2014Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2014 election for Florida House District 49
Florida House of Representatives · Florida
Rene Plasencia (R) won with 51.0% of the vote, defeating Joe Saunders (D) by 1.9 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Rene PlasenciaRepublican · winner
51.0%19,119
Joe SaundersDemocrat · incumbent
49.0%18,405
37,524 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