1988 general · November 8, 1988
1988 Florida State Senate election results, district by district
Every Florida State Senate district in the 1988 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
Seats after the election
Democrats controlled the chamber · 40 seats
After the electionD 23 · R 17
Races22
Changed party2
Unopposed64%14 races
Incumbents defeated0
Every district
D 12 · R 10
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD-1 | W. D. Childers (D) | 27.1 | |
| SD-3 | Vince Bruner (D) | 8.0 | |
| SD-5 | Sherry D. Walker (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-7 | Arnett Girardeau (D) | 48.3 | |
| SD-9 | William G. Bankhead (R) | 54.2 | Flipped |
| SD-11 | Richard H. Langley (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-13 | Bob Crawford (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-15 | Toni Jennings (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-17 | W. W. Gardner (D) | 4.8 | |
| SD-19 | S. Curtis Kiser (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-21 | John A. Grant Jr. (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-23 | Helen Gordon Davis (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-25 | Robert M. Johnson (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-27 | William G. Myers (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-29 | Peter M. Weinstein (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-31 | Jim Scott (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-32 | Howard C. Forman (D) | 29.0 | |
| SD-33 | Roberto Casas (R) | Unopposed | Flipped |
| SD-35 | Jack D. Gordon (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-37 | Gwen Margolis (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-39 | Lawrence H. Plummer (D) | 32.1 | |
| SD-40 | Javier Souto (R) | 5.4 |
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