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Election 1982 Results

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1982 US Senate election in Florida

Lawton Chiles (Democrat) beat Van B. Poole (Republican) in Florida in 1982, 61.7% to 38.3%, a margin of 23.5 points and 622,337 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1976, when Lawton Chiles also won.

Democrats led in 60 of the 67 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 7. The largest, Dade, cast 346,826 votes and went to the Democrat by 42.4 points. The closest was Indian River, where 347 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 1,637,667 61.7%
Van B. Poole Republican 1,015,330 38.3%
All other candidates 422 0.0%
Total2,653,419

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Dade 246,908 71.2% 99,910 28.8% 8 346,826 D+42.4
Broward 204,317 65.9% 105,521 34.1% 30 309,868 D+31.9
Pinellas 148,701 57.3% 110,899 42.7% 109 259,709 D+14.6
Palm Beach 125,730 60.7% 81,503 39.3% 40 207,273 D+21.3
Hillsborough 98,954 67.3% 48,008 32.7% 22 146,984 D+34.7
Duval 78,481 68.7% 35,742 31.3% 9 114,232 D+37.4
Orange 57,571 54.7% 47,572 45.2% 20 105,163 D+9.5
Brevard 46,972 55.2% 38,052 44.7% 16 85,040 D+10.5
Lee 39,515 47.3% 43,980 52.7% 13 83,508 R+5.3
Sarasota 38,043 47.8% 41,490 52.2% 15 79,548 R+4.3
Pasco 45,729 59.6% 31,014 40.4% 8 76,751 D+19.2
Polk 49,201 66.3% 25,001 33.7% 7 74,209 D+32.6
Volusia 38,326 59.6% 26,021 40.4% 8 64,355 D+19.1
Manatee 26,549 52.7% 23,853 47.3% 8 50,410 D+5.3
Escambia 32,539 68.5% 14,971 31.5% 3 47,513 D+37.0
Seminole 21,166 48.9% 22,071 51.0% 8 43,245 R+2.1
Leon 29,424 72.5% 11,102 27.4% 32 40,558 D+45.2
Marion 19,125 58.3% 13,698 41.7% 4 32,827 D+16.5
Lake 16,021 51.0% 15,383 49.0% 2 31,406 D+2.0
Alachua 21,272 75.4% 6,939 24.6% 10 28,221 D+50.8
Collier 10,356 38.2% 16,725 61.8% 27,081 R+23.5
St. Lucie 14,481 55.3% 11,709 44.7% 2 26,192 D+10.6
Charlotte 12,486 47.8% 13,616 52.2% 1 26,103 R+4.3
Martin 12,073 47.7% 13,242 52.3% 3 25,318 R+4.6
Okaloosa 12,212 51.3% 11,567 48.6% 10 23,789 D+2.7
Hernando 12,379 60.2% 8,171 39.8% 20,550 D+20.5
Indian River 9,979 49.1% 10,326 50.9% 20,305 R+1.7
Citrus 11,949 59.9% 7,999 40.1% 1 19,949 D+19.8
Bay 10,792 56.3% 8,365 43.7% 19,157 D+12.7
Highlands 9,188 57.5% 6,794 42.5% 15,982 D+15.0
Monroe 10,039 66.4% 5,084 33.6% 15,123 D+32.8
Osceola 7,964 55.8% 6,319 44.2% 1 14,284 D+11.5
Santa Rosa 9,403 66.9% 4,647 33.0% 15 14,065 D+33.8
Clay 7,485 59.6% 5,069 40.4% 12,554 D+19.2
St. Johns 7,352 58.7% 5,173 41.3% 12,525 D+17.4
Putnam 7,602 68.6% 3,486 31.4% 1 11,089 D+37.1
Jackson 6,632 72.4% 2,526 27.6% 9,158 D+44.8
Gadsden 6,482 79.0% 1,720 21.0% 8,202 D+58.1
Columbia 5,309 70.1% 2,261 29.9% 7,570 D+40.3
Nassau 4,205 69.5% 1,846 30.5% 1 6,052 D+39.0
Walton 3,754 67.4% 1,819 32.6% 5,573 D+34.7
Suwannee 3,818 72.0% 1,481 27.9% 1 5,300 D+44.1
Levy 3,704 74.3% 1,283 25.7% 4,987 D+48.5
Sumter 3,425 68.8% 1,552 31.2% 1 4,978 D+37.6
Okeechobee 3,213 69.1% 1,436 30.9% 4,649 D+38.2
Flagler 2,855 61.6% 1,779 38.4% 4,634 D+23.2
Bradford 3,308 76.1% 1,037 23.9% 4,345 D+52.3
De Soto 2,707 64.0% 1,521 36.0% 4,228 D+28.1
Washington 2,751 65.2% 1,468 34.8% 4,219 D+30.4
Madison 3,165 76.9% 949 23.1% 4,114 D+53.9
Hendry 2,672 65.6% 1,399 34.4% 1 4,072 D+31.3
Taylor 2,990 74.5% 1,026 25.5% 4,016 D+48.9
Hardee 2,542 69.0% 1,141 31.0% 1 3,684 D+38.0
Holmes 2,408 66.4% 1,216 33.6% 3,624 D+32.9
Wakulla 2,419 71.6% 958 28.3% 3 3,380 D+43.2
Jefferson 2,290 75.6% 738 24.4% 3,028 D+51.3
Calhoun 2,190 78.9% 584 21.1% 2,774 D+57.9
Gulf 1,918 70.5% 801 29.5% 2,719 D+41.1
Baker 2,029 79.6% 520 20.4% 2,549 D+59.2
Dixie 1,796 84.6% 323 15.2% 3 2,122 D+69.4
Franklin 1,345 71.1% 547 28.9% 1,892 D+42.2
Gilchrist 1,460 78.7% 393 21.2% 2 1,855 D+57.5
Hamilton 1,373 75.5% 446 24.5% 1,819 D+51.0
Lafayette 1,346 79.6% 344 20.4% 1,690 D+59.3
Glades 1,105 67.1% 542 32.9% 1,647 D+34.2
Union 1,191 79.7% 301 20.1% 3 1,495 D+59.5
Liberty 981 73.6% 351 26.4% 1,332 D+47.3

Counties as they stood in 1982; 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