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Election 1988 Results

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1988 US Senate election in Florida

Connie Mack (Republican) beat Buddy Mackay (Democrat) in Florida in 1988, 50.4% to 49.6%, a margin of 0.8 points and 34,518 votes.

Florida changed party: in 1982 it went Democratic, for Lawton Chiles.

Democrats led in 35 of the 67 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 32. The largest, Dade, cast 426,787 votes and went to the Democrat by 5.7 points. The closest was De Soto, where 69 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
Connie Mack won Republican 2,051,071 50.4%
Buddy Mackay Democratic 2,016,553 49.6%
All other candidates 585 0.0%
Total4,068,209

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Dade 225,456 52.8% 201,331 47.2% 426,787 D+5.7
Broward 239,490 58.3% 171,290 41.7% 410,780 D+16.6
Pinellas 190,386 52.6% 171,630 47.4% 35 362,051 D+5.2
Palm Beach 141,872 51.9% 131,299 48.1% 273,171 D+3.9
Duval 82,418 43.4% 107,644 56.6% 1 190,063 R+13.3
Hillsborough 103,373 54.6% 85,815 45.4% 189,188 D+9.3
Orange 78,053 43.7% 100,337 56.2% 70 178,460 R+12.5
Brevard 64,431 41.6% 90,378 58.4% 1 154,810 R+16.8
Lee 54,924 41.8% 76,605 58.2% 3 131,532 R+16.5
Volusia 60,262 49.3% 61,853 50.7% 122,115 R+1.3
Polk 59,741 50.2% 59,324 49.8% 1 119,066 D+0.4
Pasco 64,688 55.3% 52,377 44.7% 1 117,066 D+10.5
Sarasota 53,333 47.9% 58,030 52.1% 3 111,366 R+4.2
Escambia 33,930 37.7% 56,107 62.3% 1 90,038 R+24.6
Seminole 34,216 40.3% 50,736 59.7% 2 84,954 R+19.4
Manatee 39,887 47.9% 43,165 51.8% 296 83,348 R+3.9
Leon 43,378 63.6% 24,873 36.4% 6 68,257 D+27.1
Marion 34,279 52.9% 30,500 47.1% 64,779 D+5.8
Alachua 42,206 69.2% 18,826 30.8% 61,032 D+38.3
Lake 23,814 45.4% 28,666 54.6% 52,480 R+9.2
Collier 15,906 30.4% 36,426 69.6% 52,332 R+39.2
Okaloosa 13,938 28.9% 34,349 71.1% 48,287 R+42.3
Charlotte 20,302 46.0% 23,831 54.0% 44,133 R+8.0
Hernando 24,099 55.8% 19,047 44.1% 22 43,168 D+11.7
St. Lucie 18,829 44.5% 23,463 55.5% 42,292 R+11.0
Martin 15,090 38.0% 24,639 62.0% 39,729 R+24.0
Bay 15,824 39.9% 23,799 60.1% 39,623 R+20.1
Citrus 20,056 54.9% 16,455 45.1% 36,511 D+9.9
Indian River 13,858 38.9% 21,797 61.1% 35,655 R+22.3
Clay 11,740 34.0% 22,812 66.0% 34,552 R+32.0
Osceola 13,395 42.3% 18,299 57.7% 1 31,695 R+15.5
Santa Rosa 9,030 32.2% 18,961 67.6% 48 28,039 R+35.4
St. Johns 10,948 39.2% 16,952 60.6% 56 27,956 R+21.5
Highlands 12,530 46.9% 14,158 53.1% 26,688 R+6.1
Monroe 13,713 52.0% 12,644 48.0% 3 26,360 D+4.1
Putnam 12,555 57.5% 9,288 42.5% 21,843 D+15.0
Nassau 5,715 43.9% 7,305 56.1% 13,020 R+12.2
Jackson 6,088 47.9% 6,631 52.1% 12,719 R+4.3
Columbia 6,887 54.6% 5,717 45.4% 12,604 D+9.3
Gadsden 7,511 64.7% 4,106 35.3% 11,617 D+29.3
Flagler 5,213 46.7% 5,952 53.3% 11,165 R+6.6
Walton 4,341 42.6% 5,847 57.4% 2 10,190 R+14.8
Sumter 5,310 60.0% 3,545 40.0% 8,855 D+19.9
Suwannee 4,793 54.5% 4,008 45.5% 8,801 D+8.9
Levy 5,178 60.7% 3,356 39.3% 8,534 D+21.3
Okeechobee 3,951 53.4% 3,451 46.6% 7,402 D+6.8
De Soto 3,515 49.5% 3,584 50.5% 7,099 R+1.0
Bradford 3,766 56.1% 2,943 43.9% 6,709 D+12.3
Hendry 3,043 47.3% 3,396 52.7% 6,439 R+5.5
Washington 2,874 46.3% 3,330 53.7% 6,204 R+7.4
Taylor 2,769 49.2% 2,859 50.8% 5,628 R+1.6
Holmes 2,344 41.7% 3,272 58.3% 5,616 R+16.5
Baker 2,498 48.0% 2,711 52.0% 5,209 R+4.1
Hardee 2,581 50.7% 2,508 49.3% 5,089 D+1.4
Wakulla 2,834 56.0% 2,213 43.7% 17 5,064 D+12.3
Madison 3,022 60.2% 1,998 39.8% 5,020 D+20.4
Jefferson 3,172 66.0% 1,634 34.0% 4,806 D+32.0
Gulf 2,165 51.1% 2,068 48.9% 4,233 D+2.3
Dixie 2,542 66.7% 1,267 33.3% 3,809 D+33.5
Calhoun 1,814 51.2% 1,730 48.8% 3,544 D+2.4
Gilchrist 2,133 65.3% 1,133 34.7% 3,266 D+30.6
Hamilton 1,890 59.5% 1,276 40.2% 11 3,177 D+19.3
Franklin 1,502 52.4% 1,366 47.6% 2,868 D+4.7
Glades 1,471 53.9% 1,259 46.1% 2,730 D+7.8
Union 1,253 52.0% 1,157 48.0% 2,410 D+4.0
Lafayette 1,297 60.9% 827 38.8% 5 2,129 D+22.1
Liberty 1,131 55.3% 916 44.7% 2,047 D+10.5

Counties as they stood in 1988; 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