1986Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1986 election for Florida Senate District 22
Florida State Senate · Florida
Malcolm E. Beard (R) won with 69.9% of the vote, defeating Carl Francis Kosierowski (D) by 39.7 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Malcolm E. BeardRepublican · winner · incumbent
69.9%51,661
Carl Francis KosierowskiDemocrat
30.1%22,292
73,953 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 1986
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET