1976Final resultsIncumbent defeated
1976 Republican primary for Florida House District 57
Florida House of Representatives · Florida
Dorothy Sample (R) won with 13.0% of the vote, defeating L. W. Belanger (R) by 1.5 points.
Dorothy SampleRepublican · winner
13.0%11,616
L. W. BelangerRepublican · incumbent
11.5%10,270
Thomas M. WoodruffRepublican
10.9%9,754
Peter J. CarolineRepublican
10.1%9,001
Robert Eugene MelbyRepublican
10.0%8,898
George F. Hieber IIRepublican · incumbent
9.0%8,049
Dennis L. JonesRepublican
8.9%7,988
Esther M. AmorRepublican
7.6%6,790
A. S. RobinsonRepublican
6.8%6,070
George L. PattersonRepublican
5.9%5,260
Gerald R. CastellanosRepublican
5.0%4,436
Joseph DavoliRepublican
1.4%1,221
89,353 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET