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Election 1994 Results

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1994 Florida governor election

Lawton Chiles (Democrat) beat Jeb Bush (Republican) in Florida in 1994, 50.8% to 49.2%, a margin of 1.5 points and 63,940 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1990, when Lawton Chiles also won.

Republicans led in 42 of the 67 counties and Democrats in 25. The largest, Miami-Dade, cast 413,648 votes and went to the Democrat by 4.1 points. The closest was Dixie, where 22 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 2,135,008 50.8%
Jeb Bush Republican 2,071,068 49.2%
All other candidates 583 0.0%
Total4,206,659

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Miami-Dade 215,276 52.0% 198,371 48.0% 1 413,648 D+4.1
Broward 261,368 65.4% 138,333 34.6% 11 399,712 D+30.8
Pinellas 166,858 51.0% 160,115 49.0% 7 326,980 D+2.1
Palm Beach 198,638 61.3% 125,208 38.7% 3 323,849 D+22.7
Hillsborough 117,974 48.6% 124,561 51.4% 11 242,546 R+2.7
Duval 80,945 42.5% 108,900 57.2% 471 190,316 R+14.7
Orange 85,098 48.0% 92,096 52.0% 177,194 R+3.9
Brevard 72,393 46.6% 82,878 53.4% 6 155,277 R+6.8
Lee 58,785 43.8% 75,365 56.2% 134,150 R+12.4
Sarasota 60,770 47.4% 67,531 52.6% 128,301 R+5.3
Volusia 66,614 53.2% 58,632 46.8% 34 125,280 D+6.4
Polk 58,364 47.2% 65,415 52.8% 123,779 R+5.7
Pasco 57,597 52.4% 52,418 47.6% 5 110,020 D+4.7
Seminole 39,324 44.3% 49,387 55.7% 1 88,712 R+11.3
Manatee 40,473 49.1% 41,915 50.9% 82,388 R+1.8
Escambia 33,210 42.3% 45,261 57.7% 1 78,472 R+15.4
Leon 47,323 63.4% 27,265 36.6% 1 74,589 D+26.9
Marion 31,345 44.7% 38,784 55.3% 1 70,130 R+10.6
Lake 29,797 49.5% 30,394 50.5% 60,191 R+1.0
Collier 22,860 38.6% 36,370 61.4% 59,230 R+22.8
Alachua 35,030 61.8% 21,624 38.2% 7 56,661 D+23.7
St. Lucie 27,956 50.5% 27,436 49.5% 55,392 D+0.9
Charlotte 24,159 46.3% 27,965 53.7% 52,124 R+7.3
Hernando 25,331 50.8% 24,532 49.2% 49,863 D+1.6
Okaloosa 16,459 34.3% 31,459 65.7% 47,918 R+31.3
Martin 20,706 45.1% 25,239 54.9% 45,945 R+9.9
Bay 17,816 43.1% 23,498 56.9% 2 41,316 R+13.8
Citrus 20,094 49.3% 20,633 50.7% 5 40,732 R+1.3
Indian River 16,410 44.3% 20,630 55.7% 37,040 R+11.4
St. Johns 12,791 36.7% 22,036 63.3% 34,827 R+26.5
Clay 9,986 29.1% 24,290 70.9% 1 34,277 R+41.7
Osceola 15,292 45.3% 18,437 54.7% 1 33,730 R+9.3
Santa Rosa 11,726 36.6% 20,345 63.4% 4 32,075 R+26.9
Highlands 12,323 45.7% 14,617 54.3% 1 26,941 R+8.5
Monroe 13,232 56.7% 10,086 43.3% 1 23,319 D+13.5
Putnam 9,658 47.9% 10,505 52.1% 20,163 R+4.2
Nassau 5,331 34.8% 9,968 65.2% 15,299 R+30.3
Flagler 7,954 52.6% 7,160 47.4% 15,114 D+5.3
Columbia 5,288 41.7% 7,408 58.3% 12,696 R+16.7
Jackson 5,907 46.9% 6,698 53.1% 12,605 R+6.3
Walton 5,067 43.8% 6,493 56.2% 11,560 R+12.3
Gadsden 7,751 69.4% 3,422 30.6% 11,173 D+38.7
Sumter 5,603 51.1% 5,360 48.9% 1 10,964 D+2.2
Suwannee 3,935 43.7% 5,064 56.3% 8,999 R+12.5
Levy 4,588 51.5% 4,322 48.5% 8,910 D+3.0
Bradford 2,642 37.1% 4,470 62.9% 7,112 R+25.7
Okeechobee 3,492 49.6% 3,545 50.4% 7,037 R+0.8
Desoto 2,856 45.6% 3,407 54.4% 6,263 R+8.8
Washington 2,968 47.8% 3,240 52.2% 6,208 R+4.4
Wakulla 3,696 59.7% 2,492 40.3% 6,188 D+19.5
Taylor 2,979 49.6% 3,024 50.4% 6,003 R+0.7
Hendry 2,623 44.2% 3,308 55.8% 5,931 R+11.5
Gulf 3,060 56.7% 2,339 43.3% 5,399 D+13.4
Hardee 2,695 50.4% 2,649 49.6% 1 5,345 D+0.9
Baker 1,654 31.5% 3,600 68.5% 5,254 R+37.0
Holmes 2,134 42.0% 2,942 58.0% 5,076 R+15.9
Madison 2,564 54.3% 2,161 45.7% 1 4,726 D+8.5
Jefferson 2,575 61.3% 1,625 38.7% 4,200 D+22.6
Dixie 2,003 50.2% 1,981 49.7% 5 3,989 D+0.6
Franklin 2,636 66.6% 1,324 33.4% 3,960 D+33.1
Gilchrist 1,701 47.0% 1,922 53.0% 3,623 R+6.1
Calhoun 1,811 50.5% 1,775 49.5% 3,586 D+1.0
Hamilton 1,453 50.4% 1,429 49.6% 2,882 D+0.8
Union 791 28.3% 2,009 71.8% 2,800 R+43.5
Glades 1,387 51.4% 1,310 48.6% 2,697 D+2.9
Lafayette 936 45.9% 1,105 54.1% 2,041 R+8.3
Liberty 947 49.0% 985 51.0% 1,932 R+2.0

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