DemocratNot in office · last served 1976Last on a ballot: Oct 1982

Don J. Gruber

Don J. Gruber ran in 7 elections between 1972 and 1982, winning 2. Served in the Florida State Senate (District 38).

Career

Offices held, and every time Gruber was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.

197219761980198419881992199620002004200820122016202020242028Florida State Senate, District 38Out of office

Margin: how far Gruber finished ahead of (+) or behind (−) the runner-up.

Year	Office	Stage	Result	Opponents	Share	Margin
1982	Florida House of Representatives, District 114	Runoff	Lost	Elizabeth Metcalf (D)	43.3%	−13.4
1982	Florida House of Representatives, District 114	Primary	Lost	Elizabeth Metcalf (D), Robert Haggard (D), Nancy O. Harrington (D)	23%	−12.3
1980	Florida House of Representatives, District 109	Primary	Lost	John Cosgrove (D), Alan Rosenthal (D), William E. Sadowski (D)	14.1%	−5.4
1978	Florida State Senate, District 38	General	Lost	Dick Anderson (D), Bob McKnight (D), Larry Wicks (R)	19.8%	R+16.0
1974	Florida State Senate, District 38	General	Lost	Richard Renick (D), Ralph R. Poston Sr. (D), John Cyril Malloy (R)	19.7%	R+10.7
1972	Florida State Senate, District 38	General	Won	Richard A. Pettigrew (D), Ralph R. Poston Sr. (D), Mike Thompson (R)	18.1%	D+0.4
1972	Florida State Senate, District 38	Primary	Won	Shirley Spellerberg (R)	51.7%	+3.4