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1982Final results

1982 election for Florida Senate District 7

Florida State Senate · Florida

Arnett Girardeau (D) won with 66.6% of the vote, defeating Kurt W. Becker (R) by 33.3 points.

Arnett GirardeauDemocrat · winner
66.6%29,086
Kurt W. BeckerRepublican
33.4%14,561
43,647 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 1982

Races before and after

EvenR+100.01976R+100.01980D+33.31982D+48.31988R+15.81992R+19.51996

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET