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2010 election for Florida House District 51

Florida House of Representatives · Florida

Larry Ahern (R) won with 50.3% of the vote, defeating Janet C. Long (D) by 6.2 points, a seat Democrats won last time.

Larry AhernRepublican · winner
50.3%22,706
Janet C. LongDemocrat · incumbent
44.1%19,922
5.5%2,499
45,127 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 2010

Races before and after

EvenR+26.62004D+1.32006D+16.42008R+6.22010R+33.92014R+19.22016

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