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2012 US Senate election in Florida

Bill Nelson (Democrat) beat Connie Mack (Republican) in Florida in 2012, 55.2% to 42.2%, a margin of 13.0 points and 1,065,184 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 2006, when Bill Nelson also won.

Republicans led in 37 of the 67 counties and Democrats in 30. The largest, Miami-Dade, cast 888,033 votes and went to the Democrat by 26.0 points. The closest was Franklin, where 1 vote 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
Bill Nelson won Democratic 4,523,451 55.2%
Connie Mack Republican 3,458,267 42.2%
All other candidates 208,228 2.5%
Total8,189,946

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Miami-Dade 523,461 58.9% 292,757 33.0% 71,815 888,033 D+26.0
Broward 510,987 67.1% 212,803 27.9% 37,657 761,447 D+39.2
Palm Beach 362,499 63.7% 198,238 34.8% 8,327 569,064 D+28.9
Hillsborough 308,910 56.7% 203,595 37.3% 32,629 545,134 D+19.3
Orange 282,090 60.0% 153,241 32.6% 34,861 470,192 D+27.4
Pinellas 263,427 57.0% 167,380 36.2% 30,999 461,806 D+20.8
Duval 211,493 51.1% 177,958 43.0% 24,519 413,970 D+8.1
Brevard 142,072 49.4% 127,177 44.2% 18,296 287,545 D+5.2
Lee 117,773 44.0% 133,746 49.9% 16,402 267,921 R+6.0
Polk 126,722 52.4% 107,393 44.4% 7,621 241,736 D+8.0
Volusia 126,302 53.5% 95,927 40.6% 13,986 236,215 D+12.9
Pasco 111,764 51.8% 87,620 40.6% 16,193 215,577 D+11.2
Sarasota 102,569 49.2% 93,502 44.8% 12,552 208,623 D+4.3
Seminole 105,247 52.7% 89,476 44.8% 5,108 199,831 D+7.9
Marion 76,930 47.3% 75,967 46.7% 9,735 162,632 D+0.6
Manatee 73,985 47.9% 70,721 45.8% 9,632 154,338 D+2.1
Lake 69,791 45.9% 71,463 47.0% 10,704 151,958 R+1.1
Collier 54,784 36.4% 85,194 56.7% 10,368 150,346 R+20.2
Escambia 64,793 43.3% 76,893 51.4% 8,030 149,716 R+8.1
Leon 94,323 63.3% 46,379 31.1% 8,340 149,042 D+32.2
St. Lucie 70,179 56.7% 45,989 37.2% 7,582 123,750 D+19.5
Alachua 72,439 59.8% 41,834 34.5% 6,867 121,140 D+25.3
St. Johns 41,171 35.7% 66,626 57.7% 7,590 115,387 R+22.1
Osceola 69,690 63.6% 32,331 29.5% 7,503 109,524 D+34.1
Clay 30,999 31.9% 59,584 61.4% 6,498 97,081 R+29.4
Okaloosa 27,098 28.4% 61,796 64.9% 6,358 95,252 R+36.4
Charlotte 37,617 44.1% 42,168 49.4% 5,570 85,355 R+5.3
Hernando 43,691 51.8% 34,902 41.4% 5,757 84,350 D+10.4
Bay 28,480 35.4% 47,530 59.1% 4,411 80,421 R+23.7
Martin 33,767 42.5% 40,901 51.5% 4,781 79,449 R+9.0
Santa Rosa 21,893 28.3% 50,772 65.6% 4,740 77,405 R+37.3
Citrus 34,574 46.4% 35,112 47.1% 4,857 74,543 R+0.7
Indian River 29,563 43.3% 36,551 53.5% 2,144 68,258 R+10.2
Sumter 23,410 38.5% 34,058 56.0% 3,307 60,775 R+17.5
Flagler 25,430 50.0% 22,029 43.3% 3,377 50,836 D+6.7
Highlands 19,110 44.5% 20,354 47.4% 3,517 42,981 R+2.9
Nassau 13,313 32.7% 24,773 60.8% 2,669 40,755 R+28.1
Monroe 19,495 49.6% 17,013 43.3% 2,795 39,303 D+6.3
Putnam 14,560 46.1% 14,942 47.3% 2,069 31,571 R+1.2
Walton 8,480 29.6% 18,433 64.3% 1,764 28,677 R+34.7
Columbia 10,725 39.3% 15,055 55.1% 1,542 27,322 R+15.8
Gadsden 16,442 72.7% 5,429 24.0% 750 22,621 D+48.7
Jackson 9,574 45.4% 10,624 50.4% 895 21,093 R+5.0
Levy 7,833 42.2% 9,557 51.5% 1,160 18,550 R+9.3
Suwannee 6,277 35.3% 10,480 58.9% 1,032 17,789 R+23.6
Wakulla 6,700 45.4% 7,098 48.1% 950 14,748 R+2.7
Okeechobee 5,972 48.1% 5,554 44.7% 892 12,418 D+3.4
Bradford 4,529 38.6% 6,605 56.3% 589 11,723 R+17.7
Baker 3,883 33.9% 6,940 60.6% 637 11,460 R+26.7
Washington 4,161 37.4% 6,339 57.0% 619 11,119 R+19.6
Hendry 5,002 48.5% 4,632 44.9% 690 10,324 D+3.6
Desoto 4,637 46.7% 4,661 46.9% 637 9,935 R+0.2
Taylor 3,914 42.5% 4,802 52.2% 485 9,201 R+9.7
Madison 4,763 54.2% 3,545 40.4% 475 8,783 D+13.9
Holmes 2,236 26.7% 5,589 66.8% 548 8,373 R+40.0
Gilchrist 2,783 34.8% 4,692 58.6% 529 8,004 R+23.9
Jefferson 4,549 57.9% 2,941 37.5% 360 7,850 D+20.5
Hardee 3,101 42.6% 3,611 49.6% 574 7,286 R+7.0
Gulf 3,123 43.5% 3,675 51.2% 379 7,177 R+7.7
Dixie 2,724 38.9% 3,755 53.6% 531 7,010 R+14.7
Calhoun 2,737 43.9% 3,035 48.7% 460 6,232 R+4.8
Franklin 2,622 47.4% 2,621 47.4% 291 5,534 level
Hamilton 2,561 46.9% 2,554 46.8% 345 5,460 D+0.1
Union 2,057 37.7% 3,070 56.3% 325 5,452 R+18.6
Glades 1,823 45.2% 1,903 47.2% 305 4,031 R+2.0
Lafayette 1,119 32.5% 2,130 61.9% 194 3,443 R+29.4
Liberty 1,587 47.7% 1,539 46.2% 203 3,329 D+1.4

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