1978Final results
1978 Democratic primary runoff for Florida House District 71
Florida House of Representatives · Florida
Lawrence F. Shackelford (D) won with 56.9% of the vote, defeating Jan Smith (D) by 13.7 points.
Lawrence F. ShackelfordDemocrat · winner
56.9%7,931
Jan SmithDemocrat
43.1%6,016
13,947 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET