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Election 1964 Results

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1964 US Senate election in Florida

Spessard L. Holland (Democrat) beat Claude E. Kirk Jr. (Republican) in Florida in 1964, 63.9% to 36.0%, a margin of 27.9 points and 435,373 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1958, when Spessard L. Holland also won.

Democrats led in 66 of the 67 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 1. The largest, Dade, cast 264,834 votes and went to the Democrat by 31.9 points. The closest was Glades, where 441 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
Spessard L. Holland won Democratic 997,585 63.9%
Claude E. Kirk Jr. Republican 562,212 36.0%
All other candidates 540 0.0%
Total1,560,337

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Dade 174,548 65.9% 90,080 34.0% 206 264,834 D+31.9
Pinellas 96,571 59.6% 65,414 40.4% 35 162,020 D+19.2
Broward 71,832 53.9% 61,411 46.1% 12 133,255 D+7.8
Duval 89,769 68.3% 41,577 31.7% 15 131,361 D+36.7
Hillsborough 71,702 69.5% 31,342 30.4% 55 103,099 D+39.1
Palm Beach 48,558 58.6% 34,291 41.4% 82,849 D+17.2
Orange 51,235 65.1% 27,401 34.8% 7 78,643 D+30.3
Polk 36,254 66.0% 18,659 34.0% 3 54,916 D+32.0
Volusia 31,568 62.6% 18,839 37.4% 23 50,430 D+25.2
Escambia 30,042 64.6% 16,423 35.3% 6 46,471 D+29.3
Brevard 28,560 64.6% 15,666 35.4% 17 44,243 D+29.1
Sarasota 15,772 48.2% 16,934 51.8% 32,706 R+3.6
Manatee 15,823 59.8% 10,631 40.2% 26,454 D+19.6
Leon 14,906 70.2% 6,276 29.5% 57 21,239 D+40.6
Lee 12,117 60.8% 7,807 39.2% 19,924 D+21.6
Alachua 13,018 70.0% 5,512 29.6% 72 18,602 D+40.4
Lake 10,860 61.4% 6,840 38.6% 17,700 D+22.7
Bay 10,572 61.7% 6,565 38.3% 17,137 D+23.4
Seminole 11,098 67.0% 5,474 33.0% 2 16,574 D+33.9
Okaloosa 11,031 73.4% 3,998 26.6% 15,029 D+46.8
Marion 9,161 62.9% 5,401 37.1% 4 14,566 D+25.8
Pasco 8,404 61.0% 5,366 39.0% 1 13,771 D+22.1
St. Lucie 7,823 60.4% 5,131 39.6% 3 12,957 D+20.8
Monroe 7,785 74.0% 2,734 26.0% 4 10,523 D+48.0
Indian River 5,890 59.4% 4,024 40.6% 9,914 D+18.8
St. Johns 5,047 55.6% 4,025 44.4% 9,072 D+11.3
Santa Rosa 5,235 66.5% 2,634 33.5% 1 7,870 D+33.0
Charlotte 4,537 58.3% 3,248 41.7% 7,785 D+16.6
Jackson 5,096 65.5% 2,683 34.5% 7,779 D+31.0
Putnam 5,530 73.1% 2,030 26.8% 1 7,561 D+46.3
Highlands 4,401 61.2% 2,786 38.8% 7,187 D+22.5
Osceola 4,645 66.4% 2,351 33.6% 6,996 D+32.8
Gadsden 5,044 73.7% 1,800 26.3% 1 6,845 D+47.4
Martin 4,064 59.8% 2,731 40.2% 3 6,798 D+19.6
Clay 3,961 69.5% 1,740 30.5% 1 5,702 D+39.0
Collier 3,255 57.9% 2,370 42.1% 5,625 D+15.7
Walton 3,482 71.2% 1,406 28.8% 4,888 D+42.5
Columbia 3,292 71.0% 1,343 29.0% 4,635 D+42.0
Suwannee 3,776 82.5% 802 17.5% 4,578 D+65.0
Nassau 3,336 75.8% 1,065 24.2% 4,401 D+51.6
Citrus 2,743 69.6% 1,197 30.4% 3,940 D+39.2
Hernando 2,510 67.4% 1,214 32.6% 3,724 D+34.8
Taylor 3,035 82.4% 649 17.6% 3,684 D+64.8
Holmes 2,241 62.6% 1,339 37.4% 3,580 D+25.2
Hardee 2,766 78.1% 777 21.9% 3,543 D+56.1
Bradford 2,558 76.5% 783 23.4% 2 3,343 D+53.1
Madison 2,449 74.6% 831 25.3% 1 3,281 D+49.3
De Soto 2,432 77.1% 719 22.8% 2 3,153 D+54.3
Gulf 2,303 74.9% 770 25.1% 3,073 D+49.9
Washington 2,066 67.8% 979 32.2% 3,045 D+35.7
Sumter 2,142 77.2% 634 22.8% 2,776 D+54.3
Levy 2,071 82.6% 437 17.4% 2,508 D+65.2
Hendry 1,859 76.5% 572 23.5% 2,431 D+52.9
Franklin 1,758 78.7% 471 21.1% 4 2,233 D+57.6
Calhoun 1,744 80.1% 432 19.9% 2,176 D+60.3
Jefferson 1,590 78.2% 444 21.8% 2,034 D+56.3
Hamilton 1,488 80.3% 366 19.7% 1,854 D+60.5
Okeechobee 1,407 77.7% 403 22.3% 1,810 D+55.5
Wakulla 1,052 66.1% 539 33.9% 1,591 D+32.2
Baker 1,284 81.8% 285 18.2% 1,569 D+63.7
Dixie 1,214 83.9% 233 16.1% 1,447 D+67.8
Flagler 1,016 76.3% 315 23.7% 1,331 D+52.7
Union 1,052 85.7% 175 14.3% 1,227 D+71.5
Liberty 811 70.9% 333 29.1% 1,144 D+41.8
Lafayette 880 82.0% 193 18.0% 1,073 D+64.0
Gilchrist 890 87.2% 129 12.6% 2 1,021 D+74.5
Glades 624 77.3% 183 22.7% 807 D+54.6

Counties as they stood in 1964; 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