1972 primaries · May 1, 1972
1972 Florida State Senate primaries results, district by district
Every Florida State Senate district in the 1972 primaries: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
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Every district
| 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 |
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