1976Flipped from independentFinal results
1976 election for Florida Senate District 16
Florida State Senate · Florida
John Vogt (D) won with 67.6% of the vote, defeating Curtis R. Sears (R) by 35.2 points, a seat another party won last time.
John VogtDemocrat · winner · incumbent
67.6%88,976
Curtis R. SearsRepublican
32.4%42,617
131,593 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 1976
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET