This is the 1972 race. The latest: 1978 →

1972Final results

1972 Democratic primary for Florida Senate District 26

Florida State Senate · Florida

Philip D. Lewis (D) won with 25.3% of the vote, defeating John Jordan (D) by 9.4 points.

Philip D. LewisDemocrat · winner · incumbent
25.3%33,850
Don C. ChildersDemocrat · winner
19.3%25,894
Frank A. WachaDemocrat · winner
17.5%23,406
John JordanDemocrat
15.8%21,208
12.0%16,064
E. L. JordanDemocrat
10.1%13,466
133,888 votes

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET