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1988Final results

1988 election for Florida House District 26

Florida House of Representatives · Florida

Dick Locke (D) won with 54.6% of the vote, defeating Paul M. Hawkes (R) by 9.2 points.

Dick LockeDemocrat · winner · incumbent
54.6%28,257
Paul M. HawkesRepublican
45.4%23,516
51,773 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 1988

Races before and after

EvenD+20.51982D+9.21988R+1.81990D+0.71992R+4.51994R+4.61996

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