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Election 1990 Results

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1990 Florida governor election

Lawton Chiles (Democrat) beat Bob Martinez (Republican) in Florida in 1990, 56.5% to 43.5%, a margin of 13.0 points and 460,138 votes.

Florida changed party: in 1986 it went Republican, for Bob Martinez.

Democrats led in 49 of the 67 counties and Republicans in 18. The largest, Miami-Dade, cast 370,961 votes and went to the Democrat by 25.4 points. The closest was Suwannee, where 34 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
Lawton Chiles won Democratic 1,995,206 56.5%
Bob Martinez Republican 1,535,068 43.5%
All other candidates 597 0.0%
Total3,530,871

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Miami-Dade 232,542 62.7% 138,417 37.3% 2 370,961 D+25.4
Broward 217,422 65.6% 113,869 34.4% 12 331,303 D+31.3
Pinellas 189,108 63.4% 109,236 36.6% 8 298,352 D+26.8
Palm Beach 154,085 59.2% 106,110 40.8% 1 260,196 D+18.4
Hillsborough 129,322 62.7% 76,891 37.3% 9 206,222 D+25.4
Duval 75,326 47.6% 83,023 52.4% 5 158,354 R+4.9
Orange 80,762 55.3% 65,360 44.7% 21 146,143 D+10.5
Brevard 61,741 48.5% 65,641 51.5% 3 127,385 R+3.1
Sarasota 58,941 52.6% 53,153 47.4% 1 112,095 D+5.2
Lee 48,784 44.6% 60,408 55.2% 171 109,363 R+10.6
Volusia 56,982 53.5% 49,606 46.5% 106,588 D+6.9
Polk 58,654 56.2% 45,671 43.8% 9 104,334 D+12.4
Pasco 61,172 61.2% 38,783 38.8% 1 99,956 D+22.4
Escambia 30,468 43.6% 39,383 56.4% 6 69,857 R+12.8
Manatee 37,920 54.3% 31,594 45.3% 290 69,804 D+9.1
Seminole 36,027 52.9% 32,107 47.1% 68,134 D+5.8
Leon 45,438 69.3% 20,085 30.7% 65,523 D+38.7
Marion 26,588 46.5% 30,522 53.4% 14 57,124 R+6.9
Alachua 33,616 67.8% 15,988 32.2% 49,604 D+35.5
Lake 22,624 49.6% 23,019 50.4% 45,643 R+0.9
Collier 18,882 41.6% 26,505 58.4% 45,387 R+16.8
Hernando 24,453 58.4% 17,434 41.6% 41,887 D+16.8
Charlotte 20,012 48.0% 21,673 52.0% 1 41,686 R+4.0
Okaloosa 17,794 44.7% 22,049 55.3% 7 39,850 R+10.7
St. Lucie 20,040 50.7% 19,487 49.3% 39,527 D+1.4
Martin 15,344 42.0% 21,229 58.0% 1 36,574 R+16.1
Citrus 19,282 54.4% 16,152 45.6% 35,434 D+8.8
Indian River 13,838 43.5% 17,943 56.5% 31,781 R+12.9
Bay 14,236 45.6% 16,966 54.4% 2 31,204 R+8.7
Osceola 13,601 52.3% 12,381 47.7% 25,982 D+4.7
Clay 9,704 37.4% 16,256 62.6% 3 25,963 R+25.2
St. Johns 10,399 41.6% 14,626 58.4% 25,025 R+16.9
Highlands 12,270 52.2% 11,227 47.8% 2 23,499 D+4.4
Santa Rosa 10,267 46.3% 11,894 53.7% 3 22,164 R+7.3
Monroe 11,179 61.4% 7,034 38.6% 4 18,217 D+22.8
Putnam 9,736 54.3% 8,184 45.7% 17,920 D+8.7
Jackson 6,608 58.5% 4,681 41.5% 11,289 D+17.1
Nassau 4,962 44.0% 6,324 56.0% 11,286 R+12.1
Flagler 5,215 49.2% 5,390 50.8% 1 10,606 R+1.7
Gadsden 6,839 66.2% 3,495 33.8% 10,334 D+32.4
Columbia 5,360 53.5% 4,657 46.5% 10,017 D+7.0
Walton 4,818 52.8% 4,303 47.2% 9,121 D+5.6
Sumter 5,107 60.0% 3,409 40.0% 8,516 D+19.9
Levy 4,090 56.4% 3,153 43.5% 6 7,249 D+12.9
Suwannee 3,532 49.8% 3,566 50.2% 7,098 R+0.5
Okeechobee 3,495 57.7% 2,566 42.3% 6,061 D+15.3
Bradford 3,241 56.8% 2,468 43.2% 5,709 D+13.5
Desoto 3,125 57.1% 2,350 42.9% 5,475 D+14.2
Washington 2,627 50.5% 2,579 49.5% 5,206 D+0.9
Wakulla 3,087 60.0% 2,049 39.8% 9 5,145 D+20.2
Taylor 2,598 51.9% 2,411 48.1% 5,009 D+3.7
Hardee 2,627 56.5% 2,019 43.5% 4,646 D+13.1
Hendry 2,354 52.8% 2,107 47.2% 4,461 D+5.5
Gulf 2,671 60.7% 1,728 39.3% 4,399 D+21.4
Madison 2,510 57.8% 1,832 42.2% 4,342 D+15.6
Holmes 2,230 52.0% 2,057 48.0% 4,287 D+4.0
Baker 2,150 52.3% 1,957 47.7% 4,107 D+4.7
Jefferson 2,588 67.1% 1,271 32.9% 3,859 D+34.1
Dixie 2,486 69.4% 1,096 30.6% 3,582 D+38.8
Calhoun 1,887 57.3% 1,407 42.7% 3,294 D+14.6
Franklin 2,142 73.9% 758 26.1% 2,900 D+47.7
Gilchrist 1,644 57.2% 1,229 42.8% 2,873 D+14.4
Hamilton 1,694 63.1% 992 36.9% 2,686 D+26.1
Union 1,559 66.7% 777 33.3% 2,336 D+33.5
Glades 1,275 55.3% 1,025 44.5% 5 2,305 D+10.8
Liberty 1,088 59.6% 739 40.4% 1,827 D+19.1
Lafayette 1,038 57.5% 767 42.5% 1,805 D+15.0

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