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1984Final results

1984 election for Florida House District 56

Florida House of Representatives · Florida

Peter Rudy Wallace (D) won with 57.8% of the vote, defeating Richard B. Badgley (R) by 15.5 points.

Peter Rudy WallaceDemocrat · winner · incumbent
57.8%20,609
42.2%15,075
35,684 votes

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET

The seat over time

D − R margin in this seat's races around 1984

Races before and after

EvenD+11.51992D+1.41994D+2.01996R+5.21998R+19.42000R+16.12006

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET