1972 primaries · May 1, 1972
1972 Florida primaries results
Every race on Florida's ballot in the 1972 primaries: winners, margins and seats that changed party.
Races65
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD-1 · Democratic primary | W. D. Childers (D) | 14.7 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-3 · Democratic primary | Mallory E. Horne (D) | 23.6 | |
| SD-5 · Democratic primary | Bob Saunders (D) | 10.7 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-7 · Democratic primary | Lew Brantley (D) | 2.1 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-12 · Democratic primary | Alan Trask (D) | 10.2 | |
| SD-14 · Democratic primary | Ben Griffin (D) | 15.2 | |
| SD-14 · Republican primary | Walter Sims (R) | 26.5 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-16 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | |
| SD-21 · Democratic primary | Julian B. Lane (D) | 1.2 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-24 · Democratic primary | Tom Gallen (D) | 27.8 | |
| SD-26 · Democratic primary | Philip D. Lewis (D) | 9.4 | |
| SD-26 · Republican primary | J. Patrick Beacom (R) | 1.3 | |
| SD-29 · Democratic primary | Gerald F. Thompson (D) | 32.3 | |
| SD-35 · Democratic primary | Jack D. Gordon (D) | 7.5 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-38 · Democratic primary | Richard A. Pettigrew (D) | 6.3 | |
| SD-38 · Republican primary | Don J. Gruber (R) | 3.4 |
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| HD-1 · Democratic primary | William Marshall (D) | -0.9 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-4 · Democratic primary | Jerry G. Melvin (D) | 12.0 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-4 · Republican primary | Robert E. McMillan (R) | 26.5 | |
| HD-7 · Democratic primary | Wayne Mixson (D) | 47.0 | |
| HD-8 · Democratic primary | Earl Hutto (D) | 70.0 | |
| HD-9 · Democratic primary | William J. Rish (D) | 38.5 | |
| HD-10 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | Incumbent lost |
| HD-11 · Democratic primary | Donald L. Tucker (D) | 26.2 | |
| HD-11 · Republican primary | Jack Cashin (R) | 10.1 | |
| HD-13 · Democratic primary | Leon McDonald (D) | 2.2 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-14 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | |
| HD-15 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | |
| HD-16 · Democratic primary | Mary L. Singleton (D) | 7.9 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-21 · Democratic primary | Bill Birchfield (D) | 8.0 | |
| HD-21 · Republican primary | Ander Crenshaw (R) | 0.6 | |
| HD-25 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | |
| HD-26 · Democratic primary | Bill Andrews (D) | 22.9 | |
| HD-29 · Democratic primary | Hyatt Brown (D) | 4.0 | |
| HD-34 · Democratic primary | Robert J. Pearson (D) | 39.2 | |
| HD-34 · Republican primary | No winner recorded | — | |
| HD-35 · Republican primary | Richard H. Langley (R) | 7.2 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-36 · Democratic primary | John R. Culbreath (D) | 9.3 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-37 · Republican primary | Ronald R. Richmond (R) | 26.1 | |
| HD-38 · Republican primary | Harvey W. Matthews (R) | 7.4 | |
| HD-44 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | |
| HD-44 · Republican primary | David Bradford Vozzola (R) | 3.5 | |
| HD-48 · Democratic primary | Jim W. Coffey (D) | 43.8 | |
| HD-48 · Republican primary | Chester Clem (R) | 28.2 | |
| HD-49 · Democratic primary | Ray Mattox (D) | 9.1 | |
| HD-53 · Republican primary | S. Curtis Kiser (R) | 4.7 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-57 · Democratic primary | Beatrice M. Griswold (D) | 13.1 | |
| HD-57 · Republican primary | Donald R. Crane (R) | 19.1 | |
| HD-62 · Democratic primary | James L. Redman (D) | 14.5 | |
| HD-66 · Democratic primary | Richard S. Hodes (D) | 12.1 | |
| HD-71 · Democratic primary | Ralph H. Haben (D) | 8.9 | |
| HD-73 · Republican primary | Granville H. Crabtree Jr. (R) | 29.6 | |
| HD-78 · Democratic primary | J. D. Langley (D) | 19.4 | |
| HD-78 · Republican primary | Jay J. Reynolds (R) | 3.4 | |
| HD-84 · Democratic primary | Tom Christian (D) | 29.2 | |
| HD-84 · Republican primary | Van B. Poole (R) | 8.8 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-89 · Democratic primary | James Lorenzo Walker (D) | 38.9 | |
| HD-90 · Democratic primary | Ted Randell (D) | 6.4 | |
| HD-92 · Democratic primary | John Miller (D) | 1.6 | |
| HD-92 · Republican primary | Daniel B. Bass (R) | 7.9 | |
| HD-98 · Democratic primary | Barry Kutun (D) | 3.2 | |
| HD-104 · Democratic primary | Gwendolyn Cherry (D) | 4.5 | |
| HD-109 · Democratic primary | Robert Hector (D) | 3.4 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-109 · Republican primary | No winner recorded | — | |
| HD-115 · Democratic primary | Murray H. Dubbin (D) | 5.4 | Incumbent lost |
Florida
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