2014 Florida's 13th congressional district special election

2014 Florida's 13th congressional district special election

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Florida's 13th congressional district
 
Nominee David Jolly Alex Sink
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 89,167 85,673
Percentage 48.5% 46.6%

County results
Jolly:      40–50%

U.S. Representative before election

Bill Young
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

David Jolly
Republican

A special election for Florida's 13th congressional district was held March 11, 2014, to elect a member of the United States House of Representatives, following the death of incumbent Republican Congressman Bill Young on October 18, 2013.[1] Primary elections were held on January 14, 2014.[2] Young, who had already announced that he would not be running for re-election in 2014, was re-elected in 2012 with 57 percent of the vote.[3] With 100% of the precincts reporting, David Jolly was declared the winner.

  1. ^ Alex Isenstadt (October 18, 2013). "Bill Young, longest-serving House Republican, dies". Politico. Retrieved October 19, 2013.
  2. ^ Abby Livingston (October 30, 2013). "Florida House Special-Election Date Scheduled". Roll Call. Archived from the original on November 1, 2013. Retrieved October 30, 2013.
  3. ^ "November 6, 2012 General Election – Official Results". Florida Department of State. Archived from the original on October 21, 2013. Retrieved October 19, 2013.

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