former florida gov. charlie crist hugs his wife carole after being elected to the u.s. house of representatives tuesday. | ap photo/chris o'meara by daniel ducassi 11/09/16 12:34 am est tampa <u+2014> despite a redrawing of the map in florida through redistricting, democrats made only slight gains in winning more seats in the u.s. house of representatives. among the pick-ups came in the form of a political resurrection for charlie crist , who returned to the political scene like a phoenix after two losses in races for statewide office. story continued below democrats also scored an upset , with political newcomer stephanie murphy unseating 12-term incumbent republican rep. john mica. her win is the narrowest of the night. she beat mica 51-49 percent. but democrats<u+2019> hopes for billionaire randy perkins were dashed by the resounding victory of republican combat veteran brian mast. he won handily by nearly 11 percentage points, 54-43 percent. he will fill the seat currently held by patrick murphy, meaning mast<u+2019>s win is a net-loss for democrats. democrats also lost a re-match in florida<u+2019>s southernmost congressional district between former congressman joe garcia and the republican who has now twice defeated him, carlos curbelo. after a bruising campaign , the republican lawmaker vanquished his opponent in a rematch, 53-41 percent. full results for florida<u+2019>s congressional races are below: cd1: republican matt gaetz defeated democrat steven specht, 69-31 cd2: republican neal dunn defeated democrat walter dartland, 67-30 cd3: republican incumbent ted yoho defeated democrat ken mcgurn, 57-40 cd4: republican john rutherford defeated democrat david bruderly 70-28 cd5: democrat al lawson defeated republican glo smith 64-36 cd6: republican incumbent ron desantis defeated democrat bill mccullough, 59-41 cd7: democrat stephanie murphy defeated republican incumbent john mica, 51-49 cd8: republican bill posey defeated democrat corry westbrook 63-32 cd9: democrat darren soto defeated republican wayne liebnitzky, 57-43 cd10: democrat val demings defeated republican thuy lowe, 65-35 cd11: republican incumbent daniel webster defeated democrat dave koller, 65-31 cd12: republican incumbent gus bilirakis defated democrat robert tager, 69-31 cd13: democrat charlie crist defeated republican incumbent david jolly, 52-48 cd14: democratic incumbent kathy castor defeated republican christine quinn 62-38 cd15: republican dennis ross defeated democrat jim lange 58-42 cd16: republican incumbent vern buchanan defeated democrat jan schneider 60-40 cd17: republican incumbent tom rooney defeated democrat april freeman, 62,34 cd18: republican brian mast defeated democrat randy perkins, 54-43 cd19: republican francis rooney defeated democrat robert neeld, 66-34 cd20: democratic incumbent alcee hastings defeated republican gary stein, 80-20 cd21: democratic incumbent lois frankel defeated republican paul spain 62-35 cd22: democratic incumbent ted deutch defeated republican andrea mcgee 59-41 cd23: democratic incumbent debbie wasserman schultz defeated republican joe kaufman, 57-41 cd25: republican incumbent mario diaz-balart defeated democrat alina valdes 62-38 cd26: republican incumbent carlos curbelo defeated democrat joe garcia, 53-41 cd27: republican incumbent ileana ros-lehtinen defeated democrat scott fuhrman, 55-45 marc caputo's must-read briefing on what's hot, crazy or shady about politics in the sunshine state.
democrats make some congressional gains in florida
daniel ducassi