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2000Final results

2000 election for Florida House District 85

Florida House of Representatives · Florida

Lois J. Frankel (D) won with 62.9% of the vote, defeating Cheryl A. Carpenter (R) by 25.9 points.

Lois J. FrankelDemocrat · winner · incumbent
62.9%29,437
37.1%17,331
46,768 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

EvenD+9.81994D+35.51996D+35.01998D+25.92000D+1.42002D+2.02004

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