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1986 election for Florida Senate District 34

Florida State Senate · Florida

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R) won with 58.2% of the vote, defeating Steve Zack (D) by 16.4 points, a seat Democrats won last time.

Ileana Ros-LehtinenRepublican · winner
58.2%34,303
Steve ZackDemocrat
41.8%24,653
58,956 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

EvenD+47.51989 special electionR+64.71989 runoffR+13.41992R+0.51998D+27.32002D+24.02004 special

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