Election Name: | 2018 Florida House of Representatives election |
Percentage2: | 42.24% |
Leader2: | Janet Cruz |
Party2: | Florida Democratic Party |
Leader Since2: | November 21, 2016 |
Leaders Seat2: | 62nd–Tampa |
Last Election2: | 41 seats, 39.77% |
Seats2: | 47 |
Popular Vote2: | 2,494,934 |
Percentage1: | 56.21% |
Speaker | |
Before Election: | Richard Corcoran |
Before Party: | Republican Party of Florida |
After Election: | José R. Oliva |
Image2 Size: | 160x160px |
Seats Before2: | 42 |
Seat Change2: | 5 |
Image1: | Richard Corcoran.jpeg |
Majority Seats: | 61 |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2016 Florida House of Representatives election |
Previous Year: | 2016 |
Next Election: | 2020 Florida House of Representatives election |
Next Year: | 2020 |
Seats For Election: | All 120 seats in the Florida House of Representatives |
Popular Vote1: | 3,320,015 |
Image1 Size: | 160x160px |
Country: | Florida |
Leader1: | Richard Corcoran |
Party1: | Republican Party of Florida |
Leader Since1: | November 22, 2016 |
Leaders Seat1: | 37th–Dade City |
Last Election1: | 79 seats, 57.08% |
Seats Before1: | 78 |
Seats1: | 73 |
Seat Change1: | 5 |
Type: | legislative |
After Party: | Republican Party of Florida |
Turnout: | 45.39% 1.86 pp |
Map Size: | 400px |
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 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% | +/− | % | |||||
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