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Election 2018 Results

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2018 Florida governor election

Ron Desantis (Republican) beat Andrew Gillum (Democrat) in Florida in 2018, 49.5% to 49.1%, a margin of 0.4 points and 32,429 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 2014, when Rick Scott won.

Republicans led in 54 of the 67 counties and Democrats in 13. The largest, Miami-Dade, cast 799,975 votes and went to the Democrat by 20.9 points. The closest was Jefferson, where 501 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
Ron Desantis won Republican 4,076,521 49.5%
Andrew Gillum Democratic 4,044,092 49.1%
All other candidates 107,625 1.3%
Total8,228,238

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Miami-Dade 479,197 59.9% 311,792 39.0% 8,986 799,975 D+20.9
Broward 482,152 67.9% 222,012 31.3% 5,412 709,576 D+36.7
Palm Beach 341,409 58.2% 241,016 41.1% 4,594 587,019 D+17.1
Hillsborough 281,598 53.8% 234,835 44.9% 7,037 523,470 D+8.9
Orange 296,297 62.2% 174,253 36.6% 5,635 476,185 D+25.6
Pinellas 220,826 50.7% 207,667 47.7% 7,309 435,802 D+3.0
Duval 196,612 51.7% 179,902 47.3% 3,673 380,187 D+4.4
Lee 111,198 38.4% 174,078 60.1% 4,511 289,787 R+21.7
Brevard 114,921 40.8% 162,213 57.5% 4,780 281,914 R+16.8
Polk 104,045 42.5% 136,717 55.8% 4,105 244,867 R+13.3
Volusia 100,486 43.9% 124,811 54.5% 3,703 229,000 R+10.6
Pasco 86,382 40.9% 120,754 57.2% 4,074 211,210 R+16.3
Sarasota 95,014 45.0% 113,261 53.6% 2,927 211,202 R+8.6
Seminole 100,201 50.2% 96,630 48.5% 2,591 199,422 D+1.8
Manatee 67,615 41.4% 93,235 57.0% 2,631 163,481 R+15.7
Collier 53,594 34.5% 100,303 64.5% 1,640 155,537 R+30.0
Lake 60,289 38.9% 92,633 59.7% 2,216 155,138 R+20.8
Marion 57,388 37.0% 94,897 61.2% 2,713 154,998 R+24.2
Leon 88,770 63.3% 49,947 35.6% 1,615 140,332 D+27.7
St. Johns 46,208 35.3% 83,664 63.8% 1,213 131,085 R+28.6
Escambia 52,835 40.8% 74,718 57.7% 1,899 129,452 R+16.9
St. Lucie 63,606 51.2% 58,994 47.5% 1,539 124,139 D+3.7
Alachua 72,701 63.0% 41,285 35.8% 1,333 115,319 D+27.2
Osceola 68,721 59.7% 44,634 38.8% 1,773 115,128 D+20.9
Clay 28,151 30.1% 64,404 68.8% 998 93,553 R+38.8
Charlotte 31,248 36.0% 54,102 62.3% 1,546 86,896 R+26.3
Okaloosa 22,408 26.7% 59,940 71.4% 1,611 83,959 R+44.7
Hernando 29,431 36.5% 49,674 61.5% 1,631 80,736 R+25.1
Martin 29,148 37.5% 47,849 61.5% 821 77,818 R+24.0
Santa Rosa 18,207 24.1% 56,148 74.2% 1,285 75,640 R+50.2
Sumter 21,843 29.3% 51,801 69.6% 803 74,447 R+40.2
Indian River 28,460 38.3% 44,924 60.5% 917 74,301 R+22.2
Citrus 21,197 29.9% 47,729 67.3% 2,029 70,955 R+37.4
Bay 16,757 26.4% 45,709 72.1% 935 63,401 R+45.7
Flagler 21,183 40.1% 30,951 58.5% 729 52,863 R+18.5
Nassau 11,472 26.3% 31,703 72.7% 414 43,589 R+46.4
Highlands 12,783 32.1% 26,285 66.0% 741 39,809 R+33.9
Monroe 17,176 47.5% 18,508 51.2% 468 36,152 R+3.7
Walton 7,019 23.1% 22,925 75.5% 410 30,354 R+52.4
Putnam 9,011 32.0% 18,721 66.5% 415 28,147 R+34.5
Columbia 7,108 28.6% 17,425 70.1% 338 24,871 R+41.5
Gadsden 13,718 68.4% 6,204 30.9% 146 20,068 D+37.4
Levy 4,718 27.6% 12,084 70.7% 301 17,103 R+43.1
Jackson 5,019 31.4% 10,771 67.4% 198 15,988 R+36.0
Suwannee 3,450 21.7% 12,234 76.9% 231 15,915 R+55.2
Wakulla 4,194 29.5% 9,802 68.8% 245 14,241 R+39.4
Okeechobee 3,306 29.4% 7,730 68.7% 218 11,254 R+39.3
Baker 1,760 16.7% 8,688 82.4% 98 10,546 R+65.7
Bradford 2,671 25.4% 7,698 73.2% 144 10,513 R+47.8
Washington 1,865 20.6% 7,017 77.5% 178 9,060 R+56.9
Desoto 3,058 34.3% 5,663 63.5% 193 8,914 R+29.2
Hendry 3,516 39.6% 5,177 58.3% 189 8,882 R+18.7
Taylor 1,877 23.6% 5,942 74.7% 131 7,950 R+51.1
Madison 3,237 42.4% 4,347 57.0% 48 7,632 R+14.5
Gilchrist 1,282 17.4% 5,975 81.1% 114 7,371 R+63.7
Jefferson 3,376 45.8% 3,877 52.6% 115 7,368 R+6.8
Holmes 737 10.9% 5,940 87.6% 104 6,781 R+76.7
Hardee 1,802 28.1% 4,485 70.0% 117 6,404 R+41.9
Gulf 1,511 25.6% 4,265 72.3% 124 5,900 R+46.7
Dixie 1,007 17.4% 4,662 80.3% 135 5,804 R+63.0
Franklin 1,794 33.0% 3,516 64.6% 131 5,441 R+31.6
Union 973 20.0% 3,842 78.8% 59 4,874 R+58.9
Calhoun 923 20.0% 3,576 77.6% 112 4,611 R+57.5
Hamilton 1,591 34.9% 2,908 63.8% 57 4,556 R+28.9
Glades 1,095 28.5% 2,647 69.0% 96 3,838 R+40.4
Lafayette 419 14.8% 2,363 83.6% 44 2,826 R+68.8
Liberty 526 19.6% 2,059 76.8% 97 2,682 R+57.2

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