Certified returns for every federal race in Florida in 2008, as published by the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. 23 of 25 congressional races match the totals printed in the Clerk's own recapitulation.
President
Presidential electors — votes by party line
Party line
Votes
Share
Democratic
4,282,074
51.0%
Republican
4,045,624
48.2%
Ecology Party of Florida
28,124
0.3%
Libertarian
17,218
0.2%
Constitution
7,915
0.1%
Green
2,887
0.0%
America’s Independent Party of Florida
2,550
0.0%
Socialism and Liberation
1,516
0.0%
Boston Tea Party of Florida
795
0.0%
Socialist Workers
533
0.0%
Objectivist Party of Florida
419
0.0%
Socialist Party
405
0.0%
Write-in
391
0.0%
Prohibition Party
293
0.0%
Total
8,390,744
The Clerk reports presidential returns by the party line of each slate of electors. Candidate-level results are on the 2008 election page.
U.S. House of Representatives
District 1
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Jeff Miller
Republican
232,559
70.2%
James ‘‘Jim’’ Bryan
Democrat
98,797
29.8%
Total
331,356
District 2
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Allen Boyd
Democrat
216,804
61.9%
Mark Mulligan
Republican
133,404
38.1%
Robert Ortiz
Write-in
159
0.0%
Total
350,367
District 3
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Corrine Brown
Democrat
Unopposed
Unopposed — the state does not count or report votes for unopposed candidates.
District 4
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Ander Crenshaw
Republican
224,112
65.3%
Jay McGovern
Democrat
119,330
34.7%
Total
343,442
District 5
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Ginny Brown-Waite
Republican
265,186
61.2%
John Russell
Democrat
168,446
38.8%
Total
433,632
District 6
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Cliff Stearns
Republican
228,302
60.9%
Tim Cunha
Democrat
146,655
39.1%
Total
374,957
District 7
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
John L. Mica
Republican
238,721
62.0%
Faye Armitage
Democrat
146,292
38.0%
Total
385,013
District 8
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Alan Grayson
Democrat
172,854
52.0%
Ric Keller
Republican
159,490
48.0%
Total
332,344
District 9
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Gus M. Bilirakis
Republican
216,591
62.2%
Bill Mitchell
Democrat
126,346
36.3%
John ‘‘Johnny K.’’ Kalimnios
No Party Affiliation
3,394
1.0%
Richard O. Emmons
Term Limits for the United States Congress Party
2,042
0.6%
Andrew Pasayan
Write-in
5
0.0%
Total
348,378
District 10
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
C. W. Bill Young
Republican
182,781
60.7%
Bob Hackworth
Democrat
118,430
39.3%
Don Callahan
Write-in
9
0.0%
Total
301,220
District 11
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Kathy Castor
Democrat
184,106
71.7%
Eddie Adams, Jr.
Republican
72,825
28.3%
Total
256,931
District 12
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Adam H. Putnam
Republican
185,698
57.5%
Doug Tudor
Democrat
137,465
42.5%
Total
323,163
District 13
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Vern Buchanan
Republican
204,382
55.5%
Christine Jennings
Democrat
137,967
37.5%
Jan Schneider
No Party Affiliation
20,289
5.5%
Don Baldauf
No Party Affiliation
5,358
1.5%
Total
367,996
District 14
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Connie Mack
Republican
224,602
59.4%
Robert M. Neeld
Democrat
93,590
24.8%
Burt Saunders
No Party Affiliation
54,750
14.5%
Jeff George
No Party Affiliation
4,949
1.3%
Total
377,891
District 15
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Bill Posey
Republican
192,151
53.1%
Stephen Blythe
Democrat
151,951
42.0%
Frank Zilaitis
No Party Affiliation
14,274
3.9%
Trevor Lowing
No Party Affiliation
3,495
1.0%
Total
361,871
District 16
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Tom Rooney
Republican
209,874
60.1%
Tim Mahoney
Democrat
139,373
39.9%
Total
349,247
District 17
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Kendrick B. Meek
Democrat
Unopposed
Unopposed — the state does not count or report votes for unopposed candidates.
District 18
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
Republican
140,617
57.9%
Annette Taddeo
Democrat
102,372
42.1%
Total
242,989
District 19
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Robert Wexler
Democrat
202,465
66.2%
Edward J. Lynch
Republican
83,357
27.2%
Ben Graber
No Party Affiliation
20,214
6.6%
Total
306,036
District 20
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Democrat
202,832
77.5%
Margaret Hostetter
No Party Affiliation
58,958
22.5%
Marc Luzietti
Write-in
9
0.0%
Total
261,799
District 21
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Lincoln Diaz-Balart
Republican
137,226
57.9%
Raul L. Martinez
Democrat
99,776
42.1%
Total
237,002
District 22
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Ron Klein
Democrat
169,041
54.7%
Allen West
Republican
140,104
45.3%
Piotr Blass
Write-in
6
0.0%
Total
309,151
District 23
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Alcee L. Hastings
Democrat
172,835
82.2%
Marion D. Thorpe, Jr.
Republican
37,431
17.8%
April Cook
Write-in
40
0.0%
Total
210,306
District 24
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Suzanne M. Kosmas
Democrat
211,284
57.2%
Tom Feeney
Republican
151,863
41.1%
Gaurav Bhola
No Party Affiliation
6,223
1.7%
Total
369,370
District 25
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Mario Diaz-Balart
Republican
130,891
53.1%
Joe Garcia
Democrat
115,820
46.9%
Total
246,711
Source
Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives
Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election, 2008 — Official source · Archived copy SHA-256 ca9fea3dc2259cee9ead5e92c78f577f1309b28e07428164121a40521d91c333
Shares are of all votes listed for the race, including write-ins and, where a state reports them, blank and void ballots.