1980Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
1980 election for Florida Senate District 16
Florida State Senate · Florida
John Vogt (D) won with 52.7% of the vote, defeating Art Grindle (R) by 5.4 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
John VogtDemocrat · winner · incumbent
52.7%97,067
Art GrindleRepublican
47.3%87,196
184,263 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