Florida's 8th House district elects one member of the Florida House of Representatives. The district is represented by Gallop Franklin. The district is located in the Florida panhandle, and encompasses part of the Big Bend. The district covers all of Gadsden County, as well as central Leon County. The largest city in the district is state capital Tallahassee, though this district excludes the downtown and northeastern portions of the city. As of the 2010 census, the district's population is 156,188. This district is majority-minority.
This district covers part of the eastern panhandle, including the heavily African-American population in Gadsden County and the college population in the Tallahassee metropolitan area. As a result, it has skewed heavily Democratic, with Republicans almost never contesting it.
This district contains Florida A&M University, Tallahassee Community College, and a campus of Flagler College, all located in Tallahassee. The district also contains Tallahassee International Airport.
James Harold Thompson served as the Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives from 1984 until 1986.
Representatives from 1967 to the present +Representatives by party affiliationPartyRepresentativesDemocratic11 #NameTerm of serviceResidencePolitical party1John Robert Middlemas1967–1970Panama CityDemocratic2Billy Joe Rish1970–1972Port St. JoeDemocratic3Earl Hutto1972–1978Panama CityDemocratic4Ron Johnson1978–1982Panama CityDemocratic5James Harold Thompson1982–1986QuincyDemocratic6Robert Trammell1986–1992MariannaDemocratic7Al Lawson1992–2000TallahasseeDemocratic8Curtis Richardson2000–2008TallahasseeDemocratic9Alan Williams2008–2016TallahasseeDemocratic10Ramon Alexander2016–2022TallahasseeDemocratic10Gallop Franklin2022–presentTallahasseeDemocratic
See also
Florida's 3rd Senate district Florida's 5th congressional district
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