Florida State House District 70
Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Michael Owen Republican · Member list as of Oct 28
Michael OwenRepublican · Incumbent2 years since first winLuther Keith WilkinsDemocratic
Michael Owen 58.8Luther Keith Wilkins 41.2
Last result · 2024 general
- Earlier results
- Mike Beltran (Republican) won by 25.8 points, 2022Michele K. Rayner (Democratic) was unopposed, 2020, older linesAll 22 elections
Side by side
Left column: OwenRight column: Wilkins
- Races
- Won 1 of 1
- Won 0 of 1
How these are counted
Wins and losses count the races in our results files, the same as each profile.
Past results
- Votes for listed candidates
- 110,657
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Same as today
Florida House of Representatives District 70, 1982 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMichael OwenWon Republican 65,03758.8% DemocraticLuther Keith Wilkins Democratic 45,62041.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 76,926
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Same as today
Florida House of Representatives District 70, 1982 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMike BeltranWon(incumbent) Republican 48,40362.9% DemocraticEleuterio Salazar Democratic 28,52337.1% - Election day
- November 3, 2020
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- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Florida House of Representatives District 70, 1982 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMichele K. RaynerWon Democratic —— - Election day
- November 6, 2018
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- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Florida House of Representatives District 70, 1982 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticWengay Newt NewtonWon(incumbent) Democratic ——
- 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
- 110,657
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Same as today
Florida House of Representatives District 70, 1982 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMichael OwenWon Republican 65,03758.8% DemocraticLuther Keith Wilkins Democratic 45,62041.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 76,926
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Same as today
Florida House of Representatives District 70, 1982 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMike BeltranWon(incumbent) Republican 48,40362.9% DemocraticEleuterio Salazar Democratic 28,52337.1% - Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Florida House of Representatives District 70, 1982 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMichele K. RaynerWon Democratic —— - Election day
- November 6, 2018
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Florida House of Representatives District 70, 1982 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticWengay Newt NewtonWon(incumbent) Democratic —— - Votes for listed candidates
- 60,445
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Florida House of Representatives District 70, 1982 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticWengay NewtonWon Democratic 46,11876.3% RepublicanCori Fournier Republican 14,32723.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 37,763
- Election day
- November 4, 2014
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- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Florida House of Representatives District 70, 1982 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDarryl E. RousonWon(incumbent) Democratic 30,09079.7% IndependentPhilip Garrett Independent 7,66820.3% OtherJustin M. Bauford Other 50.0% - Election day
- November 6, 2012
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- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Florida House of Representatives District 70, 1982 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDarryl Ervin RousonWon(incumbent) Democratic —— - Votes for listed candidates
- 66,780
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
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- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Florida House of Representatives District 70, 1982 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDoug HolderWon(incumbent) Republican 40,87961.2% DemocraticNancy Feehan Democratic 25,90138.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 86,419
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
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- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Florida House of Representatives District 70, 1982 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDoug HolderWon(incumbent) Republican 52,78561.1% DemocraticSam Rosenfeld Democratic 33,63438.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 64,987
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
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- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Florida House of Representatives District 70, 1982 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDoug HolderWon Republican 32,86850.6% DemocraticDavid Shapiro Democratic 32,11949.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 77,345
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
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- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Florida House of Representatives District 70, 1982 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanNancy C. DetertWon(incumbent) Republican 61,23579.2% LibertarianDon Wallace Libertarian 16,11020.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 59,037
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
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- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Florida House of Representatives District 70, 1982 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanNancy C. DetertWon(incumbent) Republican 48,21181.7% LibertarianSaunder Sandy Primack Libertarian 10,82618.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 64,028
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
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- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Florida House of Representatives District 70, 1982 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanNancy C. DetertWon(incumbent) Republican 46,03571.9% DemocraticTim Wizba Democratic 17,99328.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 49,112
- Election day
- November 3, 1998
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- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Florida House of Representatives District 70, 1982 to 2024, 1998, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanNancy C. DetertWon Republican 34,15369.5% DemocraticAlan Miller Kunerth Democratic 14,95930.5% - Election day
- November 5, 1996
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Florida House of Representatives District 70, 1982 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanLisa CarltonWon(incumbent) Republican —— - Election day
- November 8, 1994
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- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Florida House of Representatives District 70, 1982 to 2024, 1994, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanLisa CarltonWon Republican —— - Votes for listed candidates
- 63,226
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
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- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Florida House of Representatives District 70, 1982 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDavid L. ThomasWon(incumbent) Republican 35,66156.4% DemocraticMartin A. Rosen Democratic 27,56543.6% - Election day
- November 6, 1990
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- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Florida House of Representatives District 70, 1982 to 2024, 1990, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJames M. LombardWon(incumbent) Republican —— - Election day
- November 8, 1988
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- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Florida House of Representatives District 70, 1982 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJames M. LombardWon(incumbent) Republican —— - Votes for listed candidates
- 31,264
- Election day
- November 4, 1986
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Florida House of Representatives District 70, 1982 to 2024, 1986, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJames M. LombardWon(incumbent) Republican 31,22699.9% OtherWilliam B. Allard Other 380.1% - Election day
- November 6, 1984
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- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Florida House of Representatives District 70, 1982 to 2024, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJames M. LombardWon Republican —— - Election day
- November 2, 1982
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- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Florida House of Representatives District 70, 1982 to 2024, 1982, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRobert M. JohnsonWon 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 70, election results 1982 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/fl/house/70. 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