1990Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1990 election for Florida House District 26
Florida House of Representatives · Florida
Paul M. Hawkes (R) won with 50.9% of the vote, defeating Dick Locke (D) by 1.8 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Paul M. HawkesRepublican · winner
50.9%26,729
Dick LockeDemocrat · incumbent
49.1%25,797
52,526 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 1990
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET