1974Final results
1974 Democratic primary for Florida House District 16
Florida House of Representatives · Florida
Eric Smith (D) won with 29.1% of the vote, defeating John W. Lewis (D) by 3.0 points.
Eric SmithDemocrat · winner · incumbent
29.1%11,601
John W. LewisDemocrat
26.0%10,396
Gene CallahanDemocrat
16.8%6,699
Dwight BraddyDemocrat
15.3%6,127
Hugh SchulmanDemocrat
9.3%3,715
W. Ray WilsonDemocrat
3.5%1,389
39,927 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET
The candidates
Eric Smith (D)John W. Lewis (D)Gene Callahan (D)Dwight Braddy (D)Hugh Schulman (D)
Also on the ballot: W. Ray Wilson (Democrat), 3.5%