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Election 1986 Results

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1986 Florida governor election

Bob Martinez (Republican) beat Steve Pajcic (Democrat) in Florida in 1986, 54.6% to 45.4%, a margin of 9.1 points and 308,905 votes.

Florida changed party: in 1982 it went Democratic, for Bob Graham.

Republicans led in 56 of the 67 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 11. The largest, Dade, cast 404,552 votes and went to the Republican by 1.4 points. The closest was Sumter, where 63 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Bob Martinez won Republican 1,847,525 54.6%
Steve Pajcic Democratic 1,538,620 45.4%
All other candidates 26 0.0%
Total3,386,171

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Dade 199,379 49.3% 205,171 50.7% 2 404,552 R+1.4
Broward 196,658 54.6% 163,760 45.4% 1 360,419 D+9.1
Pinellas 140,529 45.7% 166,809 54.3% 307,338 R+8.6
Palm Beach 117,110 46.2% 136,585 53.8% 253,695 R+7.7
Hillsborough 96,090 48.0% 104,217 52.0% 200,307 R+4.1
Duval 79,097 51.1% 75,804 48.9% 154,901 D+2.1
Orange 58,223 42.3% 79,474 57.7% 3 137,700 R+15.4
Brevard 48,837 42.6% 65,743 57.4% 114,580 R+14.8
Sarasota 32,543 32.3% 68,268 67.7% 4 100,815 R+35.4
Lee 40,927 41.2% 58,380 58.8% 6 99,313 R+17.6
Polk 40,400 41.1% 57,801 58.9% 98,201 R+17.7
Pasco 46,247 48.6% 48,936 51.4% 95,183 R+2.8
Volusia 46,394 49.6% 47,219 50.4% 93,613 R+0.9
Manatee 24,116 36.4% 42,200 63.6% 66,316 R+27.3
Escambia 27,283 41.5% 38,491 58.5% 65,774 R+17.0
Seminole 21,984 37.2% 37,052 62.8% 59,036 R+25.5
Leon 29,709 56.3% 23,094 43.7% 1 52,804 D+12.5
Marion 18,276 39.2% 28,350 60.8% 46,626 R+21.6
Alachua 23,245 54.2% 19,605 45.8% 2 42,852 D+8.5
Lake 15,256 37.4% 25,586 62.6% 40,842 R+25.3
Collier 9,841 27.3% 26,178 72.7% 36,019 R+45.4
St. Lucie 14,146 40.1% 21,098 59.9% 35,244 R+19.7
Charlotte 12,799 37.1% 21,664 62.9% 34,463 R+25.7
Okaloosa 12,889 37.5% 21,524 62.5% 34,413 R+25.1
Hernando 15,526 46.7% 17,719 53.3% 33,245 R+6.6
Martin 9,814 29.8% 23,097 70.2% 32,911 R+40.4
Citrus 12,934 44.3% 16,295 55.7% 29,229 R+11.5
Bay 11,164 38.5% 17,832 61.5% 28,996 R+23.0
Indian River 9,444 34.7% 17,778 65.3% 27,222 R+30.6
Clay 8,097 35.1% 14,987 64.9% 23,084 R+29.8
Osceola 9,460 42.4% 12,831 57.6% 22,291 R+15.1
Highlands 8,506 40.6% 12,431 59.4% 20,937 R+18.7
Santa Rosa 6,643 33.3% 13,300 66.7% 19,943 R+33.4
St. Johns 7,544 38.2% 12,181 61.8% 19,725 R+23.5
Monroe 7,793 40.9% 11,275 59.1% 19,068 R+18.3
Putnam 7,939 48.6% 8,384 51.4% 16,323 R+2.7
Jackson 4,846 45.0% 5,924 55.0% 10,770 R+10.0
Columbia 4,185 39.2% 6,487 60.8% 10,672 R+21.6
Gadsden 6,284 65.2% 3,358 34.8% 9,642 D+30.3
Nassau 3,819 41.9% 5,298 58.1% 9,117 R+16.2
Walton 3,225 38.8% 5,097 61.2% 8,322 R+22.5
Sumter 4,036 50.4% 3,973 49.6% 8,009 D+0.8
Flagler 3,389 49.0% 3,527 51.0% 6,916 R+2.0
Levy 2,908 42.6% 3,913 57.4% 6,821 R+14.7
Suwannee 2,716 39.9% 4,088 60.1% 6,804 R+20.2
Bradford 2,315 41.1% 3,321 58.9% 5,636 R+17.8
Okeechobee 2,449 44.0% 3,121 56.0% 5,570 R+12.1
De Soto 2,346 42.6% 3,158 57.4% 5,504 R+14.8
Washington 2,247 43.4% 2,934 56.6% 5,181 R+13.3
Hendry 1,951 40.8% 2,827 59.2% 4,778 R+18.3
Holmes 1,645 36.5% 2,863 63.5% 4,508 R+27.0
Hardee 1,774 39.6% 2,702 60.4% 4,476 R+20.7
Taylor 2,280 52.2% 2,086 47.8% 4,366 D+4.4
Gulf 1,806 44.4% 2,265 55.6% 4,071 R+11.3
Madison 2,233 55.7% 1,773 44.3% 4,006 D+11.5
Baker 1,447 36.7% 2,491 63.1% 7 3,945 R+26.5
Wakulla 1,819 46.9% 2,057 53.1% 3,876 R+6.1
Dixie 1,962 54.8% 1,619 45.2% 3,581 D+9.6
Jefferson 1,949 58.4% 1,389 41.6% 3,338 D+16.8
Calhoun 1,454 47.2% 1,629 52.8% 3,083 R+5.7
Franklin 1,137 44.0% 1,446 56.0% 2,583 R+12.0
Gilchrist 1,122 43.7% 1,447 56.3% 2,569 R+12.7
Hamilton 1,187 51.4% 1,123 48.6% 2,310 D+2.8
Union 846 37.1% 1,437 62.9% 2,283 R+25.9
Glades 1,057 47.8% 1,156 52.2% 2,213 R+4.5
Lafayette 654 38.9% 1,029 61.1% 1,683 R+22.3
Liberty 690 44.3% 868 55.7% 1,558 R+11.4

