Florida State House District 52
Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Samantha Scott Republican · Member list as of Oct 28
Pamala Kaye BivinsDemocraticSamantha ScottRepublican · Incumbent
The last winner we have no longer holds this seat, so that result isn't shown.
- Last election
- John Temple (Republican) won by 44.1 points, 2024
- Earlier results
- John Temple (Republican) won by 46.0 points, 2022Thad Altman (Republican) won by 24.6 points, 2020, older linesAll 22 elections
Past results
- Votes for listed candidates
- 128,662
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Same as today
Florida House of Representatives District 52, 1982 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJohn TempleWon Republican 92,69072.0% DemocraticAsh Marwah Democratic 35,97228.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 107,691
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Same as today
Florida House of Representatives District 52, 1982 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJohn TempleWon Republican 78,60173.0% DemocraticAsh Marwah Democratic 29,09027.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 113,861
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Florida House of Representatives District 52, 1982 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanThad AltmanWon(incumbent) Republican 70,94962.3% DemocraticLloyd Dabbs Democratic 42,91237.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 90,842
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Florida House of Representatives District 52, 1982 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanThad AltmanWon(incumbent) Republican 57,86763.7% DemocraticSeeta Durjan Begui Democratic 32,97536.3%
- 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
- 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.
All elections (22 for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 128,662
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Same as today
Florida House of Representatives District 52, 1982 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJohn TempleWon Republican 92,69072.0% DemocraticAsh Marwah Democratic 35,97228.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 107,691
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Same as today
Florida House of Representatives District 52, 1982 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJohn TempleWon Republican 78,60173.0% DemocraticAsh Marwah Democratic 29,09027.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 113,861
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Florida House of Representatives District 52, 1982 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanThad AltmanWon(incumbent) Republican 70,94962.3% DemocraticLloyd Dabbs Democratic 42,91237.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 90,842
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Florida House of Representatives District 52, 1982 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanThad AltmanWon(incumbent) Republican 57,86763.7% DemocraticSeeta Durjan Begui Democratic 32,97536.3% - Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Florida House of Representatives District 52, 1982 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanThad AltmanWon Republican —— - Election day
- November 4, 2014
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Florida House of Representatives District 52, 1982 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRitch WorkmanWon(incumbent) Republican —— - Election day
- November 6, 2012
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Florida House of Representatives District 52, 1982 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRitch WorkmanWon(incumbent) Republican —— - Votes for listed candidates
- 41,475
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Florida House of Representatives District 52, 1982 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJeff BrandesWon Republican 21,23751.2% DemocraticBill Heller(incumbent) Democratic 20,23848.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 61,127
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Florida House of Representatives District 52, 1982 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticBill HellerWon(incumbent) Democratic 36,66160.0% RepublicanRoss Johnson Republican 24,46640.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 39,747
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Florida House of Representatives District 52, 1982 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticBill HellerWon Democratic 21,47054.0% RepublicanAngelo Cappelli Republican 18,27746.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 60,616
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Florida House of Representatives District 52, 1982 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanFrank FarkasWon(incumbent) Republican 31,87152.6% DemocraticElizabeth McCallum Democratic 28,74547.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 44,659
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Florida House of Representatives District 52, 1982 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanFrank FarkasWon(incumbent) Republican 23,51852.7% DemocraticChristohper Eaton Democratic 19,46743.6% LibertarianAlison Lipscomb Libertarian 1,6743.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 42,684
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Florida House of Representatives District 52, 1982 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanFrank FarkasWon(incumbent) Republican 23,85555.9% DemocraticMargo Fischer Democratic 18,82944.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 30,117
- Election day
- November 3, 1998
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Florida House of Representatives District 52, 1982 to 2024, 1998, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanFrank FarkasWon Republican 15,87052.7% DemocraticMargo Fischer(incumbent) Democratic 14,24747.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 41,034
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Florida House of Representatives District 52, 1982 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMargo FischerWon Democratic 21,36052.0% RepublicanFrank Farkas Republican 19,67448.0% - Election day
- November 8, 1994
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Florida House of Representatives District 52, 1982 to 2024, 1994, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticPeter Rudy WallaceWon(incumbent) Democratic —— - Votes for listed candidates
- 46,042
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Florida House of Representatives District 52, 1982 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticPeter Rudy WallaceWon(incumbent) Democratic 28,81662.6% RepublicanR. J. Lonergan Jr. Republican 17,22637.4% - Election day
- November 6, 1990
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Florida House of Representatives District 52, 1982 to 2024, 1990, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanSandra Barringer MorthamWon(incumbent) Republican —— - Votes for listed candidates
- 38,300
- Election day
- November 8, 1988
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Florida House of Representatives District 52, 1982 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanSandra Barringer MorthamWon(incumbent) Republican 29,52277.1% DemocraticEmil S. Jacob Democratic 8,77822.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 32,931
- Election day
- November 4, 1986
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Florida House of Representatives District 52, 1982 to 2024, 1986, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanSandra Barringer MorthamWon Republican 23,07870.1% DemocraticThomas Allen Mevers Democratic 9,85329.9% - Election day
- November 6, 1984
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Florida House of Representatives District 52, 1982 to 2024, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBetty EasleyWon(incumbent) Republican —— - Election day
- November 2, 1982
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Florida House of Representatives District 52, 1982 to 2024, 1982, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBetty EasleyWon(incumbent) Republican ——
- 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
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Election Wrld. (2026). Florida State House District 52, election results 1982 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/fl/house/52. 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.
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026