Ripe for Plucking — Unopposed seats 2014 Florida legislature

florida house map

Red = uncontested Republicans. Blue = uncontested Democrats.

The pattern of uncontested seats illustrated below is in fact common to the Southern states in general.  Note that this year, the Green Party of Florida is contesting not a single seat for the state legislature.   Yet the situation is ripe for challenges by both Greens and “Sanders Democrats.”

One principle of Empire is that when the Empire wins total control, it becomes more vulnerable.  Because the enemy that the Empire was striving to defeat does not simply disappear, but re-emerges WITHIN the Empire, and is therefore potentially even more dangerous.

2014 Snapshot

House seats unopposed by one or the other “major party” 70
House seats contested 50
Democrats in Florida House 40
Republicans in the Florida House 80
Democrats unopposed by Republican 28
Democrats opposed by Republicans 12
Republicans unopposed by Democrat 42
Republicans opposed by Democrat 38
Dist. Winner D/R Unopp.
1 Clay Ingram (34,317) R no
2 Mike Hill (34,133) R no
3 Douglas V. Broxson (10,074) R yes
4 Matt Gaetz R yes
5 Brad Drake (38,342) R yes (Lib 11,813)
6 Jay Trumball (36,794) R no (Green Henry Lawrence)
7 Halsey Beshears R yes
8 Alan Williams (41,150) D yes
9 Michelle Rehwinkel Vasilinda D yes
10 Elizabeth Porter (36,387) R yes
11 Janet Adkins (44,636) R no
12 Lake Ray (32,048) R no
13 Reggie Fullwood (won special election 2015) D no
14 Mia Jones D yes
15 Jay Fant (35,287) R yes
16 Charles McBurney (44,133) R yes
17 Ronald Renuart (50,014) R yes
18 Travis Cummings (41,675) R yes
19 Charles Van Zant R yes
20 Clovis Watson, Jr. D yes
21 Keith Perry (32,582) R no
22 Charlie Stone R yes
23 Dennis K. Baxley R yes
24 Travis Hutson R yes
25 Fred Costello (37,905) R no
26 Dwayne Taylor (23,430) D no
27 David Santiago (28,701) R no
28 Jason Brodeur (34,217) R yes (Lib 15,917)
29 Scott Plakon (30,243) R no
30 Bob Cortes (24,776) R no
31 Jennifer Sullivan R yes
32 Larry Metz R yes
33 H. Marlene O’Toole R yes
34 Jimmie Smith R yes
35 Blaise Ingoglia (28,769) R no
36 Amanda Hickman Murphy (25,774) D no
37 Richard Corcoran R yes
38 Daniel Burgess (30,446) R no
39 Neil Combee (31,543) D no
40 Colleen Burton (27,065) R no
41 John Wood (29,798) R no
42 Mike LaRosa (27,642) R no
43 John Cortes (21,319) D no
44 Eric Eisnaugle (28,251) R yes (1 independent 15,478)
45 Randolph Bracy III D yes
46 Bruce Antone (21,834) D yes
47 Mike Miller (30,303) R no
48 Victor M. Torres, Jr. D yes
49 Rene Plasencia (19,119) R no
50 Tom Goodson R yes
51 Steve Crisafulli (42,363) R no
52 Ritch Workman R yes
53 John Tobia (31,163) R no
54 Debbie Mayfield (39,529) R no
55 Cary Pigman R yes
56 Ben Albritton R yes
57 Jake Raburn R yes
58 Dan Raulerson R yes
59 Ross Spano (27,305) R no
60 Dana Young R yes
61 Edwin “Ed” Narain (30,968) D yes
62 Janet Cruz D yes
63 Shawn Harrison (24,348) R no
64 James Grant (31,442) R yes
65 Chris Sprowls (34,633) R no
66 Larry Ahern (35,067) R no
67 Christopher Latvala (25,812) R no
68 Dwight Dudley (29,394) D no
69 Kathleen Peters (36,258) R `no
70 Darryl Rouson (30,090) D yes
71 Jim Boyd R yes
72 Ray Pilon (36,243) R no
73 Greg Steube R yes
74 Julio Gonzalez (50,385) R yes
75 Kenneth Roberson (42,745) R yes
76 Ray Rodrigues (41,636) R no
77 Dane Eagle (39,167) R yes
78 Heather Fitzenhagen (36,356) R yes
79 Matt Caldwell R yes
80 Matt Hudson R yes
81 Kevin J.G. Rader D yes
82 MaryLynn Magar (36,269) R no
83 Gayle Harrell R yes
84 Larry Lee, Jr. (27,892) D no
85 Patrick Rooney R yes
86 Mark Pafford (27,782) D no
87 Dave Kerner D yes
88 Bobby Powell (32,992) D yes
89 Bill Hager (29,311) R no
90 Lori Berman D yes
91 Irving Slosberg D yes
92 Gwyndolen Clarke-Reed (24,848) D no
93 George Moraitis (30,559) R no
94 Bobby DuBose D yes
95 Hazelle P. Rogers (31,588) D yes
96 Kristin Jacobs (29,874) D yes
97 Jared Moskowitz D yes
98 Katie Edwards D yes
99 Evan Jenne D yes
100 Joseph S. Geller (19,653) D no
101 Shevrin Jones D yes
102 Sharon Pritchett D yes
103 Manny Diaz, Jr. (16,541) R no
104 Richard Stark D yes
105 Carlos Trujillo (15,671) R no
106 Kathleen Passidomo R yes
107 Barbara Watson D yes
108 Daphne Campbell (29,736) D yes
109 Cynthia Stafford D yes
110 Jose Oliva (16,105) / (Ind Nelson MIllian (7,331)) R yes
111 Bryan Avila (15,486) R no
112 Jose Javier Rodriguez (17,015) D no
113 David Richardson D yes
114 Erik Fresen (21,262) R no
115 Michael Bileca (24,266) R no
116 Jose Felix Diaz (23,833) R no
117 Kionne McGhee (18,969) D no
118 Frank Artiles (19,621) R no
119 Jeanette Nuñez (18,564) R no
120 Holly Merrill Raschein R yes