1980Final results
1980 Democratic primary for Florida House District 98
Florida House of Representatives · Florida
Virginia Rosen (D) won with 23.5% of the vote, defeating Michael Friedman (D) by 6.0 points.
Virginia RosenDemocrat · winner · incumbent
23.5%21,958
Ronald A. SilverDemocrat · winner · incumbent
23.1%21,651
Michael FriedmanDemocrat
17.5%16,379
Dorothy CohenDemocrat
9.6%9,007
Ben CowinsDemocrat
9.5%8,848
Farrell GordonDemocrat
9.0%8,384
Donald A. MackenzieDemocrat
7.9%7,399
93,626 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET