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1996Final results

1996 election for Florida House District 3

Florida House of Representatives · Florida

Buzz Ritchie (D) won with 69.8% of the vote, defeating William Marshall (R) by 39.6 points.

Buzz RitchieDemocrat · winner · incumbent
69.8%25,641
30.2%11,107
36,748 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 1996

Races before and after

EvenD+39.61996D+8.21998R+6.12000R+24.92006R+4.32008R+20.62010

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