1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1980 election for Florida Senate District 26
Florida State Senate · Florida
Thomas Lewis (R) won with 70.8% of the vote, defeating Jeffrey L. Burck (D) by 41.6 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Thomas LewisRepublican · winner
70.8%232,694
Jeffrey L. BurckDemocrat
29.2%96,012
328,706 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