2014Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2014 election for Florida House District 30
Florida House of Representatives · Florida
Bob Cortes (R) won with 51.4% of the vote, defeating Karen Castor Dentel (D) by 2.8 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Bob CortesRepublican · winner
51.4%24,776
Karen Castor DentelDemocrat · incumbent
48.6%23,448
48,224 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 2014
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET