1980 general · November 4, 1980
1980 Florida State Senate election results, district by district
Every Florida State Senate district in the 1980 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
Seats after the election
Democrats controlled the chamber · 40 seats
After the electionD 27 · R 13
Races16
Changed party4
Unopposed50%8 races
Incumbents defeated1
Every district
D 12 · R 8
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD-1 | W. D. Childers (D) | Unopposed | Flipped |
| SD-3 | Dempsey J. Barron (D) | 14.2 | |
| SD-5 | Sherill Skinner (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-7 | Dan Jenkins · Mattox Hair (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-11 | Richard H. Langley (R) | 11.6 | |
| SD-12 | Alan Trask (D) | 3.0 | |
| SD-14 | Toni Jennings (R) | 12.4 | Flipped |
| SD-16 | John Vogt (D) | 5.4 | Flipped |
| SD-18 | Gerald S. Rehm (R) | 5.0 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-21 | Pat Frank · David H. McClain (DEM) | Unopposed | |
| SD-25 | Warren S. Henderson (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-26 | Thomas Lewis (R) | 41.6 | Flipped |
| SD-29 | J. W. Stevens · Jim Scott (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-33 | John A. Hill (D) | 24.9 | |
| SD-35 | Gwen Margolis · Jack D. Gordon (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-38 | Richard Renick (D) | Unopposed |
Florida State Senate
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