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2008Final results

2008 election for Florida House District 86

Florida House of Representatives · Florida

Maria Lorts Sachs (D) won with 82.0% of the vote, defeating John J. Sottilare (Npa) by 64.0 points.

Maria Lorts SachsDemocrat · winner · incumbent
82.0%47,323
18.0%10,390
57,713 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

EvenD+29.21986D+36.31990D+33.91994D+20.82012D+19.62014D+15.22016

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