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2008Final results

2008 election for Florida House District 17

Florida House of Representatives · Florida

Lake Ray (R) won with 63.8% of the vote, defeating Regina Young (D) by 27.5 points.

Lake RayRepublican · winner
63.8%47,138
Regina YoungDemocrat
36.2%26,792
73,930 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 2008

Races before and after

EvenR+27.52008R+35.42020R+22.02022R+16.12024R+1.42026

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