1996Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1996 election for Florida Senate District 1
Florida State Senate · Florida
W. D. Childers (R) won with 74.9% of the vote, defeating Willie Farrow (D) by 49.7 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
W. D. ChildersRepublican · winner · incumbent
74.9%96,575
Willie FarrowDemocrat
25.1%32,442
129,017 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 1996
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET