1998Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1998 election for Florida House District 42
Florida House of Representatives · Florida
Everett Kelly (R) won with 63.3% of the vote, defeating Doris E. Mattingly (D) by 26.7 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Everett KellyRepublican · winner · incumbent
63.3%29,899
Doris E. MattinglyDemocrat
36.7%17,301
47,200 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET