1972Final results

1972 Republican primary runoff for Florida Senate District 26

Name: 1972 Republican primary runoff for Florida Senate District 26
Start: 1972-10-01
Location: Florida

Florida State Senate · Florida

Russell E. Sykes (R) won with 53.7% of the vote, defeating John L. Grady (R) by 7.3 points.

Russell E. SykesRepublican · winner

53.7%10,053

46.3%8,681

18,734 votes

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