1972Final resultsIncumbent defeated
1972 election for Florida House District 21
Florida House of Representatives · Florida
4 seats: Mattox Hair (D), Ander Crenshaw (R), R. Earl Dixon (R), Bill Birchfield (D) won.
4 seatsMattox HairDemocrat · winner
17.1%47,279
Ander CrenshawRepublican · winner
14.8%40,968
R. Earl DixonRepublican · winner · incumbent
14.1%38,940
Bill BirchfieldDemocrat · winner · incumbent
13.0%35,847
Barbara BrockmanRepublican
11.1%30,580
Joseph G. Kennelly Jr.Democrat · incumbent
10.7%29,581
Bill LyneDemocrat
10.4%28,775
Art ThomasRepublican
8.7%23,962
275,933 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 1972
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET