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2000Final results

2000 election for Florida House District 37

Florida House of Representatives · Florida

David Simmons (R) won with 69.7% of the vote, defeating Ali Shahnami (D) by 39.5 points.

David SimmonsRepublican · winner
69.7%29,496
Ali ShahnamiDemocrat
30.3%12,795
42,291 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

EvenR+29.91982R+46.51984R+8.91990R+39.52000R+20.92018R+25.72020

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