Florida State House District 4

Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Patt Maney Republican · Member list as of Oct 28

John Peter EmerlingDemocratic

No published poll names both candidates.Last result · 2024 general: Patt Maney (R) 73.5, Samuel Chang (D) 26.5

Patt ManeyRepublican · Incumbent6 years since first win

Last election: Patt Maney (Republican) won by 47.0 points, 2024
On the 2026 ballot: 2 candidates

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Donor-based spectrum: LiberalCentristConservativeManeyNo published score for Emerling
Races: None listed; Won 3 of 3
Years since first win: Not available; 6

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John Peter EmerlingDemocratic
Patt ManeyIncumbentRepublican

Source: dos.elections.myflorida.com, dated Oct 28

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History (27 elections for this seat)

Votes for listed candidates: 92,140
Election day: November 5, 2024
District map: Older district map (2022 to 2024)

Florida House of Representatives District 4, 1972 to 2024, 2024, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanPatt ManeyWon	Republican	67,71273.5%	73.5%
DemocraticSamuel Chang	Democratic	24,42826.5%	26.5%

Florida House of Representatives District 4, 1972 to 2024, 2022, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanPatt ManeyWon(incumbent)	Republican	——	—

Votes for listed candidates: 97,302
Election day: November 3, 2020
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2021)

Florida House of Representatives District 4, 1972 to 2024, 2020, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanPatt ManeyWon	Republican	70,20872.2%	72.2%
DemocraticJohn Plante	Democratic	27,08327.8%	27.8%
OtherLance Lawrence	Other	110.0%	0.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 71,067
Election day: November 6, 2018
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2021)

Florida House of Representatives District 4, 1972 to 2024, 2018, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanMel PonderWon(incumbent)	Republican	51,26372.1%	72.1%
DemocraticRebecca Koelzer	Democratic	19,80427.9%	27.9%

Votes for listed candidates: 72,080
Election day: November 8, 2016
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2021)

Florida House of Representatives District 4, 1972 to 2024, 2016, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanMel PonderWon	Republican	72,01099.9%	99.9%
Christopher Eugene Schwantz	Write-in	700.1%	0.1%

Florida House of Representatives District 4, 1972 to 2024, 2014, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanMatt GaetzWon(incumbent)	Republican	——	—

Florida House of Representatives District 4, 1972 to 2024, 2012, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanMatt GaetzWon(incumbent)	Republican	——	—

Florida House of Representatives District 4, 1972 to 2024, 2010, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanMatt GaetzWon	Republican	——	—

Florida House of Representatives District 4, 1972 to 2024, 2008, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanRay SansomWon(incumbent)	Republican	——	—

Florida House of Representatives District 4, 1972 to 2024, 2006, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanRay SansomWon(incumbent)	Republican	——	—

Florida House of Representatives District 4, 1972 to 2024, 2004, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanRay SansomWon(incumbent)	Republican	——	—

Votes for listed candidates: 43,094
Election day: November 5, 2002
District map: Older district map (2002 to 2011)

Florida House of Representatives District 4, 1972 to 2024, 2002, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanRay SansomWon	Republican	36,42084.5%	84.5%
LibertarianPaul Broshear	Libertarian	6,67415.5%	15.5%

Florida House of Representatives District 4, 1972 to 2024, 2000, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanJarrett Green MelvinWon(incumbent)	Republican	——	—

Florida House of Representatives District 4, 1972 to 2024, 1998, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanJarrett Green MelvinWon(incumbent)	Republican	——	—

Votes for listed candidates: 54,752
Election day: November 5, 1996
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

Florida House of Representatives District 4, 1972 to 2024, 1996, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanJarrett Green MelvinWon(incumbent)	Republican	42,50677.6%	77.6%
DemocraticF. L. Henderson	Democratic	12,24622.4%	22.4%

Votes for listed candidates: 42,813
Election day: November 8, 1994
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

