1972 general · February 1, 1972
1972 Florida State Senate election results, district by district
Every Florida State Senate district in the 1972 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
Seats after the election
Democrats controlled the chamber · 40 seats
After the electionD 25 · R 14 · 1 other
Races19
Changed party0
Unopposed37%7 races
Incumbents defeated2
Every district
D 25 · R 14 · Other 1
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD-1 | W. D. Childers · James A. Johnston (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-3 | Mallory E. Horne · Dempsey J. Barron (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-5 | Bob Saunders · James H. Williams (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-7 | Bruce A. Smathers · Dan Scarborough · Lew Brantley (D) | 4.4 | |
| SD-10 | William M. Gillespie (D) | 24.1 | |
| SD-11 | James A. Glisson (R) | 24.9 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-12 | Alan Trask · Curtis Peterson (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-14 | Walter Sims · Ken Plante (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-16 | John Vogt · Lori Wilson (DEM) | -4.9 | |
| SD-18 | John T. Ware · Richard J. Deeb · Henry Sayler (R) | -20.2 | |
| SD-21 | David H. McClain · Julian B. Lane · Louis A. Delaparte (REP) | -21.9 | |
| SD-24 | Tom Gallen (D) | 13.6 | |
| SD-25 | Warren S. Henderson (R) | 33.7 | |
| SD-26 | Russell E. Sykes · Philip D. Lewis · Tom Johnson (REP) | 4.7 | |
| SD-29 | David C. Lane · Charles H. Weber · Chester W. Stolzenburg (R) | 8.9 | |
| SD-32 | William G. Zinkil Sr. (D) | 28.3 | |
| SD-33 | Bob Graham · Sherman Winn (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-35 | Jack D. Gordon · George Firestone · Kenneth M. Myers (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-38 | Don J. Gruber · Richard A. Pettigrew · Ralph R. Poston Sr. (REP) | 0.3 | Incumbent lost |
Florida State Senate
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