1998Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1998 election for Florida House District 51
Florida House of Representatives · Florida
Leslie Waters (R) won with 50.5% of the vote, defeating Martha Lenderman (D) by 0.9 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Leslie WatersRepublican · winner
50.5%13,512
Martha LendermanDemocrat
49.5%13,268
26,780 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