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2008Final results

2008 election for Florida Senate District 27

Florida State Senate · Florida

Dave Aronberg (D) won with 58.8% of the vote, defeating Matt Caldwell (R) by 19.3 points.

Dave AronbergDemocrat · winner · incumbent
58.8%123,186
Matt CaldwellRepublican
39.5%82,701
1.7%3,496
209,383 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+16.11992R+3.31996D+8.32002D+19.32008R+8.22010 specialR+21.02020

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

The candidates