Florida State House District 59
Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Berny Jacques Republican · Member list as of Oct 28
Berny JacquesRepublican · Incumbent4 years since first winSusan Rochelle LeffDemocratic
Last result · 2024 general: Berny Jacques (R) 58.7, Dawn Douglas (D) 41.3
- Earlier results
- Berny Jacques (Republican) won by 20.1 points, 2022Andrew Learned (Democratic) won by 1.4 points, 2020, older linesAll 22 elections
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Past results
- Votes for listed candidates
- 86,097
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
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- Same as today
Florida House of Representatives District 59, 1982 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBerny JacquesWon Republican 50,52058.7% DemocraticDawn Douglas Democratic 35,57741.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 71,319
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
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- Same as today
Florida House of Representatives District 59, 1982 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBerny JacquesWon Republican 42,81260.0% DemocraticDawn Douglas Democratic 28,50740.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 90,096
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
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- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Florida House of Representatives District 59, 1982 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticAndrew LearnedWon Democratic 45,68350.7% RepublicanMichael Owen Republican 44,41349.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 65,708
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
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- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Florida House of Representatives District 59, 1982 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticAdam HattersleyWon Democratic 33,82551.5% RepublicanJoe Wicker Republican 31,88348.5%
- 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.
All elections (22 for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 86,097
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Same as today
Florida House of Representatives District 59, 1982 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBerny JacquesWon Republican 50,52058.7% DemocraticDawn Douglas Democratic 35,57741.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 71,319
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Same as today
Florida House of Representatives District 59, 1982 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBerny JacquesWon Republican 42,81260.0% DemocraticDawn Douglas Democratic 28,50740.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 90,096
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Florida House of Representatives District 59, 1982 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticAndrew LearnedWon Democratic 45,68350.7% RepublicanMichael Owen Republican 44,41349.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 65,708
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Florida House of Representatives District 59, 1982 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticAdam HattersleyWon Democratic 33,82551.5% RepublicanJoe Wicker Republican 31,88348.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 76,268
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
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- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Florida House of Representatives District 59, 1982 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRoss SpanoWon(incumbent) Republican 41,40954.3% DemocraticRena Frazier Democratic 34,85945.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 46,878
- Election day
- November 4, 2014
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Florida House of Representatives District 59, 1982 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRoss SpanoWon(incumbent) Republican 27,30558.3% DemocraticDonna Lee Fore Democratic 19,57341.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 67,221
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
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- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Florida House of Representatives District 59, 1982 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRoss SpanoWon Republican 34,13650.8% DemocraticGail Gottlieb Democratic 33,08549.2% - Election day
- November 2, 2010
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Florida House of Representatives District 59, 1982 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticBetty ReedWon(incumbent) Democratic —— - Election day
- November 4, 2008
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Florida House of Representatives District 59, 1982 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticBetty ReedWon(incumbent) Democratic —— - Votes for listed candidates
- 20,100
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
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Florida House of Representatives District 59, 1982 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticBetty ReedWon Democratic 16,80783.6% RepublicanWillis Bowick Republican 3,29316.4% - Election day
- November 2, 2004
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Florida House of Representatives District 59, 1982 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticArthenia L. JoynerWon(incumbent) Democratic —— - Votes for listed candidates
- 23,378
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
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- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Florida House of Representatives District 59, 1982 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticArthenia L. JoynerWon(incumbent) Democratic 20,85589.2% LibertarianRex Curry Libertarian 2,52310.8% - Election day
- November 7, 2000
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Florida House of Representatives District 59, 1982 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticArthenia L. JoynerWon Democratic —— - Election day
- November 3, 1998
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Florida House of Representatives District 59, 1982 to 2024, 1998, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticLesley J. Miller Jr.Won(incumbent) Democratic —— - Election day
- November 5, 1996
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- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Florida House of Representatives District 59, 1982 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticLesley J. Miller Jr.Won(incumbent) Democratic —— - Election day
- November 8, 1994
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- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Florida House of Representatives District 59, 1982 to 2024, 1994, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticLesley J. Miller Jr.Won(incumbent) Democratic —— - Votes for listed candidates
- 25,622
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
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- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Florida House of Representatives District 59, 1982 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticLesley J. Miller Jr.Won Democratic 18,42471.9% RepublicanNancy Carrier Vildibill Republican 7,19828.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 38,311
- Election day
- November 6, 1990
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- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Florida House of Representatives District 59, 1982 to 2024, 1990, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticBrian RushWon(incumbent) Democratic 21,16755.3% RepublicanPolly Demma Republican 17,14444.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 45,201
- Election day
- November 8, 1988
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Florida House of Representatives District 59, 1982 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticBrian RushWon(incumbent) Democratic 26,96659.7% RepublicanBob Keesler Republican 18,23540.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 34,311
- Election day
- November 4, 1986
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- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Florida House of Representatives District 59, 1982 to 2024, 1986, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticBrian RushWon Democratic 17,29050.4% RepublicanRoy Wilcox Republican 17,02149.6% - Election day
- November 6, 1984
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Florida House of Representatives District 59, 1982 to 2024, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJohn GrantWon(incumbent) Republican —— - Votes for listed candidates
- 22,892
- Election day
- November 2, 1982
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- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Florida House of Representatives District 59, 1982 to 2024, 1982, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJohn GrantWon(incumbent) Republican 15,07765.9% DemocraticJames L. Miller Democratic 7,79734.1% OtherKaren Repsher Other 180.1%
- 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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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), DIME (ODC-BY), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026