1970Final results
1970 Republican primary for Florida Senate District 19
Florida State Senate · Florida
John T. Ware (R) won with 70.0% of the vote, defeating Robert Ruark (R) by 47.6 points.
John T. WareRepublican · winner
70.0%45,207
Robert RuarkRepublican
22.3%14,433
Pat ImperatoRepublican
7.7%4,978
64,618 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET