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Election 1998 Results

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1998 Florida governor election

Jeb Bush (Republican) beat Kenneth H. MacKay (Democrat) in Florida in 1998, 55.3% to 44.7%, a margin of 10.5 points and 418,051 votes.

Florida changed party: in 1994 it went Democratic, for Lawton Chiles.

Republicans led in 61 of the 67 counties and Democrats in 6. The largest, Miami-Dade, cast 382,525 votes and went to the Republican by 5.0 points. The closest was Madison, where 73 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
Jeb Bush won Republican 2,191,105 55.3%
Kenneth H. MacKay Democratic 1,773,054 44.7%
All other candidates 282 0.0%
Total3,964,441

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Miami-Dade 181,724 47.5% 200,801 52.5% 382,525 R+5.0
Broward 225,010 62.1% 137,494 37.9% 8 362,512 D+24.1
Palm Beach 184,468 59.3% 126,450 40.7% 7 310,925 D+18.7
Pinellas 126,212 45.6% 150,293 54.4% 10 276,515 R+8.7
Hillsborough 101,038 44.2% 127,686 55.8% 22 228,746 R+11.6
Duval 74,016 39.9% 111,716 60.1% 4 185,736 R+20.3
Orange 73,709 41.3% 104,652 58.7% 6 178,367 R+17.3
Brevard 57,896 39.6% 88,251 60.4% 37 146,184 R+20.8
Lee 43,077 35.3% 78,816 64.7% 2 121,895 R+29.3
Volusia 57,229 47.0% 64,544 53.0% 1 121,774 R+6.0
Polk 47,951 40.8% 69,506 59.2% 117,457 R+18.4
Sarasota 44,252 38.8% 69,829 61.2% 7 114,088 R+22.4
Pasco 45,252 45.3% 54,588 54.7% 2 99,842 R+9.4
Seminole 31,331 36.4% 54,738 63.6% 1 86,070 R+27.2
Manatee 29,316 38.7% 46,490 61.3% 75,806 R+22.7
Escambia 24,956 33.1% 50,325 66.8% 23 75,304 R+33.7
Marion 31,219 41.5% 43,960 58.5% 6 75,185 R+16.9
Leon 41,153 56.7% 31,455 43.3% 29 72,637 D+13.4
Lake 22,975 37.5% 38,250 62.5% 61,225 R+24.9
Collier 16,981 28.9% 41,688 71.1% 1 58,670 R+42.1
St. Lucie 24,675 45.9% 29,099 54.1% 5 53,779 R+8.2
Alachua 29,343 55.2% 23,812 44.8% 14 53,169 D+10.4
Charlotte 18,885 39.3% 29,197 60.7% 2 48,084 R+21.4
Hernando 20,592 44.7% 25,441 55.3% 2 46,035 R+10.5
Martin 17,053 38.3% 27,466 61.7% 44,519 R+23.4
Okaloosa 9,732 22.3% 33,844 77.7% 5 43,581 R+55.3
Citrus 17,750 43.2% 23,347 56.8% 9 41,106 R+13.6
St. Johns 11,984 30.0% 27,942 70.0% 7 39,933 R+40.0
Bay 12,017 31.0% 26,759 69.0% 2 38,778 R+38.0
Clay 8,261 23.7% 26,585 76.3% 2 34,848 R+52.6
Indian River 12,011 35.6% 21,767 64.4% 33,778 R+28.9
Osceola 12,383 38.4% 19,841 61.6% 32,224 R+23.1
Santa Rosa 7,650 24.1% 24,089 75.9% 8 31,747 R+51.8
Highlands 10,186 39.2% 15,781 60.8% 25,967 R+21.5
Monroe 9,424 44.8% 11,630 55.2% 2 21,056 R+10.5
Putnam 7,800 41.9% 10,828 58.1% 2 18,630 R+16.3
Flagler 8,326 46.0% 9,779 54.0% 18,105 R+8.0
Nassau 4,692 30.1% 10,894 69.9% 15,586 R+39.8
Sumter 5,746 41.7% 8,036 58.3% 1 13,783 R+16.6
Columbia 4,863 38.7% 7,698 61.3% 3 12,564 R+22.6
Walton 3,891 31.8% 8,355 68.2% 12,246 R+36.5
Jackson 4,774 39.4% 7,328 60.5% 1 12,103 R+21.1
Gadsden 7,269 64.3% 4,028 35.7% 11,297 D+28.7
Suwannee 3,206 35.1% 5,916 64.8% 11 9,133 R+29.7
Levy 3,899 45.2% 4,733 54.8% 1 8,633 R+9.7
Okeechobee 2,917 44.5% 3,644 55.5% 6,561 R+11.1
Bradford 2,113 32.7% 4,349 67.3% 1 6,463 R+34.6
Wakulla 2,659 44.2% 3,361 55.8% 6,020 R+11.7
Desoto 2,296 38.2% 3,711 61.7% 11 6,018 R+23.5
Hendry 2,270 38.8% 3,582 61.2% 2 5,854 R+22.4
Washington 2,033 36.4% 3,550 63.6% 5,583 R+27.2
Taylor 2,078 41.5% 2,926 58.5% 5,004 R+16.9
Holmes 1,680 35.3% 3,082 64.7% 2 4,764 R+29.4
Baker 1,326 28.9% 3,268 71.1% 4,594 R+42.3
Hardee 1,938 42.4% 2,631 57.5% 6 4,575 R+15.1
Jefferson 2,585 56.7% 1,970 43.2% 5 4,560 D+13.5
Madison 2,155 49.2% 2,228 50.8% 4,383 R+1.7
Gulf 1,670 39.3% 2,579 60.7% 4,249 R+21.4
Gilchrist 1,408 40.2% 2,097 59.8% 3,505 R+19.7
Dixie 1,209 39.4% 1,855 60.4% 5 3,069 R+21.0
Calhoun 1,191 39.9% 1,796 60.1% 2,987 R+20.3
Hamilton 1,277 45.1% 1,550 54.8% 3 2,830 R+9.6
Franklin 1,203 43.9% 1,536 56.1% 2,739 R+12.2
Union 641 23.8% 2,056 76.2% 2,697 R+52.5
Glades 1,044 43.0% 1,382 56.9% 1 2,427 R+13.9
Lafayette 582 31.5% 1,263 68.5% 1,845 R+36.9
Liberty 602 38.4% 962 61.4% 3 1,567 R+23.0

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