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Election 1976 Results

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1976 US Senate election in Florida

Lawton Chiles (Democrat) beat John Grady (Republican) in Florida in 1976, 63.0% to 37.0%, a margin of 26.0 points and 741,632 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1970, when Lawton Chiles also won.

Democrats led in 66 of the 67 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 1. The largest, Dade, cast 444,324 votes and went to the Democrat by 37.2 points. The closest was Martin, where 20 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 1,799,518 63.0%
John Grady Republican 1,057,886 37.0%
All other candidates 130 0.0%
Total2,857,534

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Dade 304,770 68.6% 139,501 31.4% 53 444,324 D+37.2
Broward 199,146 62.7% 118,450 37.3% 28 317,624 D+25.4
Pinellas 156,910 57.5% 115,794 42.5% 8 272,712 D+15.1
Palm Beach 101,647 56.0% 79,988 44.0% 7 181,642 D+11.9
Hillsborough 117,891 70.8% 48,575 29.2% 166,466 D+41.6
Duval 105,674 64.7% 57,702 35.3% 18 163,394 D+29.4
Orange 73,954 61.6% 46,175 38.4% 1 120,130 D+23.1
Brevard 57,141 65.0% 30,744 35.0% 87,885 D+30.0
Polk 57,767 65.8% 30,042 34.2% 1 87,810 D+31.6
Volusia 51,323 64.4% 28,376 35.6% 79,699 D+28.8
Escambia 48,676 65.7% 25,369 34.3% 74,045 D+31.5
Lee 35,421 53.6% 30,683 46.4% 66,104 D+7.2
Sarasota 34,067 53.1% 30,092 46.9% 64,159 D+6.2
Pasco 34,036 60.7% 22,037 39.3% 56,073 D+21.4
Manatee 28,052 55.4% 22,546 44.6% 50,598 D+10.9
Leon 32,919 68.1% 15,384 31.8% 6 48,309 D+36.3
Seminole 23,778 58.2% 17,043 41.8% 40,821 D+16.5
Alachua 32,348 80.6% 7,809 19.4% 40,157 D+61.1
Lake 17,558 54.3% 14,771 45.7% 32,329 D+8.6
Okaloosa 20,037 63.1% 11,716 36.9% 31,753 D+26.2
Marion 17,309 56.1% 13,570 43.9% 30,879 D+12.1
Bay 16,460 61.3% 10,371 38.7% 26,831 D+22.7
Collier 10,554 48.3% 11,308 51.7% 1 21,863 R+3.4
St. Lucie 11,562 54.3% 9,730 45.7% 21,292 D+8.6
Charlotte 10,552 53.7% 9,108 46.3% 19,660 D+7.3
Martin 9,340 50.1% 9,320 49.9% 18,660 D+0.1
Monroe 11,856 69.0% 5,316 31.0% 17,172 D+38.1
Indian River 8,860 52.2% 8,110 47.8% 16,970 D+4.4
Santa Rosa 10,719 65.6% 5,630 34.4% 16,349 D+31.1
Citrus 9,912 60.7% 6,422 39.3% 16,334 D+21.4
Clay 9,500 60.0% 6,345 40.0% 15,845 D+19.9
Highlands 7,764 53.7% 6,688 46.3% 1 14,453 D+7.4
Putnam 9,309 68.0% 4,390 32.0% 13,699 D+35.9
Osceola 7,855 59.6% 5,320 40.4% 13,175 D+19.2
St. Johns 7,497 57.0% 5,660 43.0% 4 13,161 D+14.0
Hernando 7,970 64.3% 4,433 35.7% 12,403 D+28.5
Jackson 7,351 66.3% 3,734 33.7% 11,085 D+32.6
Columbia 6,819 70.7% 2,830 29.3% 9,649 D+41.3
Gadsden 6,440 71.3% 2,589 28.7% 9,029 D+42.7
Nassau 5,687 69.1% 2,548 30.9% 8,235 D+38.1
Walton 5,592 72.5% 2,124 27.5% 7,716 D+44.9
Suwannee 4,383 66.1% 2,251 33.9% 6,634 D+32.1
Sumter 4,342 71.8% 1,703 28.2% 6,045 D+43.7
Levy 4,173 76.1% 1,309 23.9% 1 5,483 D+52.2
Bradford 4,103 75.0% 1,367 25.0% 5,470 D+50.0
Washington 3,750 69.1% 1,674 30.9% 5,424 D+38.3
Taylor 3,530 70.0% 1,512 30.0% 5,042 D+40.0
Hardee 2,842 59.7% 1,919 40.3% 4,761 D+19.4
Holmes 3,392 71.2% 1,369 28.8% 4,761 D+42.5
Okeechobee 2,876 67.5% 1,383 32.5% 4,259 D+35.1
De Soto 2,822 67.1% 1,381 32.9% 4,203 D+34.3
Hendry 2,098 52.8% 1,878 47.2% 3,976 D+5.5
Gulf 2,691 70.4% 1,133 29.6% 3,824 D+40.7
Madison 2,321 64.3% 1,287 35.7% 3,608 D+28.7
Baker 2,572 72.0% 1,000 28.0% 3,572 D+44.0
Wakulla 2,126 59.7% 1,438 40.3% 3,564 D+19.3
Jefferson 2,236 67.7% 1,066 32.3% 3,302 D+35.4
Calhoun 2,332 72.4% 890 27.6% 3,222 D+44.8
Flagler 2,145 69.7% 930 30.2% 1 3,076 D+39.5
Dixie 2,328 86.6% 359 13.4% 2,687 D+73.3
Franklin 1,824 70.4% 768 29.6% 2,592 D+40.7
Hamilton 1,813 72.9% 673 27.1% 2,486 D+45.9
Gilchrist 1,982 85.6% 333 14.4% 2,315 D+71.2
Union 1,470 77.2% 433 22.8% 1,903 D+54.5
Glades 1,295 68.2% 603 31.8% 1,898 D+36.5
Liberty 1,161 70.9% 476 29.1% 1,637 D+41.8
Lafayette 888 68.5% 408 31.5% 1,296 D+37.0

Counties as they stood in 1976; 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