Florida House of Representatives District 4, 1972 to 2024, 1994, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanJarrett Green MelvinWon	Republican	25,82560.3%	60.3%
DemocraticMike Robertson	Democratic	11,59827.1%	27.1%
LibertarianRobert Wilson	Libertarian	5,39012.6%	12.6%

Votes for listed candidates: 48,863
Election day: November 3, 1992
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

Florida House of Representatives District 4, 1972 to 2024, 1992, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanJames P. KerriganWon	Republican	26,91955.1%	55.1%
DemocraticBarbara Regan	Democratic	21,94444.9%	44.9%

Votes for listed candidates: 34,200
Election day: November 8, 1988
District map: Older district map (1982 to 1991)

Florida House of Representatives District 4, 1972 to 2024, 1988, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticBolley JohnsonWon(incumbent)	Democratic	20,63360.3%	60.3%
RepublicanCrawford W. Henley	Republican	13,56739.7%	39.7%

Votes for listed candidates: 17,807
Election day: November 2, 1982
District map: Older district map (1982 to 1991)

Florida House of Representatives District 4, 1972 to 2024, 1982, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticBolley JohnsonWon(incumbent)	Democratic	12,28669.0%	69.0%
RepublicanJack Gardner	Republican	5,52131.0%	31.0%

Election day: November 4, 1980
Seats: 3
District map: Older district map (1972 to 1981)

Florida House of Representatives District 4, 1972 to 2024, 1980, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticBolley JohnsonWon(incumbent)	Democratic	——	—
DemocraticKenneth BolesWon(incumbent)	Democratic	——	—
DemocraticJames G. WardWon(incumbent)	Democratic	——	—

Votes for listed candidates: 101,044
Election day: November 7, 1978
Seats: 3
District map: Older district map (1972 to 1981)

Florida House of Representatives District 4, 1972 to 2024, 1978, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticJames G. WardWon(incumbent)	Democratic	35,81570.9%	70.9%
DemocraticKen BolesWon	Democratic	29,64658.6%	58.6%
RepublicanJack Gardner	Republican	20,91041.4%	41.4%
RepublicanJohn C. Franklin Jr.	Republican	14,67329.1%	29.1%
DemocraticBolley JohnsonWon	Democratic	——	—

Votes for listed candidates: 61,995
Election day: November 2, 1976
Seats: 3
District map: Older district map (1972 to 1981)

Florida House of Representatives District 4, 1972 to 2024, 1976, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticJames G. WardWon	Democratic	43,65370.4%	70.4%
RepublicanRobert E. McMillan	Republican	18,34229.6%	29.6%
DemocraticEdmond M. FortuneWon(incumbent)	Democratic	——	—
DemocraticJerry G. MelvinWon(incumbent)	Democratic	——	—

Votes for listed candidates: 33,790
Election day: November 4, 1974
Seats: 3
District map: Older district map (1972 to 1981)

Florida House of Representatives District 4, 1972 to 2024, 1974, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticJerry G. MelvinWon(incumbent)	Democratic	21,96665.0%	65.0%
RepublicanBarbara A. Rasmussen	Republican	11,82435.0%	35.0%
DemocraticEdmond M. FortuneWon(incumbent)	Democratic	——	—
DemocraticJere ToltonWon(incumbent)	Democratic	——	—

Votes for listed candidates: 147,048
Election day: November 7, 1972
Seats: 3
District map: Older district map (1972 to 1981)

Florida House of Representatives District 4, 1972 to 2024, 1972, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticJere ToltonWon	Democratic	29,41560.7%	60.7%
DemocraticJerry G. MelvinWon(incumbent)	Democratic	27,87656.7%	56.7%
DemocraticEdmond M. FortuneWon(incumbent)	Democratic	27,81156.3%	56.3%
RepublicanEd Nugent	Republican	21,61543.7%	43.7%
RepublicanJoel L. Adams	Republican	21,29343.3%	43.3%
RepublicanRobert E. McMillan	Republican	19,03839.3%	39.3%

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
1972 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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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:4

DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), DIME (ODC-BY), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026