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Election 1998 Results

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1998 US Senate election in Florida

Bob Graham (Democrat) beat Charlie Crist (Republican) in Florida in 1998, 62.5% to 37.5%, a margin of 24.9 points and 972,652 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1992, when Bob Graham also won.

Democrats led in 63 of the 67 counties and Republicans in 4. The largest, Broward, cast 358,454 votes and went to the Democrat by 54.3 points. The closest was St. Johns, where 387 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 2,436,407 62.5%
Charlie Crist Republican 1,463,755 37.5%
Total3,900,162

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Broward 276,632 77.2% 81,822 22.8% 358,454 D+54.3
Miami-Dade 272,534 78.2% 75,900 21.8% 348,434 D+56.4
Palm Beach 218,622 72.8% 81,804 27.2% 300,426 D+45.5
Pinellas 158,703 58.0% 114,899 42.0% 273,602 D+16.0
Hillsborough 125,790 55.1% 102,638 44.9% 228,428 D+10.1
Orange 107,771 60.8% 69,595 39.2% 177,366 D+21.5
Duval 104,640 59.4% 71,653 40.6% 176,293 D+18.7
Brevard 84,304 57.4% 62,687 42.6% 146,991 D+14.7
Volusia 75,490 62.0% 46,222 38.0% 121,712 D+24.0
Lee 65,504 54.1% 55,681 45.9% 121,185 D+8.1
Polk 69,530 58.9% 48,539 41.1% 118,069 D+17.8
Sarasota 63,174 56.2% 49,184 43.8% 112,358 D+12.5
Pasco 58,337 59.0% 40,460 41.0% 98,797 D+18.1
Seminole 46,805 54.5% 39,092 45.5% 85,897 D+9.0
Escambia 39,763 52.1% 36,624 47.9% 76,387 D+4.1
Manatee 42,366 56.1% 33,216 43.9% 75,582 D+12.1
Leon 55,744 76.7% 16,941 23.3% 72,685 D+53.4
Marion 39,903 55.8% 31,656 44.2% 71,559 D+11.5
Lake 35,210 57.0% 26,610 43.0% 61,820 D+13.9
Collier 22,536 38.5% 35,957 61.5% 58,493 R+22.9
St. Lucie 33,748 62.4% 20,332 37.6% 54,080 D+24.8
Alachua 38,611 72.1% 14,917 27.9% 53,528 D+44.3
Charlotte 26,470 55.0% 21,640 45.0% 48,110 D+10.0
Hernando 27,620 59.2% 19,035 40.8% 46,655 D+18.4
Okaloosa 17,689 40.6% 25,828 59.4% 43,517 R+18.7
Martin 24,551 56.5% 18,897 43.5% 43,448 D+13.0
Citrus 24,764 58.7% 17,431 41.3% 42,195 D+17.4
St. Johns 20,190 50.5% 19,803 49.5% 39,993 D+1.0
Bay 21,050 54.3% 17,739 45.7% 38,789 D+8.5
Clay 15,763 45.1% 19,223 54.9% 34,986 R+9.9
Indian River 16,745 50.9% 16,177 49.1% 32,922 D+1.7
Osceola 19,121 59.7% 12,915 40.3% 32,036 D+19.4
Santa Rosa 14,366 45.3% 17,370 54.7% 31,736 R+9.5
Highlands 14,083 54.9% 11,551 45.1% 25,634 D+9.9
Monroe 13,363 63.7% 7,600 36.3% 20,963 D+27.5
Putnam 12,159 65.2% 6,484 34.8% 18,643 D+30.4
Flagler 10,677 59.2% 7,345 40.8% 18,022 D+18.5
Nassau 8,105 51.5% 7,647 48.5% 15,752 D+2.9
Sumter 7,869 57.7% 5,770 42.3% 13,639 D+15.4
Columbia 7,638 60.5% 4,984 39.5% 12,622 D+21.0
Jackson 8,818 70.2% 3,747 29.8% 12,565 D+40.4
Walton 6,467 53.1% 5,704 46.9% 12,171 D+6.3
Gadsden 9,733 83.7% 1,890 16.3% 11,623 D+67.5
Suwannee 5,641 61.5% 3,526 38.5% 9,167 D+23.1
Levy 5,634 64.4% 3,114 35.6% 8,748 D+28.8
Okeechobee 4,452 66.9% 2,204 33.1% 6,656 D+33.8
Bradford 4,000 61.2% 2,531 38.8% 6,531 D+22.5
Desoto 3,656 59.5% 2,489 40.5% 6,145 D+19.0
Wakulla 4,593 74.9% 1,541 25.1% 6,134 D+49.8
Hendry 4,023 68.8% 1,828 31.2% 5,851 D+37.5
Washington 3,736 67.0% 1,841 33.0% 5,577 D+34.0
Taylor 3,423 68.2% 1,599 31.8% 5,022 D+36.3
Holmes 3,114 65.5% 1,641 34.5% 4,755 D+31.0
Jefferson 3,708 79.1% 979 20.9% 4,687 D+58.2
Baker 2,586 55.4% 2,082 44.6% 4,668 D+10.8
Hardee 2,539 55.2% 2,058 44.8% 4,597 D+10.5
Madison 3,300 72.8% 1,236 27.2% 4,536 D+45.5
Gulf 2,751 65.2% 1,467 34.8% 4,218 D+30.4
Gilchrist 2,315 64.3% 1,283 35.7% 3,598 D+28.7
Dixie 1,979 64.5% 1,088 35.5% 3,067 D+29.1
Calhoun 2,112 70.3% 894 29.7% 3,006 D+40.5
Hamilton 2,027 71.3% 816 28.7% 2,843 D+42.6
Franklin 1,780 65.7% 928 34.3% 2,708 D+31.5
Union 1,650 61.6% 1,029 38.4% 2,679 D+23.2
Glades 1,672 68.2% 781 31.8% 2,453 D+36.3
Lafayette 1,225 65.5% 644 34.5% 1,869 D+31.1
Liberty 1,142 72.3% 437 27.7% 1,579 D+44.6

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