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2002Final results

2002 election for Florida House District 51

Florida House of Representatives · Florida

Leslie Waters (R) won with 60.4% of the vote, defeating Richard Langton (D) by 20.7 points.

Leslie WatersRepublican · winner · incumbent
60.4%29,428
39.6%19,318
48,746 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+29.21996R+0.91998R+7.82000R+20.72002R+26.62004D+1.32006

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