DemocratNot in office · last served 1990Last on a ballot: Nov 1986

Tom McPherson

Tom McPherson ran in 15 elections between 1968 and 1986, winning 13. Served in the Florida House of Representatives (District 92) and the Florida State Senate (District 30).

Last office: Florida State Senate, District 30

Elections: 15; 1968–1986
Won: 13; generals, primaries and specials

Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)

Career

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

1968197219761980198419881992199620002004200820122016202020242028Florida House of Representatives, District 92 Florida State Senate, District 30Out of office

Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)

Every race McPherson has run

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

Year	Office	Stage	Result	Opponents	Share	Margin
1986	Florida State Senate, District 30	General	Won	Robert A. Dressler (R)	50.3%	D+0.5
1986	Florida State Senate, District 30	Primary	Won	Thomas H. Armstrong (D), Joan Berni (D)	56.6%	+26.1
1982	Florida State Senate, District 30	General	Won	Tom Bush (R)	58.3%	D+16.6
1982	Florida State Senate, District 30	Primary	Won	Kathleen Cooper Wright (D)	53%	+6.0
1980	Florida House of Representatives, District 92	General	Won	Harold Dyer (D), Frederick Lippman (D), Walter C. Young (D)	—	—
1980	Florida House of Representatives, District 92	Primary	Won	David J. Lehman (D), Frederick Lippman (D), John Bond (D)	20.1%	−4.4
1978	Florida House of Representatives, District 92	General	Won	Walter C. Young (D), Lawrence J. Smith (D), Charles W. Flanagan (R)	—	—
1978	Florida House of Representatives, District 92	Primary	Won	David J. Lehman (D), Walter C. Young (D), Lawrence J. Smith (D)	17.1%	−1.7
1976	Florida House of Representatives, District 92	General	Won	Charles W. Boyd (D), Walter C. Young (D), David J. Lehman (D)	17.4%	D+0.6
1974	Florida House of Representatives, District 92	General	Won	John Miller (D), Harold Dyer (D), Walter C. Young (D)	13.8%	D+0.2
1974	Florida House of Representatives, District 92	Primary	Won	Charles W. Boyd (D), Harold Dyer (D), John Adams (D)	8.9%	−2.9
1972	Florida House of Representatives, District 92	General	Won	Charles W. Boyd (D), Walter C. Young (D), Harold Dyer (D)	9.5%	D+0.1
1972	Florida House of Representatives, District 92	Runoff	Won	Walter C. Young (D), Richard Basinger (D), Charles W. Boyd (D)	15.3%	+0.1
1972	Florida House of Representatives, District 92	Primary	Lost	John Miller (D), Harold Dyer (D), Richard Basinger (D)	8%	−1.6
1968	Florida State Senate, District 36	General	Lost	David C. Lane (R), Chester W. Stolzenburg (R), Charles H. Weber (R)	11.2%	R+3.9

Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)

Seats McPherson has held

Florida State Senate, District 30 · 1983–1990
Florida House of Representatives, District 92 · 1973–1982

Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)

Who McPherson has run against

Robert A. Dressler (R) · 1986 election, won
Tom Bush (R) · 1982 election, won
Harold Dyer (D) · 1980 election, won
Walter C. Young (D) · 1978 election, won
Charles W. Boyd (D) · 1976 election, won
John Miller (D) · 1974 election, won
David C. Lane (R) · 1968 election, lost

Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)