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Turnout | 45.39% 1.86 pp | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2018 Florida House of Representatives election was held in the U.S. state of Florida on November 6, 2018, to elect members to the House of Representatives. The election coincided with the election for governor, and other elections. The Republicans won 73 seats and losing only 2, maintaining their control since 1997, while the Democrats gained 6 seats. [1] Four vacant seats, all won by Republicans in 2016, were picked up by Democrats.
Party | Votes | Seats | ||||
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No. | % | No. | +/− | % | ||
Republican Party of Florida | 3,320,015 | 56.21 | 73 | −2 | 60.83 | |
Florida Democratic Party | 2,494,934 | 42.24 | 47 | +6 | 39.16 | |
Independent | 81,720 | 1.38 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
Libertarian Party of Florida | 5,381 | 0.32 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
Green Party of Florida | 4,622 | 0.32 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
Write-in | 3,925 | 0.15 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
Total | 5,906,926 | 100.00 | 120 | ±0 | 100.00 | |
Registered voters (as of August 2018) | 13,013,657 | 100.00 | ||||
Turnout | 5,906,926 | 45.39 | ||||
Source: Florida Division of Elections, [2] CBS Miami [3] |
Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:
Democrats
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