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2002Final results

2002 election for Florida House District 3

Florida House of Representatives · Florida

Holly Benson (R) won with 82.3% of the vote, defeating Tom Petrone (Lib) by 64.5 points.

Holly BensonRepublican · winner · incumbent
82.3%32,015
Tom PetroneLibertarian
17.7%6,904
38,919 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 2002

Races before and after

EvenD+39.61996D+8.21998R+6.12000R+24.92006R+4.32008R+20.62010

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