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Election 1970 Results

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1970 US Senate election in Florida

Lawton Chiles (Democrat) beat William C. Cramer (Republican) in Florida in 1970, 53.9% to 46.1%, a margin of 7.7 points and 129,621 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1964, when Spessard L. Holland won.

Democrats led in 55 of the 67 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 12. The largest, Dade, cast 277,184 votes and went to the Democrat by 26.9 points. The closest was Brevard, where 47 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
Lawton Chiles won Democratic 902,438 53.9%
William C. Cramer Republican 772,817 46.1%
All other candidates 123 0.0%
Total1,675,378

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Dade 175,839 63.4% 101,310 36.5% 35 277,184 D+26.9
Pinellas 83,498 46.9% 94,575 53.1% 21 178,094 R+6.2
Broward 69,800 43.2% 91,735 56.8% 4 161,539 R+13.6
Duval 66,629 59.5% 45,267 40.5% 7 111,903 D+19.1
Hillsborough 59,498 55.2% 48,157 44.7% 36 107,691 D+10.5
Palm Beach 48,427 50.3% 47,753 49.6% 7 96,187 D+0.7
Orange 29,451 36.4% 51,502 63.6% 1 80,954 R+27.2
Brevard 27,788 50.0% 27,741 50.0% 2 55,531 D+0.1
Polk 33,146 61.0% 21,220 39.0% 1 54,367 D+21.9
Volusia 26,492 52.1% 24,341 47.9% 50,833 D+4.2
Escambia 31,283 64.3% 17,381 35.7% 48,664 D+28.6
Sarasota 13,687 35.4% 24,943 64.6% 2 38,632 R+29.1
Manatee 11,876 41.9% 16,457 58.1% 28,333 R+16.2
Lee 14,259 52.2% 13,039 47.8% 27,298 D+4.5
Leon 17,125 65.2% 9,145 34.8% 1 26,271 D+30.4
Alachua 16,206 72.2% 6,225 27.7% 3 22,434 D+44.5
Pasco 10,438 49.4% 10,694 50.6% 21,132 R+1.2
Seminole 7,848 40.6% 11,499 59.4% 19,347 R+18.9
Lake 6,220 33.7% 12,238 66.3% 18,458 R+32.6
Marion 8,889 54.5% 7,425 45.5% 16,314 D+9.0
Bay 9,428 61.3% 5,955 38.7% 15,383 D+22.6
Okaloosa 10,400 70.1% 4,427 29.9% 14,827 D+40.3
St. Lucie 7,032 54.6% 5,842 45.4% 12,874 D+9.2
Monroe 6,102 62.2% 3,712 37.8% 1 9,815 D+24.4
Indian River 4,443 46.1% 5,192 53.9% 9,635 R+7.8
Charlotte 4,976 51.7% 4,652 48.3% 1 9,629 D+3.4
Collier 4,479 46.9% 5,077 53.1% 9,556 R+6.3
Santa Rosa 6,156 67.0% 3,027 33.0% 9,183 D+34.1
St. Johns 4,268 53.7% 3,675 46.3% 7,943 D+7.5
Highlands 4,265 54.1% 3,622 45.9% 7,887 D+8.2
Martin 3,857 48.9% 4,025 51.1% 7,882 R+2.1
Putnam 4,449 59.3% 3,056 40.7% 7,505 D+18.6
Jackson 5,105 69.4% 2,251 30.6% 7,356 D+38.8
Osceola 2,834 39.2% 4,400 60.8% 7,234 R+21.6
Clay 3,878 56.9% 2,936 43.1% 6,814 D+13.8
Gadsden 4,525 73.2% 1,657 26.8% 6,182 D+46.4
Citrus 3,294 53.5% 2,866 46.5% 6,160 D+6.9
Columbia 4,063 68.9% 1,833 31.1% 5,896 D+37.8
Walton 3,525 73.2% 1,288 26.8% 4,813 D+46.5
Hernando 2,403 51.7% 2,241 48.3% 4,644 D+3.5
Suwannee 3,246 77.7% 930 22.3% 4,176 D+55.5
Nassau 2,614 63.3% 1,516 36.7% 4,130 D+26.6
Bradford 2,908 74.0% 1,024 26.0% 3,932 D+47.9
Taylor 2,316 71.5% 924 28.5% 3,240 D+43.0
Washington 2,325 72.6% 878 27.4% 3,203 D+45.2
Holmes 2,461 77.0% 737 23.0% 3,198 D+53.9
Sumter 1,950 61.8% 1,203 38.2% 3,153 D+23.7
Madison 2,261 72.5% 858 27.5% 3,119 D+45.0
Hardee 1,792 58.5% 1,272 41.5% 3,064 D+17.0
De Soto 1,800 63.3% 1,041 36.6% 1 2,842 D+26.7
Levy 1,955 70.0% 838 30.0% 2,793 D+40.0
Gulf 2,010 73.4% 727 26.6% 2,737 D+46.9
Jefferson 1,607 72.3% 616 27.7% 2,223 D+44.6
Hendry 1,374 65.1% 736 34.9% 2,110 D+30.2
Franklin 1,525 74.0% 536 26.0% 2,061 D+48.0
Calhoun 1,551 76.4% 479 23.6% 2,030 D+52.8
Okeechobee 1,302 69.2% 579 30.8% 1,881 D+38.4
Baker 1,243 70.1% 531 29.9% 1,774 D+40.1
Wakulla 1,135 66.8% 565 33.2% 1,700 D+33.5
Hamilton 1,194 71.9% 466 28.1% 1,660 D+43.9
Dixie 1,347 83.0% 275 17.0% 1,622 D+66.1
Flagler 754 60.8% 486 39.2% 1,240 D+21.6
Liberty 825 72.4% 314 27.6% 1,139 D+44.9
Union 887 79.3% 231 20.7% 1,118 D+58.7
Gilchrist 860 80.4% 209 19.6% 1,069 D+60.9
Lafayette 760 74.3% 263 25.7% 1,023 D+48.6
Glades 555 73.3% 202 26.7% 757 D+46.6

Counties as they stood in 1970; 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