Florida

Results

Size of Lead

Change from ‘08

State Highlights

By Robert Pear

After days of counting provisional ballots, President Obama was declared the winner in Florida on Saturday. Mr. Obama won with 50 percent of the vote, to Mr. Romney's 49.1 percent, a difference of about 74,000 votes, to capture Florida's 29 electoral votes.

In the Orlando area, Alan Grayson, a pugnacious Democrat who lost his House seat in 2010, beat his Republican opponent, Todd Long, the host of a conservative radio show. As a congressman, Mr. Grayson developed a national following among liberals who liked his provocative style.

In the 18th District, Representative Allen B. West, a Republican freshman and a Tea Party favorite, appeared to be losing to Patrick Murphy, a Democrat. The race was a test of Mr. West’s fiery brand of conservatism. Mr. Murphy criticized “the taunts, the name-calling, the bullying” that he said characterized Mr. West’s style.

In the Sarasota area, Representative Vern Buchanan, a Republican, won re-election after surviving the first phase of an investigation of his finances by the House ethics committee.

Another incumbent Republican, Representative David Rivera, lost to a Democrat, Joe Garcia, in Florida’s southernmost district. Mr. Rivera faced accusations that he had tried to plant a candidate in the Democratic primary to undermine Mr. Garcia’s chances. Mr. Garcia urged voters to “turn the page on Mr. Rivera’s scandals.”

Floridians rejected ballot measures that would have amended the State Constitution to block parts of the new federal health care law and to impose additional restrictions on abortion.

President 100% reporting
	Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.	Change from ‘08	Electoral Votes
	Barack Obama	Dem.	4,235,270	50.0%	-0.9%	29
	Mitt Romney	Rep.	4,162,081	49.1%	+1.0%	0
	Gary Johnson	Lib.	44,681	0.5%	–	0
	Jill Stein	Green	8,933	0.1%	–	0
	Roseanne Barr	P.A.F.	8,147	0.1%	–	0
	Tom Stevens	Other	3,855	0.0%	–	0
	Virgil Goode	Con.	2,603	0.0%	–	0
	Rocky Anderson	Other	1,753	0.0%	–	0
	Tom Hoefling	Ind.	944	0.0%	–	0
	Andre Barnett	Other	819	0.0%	–	0
	Stewart Alexander	Soc.	797	0.0%	–	0
	Peta Lindsay	Other	322	0.0%	–	0
President Map \| President Big Board \| Exit Polls

Senate 100% reporting
	Candidate	Party	Votes	Pct.
	Bill Nelson	Dem.	4,521,534	55.2%	Incumbent
	Connie Mack	Rep.	3,457,254	42.2%
	Bill Gaylor	Ind.	126,043	1.5%
	Chris Borgia	Ind.	82,040	1.0%
Senate Map \| Senate Big Board \| Exit Polls

House of Representatives
District	Democrat	Republican	Other	Reporting
1	27.1%Bryan	69.6%Miller*	3.3% Other	100%
2	47.3%Lawson	52.7%Southerland*		100%
3	32.5%Gaillot	64.7%Yoho	2.8% Other	100%
4		76.1%Crenshaw*	23.9% Other	100%
5	70.8%Brown*	26.3%Kolb	3.0% Other	100%
6	42.8%Beaven	57.2%DeSantis		100%
7	41.3%Kendall	58.7%Mica*		100%
8	37.5%Roberts	58.9%Posey*	3.6% Other	100%
9	62.5%Grayson	37.5%Long		100%
10	48.2%Demings	51.8%Webster*		100%
11	35.5%Werder	64.5%Nugent*		100%
12	32.9%Snow	63.5%Bilirakis*	3.6% Other	100%
13	42.4%Ehrlich	57.6%Young*		100%
14	70.3%Castor*	29.7%Otero		100%
15		0.0%Ross*		Uncontested
16	46.4%Fitzgerald	53.6%Buchanan*		100%
17	41.4%Bronson	58.6%Rooney*		100%
18	50.3%Murphy	49.7%West*		100%
19	35.8%Roach	62.0%Radel	2.2% Other	100%
20	87.9%Hastings*		12.1% Other	100%
21	77.8%Deutch*		22.2% Other	100%
22	54.6%Frankel	45.4%Hasner		100%
23	63.2%Wasserman Schultz*	35.6%Harrington	1.1% Other	100%
24	0.0%Wilson*			Uncontested
25		75.7%Diaz-Balart*	24.3% Other	100%
26	53.6%Garcia	43.0%Rivera*	3.3% Other	100%
27	36.9%Yevancey	60.2%Ros-Lehtinen*	2.9% Other	100%
* Incumbent House Map \| House Big Board \| Exit Polls

Major Ballot Initiatives
Measure	Yes	No	Reporting
1 Amend Constitution to prohibit laws requiring individuals or employers to buy health insurance?	48.5%	51.5%	100%
2 Amend Constitution to expand availability of property tax discounts to disabled veterans?	63.3%	36.7%	99%
3 Amend Constitution to cap state revenue increases and limit "rainy day" savings?	42.4%	57.6%	99%
4 Amend Constitution to revise rules for property assessment and taxation (generally reducing tax burden)?	43.2%	56.8%	99%
5 Amend Constitution to increase legislative oversight of state courts?	37.0%	63.0%	99%
6 Amend Constitution to prevent use of state funds for abortion, except for life of mother or when required by federal law?	44.9%	55.1%	100%
8 Amend Constitution to repeal the ban on use of public funds for religious organizations?	44.5%	55.5%	100%
9 Amend Constitution to allow Legislature to give tax relief to surviving spouses of deceased veterans or first-responders?	61.7%	38.3%	99%
10 Amend Constitution to exempt personal property worth between $25,000 and $50,000 from property tax?	45.5%	54.5%	99%
11 Amend Constitution to allow laws providing property tax relief for low-income senior citizens?	61.3%	38.7%	99%
12 Amend Constitution to change rules for selecting student representative to Board of Governors of State University System?	41.5%	58.5%	99%