Florida House
District 8
Previous Election Results
| 1996 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Bill McCollum |
Republican |
136,476 |
67.5% |
| Al Krulick |
Democratic |
65,784 |
32.5% |
| 1998 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Bill McCollum |
Republican |
104,298 |
65.8% |
| Al Krulick |
Democratic |
54,245 |
34.2% |
| 2000 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Ric Keller |
Republican |
125,253 |
50.8% |
| Linda Chapin |
Democratic |
121,295 |
49.2% |
| 2000 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Bill Sublette |
Republican |
18,196 |
43.4% |
| Ric Keller |
Republican |
12,981 |
31.0% |
| Bob Hering |
Republican |
10,736 |
25.6% |
| 2000 House Primary Runoff |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Ric Keller |
Republican |
16,292 |
51.9% |
| Bill Sublette |
Republican |
15,077 |
48.1% |
| 2002 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Ric Keller |
Republican |
123,497 |
65.1% |
| Eddie Diaz |
Democratic |
66,099 |
34.9% |
| 2004 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Ric Keller |
Republican |
172,232 |
60.5% |
| Stephen Murray |
Democratic |
112,343 |
39.5% |
| 2006 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Ric Keller |
Republican |
95,258 |
52.8% |
| Charlie Stuart |
Democratic |
82,526 |
45.7% |
| Wes Hoaglund |
Independent |
2,640 |
1.5% |
| 2006 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Charlie Stuart |
Democratic |
12,728 |
47.7% |
| Alan Grayson |
Democratic |
9,691 |
36.3% |
| Homer Hartage |
Democratic |
4,250 |
15.9% |
| 2006 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Ric Keller |
Republican |
30,707 |
72.5% |
| Elizabeth Doran |
Republican |
11,661 |
27.5% |
| 2008 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Alan Grayson |
Democratic |
172,854 |
52.0% |
| Ric Keller |
Republican |
159,490 |
48.0% |
| 2008 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Alan Grayson |
Democratic |
16,104 |
48.5% |
| Charlie Stuart |
Democratic |
9,146 |
27.5% |
| Mike Smith |
Democratic |
5,727 |
17.2% |
| Quoc Van |
Democratic |
1,219 |
3.7% |
| Alexander Fry |
Democratic |
1,030 |
3.1% |
| 2008 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Ric Keller |
Republican |
22,198 |
53.1% |
| Todd Long |
Republican |
19,640 |
46.9% |
| 2010 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Daniel Webster |
Republican |
123,586 |
56.1% |
| Alan Grayson |
Democratic |
84,167 |
38.2% |
| Peg Dunmire |
Tea party |
8,337 |
3.8% |
| George Metcalfe |
No pty aff |
4,143 |
1.9% |
| 2010 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Daniel Webster |
Republican |
24,753 |
40.2% |
| Todd Long |
Republican |
14,082 |
22.9% |
| Kurt Kelly |
Republican |
8,311 |
13.5% |
| Patricia Sullivan |
Republican |
6,507 |
10.6% |
| Bruce O'Donoghue |
Republican |
4,394 |
7.1% |
| Dan Fanelli |
Republican |
1,896 |
3.1% |
| Ross Bieling |
Republican |
1,645 |
2.7% |
Demographic Data
| Population |
639,295 |
| Percentage White |
80.6% |
| Percentage Black |
7.7% |
| Percentage American Indian / Alaska Native |
0.4% |
| Percentage Asian |
3.0% |
| Percentage Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander |
0.1% |
| Percentage Mixed Race |
2.8% |
| Percentage Other Race |
5.4% |
| |
| Percentage Hispanic |
17.6% |
| Percentage Non Hispanic White |
69.9% |
| Percentage Non Hispanic Black |
7.2% |
| |
| Percentage Households All Speak Language Other than English |
17.6% |
| |
| Median Household Income |
$41,568 |
| Percentage Married Couple Both Work |
36.8% |
| Percentage Income in Poverty in 1999 |
9.4% |
| Percentage Lived in different household in 1995 |
55.4% |
| |
| Percentage Homes heated by Electricity |
86.9% |
| Percentage Homes heated by Gas |
7.4% |
| Percentage Homes heated by Coal |
0.0% |
| Percentage Homes heated by Fuel Oil |
1.9% |
| Percentage of Population Age 65 and Up |
13.9% |
| Percentage Employed Civilians 16-years-old and up |
49.4% |
| Percentage with a College Degree |
25.9% |
| Percentage Management or Professional Workers |
34.1% |
| Percentage Sales or Office Workers |
29.5% |
| Percentage Production or Transportation Workers |
10.3% |
| |
| Percentage Married Couples |
50.0% |
| Percentage Married Couples with Children |
21.0% |
| Percentage Unmarried Partner Households, Male living with Male |
0.5% |
| Percentage Unmarried Partner Households, Female living with Female |
0.3% |

Last updated 9:16pm October 4, 2012
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