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1978Final results

1978 election for Florida House District 38

Florida House of Representatives · Florida

6 seats: Dick Batchelor (D), John L. Mica (R), Toni Jennings (R), Fran Carlton (D), Lawrence R. Kirkwood (R), Richard Crotty (R) won.

6 seats
Dick BatchelorDemocrat · winner · incumbent
11.7%62,277
John L. MicaRepublican · winner · incumbent
10.2%54,422
Toni JenningsRepublican · winner · incumbent
10.1%53,575
Fran CarltonDemocrat · winner · incumbent
9.2%48,651
Lawrence R. KirkwoodRepublican · winner · incumbent
8.5%45,410
Richard CrottyRepublican · winner
8.3%43,934
Terry HadleyDemocrat
8.1%43,275
Bob WattlesDemocrat
8.0%42,584
Jim HuckebaRepublican
7.9%41,988
6.4%34,133
Fred TurnerDemocrat
6.3%33,427
5.2%27,672
531,348 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

EvenD+3.81972D+4.11974D+1.31976R+0.81978R+2.11980R+34.81982

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET