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2012Final results

2012 election for Florida House District 78

Florida House of Representatives · Florida

Heather Fitzenhagen (R) won with 67.3% of the vote, defeating Kerry Babb (Ind) by 34.7 points.

Heather FitzenhagenRepublican · winner
67.3%37,735
Kerry BabbIndependent
32.7%18,298
56,033 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+25.21982R+9.81990D+0.81992D+13.01998R+18.72018R+15.02020

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