Counties as they stood in 1986; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Florida governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2022 Ron DeSantis (R) R+19.3
2018 Ron Desantis (R) R+0.4
2014 Rick Scott (R) R+1.1
2010 Rick Scott (R) R+1.1
2006 Charlie Crist (R) R+7.1
2002 Jeb Bush (R) R+12.8
1998 Jeb Bush (R) R+10.5
1994 Lawton Chiles (D) D+1.5
1990 Lawton Chiles (D) D+13.0
1986 Bob Martinez (R) R+9.1
1982 Bob Graham (D) D+29.4
1978 Bob Graham (D) D+11.2
1974 Reubin Askew (D) D+22.4
1970 Reubin Askew (D) D+13.8
1966 Claude Roy Kirk (R) R+10.3
1964 Haydon Burns (D) D+14.9
1960 Farris Bryant (D) D+19.7
1956 LeRoy Collins (D) D+47.4
1954 LeRoy Collins (D) D+60.9
1952 Daniel T. McCarty (D) D+49.7
1948 Fuller Warren (D) D+66.7
1944 Millard F. Caldwell (D) D+57.9
1940 Spessard Holland (D) D+100.0
1936 Fred P. Cone (D) D+61.8
1932 David Sholtz (D) D+33.2
1928 Doyle E. Carlton (D) D+21.9
1924 John W. Martin (D) D+65.6
1920 Cary A. Hardee (D) D+60.0
1916 Sidney J. Catts (other)
1912 Park Trammell (D) D+75.0
1908 Albert W. Gilchrist (D) D+63.4
1904 Napoleon B. Broward (D) D+61.8
1900 William Sherman Jennings (D) D+63.7
1896 William D. Bloxham (D) D+46.2
1892 Henry L. Mitchell (D) D+78.7
1888 Francis P. Fleming (D) D+20.7
1884 Edward A. Perry (D) D+7.1
1880 William D. Bloxham (D) D+9.8
1876 George F. Drew (D) D+1.0
1872 Ossian B. Hart (R) R+52.4
1868 Harrison Reed (R) R+27.4
1865 David S. Walker (D) D+100.0