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1998Final results

1998 election for Florida House District 26

Florida House of Representatives · Florida

Pat Patterson (R) won with 51.4% of the vote, defeating Janet L. Bollum (D) by 2.8 points.

Pat PattersonRepublican · winner
51.4%16,421
48.6%15,538
31,959 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 1998

Races before and after

EvenD+0.71992R+4.51994R+4.61996R+2.81998D+1.22000R+6.22002

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