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Election 2010 Results

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2010 Florida governor election

Rick Scott (Republican) beat Alex Sink (Democrat) in Florida in 2010, 48.9% to 47.7%, a margin of 1.1 points and 61,550 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 2006, when Charlie Crist won.

Republicans led in 52 of the 67 counties and Democrats in 15. The largest, Miami-Dade, cast 487,888 votes and went to the Democrat by 14.3 points. The closest was Franklin, where 7 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
Rick Scott won Republican 2,619,335 48.9%
Alex Sink Democratic 2,557,785 47.7%
All other candidates 182,615 3.4%
Total5,359,735

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Miami-Dade 274,638 56.3% 204,918 42.0% 8,332 487,888 D+14.3
Broward 271,606 64.6% 140,445 33.4% 8,480 420,531 D+31.2
Palm Beach 223,194 58.1% 151,406 39.4% 9,253 383,853 D+18.7
Hillsborough 158,995 50.1% 148,429 46.7% 10,142 317,566 D+3.3
Pinellas 153,865 50.7% 136,657 45.0% 12,858 303,380 D+5.7
Orange 147,509 54.2% 117,191 43.1% 7,226 271,926 D+11.1
Duval 120,097 45.9% 135,074 51.6% 6,613 261,784 R+5.7
Brevard 80,865 41.2% 106,838 54.4% 8,688 196,391 R+13.2
Lee 68,041 37.4% 107,460 59.1% 6,400 181,901 R+21.7
Polk 68,168 42.6% 85,693 53.5% 6,343 160,204 R+10.9
Volusia 73,765 46.9% 77,039 48.9% 6,640 157,444 R+2.1
Sarasota 66,551 45.8% 73,089 50.3% 5,642 145,282 R+4.5
Pasco 59,098 43.3% 70,635 51.7% 6,825 136,558 R+8.4
Seminole 59,412 45.0% 68,351 51.8% 4,164 131,927 R+6.8
Marion 46,449 40.6% 61,978 54.2% 5,934 114,361 R+13.6
Manatee 44,284 41.8% 57,459 54.2% 4,231 105,974 R+12.4
Collier 33,408 32.5% 66,960 65.1% 2,465 102,833 R+32.6
Lake 40,400 39.6% 56,790 55.7% 4,720 101,910 R+16.1
Leon 66,477 66.7% 31,328 31.4% 1,898 99,703 D+35.3
Escambia 36,873 38.4% 54,607 56.9% 4,437 95,917 R+18.5
St. Lucie 38,029 50.3% 34,321 45.4% 3,296 75,646 D+4.9
St. Johns 25,054 33.5% 47,573 63.6% 2,127 74,754 R+30.1
Alachua 43,933 59.4% 28,129 38.0% 1,899 73,961 D+21.4
Clay 17,246 27.1% 44,547 70.0% 1,874 63,667 R+42.9
Okaloosa 14,499 23.8% 42,200 69.3% 4,177 60,876 R+45.5
Charlotte 23,838 40.1% 32,207 54.2% 3,336 59,381 R+14.1
Hernando 25,127 43.1% 30,056 51.5% 3,142 58,325 R+8.5
Bay 15,689 28.5% 36,512 66.4% 2,796 54,997 R+37.9
Citrus 21,596 39.4% 29,925 54.6% 3,287 54,808 R+15.2
Martin 21,946 40.5% 30,416 56.1% 1,884 54,246 R+15.6
Osceola 27,469 51.4% 24,053 45.0% 1,873 53,395 D+6.4
Santa Rosa 12,371 24.9% 34,523 69.4% 2,849 49,743 R+44.5
Indian River 17,650 37.2% 27,935 58.9% 1,818 47,403 R+21.7
Sumter 14,060 33.6% 25,845 61.8% 1,920 41,825 R+28.2
Flagler 14,430 43.1% 17,711 52.9% 1,335 33,476 R+9.8
Highlands 11,143 37.3% 17,171 57.5% 1,533 29,847 R+20.2
Nassau 7,683 28.6% 18,275 68.1% 863 26,821 R+39.5
Monroe 12,577 48.1% 12,608 48.3% 945 26,130 R+0.1
Putnam 8,237 38.4% 12,438 58.0% 767 21,442 R+19.6
Columbia 7,068 37.4% 11,089 58.7% 748 18,905 R+21.3
Walton 5,072 26.9% 12,744 67.5% 1,060 18,876 R+40.6
Gadsden 12,067 72.3% 4,324 25.9% 307 16,698 D+46.4
Jackson 6,898 46.2% 7,420 49.7% 624 14,942 R+3.5
Suwannee 4,417 33.0% 8,355 62.3% 633 13,405 R+29.4
Levy 4,711 37.0% 7,405 58.2% 615 12,731 R+21.2
Wakulla 5,121 46.6% 5,439 49.5% 426 10,986 R+2.9
Okeechobee 3,375 41.1% 4,453 54.2% 387 8,215 R+13.1
Bradford 2,983 36.9% 4,850 60.1% 242 8,075 R+23.1
Washington 2,511 31.4% 4,993 62.4% 502 8,006 R+31.0
Baker 2,731 34.5% 4,940 62.3% 253 7,924 R+27.9
Desoto 2,887 41.8% 3,667 53.1% 352 6,906 R+11.3
Taylor 2,457 37.1% 3,910 59.0% 261 6,628 R+21.9
Hendry 2,743 42.1% 3,551 54.5% 223 6,517 R+12.4
Madison 3,281 52.2% 2,794 44.4% 211 6,286 D+7.7
Jefferson 3,606 58.0% 2,455 39.5% 159 6,220 D+18.5
Holmes 1,636 27.0% 4,067 67.2% 351 6,054 R+40.2
Gilchrist 1,797 33.4% 3,321 61.7% 264 5,382 R+28.3
Dixie 2,058 39.3% 2,810 53.6% 371 5,239 R+14.4
Hardee 1,881 36.0% 3,116 59.7% 223 5,220 R+23.7
Gulf 1,779 35.3% 2,960 58.8% 297 5,036 R+23.5
Calhoun 1,855 43.2% 2,201 51.2% 240 4,296 R+8.1
Franklin 1,945 47.9% 1,938 47.7% 178 4,061 D+0.2
Hamilton 1,865 46.7% 1,919 48.1% 207 3,991 R+1.4
Union 1,667 46.6% 1,781 49.8% 130 3,578 R+3.2
Glades 1,072 38.5% 1,616 58.0% 97 2,785 R+19.5
Lafayette 980 39.2% 1,405 56.2% 117 2,502 R+17.0
Liberty 1,050 47.8% 1,020 46.5% 125 2,195 D+1.4

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