2000Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2000 election for Florida House District 26
Florida House of Representatives · Florida
Joyce Cusack (D) won with 50.6% of the vote, defeating Pat Patterson (R) by 1.2 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Joyce CusackDemocrat · winner
50.6%23,886
Pat PattersonRepublican · incumbent
49.4%23,341
47,227 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 2000
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET