1986Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1986 election for Florida Senate District 40
Florida State Senate · Florida
Dexter Lehtinen (R) won with 59.8% of the vote, defeating Roberta Fox (D) by 19.5 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Dexter LehtinenRepublican · winner
59.8%43,259
Roberta FoxDemocrat · incumbent
40.2%29,126
72,385 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