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1998Final results

1998 election for Florida House District 3

Florida House of Representatives · Florida

Dee Dee Ritchie (D) won with 54.1% of the vote, defeating Paul Young (R) by 8.2 points.

Dee Dee RitchieDemocrat · winner
54.1%13,590
Paul YoungRepublican
45.9%11,527
25,117 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+39.61996D+8.21998R+6.12000R+24.92006R+4.32008R+20.62010

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