Florida State House District 54

Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Randy Maggard Republican · Member list as of Oct 28

Randy MaggardRepublican · Incumbent4 years since first win

One candidate on the printed ballot.

Last election: Randy Maggard (Republican) won by 20.2 points, 2024
On the 2026 ballot: 1 candidate

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Randy MaggardIncumbentRepublican

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History (22 elections for this seat)

Votes for listed candidates: 101,357
Election day: November 5, 2024
District map: Older district map (2022 to 2024)

Florida House of Representatives District 54, 1982 to 2024, 2024, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanRandy MaggardWon	Republican	60,92360.1%	60.1%
DemocraticKarl Cieslak	Democratic	40,43439.9%	39.9%

Votes for listed candidates: 67,764
Election day: November 8, 2022
District map: Older district map (2022)

Florida House of Representatives District 54, 1982 to 2024, 2022, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanRandy MaggardWon(incumbent)	Republican	41,75361.6%	61.6%
DemocraticBrian Staver	Democratic	24,47236.1%	36.1%
OtherRyan S. Otwell	Other	1,5392.3%	2.3%

Votes for listed candidates: 105,208
Election day: November 3, 2020
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2021)

Florida House of Representatives District 54, 1982 to 2024, 2020, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanErin GrallWon(incumbent)	Republican	69,34465.9%	65.9%
DemocraticAlbert M. Griffiths	Democratic	35,86434.1%	34.1%

Votes for listed candidates: 81,585
Election day: November 6, 2018
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2021)

Florida House of Representatives District 54, 1982 to 2024, 2018, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanErin GrallWon(incumbent)	Republican	51,70263.4%	63.4%
DemocraticNicole Haagenson	Democratic	29,88336.6%	36.6%

Votes for listed candidates: 67,919
Election day: November 8, 2016
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2021)

Florida House of Representatives District 54, 1982 to 2024, 2016, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanErin GrallWon	Republican	67,87699.9%	99.9%
James Christian Bailey	Write-in	430.1%	0.1%

Votes for listed candidates: 57,955
Election day: November 4, 2014
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2021)

Florida House of Representatives District 54, 1982 to 2024, 2014, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanDebbie MayfieldWon(incumbent)	Republican	39,52968.2%	68.2%
DemocraticJorge Lugo	Democratic	18,42631.8%	31.8%

Florida House of Representatives District 54, 1982 to 2024, 2012, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanDebbie MayfieldWon(incumbent)	Republican	——	—

Votes for listed candidates: 49,265
Election day: November 2, 2010
District map: Older district map (2002 to 2011)

Florida House of Representatives District 54, 1982 to 2024, 2010, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanJames C. FrisheWon(incumbent)	Republican	29,96360.8%	60.8%
DemocraticMary Russell	Democratic	19,30239.2%	39.2%

Votes for listed candidates: 67,249
Election day: November 4, 2008
District map: Older district map (2002 to 2011)

Florida House of Representatives District 54, 1982 to 2024, 2008, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanJames C. FrisheWon(incumbent)	Republican	38,09156.6%	56.6%
DemocraticGeorge A. Gonzalez	Democratic	29,15843.4%	43.4%

Votes for listed candidates: 47,104
Election day: November 7, 2006
District map: Older district map (2002 to 2011)

Florida House of Representatives District 54, 1982 to 2024, 2006, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanJames C. FrisheWon	Republican	25,04853.2%	53.2%
DemocraticBetsy Valentine	Democratic	22,05646.8%	46.8%

Florida House of Representatives District 54, 1982 to 2024, 2004, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanEverett S. RiceWon	Republican	——	—

Votes for listed candidates: 49,707
Election day: November 5, 2002
District map: Older district map (2002 to 2011)

Florida House of Representatives District 54, 1982 to 2024, 2002, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanJohn CarassasWon(incumbent)	Republican	38,35877.2%	77.2%
GreenKurt Gratzol	Green	11,34922.8%	22.8%

Florida House of Representatives District 54, 1982 to 2024, 2000, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanJohn C. CarassasWon	Republican	——	—

Florida House of Representatives District 54, 1982 to 2024, 1998, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanDennis L. JonesWon(incumbent)	Republican	——	—

Florida House of Representatives District 54, 1982 to 2024, 1996, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanDennis L. JonesWon(incumbent)	Republican	——	—

Florida House of Representatives District 54, 1982 to 2024, 1994, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanDennis L. JonesWon(incumbent)	Republican	——	—

Florida House of Representatives District 54, 1982 to 2024, 1992, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanDennis L. JonesWon(incumbent)	Republican	——	—

Votes for listed candidates: 34,150
Election day: November 6, 1990
District map: Older district map (1982 to 1991)

Florida House of Representatives District 54, 1982 to 2024, 1990, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticLars A. HafnerWon(incumbent)	Democratic	21,22562.1%	62.1%
RepublicanDorothy Eaton Sample	Republican	12,92537.9%	37.9%

Votes for listed candidates: 40,039
Election day: November 8, 1988
District map: Older district map (1982 to 1991)

Florida House of Representatives District 54, 1982 to 2024, 1988, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticLars A. HafnerWon	Democratic	20,09150.2%	50.2%
RepublicanDorothy Sample(incumbent)	Republican	19,94849.8%	49.8%

Votes for listed candidates: 35,647
Election day: November 4, 1986
District map: Older district map (1982 to 1991)

Florida House of Representatives District 54, 1982 to 2024, 1986, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanDorothy SampleWon(incumbent)	Republican	19,61655.0%	55.0%
DemocraticLars A. Hafner	Democratic	16,03145.0%	45.0%

Florida House of Representatives District 54, 1982 to 2024, 1984, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanDorothy SampleWon(incumbent)	Republican	——	—

Votes for listed candidates: 32,872
Election day: November 2, 1982
District map: Older district map (1982 to 1991)

Florida House of Representatives District 54, 1982 to 2024, 1982, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanDorothy SampleWon(incumbent)	Republican	19,61059.7%	59.7%
DemocraticWilliam J. Sharpe	Democratic	13,17340.1%	40.1%
OtherLori Massie	Other	890.3%	0.3%

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.

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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:54

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