tom Lee (R)Unopposed
Senate 21Bill Galvano (R)Unopposed
Senate 22Kelli Stargel (R) 53.49%Debra S Wright (D) 46.51%
Senate 23Greg Steube (R) 58.74%Frank R Alcock (D) 41.26%
Senate 24Jeff Brandes (R)Unopposed
Senate 25Joe Negron (R) 64.81%Bruno Moore (D) 35.19%
Senate 26Denise Grimsley (R)Unopposed
Senate 27Lizbeth Benacquisto (R) 99.86%Dakota Austin Eads (write-in) 0.14%
Senate 28Kathleen Passidomo (R) 99.97%Raymond Mazzie (write-in) 0.03%
Senate 29Kevin J.G. Rader (D)Unopposed
Senate 30Bobby Powell Jr. (D) 54.08%Ron Berman (R) 45.92%
Senate 31Jeff Clemens (D)Unopposed
Senate 32Lauren Book (D)Unopposed
Senate 33Perry E. Thurston, Jr. (D)Unopposed
Senate 34Gary Farmer (D) 63.06%Antoanet Iotova (R) 36.94%, Valerie E Saffran (write-in) 0%
Senate 35Oscar Braynon (D)Unopposed
Senate 36Rene Garcia (R) 55.02%Anabella Grohoski Peralta (D) 44.98%
Senate 37Jose Javier Rodriguez (D) 48.85%Miguel Diaz De La Portilla (R) 45.59%, Mercedes Christian (I) 5.55%Flipped R to D; Incumbent defeated
Senate 38Daphne Campbell (D) 75.24%Phillip J Brutus (I) 24.76%
Senate 39Anitere Flores (R) 54.24%Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (D) 45.76%
Senate 40Frank Artiles (R) 50.62%Dwight Bullard (D) 40.7%, Mario Jimenez (I) 8.68%Flipped D to R; Incumbent defeated

Ballot measures

MeasureDescriptionResult
Amendment 1Equipment that produces solar energy for personal useFailed (50.79% yes)
Amendment 2Physician-prescribed marijuanaPassed (71.32% yes)
Amendment 3Property tax exemptions for first respondersPassed (83.78% yes)
Amendment 5Property tax breaks for senior citizensPassed (78.3% yes)

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