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2012Final results

2012 election for Florida House District 17

Florida House of Representatives · Florida

Ronald Renuart (R) won with 72.5% of the vote, defeating Rebecca S. Sharp (Ind) by 45.0 points.

Ronald RenuartRepublican · winner · incumbent
72.5%63,677
Rebecca S. SharpIndependent
27.5%24,166
87,843 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 2012

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