1980Final resultsIncumbent defeated
1980 election for Florida House District 115
Florida House of Representatives · Florida
5 seats: Jim Brodie (R), Scott McPherson (R), Dexter Lehtinen (D), Charlie Hall (D), Larry Hawkins (D) won.
5 seatsJim BrodieRepublican · winner
18.1%70,165
Scott McPhersonRepublican · winner
17.4%67,189
Dexter LehtinenDemocrat · winner
17.0%65,643
Bill FlynnDemocrat · incumbent
16.2%62,894
Christopher FerrerRepublican
16.1%62,314
Pat SmithDemocrat
15.2%58,906
Charlie HallDemocrat · winner
0.0%0
Larry HawkinsDemocrat · winner · incumbent
0.0%0
387,111 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
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET
The candidates
Jim Brodie (R)Scott McPherson (R)Dexter Lehtinen (D)Bill Flynn (D)Christopher Ferrer (R)Pat Smith (D)
Also on the ballot: Charlie Hall (Democrat), 0.0%; Larry Hawkins (Democrat), 0.0%