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Election 1974 Results

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1974 US Senate election in Florida

Richard Stone (Democrat) beat Jack Eckerd (Republican) in Florida in 1974, 43.4% to 40.9%, a margin of 2.5 points and 44,357 votes.

Florida changed party: in 1968 it went Republican, for Edward J. Gurney.

Democrats led in 42 of the 67 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 23 and other candidates in 2. The largest, Dade, cast 277,403 votes and went to the Democrat by 33.0 points. The closest was Liberty, where 18 votes separated the top two.

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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
Richard Stone won Democratic 781,031 43.4%
Jack Eckerd Republican 736,674 40.9%
John Grady American Independent 282,659 15.7%
All other candidates 175 0.0%
Total1,800,539

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Dade 171,312 61.8% 79,879 28.8% 26,212 277,403 D+33.0
Pinellas 71,663 37.0% 105,625 54.5% 16,442 193,730 R+17.5
Broward 94,586 49.5% 73,882 38.6% 22,762 191,230 D+10.8
Palm Beach 52,474 40.6% 47,041 36.4% 29,730 129,245 D+4.2
Duval 43,507 46.1% 37,818 40.1% 13,028 94,353 D+6.0
Hillsborough 36,419 38.9% 44,900 47.9% 12,375 93,694 R+9.1
Orange 29,450 37.3% 36,189 45.8% 13,357 78,996 R+8.5
Brevard 21,734 36.5% 27,602 46.3% 10,238 59,574 R+9.8
Volusia 22,321 43.3% 20,724 40.2% 8,490 51,535 D+3.1
Polk 16,365 32.7% 22,856 45.6% 10,880 50,101 R+13.0
Sarasota 12,422 26.4% 28,881 61.3% 5,806 47,109 R+34.9
Escambia 23,459 51.5% 12,759 28.0% 9,355 45,573 D+23.5
Lee 11,732 28.6% 17,855 43.6% 11,381 40,968 R+14.9
Pasco 14,416 36.8% 19,714 50.3% 5,096 39,226 R+13.5
Manatee 9,760 28.7% 19,045 56.0% 5,196 34,001 R+27.3
Leon 15,379 52.1% 7,359 24.9% 6,757 29,495 D+27.2
Seminole 8,947 36.9% 11,324 46.7% 3,985 24,256 R+9.8
Alachua 12,158 58.0% 7,095 33.8% 1,718 20,971 D+24.1
Lake 5,713 27.3% 11,586 55.4% 3,625 20,924 R+28.1
Marion 6,540 38.1% 5,000 29.1% 5,622 17,162 D+9.0
Okaloosa 7,016 42.8% 5,773 35.2% 3,618 16,407 D+7.6
Collier 3,339 21.8% 8,202 53.6% 3,774 15,315 R+31.8
Charlotte 4,131 27.6% 7,829 52.3% 2,999 14,959 R+24.7
Bay 5,306 36.8% 4,685 32.5% 4,422 14,413 D+4.3
St. Lucie 5,670 40.2% 6,143 43.6% 2,278 14,091 R+3.4
Martin 4,442 33.5% 6,113 46.1% 2,691 13,246 R+12.6
Indian River 4,101 35.0% 5,722 48.8% 1,900 11,723 R+13.8
Monroe 5,280 47.9% 4,294 38.9% 1,456 11,030 D+8.9
Citrus 3,911 38.8% 4,701 46.7% 1,463 10,075 R+7.8
Santa Rosa 4,252 44.6% 2,781 29.2% 2,492 9,525 D+15.4
Highlands 2,104 22.9% 4,394 47.9% 2,677 9,175 R+25.0
Osceola 2,910 34.4% 3,978 47.0% 1,569 8,457 R+12.6
Putnam 3,556 43.7% 2,292 28.2% 2,291 8,139 D+15.5
Hernando 2,596 34.3% 4,050 53.5% 922 7,568 R+19.2
St. Johns 2,376 33.0% 2,458 34.1% 2,370 7,204 R+1.1
Clay 2,880 41.8% 3,175 46.0% 840 6,895 R+4.3
Jackson 2,782 42.2% 1,634 24.8% 2,184 6,600 D+17.4
Gadsden 3,262 54.1% 1,466 24.3% 1,297 6,025 D+29.8
Columbia 2,050 38.8% 2,016 38.1% 1,222 5,288 D+0.6
Walton 2,149 47.9% 940 20.9% 1,401 4,490 D+26.9
Suwannee 1,504 39.5% 1,368 35.9% 934 3,806 D+3.6
Sumter 1,464 42.6% 1,184 34.5% 788 3,436 D+8.1
Nassau 1,635 49.3% 1,098 33.1% 583 3,316 D+16.2
Madison 1,660 50.7% 900 27.5% 711 3,271 D+23.2
Bradford 1,745 55.6% 923 29.4% 469 3,137 D+26.2
Washington 1,322 43.3% 792 25.9% 939 3,053 D+17.4
Taylor 1,171 39.9% 780 26.6% 983 2,934 D+13.3
Hardee 694 23.8% 920 31.6% 1,299 2,913 Others
De Soto 927 32.0% 1,091 37.7% 875 2,893 R+5.7
Levy 1,309 47.3% 859 31.0% 601 2,769 D+16.3
Gulf 1,151 44.5% 409 15.8% 1,028 2,588 D+28.7
Holmes 1,061 41.2% 630 24.4% 886 2,577 D+16.7
Hendry 708 30.0% 562 23.8% 1,089 2,359 Others
Wakulla 967 41.2% 567 24.2% 813 2,347 D+17.0
Jefferson 1,056 48.7% 578 26.6% 535 2,169 D+22.0
Okeechobee 867 40.6% 729 34.1% 539 2,135 D+6.5
Calhoun 964 46.2% 345 16.5% 777 2,086 D+29.7
Franklin 723 42.9% 438 26.0% 526 1,687 D+16.9
Flagler 790 52.5% 407 27.0% 308 1,505 D+25.4
Dixie 902 60.3% 304 20.3% 289 1,495 D+40.0
Baker 744 50.1% 402 27.1% 338 1,484 D+23.0
Hamilton 637 49.2% 458 35.4% 199 1,294 D+13.8
Union 713 61.8% 281 24.4% 159 1,153 D+37.5
Liberty 428 41.5% 193 18.7% 410 1,031 D+22.8
Glades 425 41.6% 221 21.6% 375 1,021 D+20.0
Gilchrist 617 62.6% 201 20.4% 167 985 D+42.2
Lafayette 377 40.8% 254 27.5% 293 924 D+13.3

Counties as they stood in 1974; 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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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