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2012Final results

2012 election for Florida Senate District 26

Florida State Senate · Florida

Bill Galvano (R) won with 59.1% of the vote, defeating Paula House (D) by 18.1 points.

Bill GalvanoRepublican · winner
59.1%122,782
Paula HouseDemocrat
40.9%85,123
207,905 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

EvenD+4.11990R+17.61992R+44.61994R+18.12012R+30.22018D+9.62022

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