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1982 general · November 2, 1982

1982 Florida State Senate election results, district by district

Every Florida State Senate district in the 1982 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Democrats controlled the chamber · 40 seats

After the electionD 32 · R 8
Races40
Changed party0
Unopposed48%19 races
Incumbents defeated3

Every district

D 32 · R 8

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
SD-1W. D. Childers (D)Unopposed
SD-2Pat Thomas (D)Unopposed
SD-3Dempsey J. Barron (D)Unopposed
SD-4Karen Thurman (D)8.8
SD-5Bill Grant (D)Unopposed
SD-6George Kirkpatrick (D)Unopposed
SD-7Arnett Girardeau (D)33.3
SD-8Joe Carlucci (D)Unopposed
SD-9Mattox Hair (D)Unopposed
SD-10Edgar M. Dunn (D)Unopposed
SD-11Richard H. Langley (R)21.8
SD-12Curtis Peterson (D)Unopposed
SD-13Bob Crawford (D)23.4
SD-14George Stuart (D)Unopposed
SD-15Toni Jennings (R)12.7
SD-16Clark Maxwell Jr. (R)Unopposed
SD-17John Vogt (D)19.4
SD-18Jeanne Malchon (D)3.4Incumbent lost
SD-19Gerald S. Rehm (R)19.3
SD-20Mary R. Grizzle (R)Unopposed
SD-21Betty Castor (D)3.0Incumbent lost
SD-22Malcolm E. Beard (D)Unopposed
SD-23Pat Frank (D)Unopposed
SD-24Pat Neal (D)Unopposed
SD-25Warren S. Henderson (R)24.7
SD-26Harry A. Johnston II (D)20.0
SD-27William G. Myers (R)4.3
SD-28Don C. Childers (D)35.1
SD-29Peter M. Weinstein (D)11.8Incumbent lost
SD-30Tom McPherson (D)16.6
SD-31Jim Scott (R)3.8
SD-32Ken Jenne (D)46.6
SD-33John A. Hill (D)Unopposed
SD-34Joe Gersten (D)18.1
SD-35Jack D. Gordon (D)Unopposed
SD-36Carrie Meek (D)Unopposed
SD-37Gwen Margolis (D)Unopposed
SD-38Franklin Mann (D)6.0
SD-39Lawrence H. Plummer (D)31.2
SD-40Roberta Fox (D)3.2

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