1968Final resultsIncumbent defeated
1968 election for Florida Senate District 16
Florida State Senate · Florida
3 seats: Bill Gunter (D), Ken Plante (R), John L. Ducker (R) won.
3 seatsBill GunterDemocrat · winner · incumbent
21.0%64,786
Ken PlanteRepublican · winner
20.2%62,368
John L. DuckerRepublican · winner
18.9%58,190
Dennis C. McNamaraDemocrat
14.0%43,181
Stewart GilmanRepublican
13.0%40,229
Ben GriffinDemocrat · incumbent
12.9%39,804
308,558 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 1968
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET