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1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated

1978 election for Florida House District 76

Florida House of Representatives · Florida

Charles Nergard (R) won with 52.4% of the vote, defeating K. Dale Cassens (D) by 4.9 points, a seat Democrats won last time.

Charles NergardRepublican · winner
52.4%11,988
K. Dale CassensDemocrat · incumbent
47.6%10,870
22,858 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+29.81972D+14.31976R+4.91978D+1.51982R+35.32014R+29.02018

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