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Election 2018 Results

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2018 US Senate election in Florida

Rick Scott (Republican) beat Bill Nelson (Democrat) in Florida in 2018, 50.1% to 49.9%, a margin of 0.1 points and 10,033 votes.

Florida changed party: in 2012 it went Democratic, for Bill Nelson.

Republicans led in 53 of the 67 counties and Democrats in 14. The largest, Miami-Dade, cast 803,252 votes and went to the Democrat by 21.1 points. The closest was Monroe, where 18 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
Rick Scott won Republican 4,099,505 50.1%
Bill Nelson Democratic 4,089,472 49.9%
All other candidates 1,028 0.0%
Total8,190,005

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Miami-Dade 485,418 60.4% 316,056 39.3% 1,778 803,252 D+21.1
Broward 471,829 68.9% 211,261 30.9% 1,511 684,601 D+38.1
Palm Beach 344,008 58.3% 244,850 41.5% 1,308 590,166 D+16.8
Hillsborough 281,567 53.8% 239,622 45.8% 1,752 522,941 D+8.0
Orange 294,076 61.8% 180,740 38.0% 1,297 476,113 D+23.8
Pinellas 228,625 52.4% 205,905 47.2% 1,740 436,270 D+5.2
Duval 192,381 50.7% 185,904 49.0% 1,200 379,485 D+1.7
Lee 114,815 39.6% 174,276 60.1% 1,108 290,199 R+20.5
Brevard 121,112 42.9% 160,305 56.7% 1,069 282,486 R+13.9
Polk 105,664 43.1% 138,710 56.5% 935 245,309 R+13.5
Volusia 102,775 44.8% 125,719 54.8% 737 229,231 R+10.0
Pasco 89,425 42.3% 121,191 57.3% 1,028 211,644 R+15.0
Sarasota 96,961 45.9% 113,612 53.8% 758 211,331 R+7.9
Seminole 101,471 50.9% 97,447 48.8% 579 199,497 D+2.0
Manatee 68,842 42.0% 94,358 57.6% 520 163,720 R+15.6
Collier 54,390 34.9% 101,266 64.9% 286 155,942 R+30.1
Marion 58,989 38.0% 95,553 61.6% 501 155,043 R+23.6
Lake 61,402 39.6% 93,537 60.4% 15 154,954 R+20.7
Leon 91,077 65.0% 48,760 34.8% 340 140,177 D+30.2
St. Johns 45,610 34.8% 85,032 64.9% 316 130,958 R+30.1
Escambia 52,874 40.9% 75,931 58.7% 465 129,270 R+17.8
St. Lucie 63,962 51.5% 59,608 48.0% 525 124,095 D+3.5
Alachua 74,442 64.5% 40,595 35.2% 334 115,371 D+29.3
Osceola 67,085 58.2% 47,886 41.5% 366 115,337 D+16.6
Clay 27,706 29.6% 65,627 70.1% 274 93,607 R+40.5
Charlotte 33,525 38.8% 52,916 61.2% 16 86,457 R+22.4
Okaloosa 22,902 27.2% 60,924 72.4% 337 84,163 R+45.2
Hernando 30,796 38.2% 49,494 61.3% 409 80,699 R+23.2
Martin 30,690 39.5% 46,734 60.1% 303 77,727 R+20.6
Santa Rosa 19,047 25.2% 56,374 74.5% 270 75,691 R+49.3
Sumter 21,664 29.0% 52,857 70.8% 103 74,624 R+41.8
Indian River 29,173 39.3% 44,784 60.3% 268 74,225 R+21.0
Citrus 22,660 31.9% 48,008 67.7% 282 70,950 R+35.7
Bay 16,723 26.3% 46,681 73.4% 177 63,581 R+47.1
Flagler 21,419 40.4% 31,467 59.3% 139 53,025 R+18.9
Nassau 11,695 26.8% 31,791 72.9% 96 43,582 R+46.1
Highlands 13,398 33.7% 26,282 66.0% 120 39,800 R+32.4
Monroe 18,050 49.9% 18,032 49.8% 109 36,191 level
Walton 7,485 24.7% 22,776 75.0% 92 30,353 R+50.4
Putnam 9,342 33.2% 18,689 66.4% 132 28,163 R+33.2
Columbia 7,503 30.2% 17,230 69.3% 115 24,848 R+39.1
Gadsden 13,942 69.7% 6,053 30.3% 1 19,996 D+39.5
Levy 5,317 31.1% 11,657 68.3% 100 17,074 R+37.1
Jackson 5,182 32.4% 10,791 67.4% 36 16,009 R+35.0
Suwannee 4,044 25.4% 11,842 74.3% 51 15,937 R+48.9
Wakulla 4,868 34.2% 9,322 65.5% 40 14,230 R+31.3
Okeechobee 3,494 31.0% 7,727 68.6% 46 11,267 R+37.6
Baker 1,943 18.4% 8,580 81.3% 27 10,550 R+62.9
Bradford 2,879 27.4% 7,576 72.2% 39 10,494 R+44.8
Washington 1,959 21.6% 7,101 78.1% 29 9,089 R+56.6
Desoto 3,326 37.4% 5,502 61.9% 54 8,882 R+24.5
Hendry 3,542 39.9% 5,304 59.7% 32 8,878 R+19.8
Taylor 2,264 28.5% 5,642 71.0% 37 7,943 R+42.5
Madison 3,423 44.9% 4,183 54.9% 16 7,622 R+10.0
Gilchrist 1,633 22.2% 5,703 77.4% 31 7,367 R+55.2
Jefferson 3,624 49.3% 3,699 50.4% 23 7,346 R+1.0
Holmes 856 12.6% 5,919 87.1% 19 6,794 R+74.5
Hardee 1,915 29.9% 4,454 69.4% 45 6,414 R+39.6
Gulf 1,580 26.7% 4,321 73.1% 13 5,914 R+46.3
Dixie 1,318 22.8% 4,441 76.8% 26 5,785 R+54.0
Franklin 2,011 37.0% 3,404 62.6% 19 5,434 R+25.6
Union 1,197 24.6% 3,650 75.1% 16 4,863 R+50.4
Calhoun 1,033 22.3% 3,586 77.4% 12 4,631 R+55.1
Hamilton 1,671 36.8% 2,856 62.9% 14 4,541 R+26.1
Glades 1,156 30.1% 2,666 69.4% 19 3,841 R+39.3
Lafayette 621 22.0% 2,194 77.7% 10 2,825 R+55.7
Liberty 631 23.3% 2,075 76.5% 7 2,713 R+53.2

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