1976Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1976 election for Florida Senate District 18
Florida State Senate · Florida
Don Chamberlin (D) won with 50.8% of the vote, defeating Richard J. Deeb (R) by 1.7 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Don ChamberlinDemocrat · winner
50.8%130,353
Richard J. DeebRepublican · incumbent
49.2%126,049
256,402 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