Florida State House District 79

Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Mike Giallombardo Republican · Member list as of Oct 28

Mike GiallombardoRepublican · Incumbent4 years since first win

One candidate on the printed ballot.

Last election: Mike Giallombardo (Republican) won by 37.6 points, 2024
On the 2026 ballot: 1 candidate

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Mike GiallombardoIncumbentRepublican

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History (22 elections for this seat)

Votes for listed candidates: 96,699
Election day: November 5, 2024
District map: Older district map (2022 to 2024)

Florida House of Representatives District 79, 1982 to 2024, 2024, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanMike GiallombardoWon	Republican	66,56968.8%	68.8%
DemocraticDenise McCleary	Democratic	30,13031.2%	31.2%

Florida House of Representatives District 79, 1982 to 2024, 2022, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanMike GiallombardoWon(incumbent)	Republican	——	—

Votes for listed candidates: 76,172
Election day: November 3, 2020
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2021)

Florida House of Representatives District 79, 1982 to 2024, 2020, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanSpencer RoachWon(incumbent)	Republican	46,23960.7%	60.7%
DemocraticDanika Fornear	Democratic	29,93339.3%	39.3%

Votes for listed candidates: 54,683
Election day: November 6, 2018
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2021)

Florida House of Representatives District 79, 1982 to 2024, 2018, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanSpencer RoachWon	Republican	32,22158.9%	58.9%
DemocraticMark Lipton	Democratic	22,46241.1%	41.1%

Votes for listed candidates: 63,071
Election day: November 8, 2016
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2021)

Florida House of Representatives District 79, 1982 to 2024, 2016, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanMatt CaldwellWon(incumbent)	Republican	32,27351.2%	51.2%
DemocraticJohn W. Scott	Democratic	24,13338.3%	38.3%
OtherMatt Miller	Other	6,66510.6%	10.6%

Florida House of Representatives District 79, 1982 to 2024, 2014, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanMatt CaldwellWon(incumbent)	Republican	——	—

Florida House of Representatives District 79, 1982 to 2024, 2012, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanMatt CaldwellWon(incumbent)	Republican	——	—

Votes for listed candidates: 40,128
Election day: November 2, 2010
District map: Older district map (2002 to 2011)

Florida House of Representatives District 79, 1982 to 2024, 2010, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanMike HornerWon(incumbent)	Republican	24,41460.8%	60.8%
DemocraticEddie Freeman	Democratic	13,22233.0%	33.0%
OtherJose A. Alvarez	Other	2,4916.2%	6.2%
Danny Davis	Write-in	10.0%	0.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 64,737
Election day: November 4, 2008
District map: Older district map (2002 to 2011)

Florida House of Representatives District 79, 1982 to 2024, 2008, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanMike HornerWon	Republican	34,38853.1%	53.1%
DemocraticRay O. Worley	Democratic	30,34946.9%	46.9%

Votes for listed candidates: 34,609
Election day: November 7, 2006
District map: Older district map (2002 to 2011)

Florida House of Representatives District 79, 1982 to 2024, 2006, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanFrank AttkissonWon(incumbent)	Republican	22,41964.8%	64.8%
DemocraticBeulah Farquharson	Democratic	12,19035.2%	35.2%

Florida House of Representatives District 79, 1982 to 2024, 2004, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanFrank AttkissonWon(incumbent)	Republican	——	—

Votes for listed candidates: 34,084
Election day: November 5, 2002
District map: Older district map (2002 to 2011)

Florida House of Representatives District 79, 1982 to 2024, 2002, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanFrank AttkissonWon(incumbent)	Republican	25,81775.8%	75.8%
LibertarianTravis L. Larson	Libertarian	8,26724.3%	24.3%

Votes for listed candidates: 46,094
Election day: November 7, 2000
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

Florida House of Representatives District 79, 1982 to 2024, 2000, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanFrank AttkissonWon	Republican	23,18750.3%	50.3%
DemocraticDonna Hart	Democratic	22,90749.7%	49.7%

Florida House of Representatives District 79, 1982 to 2024, 1998, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticIrlo Bronson Jr.Won(incumbent)	Democratic	——	—

Florida House of Representatives District 79, 1982 to 2024, 1996, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticIrlo Bronson Jr.Won(incumbent)	Democratic	——	—

Florida House of Representatives District 79, 1982 to 2024, 1994, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticIrlo Bronson Jr.Won(incumbent)	Democratic	——	—

Votes for listed candidates: 40,271
Election day: November 3, 1992
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

Florida House of Representatives District 79, 1982 to 2024, 1992, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticIrlo Bronson Jr.Won(incumbent)	Democratic	22,11654.9%	54.9%
RepublicanFrank Attkisson	Republican	18,15545.1%	45.1%

Votes for listed candidates: 43,321
Election day: November 6, 1990
District map: Older district map (1982 to 1991)

Florida House of Representatives District 79, 1982 to 2024, 1990, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanKen PruittWon	Republican	27,88364.4%	64.4%
DemocraticDave Fromang	Democratic	15,43835.6%	35.6%

Florida House of Representatives District 79, 1982 to 2024, 1988, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanCharles NergardWon(incumbent)	Republican	——	—

Florida House of Representatives District 79, 1982 to 2024, 1986, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanCharles NergardWon(incumbent)	Republican	——	—

Florida House of Representatives District 79, 1982 to 2024, 1984, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanCharles NergardWon(incumbent)	Republican	——	—

Votes for listed candidates: 29,460
Election day: November 2, 1982
District map: Older district map (1982 to 1991)

Florida House of Representatives District 79, 1982 to 2024, 1982, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanCharles NergardWon(incumbent)	Republican	16,65056.5%	56.5%
DemocraticMike McCarty	Democratic	12,81043.5%	43.5%

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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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:79

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