Florida State House District 56
Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Brad Yeager Republican · Member list as of Oct 28
No published poll names both candidates.Last result · 2024 general: Brad Yeager (R) 65.1, William "Willie" Pura (D) 34.9
- Last election
- Brad Yeager (Republican) won by 30.2 points, 2024
- On the 2026 ballot
- 2 candidates
Side by side
Left column: FreitesRight column: Yeager
- Donor-based spectrum
- LiberalCentristConservativeYeagerNo published score for Freites
- Races
- None listed
- Won 2 of 2
- Years since first win
- Not available
- 4
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Candidates on the ballot
- Jose FreitesDemocratic
- Brad YeagerIncumbentRepublican
Source: dos.elections.myflorida.com, dated Oct 28
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History (22 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 77,183
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2022 to 2024)
Florida House of Representatives District 56, 1982 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBrad YeagerWon Republican 50,27965.1% DemocraticWilliam "Willie" Pura Democratic 26,90434.9% - Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Older district map (2022)
Florida House of Representatives District 56, 1982 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBrad YeagerWon Republican —— - Votes for listed candidates
- 67,466
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Florida House of Representatives District 56, 1982 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMelony BellWon(incumbent) Republican 45,39767.3% DemocraticJames Davis Democratic 22,06932.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 45,038
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Florida House of Representatives District 56, 1982 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMelony BellWon Republican 33,55674.5% RepublicanJeff Mann Republican 11,48225.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 56,257
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Florida House of Representatives District 56, 1982 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBen AlbrittonWon(incumbent) Republican 36,42064.7% DemocraticDavid C. Poulin Democratic 19,83735.3% - Election day
- November 4, 2014
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Florida House of Representatives District 56, 1982 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBen AlbrittonWon(incumbent) Republican —— - Election day
- November 6, 2012
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Florida House of Representatives District 56, 1982 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBen AlbrittonWon(incumbent) Republican —— - Votes for listed candidates
- 48,467
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Florida House of Representatives District 56, 1982 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRachel V. BurginWon(incumbent) Republican 30,12962.2% DemocraticDavid Chalela Democratic 18,33337.8% Lewis Laricchia Write-in 50.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 76,293
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Florida House of Representatives District 56, 1982 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRachel BurginWon Republican 43,43356.9% DemocraticLewis Laricchia Democratic 32,86043.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 43,888
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Florida House of Representatives District 56, 1982 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanAnthony Trey TraviesaWon(incumbent) Republican 25,47558.0% DemocraticLee Nelson Democratic 18,41342.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 54,737
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Florida House of Representatives District 56, 1982 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanAnthony Trey TraviesaWon Republican 54,737100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 42,265
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Florida House of Representatives District 56, 1982 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanSandra L. MurmanWon(incumbent) Republican 32,41976.7% LibertarianMark A. Howard Libertarian 9,78023.1% OtherNeil Other 660.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 45,399
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Florida House of Representatives District 56, 1982 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanSandra L. MurmanWon(incumbent) Republican 27,09959.7% DemocraticHenry A. Gill Jr. Democratic 18,30040.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 27,258
- Election day
- November 3, 1998
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Florida House of Representatives District 56, 1982 to 2024, 1998, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanSandra L. MurmanWon(incumbent) Republican 14,33652.6% DemocraticLiz Alpert Democratic 12,92247.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 36,820
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Florida House of Representatives District 56, 1982 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticSandra L. MurmanWon Democratic 18,77651.0% RepublicanRichard Butler Republican 18,04449.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 28,250
- Election day
- November 8, 1994
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Florida House of Representatives District 56, 1982 to 2024, 1994, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJim DavisWon(incumbent) Democratic 14,31950.7% RepublicanRichard Butler Republican 13,93149.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 35,744
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Florida House of Representatives District 56, 1982 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJim DavisWon(incumbent) Democratic 19,93355.8% RepublicanCarl Mathews Republican 15,81144.2% - Election day
- November 6, 1990
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Florida House of Representatives District 56, 1982 to 2024, 1990, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticPeter Rudy WallaceWon(incumbent) Democratic —— - Election day
- November 8, 1988
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Florida House of Representatives District 56, 1982 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticPeter Rudy WallaceWon(incumbent) Democratic —— - Election day
- November 4, 1986
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Florida House of Representatives District 56, 1982 to 2024, 1986, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticPeter Rudy WallaceWon(incumbent) Democratic —— - Votes for listed candidates
- 35,684
- Election day
- November 6, 1984
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Florida House of Representatives District 56, 1982 to 2024, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticPeter Rudy WallaceWon(incumbent) Democratic 20,60957.8% RepublicanRichard B. Badgley Republican 15,07542.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 28,490
- Election day
- November 2, 1982
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Florida House of Representatives District 56, 1982 to 2024, 1982, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticPeter Rudy WallaceWon Democratic 14,96052.5% RepublicanGeorge F. Hieber II(incumbent) Republican 13,53047.5%
- 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 56, election results 1982 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/fl/house/56. Retrieved October 30, 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:56
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