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1990Final results

1990 election for Florida Senate District 40

Florida State Senate · Florida

Javier Souto (R) won with 51.5% of the vote, defeating Tom Easterly (D) by 3.0 points.

Javier SoutoRepublican · winner · incumbent
51.5%36,066
Tom EasterlyDemocrat
48.5%33,955
70,021 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

EvenD+3.21982R+19.51986R+5.41988 specialR+3.01990D+36.41998R+9.92016

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