Monopoly Politics Florida 2000
23 seats: 15R, 8D
The fact that 18 of 23 seats had only one major party candidate in 1998 simply underlines Florida's recent history of strikingly non-competitive elections. In 1996, 20 of 23 seats were won by landslide, and only one was won by less than 16%. Yet even though all incumbents likely will win in 2000, six districts could be competitive if incumbents were to step down. On the other hand, two incumbents – Corrine Brown and Dave Weldon – have had closer races than their districts would suggest. (NOTE: Some House district lines were changed slightly between the 1994 and 1996 elections due to a lawsuit against race-conscious districting.)1. Joe Scarborough (R), 1994 | Landslide | |||||
'98: 100 | '96: 73 | '94: 62 | ['92: D 52] | R 68 | ||
2. Allen Boyd (D), 1996 | Comfortable* | |||||
'98: 95 | '96: 59 | ['94: D 61 | '92: D 73] | R 51 | ||
3. Corrine Brown (D) 1992 | Comfortable | |||||
'98: 55 | '96: 61 | '94: 58 | '92: 59 | D 61 | ||
4. OPEN [Tillie Fowler (R) 1992] | Comfortable | |||||
['98: 100 | '96: 100 | '94:100 | '92: 57] | R 62 | ||
5. Karen Thurman (D), 1992 | Comfortable* | |||||
'98: 66 | '96: 62 | '94: 57 | '92: 49 | D 51 | ||
6. Cliff Stearns (R), 1988 | Landslide | |||||
'98: 100 | '96: 67 | '94: 99 U | '92: 65 | R 61 | ||
7. John Mica (R), 1992 | Landslide | |||||
'98: 100 | '96: 62 | '94: 73 | '92: 56 | R 55 | ||
8. OPEN [Bill McCollum, R, 1980] | Win | |||||
[‘98: 66 | '96: 67 | '94: 100 | '92: 69] | R 56 | ||
9. Michael Bilirakis (R) , 1982 | Landslide | |||||
'98: 100 | '96: 69 | ‘94: 100 | '92: 59 | R 54 | ||
10. C. W. (Bill) Young (R), 1970 | Landslide* | |||||
'98: 100 | '96: 67 | '94: 100 | '92: 57 | D 52 | ||
11. Jim Davis (D), 1996 | Comfortable | |||||
'98: 65 | '96: 58 | ['94: D 52 | '92: D 53] | D 53 | ||
12. OPEN [Charles T. Canady, R, 1992] | Win | |||||
['98: 100 | '96: 62 | '94: 65 | '92: 52] | R 56 | ||
13. Dan Miller (R), 1992 | Landslide | |||||
'98: 100 | '96: 64 | '94: 100 | '92: 58 | R 56 | ||
14. Porter Goss (R), 1988 | Landslide | |||||
'98: 100 | '96: 73 | '94: 100 | '92: 82 U | R 61 | ||
15. Dave Weldon (R), 1994 | Win | |||||
'98: 63 | '96: 51 | '94: 54 | ['92: R 98] | R 58 | ||
16. Mark Foley (R), 1994 | Landslide* | |||||
'98: 100 | '96: 64 | '94: 58 | ['92: D 100] | R 52 | ||
17. Carrie Meek (D), 1992 | Landslide | |||||
'98: 100 | '96: 89 | '94: 100 | '92: 100 | D 86 | ||
18. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R), 1989 | Landslide | |||||
'98: 100 | '96: 100 | '94: 100 | '92: 67 | R 56 | ||
19. Robert Wexler (D) , 1996 | Landslide | |||||
'98: 100 | '96: 66 | ['94: D 66 | '92: D 63] | D 66 | ||
20. Peter Deutsch (D), 1992 | Landslide | |||||
'98: 100 | '96: 65 | '94: 61 | '92: 55 | D 60 | ||
21. Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R), 1992 | Landslide | |||||
'98: 75 | ‘96: 100 | '94: 100 | '92: 100 | R 54 | ||
22. Clay Shaw (R), 1980 | Win* | |||||
'98: 100 | '96: 62 | '94: 63 | '92: 52 | D 55 | ||
23. Alcee Hastings (D), 1992 | Landslide | |||||
'98: 100 | '96: 74 | '94: 100 | '92: 59 | D 76 |