Florida's 8th House District elects one member of the Florida House of Representatives. The district is represented by Ramon Alexander. 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

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, 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

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. This district covers part of the eastern Panhandle, including the heavily

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population in Gadsden County and the college population in the

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. As a result, it has skewed heavily Democratic, with Republicans almost never contesting it. This district contains

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, and a campus of

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, all located in Tallahassee. The district also contains

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. James Harold Thompson served as the

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from 1984 until 1986.

Representatives from 1967 to the present

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Representatives from 1967 to the present

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