1970Final results

1970 Republican primary runoff for Florida House District 82

Name: 1970 Republican primary runoff for Florida House District 82
Start: 1970-09-01
Location: Florida

Florida House of Representatives · Florida

Van B. Poole (R) won with 58.0% of the vote, defeating Carole Mericle (R) by 16.0 points.

Van B. PooleRepublican · winner

58.0%27,167

42.0%19,661

46,828 votes

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET