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Election 1938 Results

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1938 US Senate election in Florida

Claude Pepper (Democrat) beat Thomas E. Swanson (Republican) in Florida in 1938, 82.4% to 17.6%, a margin of 64.9 points and 114,722 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1932, when Duncan U. Fletcher won.

Democrats led in 67 of the 67 counties as they stood then. The largest, Dade, cast 21,210 votes and went to the Democrat by 52.8 points. The closest was Glades, where 152 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.

Senate

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Claude Pepper won Democratic 145,757 82.4%
Thomas E. Swanson Republican 31,035 17.6%
Total176,792

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Dade 16,209 76.4% 5,001 23.6% 21,210 D+52.8
Pinellas 12,819 71.2% 5,181 28.8% 18,000 D+42.4
Duval 13,928 90.7% 1,433 9.3% 15,361 D+81.3
Hillsborough 9,027 86.5% 1,411 13.5% 10,438 D+73.0
Polk 6,502 79.3% 1,696 20.7% 8,198 D+58.6
Volusia 6,972 86.1% 1,127 13.9% 8,099 D+72.2
Orange 4,200 65.0% 2,258 35.0% 6,458 D+30.1
Palm Beach 4,921 81.0% 1,158 19.0% 6,079 D+61.9
Escambia 4,964 94.3% 299 5.7% 5,263 D+88.6
Broward 2,670 79.1% 706 20.9% 3,376 D+58.2
Alachua 2,690 89.9% 302 10.1% 2,992 D+79.8
Pasco 2,433 83.2% 491 16.8% 2,924 D+66.4
Lake 2,146 74.2% 746 25.8% 2,892 D+48.4
Manatee 2,181 76.8% 659 23.2% 2,840 D+53.6
Marion 2,429 88.7% 310 11.3% 2,739 D+77.4
St. Johns 2,114 78.4% 584 21.6% 2,698 D+56.7
Hardee 2,109 83.9% 404 16.1% 2,513 D+67.8
Seminole 1,807 76.4% 559 23.6% 2,366 D+52.7
Putnam 1,878 86.0% 305 14.0% 2,183 D+72.1
Leon 2,059 97.0% 63 3.0% 2,122 D+94.1
Brevard 1,481 71.3% 597 28.7% 2,078 D+42.5
Lee 1,739 83.7% 339 16.3% 2,078 D+67.4
Monroe 1,973 96.0% 82 4.0% 2,055 D+92.0
Okaloosa 1,756 92.3% 147 7.7% 1,903 D+84.6
Jackson 1,738 91.5% 161 8.5% 1,899 D+83.0
Sarasota 1,263 69.3% 559 30.7% 1,822 D+38.6
Bay 1,685 93.4% 120 6.6% 1,805 D+86.7
Osceola 1,324 77.3% 389 22.7% 1,713 D+54.6
Walton 1,550 92.5% 126 7.5% 1,676 D+85.0
Highlands 1,078 73.8% 383 26.2% 1,461 D+47.6
Santa Rosa 1,284 88.1% 173 11.9% 1,457 D+76.3
Holmes 1,155 86.3% 183 13.7% 1,338 D+72.6
Washington 1,192 89.6% 139 10.4% 1,331 D+79.1
Gadsden 1,112 93.1% 82 6.9% 1,194 D+86.3
St. Lucie 893 77.1% 265 22.9% 1,158 D+54.2
Suwannee 1,023 90.3% 110 9.7% 1,133 D+80.6
Levy 1,008 90.8% 102 9.2% 1,110 D+81.6
Sumter 932 92.8% 72 7.2% 1,004 D+85.7
De Soto 733 76.6% 224 23.4% 957 D+53.2
Columbia 857 93.0% 65 7.0% 922 D+85.9
Hamilton 851 92.3% 71 7.7% 922 D+84.6
Madison 850 93.9% 55 6.1% 905 D+87.8
Dixie 821 93.2% 60 6.8% 881 D+86.4
Taylor 722 82.5% 153 17.5% 875 D+65.0
Okeechobee 772 91.9% 68 8.1% 840 D+83.8
Bradford 750 91.7% 68 8.3% 818 D+83.4
Baker 723 89.3% 87 10.7% 810 D+78.5
Citrus 711 89.0% 88 11.0% 799 D+78.0
Clay 652 84.0% 124 16.0% 776 D+68.0
Nassau 652 85.1% 114 14.9% 766 D+70.2
Union 730 95.5% 34 4.5% 764 D+91.1
Martin 618 81.9% 137 18.1% 755 D+63.7
Indian River 554 73.9% 196 26.1% 750 D+47.7
Hernando 612 84.0% 117 16.0% 729 D+67.9
Hendry 536 77.8% 153 22.2% 689 D+55.6
Calhoun 632 92.7% 50 7.3% 682 D+85.3
Wakulla 661 98.7% 9 1.3% 670 D+97.3
Charlotte 533 80.0% 133 20.0% 666 D+60.1
Collier 593 93.2% 43 6.8% 636 D+86.5
Jefferson 488 92.4% 40 7.6% 528 D+84.8
Gulf 460 95.4% 22 4.6% 482 D+90.9
Lafayette 423 90.6% 44 9.4% 467 D+81.2
Franklin 428 96.8% 14 3.2% 442 D+93.7
Flagler 327 88.4% 43 11.6% 370 D+76.8
Gilchrist 332 93.3% 24 6.7% 356 D+86.5
Glades 222 76.0% 70 24.0% 292 D+52.1
Liberty 270 97.5% 7 2.5% 277 D+94.9

Counties as they stood in 1938; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Florida Senate elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Rick Scott (R) R+12.8
2022 Marco Rubio (R) R+16.3
2018 Rick Scott (R) R+0.1
2016 Marco Rubio (R) R+7.7
2012 Bill Nelson (D) D+13.0
2010 Marco Rubio (R) R+28.7
2006 Bill Nelson (D) D+22.2
2004 Mel Martinez (R) R+1.1
2000 Bill Nelson (D) D+4.9
1998 Bob Graham (D) D+24.9
1994 Connie Mack (R) R+41.0
1992 Bob Graham (D) D+30.8
1988 Connie Mack (R) R+0.8
1986 Bob Graham (D) D+9.5
1982 Lawton Chiles (D) D+23.5
1980 Paula Hawkins (R) R+3.3
1976 Lawton Chiles (D) D+26.0
1974 Richard Stone (D) D+2.5
1970 Lawton Chiles (D) D+7.7
1968 Edward J. Gurney (R) R+11.8
1964 Spessard L. Holland (D) D+27.9
1962 George A. Smathers (D) D+40.1
1958 Spessard L. Holland (D) D+42.5
1956 George A. Smathers (D) D+100.0
1952 Spessard L. Holland (D) D+100.0
1950 George A. Smathers (D) D+52.6
1946 Spessard L. Holland (D) D+57.3
1944 Claude Pepper (D) D+42.6
1940 Charles O. Andrews (D) D+100.0
1938 Claude Pepper (D) D+64.9
1934 Park Trammell (D) D+100.0
1932 Duncan U. Fletcher (D) D+100.0
1928 Park Trammell (D) D+37.1
1926 Duncan U. Fletcher (D) D+65.1
1922 Park Trammell (D) D+88.3
1920 Duncan U. Fletcher (D) D+43.5
1916 Park Trammell (D) D+70.4
1914 Duncan U. Fletcher (D) D+99.5