1972 general · February 1, 1972
1972 Florida House of Representatives election results, district by district
Every Florida House of Representatives district in the 1972 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
Seats after the election
Democrats controlled the chamber · 120 seats
After the electionD 77 · R 43
Races45
Changed party0
Unopposed40%18 races
Incumbents defeated2
Every district
D 77 · R 43
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| HD-1 | Grover C. Robinson III · Tom Tobiassen · R. W. Peaden (DEM) | 3.3 | |
| HD-4 | Jere Tolton · Jerry G. Melvin · Edmond M. Fortune (D) | 4.2 | |
| HD-7 | Wayne Mixson (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-8 | Earl Hutto (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-9 | William J. Rish (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-10 | Pat Thomas (D) | 68.8 | |
| HD-11 | Carroll Webb · Donald L. Tucker (D) | 10.9 | |
| HD-13 | Leon McDonald (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-14 | Gene Hodges (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-15 | George R. Grosse (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-16 | Mary L. Singleton · Frank Carlucci · Eric Smith · John R. Forbes · Carl Ogden (D) | 5.8 | |
| HD-21 | Mattox Hair · Ander Crenshaw · R. Earl Dixon · Bill Birchfield (DEM) | 1.9 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-25 | Frank Williams (D) | 1.4 | |
| HD-26 | Ralph D. Turlington · Bill Andrews (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-28 | A. H. Craig (D) | 30.9 | |
| HD-29 | William R. Conway · Gary R. Cunningham · Hyatt Brown (D) | -23.8 | |
| HD-32 | Kenneth E. Mackay (D) | 42.5 | |
| HD-33 | Eugene C. Mooney (R) | 23.0 | |
| HD-34 | Vince Fechtel (R) | 35.9 | |
| HD-35 | Richard H. Langley (R) | 8.7 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-36 | John R. Culbreath (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-37 | Ronald R. Richmond (R) | 6.6 | |
| HD-38 | Lew Earle · William L. Gibson · Fred Hagan · Bill Fulford · Harvey W. Matthews · William D. Gorman (REP) | -9.8 | |
| HD-44 | Bill Nelson · F. Eugene Tubbs · Jack Shreve · Jane W. Robinson (DEM) | 4.8 | |
| HD-48 | Chester Clem (R) | 21.6 | |
| HD-49 | Larry Libertore · C. Fred Jones · Ray Mattox · John R. Clark (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-53 | S. Curtis Kiser · Edmund S. Whitson Jr. · Mary R. Grizzle · Betty Easley (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-57 | Donald R. Crane · John J. Savage · A. S. Robinson · Roger H. Wilson · Richard Price (R) | 3.1 | |
| HD-62 | Jim Foster · John L. Ryals · James L. Redman · Ed Blackburn (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-66 | Richard S. Hodes · Elvin L. Martinez · Terrell Sessums · Paul W. Danahy · Guy Spicola (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-71 | John Harllee · Ralph H. Haben (D) | 2.5 | |
| HD-73 | Granville H. Crabtree Jr. · Robert M. Johnson (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-75 | Jim K. Tillman (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-76 | Charles Nergard (R) | 29.8 | |
| HD-77 | Jack Poorbaugh (R) | 9.9 | |
| HD-78 | Donald F. Hazelton · Thomas Lewis · Raymond J. Moudry · David C. Clark · William G. James · Jay J. Reynolds (R) | 3.4 | |
| HD-84 | Van B. Poole · George Williamson · Randy Avon · Arthur H. Rude · Jon C. Thomas (R) | -11.6 | |
| HD-89 | James Lorenzo Walker (D) | 18.5 | |
| HD-90 | Ted Randell · Hugh Paul Nuckolls (DEM) | 1.2 | |
| HD-92 | Tom McPherson · Charles W. Boyd · Walter C. Young · Harold Dyer · Daniel B. Bass · John Miller (DEM) | 0.2 | |
| HD-98 | Ted Cohen · Elaine Gordon · Barry Kutun · George I. Baumgartner · Paul B. Steinberg · Alan S. Becker (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-104 | William H. Lockward · Joe Kershaw · Gwendolyn Cherry · A. M. Fontana · Charles H. Snowden (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-109 | Carl A. Singleton · John Cyril Malloy · Robert C. Hartnett · Walter W. Sackett Jr. · Marshall S. Harris · Robert Hector (DEM) | Unopposed | |
| HD-115 | Jeff D. Gautier · Charles C. Papy Jr. · Murray H. Dubbin · Vernon C. Holloway · Dick Clark (D) | -12.3 | |
| HD-120 | Fred Tittle (D) | Unopposed |
Florida House of Representatives
Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner