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Election 1980 Results

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1980 US Senate election in Florida

Paula Hawkins (Republican) beat Bill Gunter (Democrat) in Florida in 1980, 51.7% to 48.3%, a margin of 3.3 points and 117,051 votes.

Florida changed party: in 1974 it went Democratic, for Richard Stone.

Democrats led in 41 of the 67 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 26. The largest, Dade, cast 502,966 votes and went to the Democrat by 3.1 points. The closest was Hendry, where 63 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
Paula Hawkins won Republican 1,822,460 51.7%
Bill Gunter Democratic 1,705,409 48.3%
All other candidates 159 0.0%
Total3,528,028

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Dade 259,300 51.6% 243,652 48.4% 14 502,966 D+3.1
Broward 184,749 46.7% 210,849 53.3% 395,598 R+6.6
Pinellas 149,749 45.9% 176,409 54.1% 48 326,206 R+8.2
Palm Beach 108,487 43.5% 141,029 56.5% 1 249,517 R+13.0
Hillsborough 104,862 51.6% 98,458 48.4% 2 203,322 D+3.1
Duval 97,234 52.9% 86,725 47.1% 1 183,960 D+5.7
Orange 66,972 49.2% 69,232 50.8% 39 136,243 R+1.7
Brevard 54,340 47.8% 59,357 52.2% 9 113,706 R+4.4
Polk 48,507 48.3% 52,005 51.7% 1 100,513 R+3.5
Sarasota 38,815 39.2% 60,169 60.8% 1 98,985 R+21.6
Volusia 49,921 52.7% 44,769 47.3% 94,690 D+5.4
Pasco 40,943 47.5% 45,259 52.5% 86,202 R+5.0
Lee 32,759 38.1% 53,263 61.9% 7 86,029 R+23.8
Escambia 43,365 52.2% 39,659 47.8% 12 83,036 D+4.5
Manatee 27,930 43.1% 36,866 56.9% 64,796 R+13.8
Seminole 25,604 42.9% 34,137 57.1% 59,741 R+14.3
Leon 29,404 53.7% 25,296 46.2% 16 54,716 D+7.5
Alachua 29,153 60.5% 19,063 39.5% 6 48,222 D+20.9
Marion 19,542 48.6% 20,686 51.4% 40,228 R+2.8
Lake 17,241 43.3% 22,596 56.7% 39,837 R+13.4
Okaloosa 17,618 45.1% 21,426 54.9% 39,044 R+9.8
Collier 9,902 30.0% 23,050 69.9% 1 32,953 R+39.9
Bay 14,642 45.9% 17,276 54.1% 31,918 R+8.3
St. Lucie 12,579 43.4% 16,432 56.6% 29,011 R+13.3
Charlotte 10,841 38.2% 17,510 61.8% 28,351 R+23.5
Martin 10,846 39.0% 16,968 61.0% 1 27,815 R+22.0
Clay 10,209 43.7% 13,140 56.3% 23,349 R+12.6
Indian River 8,810 38.4% 14,140 61.6% 22,950 R+23.2
Citrus 11,126 51.3% 10,560 48.7% 21,686 D+2.6
Santa Rosa 11,040 53.1% 9,758 46.9% 20,798 D+6.2
Hernando 10,164 50.5% 9,965 49.5% 20,129 D+1.0
Monroe 8,769 44.6% 10,893 55.4% 19,662 R+10.8
Highlands 8,162 43.5% 10,606 56.5% 18,768 R+13.0
St. Johns 7,827 43.4% 10,191 56.6% 18,018 R+13.1
Osceola 7,806 46.0% 9,164 54.0% 16,970 R+8.0
Putnam 9,869 59.3% 6,762 40.7% 16,631 D+18.7
Jackson 8,112 62.5% 4,865 37.5% 12,977 D+25.0
Columbia 6,282 57.1% 4,729 42.9% 11,011 D+14.1
Gadsden 6,602 65.3% 3,508 34.7% 10,110 D+30.6
Nassau 5,652 56.5% 4,347 43.5% 9,999 D+13.1
Walton 5,385 61.5% 3,364 38.5% 8,749 D+23.1
Suwannee 5,651 70.5% 2,364 29.5% 8,015 D+41.0
Sumter 4,571 60.5% 2,988 39.5% 7,559 D+20.9
Levy 4,615 66.0% 2,381 34.0% 6,996 D+31.9
Washington 3,767 61.7% 2,343 38.3% 6,110 D+23.3
Bradford 3,894 64.1% 2,182 35.9% 6,076 D+28.2
De Soto 3,043 51.3% 2,887 48.7% 5,930 D+2.6
Holmes 3,640 62.4% 2,192 37.6% 5,832 D+24.8
Okeechobee 3,247 57.6% 2,395 42.4% 5,642 D+15.1
Taylor 3,684 67.1% 1,808 32.9% 5,492 D+34.2
Madison 3,772 69.8% 1,629 30.2% 5,401 D+39.7
Flagler 2,879 56.8% 2,186 43.2% 5,065 D+13.7
Hendry 2,486 49.4% 2,549 50.6% 5,035 R+1.3
Hardee 2,758 55.0% 2,252 45.0% 5,010 D+10.1
Baker 3,082 64.6% 1,687 35.4% 4,769 D+29.3
Gulf 2,818 63.1% 1,647 36.9% 4,465 D+26.2
Wakulla 2,157 53.6% 1,864 46.4% 4,021 D+7.3
Jefferson 2,286 62.2% 1,388 37.8% 3,674 D+24.4
Calhoun 2,127 61.7% 1,320 38.3% 3,447 D+23.4
Dixie 2,427 78.1% 680 21.9% 3,107 D+56.2
Franklin 1,886 61.9% 1,161 38.1% 3,047 D+23.8
Gilchrist 2,093 76.0% 660 24.0% 2,753 D+52.1
Hamilton 1,815 67.6% 871 32.4% 2,686 D+35.1
Union 1,578 66.2% 806 33.8% 2,384 D+32.4
Glades 1,357 57.7% 993 42.3% 2,350 D+15.5
Lafayette 1,442 76.9% 433 23.1% 1,875 D+53.8
Liberty 1,214 64.7% 661 35.3% 1,875 D+29.5

Counties as they stood in 1980; 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