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1978 election for Florida Senate District 16
Florida State Senate · Florida
Clark Maxwell Jr. (R) won with 56.8% of the vote, defeating Bill Beck (D) by 13.7 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Clark Maxwell Jr.Republican · winner
56.8%67,051
Bill BeckDemocrat
43.2%50,928
117,979 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