United States Senate election in Florida, 1998
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The 1998 United States Senate election in Florida took place on November 3, 1998 alongside other elections to the United States Senate in other states as well as elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Bob Graham won re-election to a third term.
Contents
Democratic primary
Candidates
- Bob Graham, incumbent United States Senator
Results
| Democratic primary results | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Bob Graham (Incumbent) | 909,349 | 100.00 | |
Republican primary
Candidates
- Charlie Crist, State Senator
- Andy Martin, perennial candidate
Results
| Republican Primary results[1] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Charlie Crist | 365,894 | 66.40 | |
| Republican | Andy Martin | 184,739 | 33.60 | |
| Total votes | 550,633 | 100 | ||
General election
Candidates
- Bob Graham (D), incumbent U.S. Senator
- Charlie Crist (R), State Senator
Results
Graham defeated Crist in a landslide, as Crist won just four counties in the state. There were no third party or independent candidates.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Bob Graham | 2,436,407 | 62.47% | -2.93% | |
| Republican | Charlie Crist | 1,463,755 | 37.53% | +2.94% | |
| Majority | 972,652 | 24.94% | |||
| Total votes | 3,900,162 | 100 | |||
| Democratic hold | Swing | ||||
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