1972Final resultsIncumbent defeated
1972 Democratic primary for Florida Senate District 1
Florida State Senate · Florida
W. D. Childers (D) won with 36.9% of the vote, defeating William D. Barrow (D) by 14.7 points.
W. D. ChildersDemocrat · winner · incumbent
36.9%57,854
William D. BarrowDemocrat · incumbent
22.2%34,800
James A. JohnstonDemocrat
15.3%23,950
John BroxsonDemocrat · incumbent
14.7%23,078
G. Alan WhidbyDemocrat
10.9%17,155
156,837 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET