1980Final resultsSpecial election
1980 special election for Florida Senate District 5
Florida State Senate · Florida
George Kirkpatrick (D) won with 68.0% of the vote, defeating John B. Newsom (R) by 36.0 points.
George KirkpatrickDemocrat · winner
68.0%101,042
John B. NewsomRepublican
32.0%47,511
148,553 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 1980
The seat's recent races
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)