Florida State House District 3
Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Nathan Boyles Republican · Member list as of Oct 28
No published poll names both candidates.The last winner we have no longer holds this seat, so that result isn't shown.
- Last election
- Joel Rudman (Republican) won by 56.8 points, 2024
- On the 2026 ballot
- 2 candidates
More about this race
Candidates on the ballot
- Ingrid D. WadsworthDemocratic
- Nathan BoylesIncumbentRepublican
Source: dos.elections.myflorida.com, dated Oct 28
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History (22 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 102,090
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2022 to 2024)
Florida House of Representatives District 3, 1982 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJoel RudmanWon Republican 80,01978.4% DemocraticKeith Ellis Gillum Democratic 22,07121.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 60,466
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Older district map (2022)
Florida House of Representatives District 3, 1982 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJoel RudmanWon Republican 60,26399.7% Sandra Maddox Write-in 2030.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 108,631
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Florida House of Representatives District 3, 1982 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJayer WilliamsonWon(incumbent) Republican 82,70276.1% DemocraticAngela L. Hoover Democratic 25,92923.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 75,900
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Florida House of Representatives District 3, 1982 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJayer WilliamsonWon(incumbent) Republican 59,66578.6% IndependentBobbi Osborne Independent 16,23521.4% - Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Florida House of Representatives District 3, 1982 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJayer WilliamsonWon Republican —— - Votes for listed candidates
- 47,653
- Election day
- November 4, 2014
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Florida House of Representatives District 3, 1982 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDoug BroxsonWon(incumbent) Republican 47,61099.9% OtherJohn Daniel Melvin Other 430.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 65,171
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Florida House of Representatives District 3, 1982 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDoug BroxsonWon(incumbent) Republican 65,07199.8% Margaret Smith Write-in 1000.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 40,617
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Florida House of Representatives District 3, 1982 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanC. V. FordWon(incumbent) Republican 24,48960.3% DemocraticClaudia Browncurry Democratic 16,12839.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 64,255
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Florida House of Representatives District 3, 1982 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanClay FordWon Republican 33,50452.1% DemocraticLumon May Democratic 30,75147.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 37,879
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Florida House of Representatives District 3, 1982 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanHolly BensonWon(incumbent) Republican 23,65562.5% DemocraticElizabeth Campbell Democratic 14,22437.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 48,854
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Florida House of Representatives District 3, 1982 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanHolly BensonWon(incumbent) Republican 48,854100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 38,919
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Florida House of Representatives District 3, 1982 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanHolly BensonWon(incumbent) Republican 32,01582.3% LibertarianTom Petrone Libertarian 6,90417.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 37,844
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Florida House of Representatives District 3, 1982 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanHolly BensonWon Republican 20,07853.0% DemocraticJohn H. Wyche Democratic 17,76647.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 25,117
- Election day
- November 3, 1998
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Florida House of Representatives District 3, 1982 to 2024, 1998, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDee Dee RitchieWon Democratic 13,59054.1% RepublicanPaul Young Republican 11,52745.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 36,748
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Florida House of Representatives District 3, 1982 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticBuzz RitchieWon(incumbent) Democratic 25,64169.8% RepublicanWilliam H. Marshall Republican 11,10730.2% - Election day
- November 8, 1994
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Florida House of Representatives District 3, 1982 to 2024, 1994, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticBuzz RitchieWon(incumbent) Democratic —— - Election day
- November 3, 1992
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Florida House of Representatives District 3, 1982 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticBuzz RitchieWon(incumbent) Democratic —— - Votes for listed candidates
- 27,610
- Election day
- November 6, 1990
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Florida House of Representatives District 3, 1982 to 2024, 1990, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTom BanjaninWon(incumbent) Republican 14,74253.4% DemocraticLois Benson Democratic 12,86846.6% - Election day
- November 8, 1988
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Florida House of Representatives District 3, 1982 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTom BanjaninWon(incumbent) Republican —— - Votes for listed candidates
- 22,892
- Election day
- November 4, 1986
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Florida House of Representatives District 3, 1982 to 2024, 1986, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTom BanjaninWon Republican 13,02756.9% DemocraticNorman Fritz Democratic 9,86543.1% - Election day
- November 6, 1984
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Florida House of Representatives District 3, 1982 to 2024, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticGrover C. Robinson IIIWon(incumbent) Democratic —— - Election day
- November 2, 1982
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Florida House of Representatives District 3, 1982 to 2024, 1982, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticGrover C. Robinson IIIWon(incumbent) Democratic ——
- 2024: MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns; not an official source
- 1982 to 2022: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns; not an official source
Last contest in this district on file: 2024.
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Election Wrld. (2026). Florida State House District 3, election results 1982 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/fl/house/3. Retrieved October 31, 2026.
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Sources: Census TIGERweb Legislative MapServer (120th CDs layer 0, 119th CDs layer 4, 2026 SLD upper layer 1 and lower layer 2) (US Census Bureau, public domain), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open Civic Data division identifiers (census_autogenerated us_sldl/us_sldu and openstates state files); also (sld-recent.json): Open Civic Data division identifiers (country-us) (CC0 (repository); also (sld-recent.json): CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open States people (current) CSVs (CC0-1.0 (Open States people data)), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Open States volunteers and staff (rosters from state legislature sites) from official returns, not an official source; MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips) (Not stated in the GitHub repository (an earlier label said "MIT (repo)", which the repository does not support). MEDSL's Harvard Dataverse records are CC0 1.0, but these GitHub files were not checksum-matched to the Dataverse files, so CC0 is not claimed for them.), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns, not an official source; State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse) (CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns, not an official source.
District id: ocd-division/country:us/state:fl/sldl:3
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026