1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1978 election for Florida Senate District 1
Florida State Senate · Florida
Tom Tobiassen (R) won with 52.7% of the vote, defeating Edmond M. Fortune (D) by 5.3 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Tom TobiassenRepublican · winner · incumbent
52.7%50,791
Edmond M. FortuneDemocrat
47.3%45,645
96,436 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET