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Election 1986 Results

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1986 US Senate election in Florida

Bob Graham (Democrat) beat Paula Hawkins (Republican) in Florida in 1986, 54.7% to 45.3%, a margin of 9.5 points and 325,167 votes.

Florida changed party: in 1980 it went Republican, for Paula Hawkins.

Democrats led in 44 of the 67 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 23. The largest, Dade, cast 412,334 votes and went to the Democrat by 11.8 points. The closest was Okeechobee, where 9 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
Bob Graham won Democratic 1,877,543 54.7%
Paula Hawkins Republican 1,552,376 45.3%
All other candidates 77 0.0%
Total3,429,996

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Dade 230,515 55.9% 181,819 44.1% 412,334 D+11.8
Broward 227,877 61.9% 139,978 38.1% 367,855 D+23.9
Pinellas 179,969 58.4% 128,090 41.6% 308,059 D+16.8
Palm Beach 146,779 57.8% 107,250 42.2% 254,029 D+15.6
Hillsborough 125,813 62.5% 75,609 37.5% 3 201,425 D+24.9
Duval 88,537 56.5% 68,156 43.5% 156,693 D+13.0
Orange 70,798 51.6% 66,501 48.4% 4 137,303 D+3.1
Brevard 59,636 51.0% 57,392 49.0% 1 117,029 D+1.9
Sarasota 43,431 42.8% 58,116 57.2% 22 101,569 R+14.5
Lee 44,224 44.0% 56,351 56.0% 8 100,583 R+12.1
Polk 58,101 58.4% 41,339 41.6% 99,440 D+16.9
Volusia 55,353 57.4% 41,096 42.6% 4 96,453 D+14.8
Pasco 56,011 58.1% 40,347 41.9% 96,358 D+16.3
Manatee 33,718 49.9% 33,839 50.1% 67,557 R+0.2
Escambia 27,739 41.5% 39,140 58.5% 66,879 R+17.0
Seminole 29,828 50.2% 29,636 49.8% 59,464 D+0.3
Leon 35,918 67.3% 17,471 32.7% 19 53,408 D+34.5
Marion 25,021 51.8% 23,286 48.2% 2 48,309 D+3.6
Alachua 29,954 69.2% 13,338 30.8% 2 43,294 D+38.4
Lake 20,934 50.4% 20,586 49.6% 41,520 D+0.8
Collier 13,606 37.7% 22,485 62.3% 36,091 R+24.6
St. Lucie 17,179 47.8% 18,769 52.2% 35,948 R+4.4
Charlotte 14,466 41.3% 20,522 58.7% 34,988 R+17.3
Okaloosa 11,944 34.3% 22,862 65.7% 34,806 R+31.4
Hernando 18,902 54.9% 15,514 45.1% 34,416 D+9.8
Martin 14,331 43.0% 18,976 57.0% 33,307 R+13.9
Citrus 15,978 53.6% 13,815 46.4% 29,793 D+7.3
Bay 12,457 42.2% 17,096 57.8% 29,553 R+15.7
Indian River 12,259 45.9% 14,424 54.1% 26,683 R+8.1
Clay 11,017 47.2% 12,314 52.8% 23,331 R+5.6
Osceola 11,247 50.5% 11,008 49.5% 22,255 D+1.1
Highlands 11,170 52.6% 10,062 47.4% 21,232 D+5.2
Santa Rosa 6,730 32.7% 13,872 67.3% 20,602 R+34.7
St. Johns 9,568 47.8% 10,433 52.2% 20,001 R+4.3
Monroe 8,742 44.6% 10,840 55.4% 19,582 R+10.7
Putnam 9,147 57.0% 6,898 43.0% 16,045 D+14.0
Jackson 5,466 50.1% 5,438 49.9% 10,904 D+0.3
Columbia 6,100 56.8% 4,642 43.2% 1 10,743 D+13.6
Gadsden 6,642 67.3% 3,220 32.7% 9,862 D+34.7
Nassau 4,930 53.5% 4,290 46.5% 9,220 D+6.9
Walton 3,426 40.5% 5,023 59.5% 8,449 R+18.9
Sumter 4,744 58.8% 3,320 41.2% 8,064 D+17.7
Flagler 3,940 55.1% 3,216 44.9% 7,156 D+10.1
Levy 3,877 56.2% 3,026 43.8% 6,903 D+12.3
Suwannee 3,262 47.4% 3,618 52.6% 6,880 R+5.2
Bradford 3,497 61.1% 2,229 38.9% 5,726 D+22.1
De Soto 3,117 54.5% 2,607 45.5% 5,724 D+8.9
Okeechobee 2,841 49.9% 2,850 50.1% 5,691 R+0.2
Washington 2,515 47.8% 2,748 52.2% 5,263 R+4.4
Hendry 2,394 49.5% 2,445 50.5% 4,839 R+1.1
Holmes 1,966 42.8% 2,629 57.2% 4,595 R+14.4
Hardee 2,632 58.2% 1,894 41.8% 4,526 D+16.3
Taylor 2,669 59.6% 1,811 40.4% 4,480 D+19.2
Gulf 2,087 48.5% 2,217 51.5% 4,304 R+3.0
Madison 2,634 62.9% 1,552 37.1% 4,186 D+25.8
Baker 2,197 53.8% 1,875 45.9% 10 4,082 D+7.9
Wakulla 2,294 56.6% 1,757 43.4% 4,051 D+13.3
Dixie 2,419 63.8% 1,370 36.2% 3,789 D+27.7
Jefferson 2,275 66.1% 1,164 33.8% 1 3,440 D+32.3
Calhoun 1,663 53.0% 1,475 47.0% 3,138 D+6.0
Franklin 1,328 48.4% 1,417 51.6% 2,745 R+3.2
Gilchrist 1,757 65.6% 920 34.4% 2,677 D+31.3
Hamilton 1,404 58.2% 1,009 41.8% 2,413 D+16.4
Glades 1,226 52.6% 1,105 47.4% 2,331 D+5.2
Union 1,467 63.4% 846 36.6% 2,313 D+26.8
Lafayette 1,014 59.3% 695 40.7% 1,709 D+18.7
Liberty 861 53.8% 738 46.2% 1,599 D+7.7

Counties as they stood in 1986; 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