1982 primaries · May 1, 1982
1982 Florida State Senate primaries results, district by district
Every Florida State Senate district in the 1982 primaries: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
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Every district
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD-1 · Democratic primary | W. D. Childers (D) | 29.7 | |
| SD-3 · Democratic primary | Dempsey J. Barron (D) | 15.0 | |
| SD-4 · Democratic primary | Karen Thurman (D) | 13.6 | |
| SD-5 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | |
| SD-6 · Democratic primary | George Kirkpatrick (D) | 17.3 | |
| SD-7 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | |
| SD-8 · Democratic primary | Joe Carlucci (D) | 14.9 | |
| SD-9 · Democratic primary | Mattox Hair (D) | 27.8 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-11 · Democratic primary | Florence M. Hunter (D) | 2.3 | |
| SD-21 · Democratic primary | Betty Castor (D) | 41.2 | |
| SD-24 · Democratic primary | Pat Neal (D) | 7.8 | |
| SD-25 · Republican primary | Warren S. Henderson (R) | 31.9 | |
| SD-27 · Democratic primary | Henry A. Childers (D) | 32.2 | |
| SD-27 · Republican primary | William G. Myers (R) | 36.4 | |
| SD-28 · Republican primary | Jo Ann Currier (R) | 25.7 | |
| SD-29 · Democratic primary | Peter M. Weinstein (D) | 34.0 | |
| SD-30 · Democratic primary | Tom McPherson (D) | 6.0 | |
| SD-30 · Republican primary | Tom Bush (R) | 12.8 | |
| SD-32 · Democratic primary | Ken Jenne (D) | 46.4 | |
| SD-33 · Democratic primary | John A. Hill (D) | 23.6 | |
| SD-34 · Republican primary | No winner recorded | — | |
| SD-35 · Democratic primary | Jack D. Gordon (D) | 9.9 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-37 · Democratic primary | Gwen Margolis (D) | 73.8 | |
| SD-39 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | Incumbent lost |
| SD-39 · Republican primary | Richard Bach (R) | 6.5 | |
| SD-40 · Democratic primary | Roberta Fox (D) | 35.3 | |
| SD-40 · Republican primary | Jim Brodie (R) | 6.2 |
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