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Election 2002 Results

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2002 Florida governor election

Jeb Bush (Republican) beat Bill McBride (Democrat) in Florida in 2002, 56.0% to 43.2%, a margin of 12.8 points and 655,418 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1998, when Jeb Bush also won.

Republicans led in 54 of the 67 counties and Democrats in 13. The largest, Miami-Dade, cast 502,454 votes and went to the Republican by 6.5 points. The closest was Hamilton, where 52 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 2,856,845 56.0%
Bill McBride Democratic 2,201,427 43.2%
All other candidates 42,309 0.8%
Total5,100,581

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Miami-Dade 233,469 46.5% 266,107 53.0% 2,878 502,454 R+6.5
Broward 259,370 59.1% 175,756 40.0% 4,076 439,202 D+19.0
Palm Beach 213,649 56.7% 160,581 42.6% 2,403 376,633 D+14.1
Pinellas 146,136 43.7% 185,467 55.5% 2,833 334,436 R+11.8
Hillsborough 134,276 43.0% 175,630 56.3% 2,160 312,066 R+13.3
Duval 92,263 38.0% 148,923 61.4% 1,556 242,742 R+23.3
Orange 102,134 42.4% 137,070 56.9% 1,550 240,754 R+14.5
Brevard 72,873 37.9% 117,741 61.2% 1,879 192,493 R+23.3
Lee 51,682 31.8% 109,183 67.2% 1,650 162,515 R+35.4
Volusia 72,208 45.4% 85,594 53.8% 1,282 159,084 R+8.4
Polk 54,299 38.1% 87,322 61.3% 933 142,554 R+23.2
Sarasota 55,503 39.9% 82,318 59.1% 1,351 139,172 R+19.3
Pasco 52,704 40.7% 75,131 58.0% 1,728 129,563 R+17.3
Seminole 42,357 35.5% 76,301 63.9% 739 119,397 R+28.4
Manatee 40,083 39.6% 60,544 59.7% 719 101,346 R+20.2
Marion 36,113 38.0% 58,163 61.2% 820 95,096 R+23.2
Leon 60,771 64.6% 32,551 34.6% 695 94,017 D+30.0
Escambia 31,844 34.4% 60,095 64.9% 633 92,572 R+30.5
Collier 21,237 25.4% 61,555 73.7% 687 83,479 R+48.3
Lake 27,785 34.1% 51,736 63.5% 1,975 81,496 R+29.4
Alachua 40,621 57.7% 29,118 41.4% 629 70,368 D+16.3
St. Lucie 30,913 45.8% 35,935 53.3% 593 67,441 R+7.4
Charlotte 22,540 37.6% 36,385 60.7% 975 59,900 R+23.1
Hernando 23,357 40.5% 33,736 58.5% 593 57,686 R+18.0
Okaloosa 12,563 22.2% 43,587 77.0% 468 56,618 R+54.8
St. Johns 15,512 27.7% 40,056 71.6% 364 55,932 R+43.9
Martin 19,142 35.8% 33,786 63.2% 495 53,423 R+27.4
Citrus 19,777 37.5% 32,400 61.4% 549 52,726 R+23.9
Clay 11,233 22.1% 39,347 77.4% 272 50,852 R+55.3
Bay 14,258 29.3% 34,107 70.0% 344 48,709 R+40.8
Osceola 18,591 38.7% 29,017 60.4% 404 48,012 R+21.7
Indian River 14,448 32.6% 29,560 66.7% 338 44,346 R+34.1
Santa Rosa 10,648 24.3% 32,754 74.9% 337 43,739 R+50.5
Highlands 10,030 33.4% 19,737 65.8% 228 29,995 R+32.4
Flagler 11,133 43.3% 14,407 56.0% 199 25,739 R+12.7
Monroe 11,832 46.1% 13,567 52.9% 268 25,667 R+6.8
Sumter 7,447 32.8% 15,033 66.2% 232 22,712 R+33.4
Putnam 9,010 40.4% 13,100 58.7% 213 22,323 R+18.3
Nassau 5,483 25.8% 15,593 73.4% 179 21,255 R+47.6
Columbia 6,603 40.4% 9,554 58.5% 174 16,331 R+18.1
Walton 4,801 30.8% 10,671 68.4% 133 15,605 R+37.6
Gadsden 11,228 73.5% 3,948 25.8% 109 15,285 D+47.6
Jackson 7,815 52.7% 6,868 46.3% 140 14,823 D+6.4
Levy 4,854 43.4% 6,205 55.5% 118 11,177 R+12.1
Suwannee 3,911 35.2% 7,068 63.7% 120 11,099 R+28.4
Okeechobee 3,823 44.7% 4,646 54.4% 78 8,547 R+9.6
Wakulla 4,664 55.1% 3,700 43.7% 102 8,466 D+11.4
Bradford 3,135 40.1% 4,596 58.8% 87 7,818 R+18.7
Desoto 3,212 44.3% 3,951 54.5% 91 7,254 R+10.2
Washington 2,671 39.0% 4,119 60.1% 65 6,855 R+21.1
Baker 1,961 30.1% 4,515 69.2% 47 6,523 R+39.2
Hendry 2,535 39.7% 3,785 59.3% 58 6,378 R+19.6
Taylor 2,719 45.3% 3,218 53.6% 64 6,001 R+8.3
Madison 3,269 55.6% 2,538 43.1% 77 5,884 D+12.4
Jefferson 3,569 61.9% 2,141 37.2% 52 5,762 D+24.8
Holmes 1,986 35.3% 3,580 63.7% 58 5,624 R+28.3
Gulf 2,349 43.3% 3,026 55.8% 46 5,421 R+12.5
Hardee 2,181 40.6% 3,145 58.6% 44 5,370 R+18.0
Gilchrist 1,930 38.1% 3,060 60.3% 81 5,071 R+22.3
Calhoun 2,274 53.5% 1,917 45.1% 60 4,251 D+8.4
Dixie 1,722 42.4% 2,273 56.0% 62 4,057 R+13.6
Franklin 1,931 50.7% 1,819 47.8% 55 3,805 D+2.9
Union 1,611 46.7% 1,807 52.3% 35 3,453 R+5.7
Hamilton 1,663 50.3% 1,611 48.7% 32 3,306 D+1.6
Glades 1,223 41.3% 1,698 57.4% 38 2,959 R+16.1
Lafayette 1,060 41.5% 1,461 57.2% 35 2,556 R+15.7
Liberty 1,433 60.1% 932 39.1% 21 2,386 D+21.0

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