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1978Final resultsSpecial election

1978 special election for Florida Senate District 11

Florida State Senate · Florida

Vince Fechtel (R) won with 52.9% of the vote, defeating A. H. Craig (D) by 5.7 points.

Vince FechtelRepublican · winner
52.9%32,388
A. H. CraigDemocrat
47.1%28,886
61,274 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 1978

Races before and after

EvenR+24.91972R+5.71978 specialR+11.61980

Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)