1978 primaries · May 1, 1978
1978 Florida primaries results
Every race on Florida's ballot in the 1978 primaries: winners, margins and seats that changed party.
Races61
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD-3 · Democratic primary | Pat Thomas (D) | 71.5 | |
| SD-5 · Democratic primary | Kenneth E. Mackay (D) | 25.1 | |
| SD-7 · Democratic primary | Joe Carlucci (D) | 22.4 | |
| SD-11 · Democratic primary | A. H. Craig (D) | 53.6 | |
| SD-11 · Republican primary | No winner recorded | — | |
| SD-12 · Democratic primary | Curtis Peterson (D) | 25.7 | |
| SD-14 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | |
| SD-14 · Republican primary | Johnny Bremer (R) | 30.3 | |
| SD-16 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | |
| SD-18 · Republican primary | Mary R. Grizzle (R) | 22.8 | |
| SD-21 · Democratic primary | Guy Spicola (D) | 4.6 | |
| SD-26 · Democratic primary | Don C. Childers (D) | 19.5 | |
| SD-29 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | |
| SD-29 · Republican primary | No winner recorded | — | |
| SD-32 · Democratic primary | Ken Jenne (D) | 24.1 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-35 · Democratic primary | Paul B. Steinberg (D) | 10.8 | |
| SD-38 · Democratic primary | Bob McKnight (D) | 7.5 |
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| HD-1 · Democratic primary | Clyde H. Hagler (D) | 13.4 | |
| HD-1 · Republican primary | Charles Fredrickson (R) | 26.0 | |
| HD-4 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | |
| HD-7 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | |
| HD-8 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | |
| HD-9 · Democratic primary | Leonard J. Hall (D) | 12.6 | |
| HD-11 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | |
| HD-13 · Democratic primary | Wayne Hollingsworth (D) | 68.5 | |
| HD-14 · Democratic primary | Gene Hodges (D) | 31.9 | |
| HD-16 · Democratic primary | Carl Ogden (D) | 4.9 | |
| HD-21 · Democratic primary | Buck Cochran (D) | 4.8 | |
| HD-25 · Democratic primary | Frank Williams (D) | 23.2 | |
| HD-26 · Democratic primary | Sidney Martin (D) | 7.1 | |
| HD-28 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | |
| HD-32 · Democratic primary | Wayne C. McCall (D) | 8.0 | |
| HD-34 · Democratic primary | Charles Joseph Knowles (D) | 35.9 | |
| HD-34 · Republican primary | Bobby Brantley (R) | 27.2 | |
| HD-35 · Democratic primary | Everett Kelly (D) | 28.5 | |
| HD-35 · Republican primary | No winner recorded | — | |
| HD-36 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | |
| HD-38 · Democratic primary | Terry Hadley (D) | 19.3 | |
| HD-38 · Republican primary | Richard Crotty (R) | 31.8 | |
| HD-44 · Democratic primary | David L. Barrett (D) | 15.3 | |
| HD-44 · Republican primary | John Moore (R) | 3.9 | |
| HD-49 · Democratic primary | Gene Ready (D) | 24.5 | |
| HD-53 · Democratic primary | Michael Tagarelli (D) | 8.9 | |
| HD-53 · Republican primary | Peter Dunbar (R) | 23.1 | |
| HD-57 · Republican primary | George F. Hieber II (R) | 3.3 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-62 · Democratic primary | Carl Carpenter Jr. (D) | 31.0 | |
| HD-66 · Democratic primary | Helen Gordon Davis (D) | 2.7 | |
| HD-71 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | |
| HD-75 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | |
| HD-75 · Republican primary | Fred Burrall (R) | 73.1 | |
| HD-78 · Democratic primary | Eleanor Weinstock (D) | 4.5 | |
| HD-84 · Democratic primary | Terry Omalley (D) | 7.2 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-84 · Republican primary | Tom Bush (R) | 4.7 | |
| HD-89 · Republican primary | Mary Ellen Hawkins (R) | 70.8 | |
| HD-92 · Democratic primary | David J. Lehman (D) | 9.1 | |
| HD-98 · Democratic primary | Harold W. Spaet (D) | 4.2 | |
| HD-104 · Democratic primary | Joe Kershaw (D) | 9.7 | |
| HD-109 · Democratic primary | Joe Gersten (D) | 9.2 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-109 · Republican primary | Nancy O. Harrington (R) | 7.9 | |
| HD-115 · Democratic primary | James F. Eckhart (D) | 3.5 | |
| HD-120 · Democratic primary | Joe Allen Jr. (D) | 62.4 |
Florida
Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner