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Election 1940 Results

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1940 US Senate election in Florida

Charles O. Andrews (Democrat) won in Florida in 1940 with 100.0% of the vote and no opponent from the other main party.

The Democratic hold continued from 1934, when Park Trammell won.

Democrats led in 67 of the 67 counties as they stood then. The largest, Dade, cast 56,533 votes and went to the Democrat by 100.0 points. The closest was Glades, where 346 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

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Charles O. Andrews won	Democratic	323,216	100.0%
Total		323,216

Every county

County	Democrat	Total	Margin
Dade	56,533 100.0%	56,533	D+100.0
Duval	42,237 100.0%	42,237	D+100.0
Hillsborough	31,663 100.0%	31,663	D+100.0
Pinellas	21,835 100.0%	21,835	D+100.0
Polk	14,585 100.0%	14,585	D+100.0
Orange	13,651 100.0%	13,651	D+100.0
Palm Beach	13,206 100.0%	13,206	D+100.0
Volusia	10,872 100.0%	10,872	D+100.0
Escambia	9,437 100.0%	9,437	D+100.0
Broward	6,561 100.0%	6,561	D+100.0
Leon	5,526 100.0%	5,526	D+100.0
Alachua	5,439 100.0%	5,439	D+100.0
Lake	5,222 100.0%	5,222	D+100.0
Manatee	4,955 100.0%	4,955	D+100.0
Marion	4,096 100.0%	4,096	D+100.0
Brevard	3,804 100.0%	3,804	D+100.0
Jackson	3,498 100.0%	3,498	D+100.0
Seminole	3,156 100.0%	3,156	D+100.0
Putnam	2,921 100.0%	2,921	D+100.0
Lee	2,889 100.0%	2,889	D+100.0
St. Johns	2,871 100.0%	2,871	D+100.0
Sarasota	2,800 100.0%	2,800	D+100.0
Bay	2,786 100.0%	2,786	D+100.0
Pasco	2,568 100.0%	2,568	D+100.0
Walton	2,546 100.0%	2,546	D+100.0
Osceola	2,221 100.0%	2,221	D+100.0
Monroe	2,158 100.0%	2,158	D+100.0
Holmes	1,987 100.0%	1,987	D+100.0
St. Lucie	1,950 100.0%	1,950	D+100.0
Okaloosa	1,923 100.0%	1,923	D+100.0
Gadsden	1,869 100.0%	1,869	D+100.0
Columbia	1,827 100.0%	1,827	D+100.0
Suwannee	1,807 100.0%	1,807	D+100.0
Highlands	1,789 100.0%	1,789	D+100.0
Hardee	1,762 100.0%	1,762	D+100.0
Madison	1,677 100.0%	1,677	D+100.0
Nassau	1,457 100.0%	1,457	D+100.0
Levy	1,414 100.0%	1,414	D+100.0
Indian River	1,383 100.0%	1,383	D+100.0
Santa Rosa	1,320 100.0%	1,320	D+100.0
Washington	1,272 100.0%	1,272	D+100.0
De Soto	1,196 100.0%	1,196	D+100.0
Sumter	1,136 100.0%	1,136	D+100.0
Taylor	989 100.0%	989	D+100.0
Hernando	976 100.0%	976	D+100.0
Martin	962 100.0%	962	D+100.0
Citrus	905 100.0%	905	D+100.0
Clay	884 100.0%	884	D+100.0
Hendry	848 100.0%	848	D+100.0
Gulf	805 100.0%	805	D+100.0
Charlotte	803 100.0%	803	D+100.0
Hamilton	783 100.0%	783	D+100.0
Wakulla	782 100.0%	782	D+100.0
Franklin	761 100.0%	761	D+100.0
Bradford	758 100.0%	758	D+100.0
Union	716 100.0%	716	D+100.0
Dixie	709 100.0%	709	D+100.0
Calhoun	698 100.0%	698	D+100.0
Okeechobee	677 100.0%	677	D+100.0
Lafayette	676 100.0%	676	D+100.0
Jefferson	645 100.0%	645	D+100.0
Baker	628 100.0%	628	D+100.0
Flagler	558 100.0%	558	D+100.0
Collier	532 100.0%	532	D+100.0
Gilchrist	515 100.0%	515	D+100.0
Liberty	455 100.0%	455	D+100.0
Glades	346 100.0%	346	D+100.0

Counties as they stood in 1940; 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.

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Year	Winner	Margin
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

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