1974Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1974 election for Florida Senate District 1
Florida State Senate · Florida
Tom Tobiassen (R) won with 53.0% of the vote, defeating Ralph C. Chandler (D) by 6.0 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Tom TobiassenRepublican · winner
53.0%39,135
Ralph C. ChandlerDemocrat
47.0%34,705
73,840 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 1974
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET