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2012Final results

2012 election for Florida House District 47

Florida House of Representatives · Florida

Linda Stewart (D) won with 52.4% of the vote, defeating Bob Brooks (R) by 4.8 points.

Linda StewartDemocrat · winner
52.4%40,751
Bob BrooksRepublican
47.6%36,987
77,738 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+19.62002R+19.02006R+17.42010D+4.82012R+3.92014R+5.92016

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