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Election 1968 Results

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1968 US Senate election in Florida

Edward J. Gurney (Republican) beat Leroy Collins (Democrat) in Florida in 1968, 55.9% to 44.1%, a margin of 11.8 points and 238,862 votes.

Florida changed party: in 1962 it went Democratic, for George A. Smathers.

Republicans led in 63 of the 67 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 4. The largest, Dade, cast 343,167 votes and went to the Democrat by 25.6 points. The closest was Flagler, where 159 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
Edward J. Gurney won Republican 1,131,499 55.9%
Leroy Collins Democratic 892,637 44.1%
Total2,024,136

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Dade 215,436 62.8% 127,731 37.2% 343,167 D+25.6
Pinellas 92,864 46.4% 107,395 53.6% 200,259 R+7.3
Broward 71,707 39.7% 109,058 60.3% 180,765 R+20.7
Duval 67,060 43.9% 85,867 56.1% 152,927 R+12.3
Hillsborough 68,618 51.3% 65,101 48.7% 133,719 D+2.6
Palm Beach 43,874 40.7% 63,955 59.3% 107,829 R+18.6
Orange 27,090 28.0% 69,496 72.0% 96,586 R+43.9
Brevard 22,975 31.5% 50,011 68.5% 72,986 R+37.0
Polk 25,975 37.0% 44,206 63.0% 70,181 R+26.0
Escambia 23,053 36.4% 40,296 63.6% 63,349 R+27.2
Volusia 30,127 47.6% 33,136 52.4% 63,263 R+4.8
Sarasota 17,990 40.5% 26,437 59.5% 44,427 R+19.0
Manatee 13,065 40.7% 19,036 59.3% 32,101 R+18.6
Leon 15,187 47.9% 16,537 52.1% 31,724 R+4.3
Lee 11,374 39.5% 17,442 60.5% 28,816 R+21.1
Alachua 13,642 52.7% 12,249 47.3% 25,891 D+5.4
Lake 5,629 24.4% 17,485 75.6% 23,114 R+51.3
Seminole 6,639 29.9% 15,569 70.1% 22,208 R+40.2
Bay 8,371 39.2% 12,997 60.8% 21,368 R+21.6
Pasco 7,890 39.6% 12,057 60.4% 19,947 R+20.9
Marion 6,815 34.3% 13,075 65.7% 19,890 R+31.5
Okaloosa 6,516 33.3% 13,035 66.7% 19,551 R+33.3
St. Lucie 6,426 41.2% 9,157 58.8% 15,583 R+17.5
Monroe 7,267 54.6% 6,054 45.4% 13,321 D+9.1
Indian River 4,551 38.8% 7,189 61.2% 11,740 R+22.5
Charlotte 4,561 42.3% 6,220 57.7% 10,781 R+15.4
Santa Rosa 2,952 28.1% 7,565 71.9% 10,517 R+43.9
Putnam 3,684 37.1% 6,249 62.9% 9,933 R+25.8
Highlands 3,803 39.6% 5,801 60.4% 9,604 R+20.8
St. Johns 3,015 31.5% 6,571 68.5% 9,586 R+37.1
Martin 3,669 39.8% 5,560 60.2% 9,229 R+20.5
Collier 3,501 38.2% 5,673 61.8% 9,174 R+23.7
Osceola 2,392 26.6% 6,612 73.4% 9,004 R+46.9
Jackson 2,546 28.3% 6,449 71.7% 8,995 R+43.4
Gadsden 3,410 41.2% 4,867 58.8% 8,277 R+17.6
Clay 2,777 34.1% 5,366 65.9% 8,143 R+31.8
Columbia 2,469 33.4% 4,914 66.6% 7,383 R+33.1
Walton 2,126 32.7% 4,371 67.3% 6,497 R+34.6
Citrus 2,574 39.7% 3,912 60.3% 6,486 R+20.6
Nassau 1,898 33.4% 3,788 66.6% 5,686 R+33.2
Suwannee 1,780 33.4% 3,557 66.6% 5,337 R+33.3
Hernando 1,886 37.8% 3,102 62.2% 4,988 R+24.4
Holmes 1,070 22.1% 3,766 77.9% 4,836 R+55.7
Taylor 1,702 36.1% 3,007 63.9% 4,709 R+27.7
Sumter 1,659 39.1% 2,589 60.9% 4,248 R+21.9
Madison 1,333 33.8% 2,612 66.2% 3,945 R+32.4
Bradford 1,319 33.8% 2,580 66.2% 3,899 R+32.3
De Soto 1,451 37.4% 2,424 62.6% 3,875 R+25.1
Hardee 1,078 28.2% 2,742 71.8% 3,820 R+43.6
Washington 1,015 28.8% 2,513 71.2% 3,528 R+42.5
Gulf 1,244 37.0% 2,122 63.0% 3,366 R+26.1
Levy 1,165 34.6% 2,201 65.4% 3,366 R+30.8
Hendry 1,173 39.6% 1,788 60.4% 2,961 R+20.8
Franklin 1,014 35.6% 1,837 64.4% 2,851 R+28.9
Calhoun 758 27.8% 1,964 72.2% 2,722 R+44.3
Okeechobee 988 36.7% 1,706 63.3% 2,694 R+26.7
Jefferson 997 37.8% 1,642 62.2% 2,639 R+24.4
Hamilton 849 37.5% 1,417 62.5% 2,266 R+25.1
Baker 738 33.2% 1,487 66.8% 2,225 R+33.7
Wakulla 598 27.9% 1,542 72.1% 2,140 R+44.1
Dixie 666 37.0% 1,132 63.0% 1,798 R+25.9
Liberty 426 28.6% 1,061 71.4% 1,487 R+42.7
Flagler 659 44.6% 818 55.4% 1,477 R+10.8
Union 446 31.3% 977 68.7% 1,423 R+37.3
Gilchrist 454 34.0% 882 66.0% 1,336 R+32.0
Lafayette 317 24.8% 959 75.2% 1,276 R+50.3
Glades 334 36.4% 583 63.6% 917 R+27.2

Counties as they stood in 1968; 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