1988Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1988 election for Florida House District 54
Florida House of Representatives · Florida
Lars A. Hafner (D) won with 50.2% of the vote, defeating Dorothy Sample (R) by 0.4 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Lars A. HafnerDemocrat · winner
50.2%20,091
Dorothy SampleRepublican · incumbent
49.8%19,948
40,039 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 1988
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET