1982 United States Senate election in Florida

1982 United States Senate election in Florida
← 1976 November 2, 1982 1988 →
 
Nominee Lawton Chiles Van B. Poole
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 1,637,667 1,015,330
Percentage 61.72% 38.26%
County results

Chiles:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%

Poole:      50–60%      60–70%
U.S. senator before election

Lawton Chiles
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Lawton Chiles
Democratic

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The 1982 United States Senate election in Florida was held on November 2, 1982. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Lawton Chiles won re-election to a third term.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

Democratic primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Lawton Chiles (incumbent) 1,044,246 100.00%

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

Republican primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Van B. Poole 154,163 41.57%
Republican David H. Bludworth 116,040 31.29%
Republican George Snyder 100,609 27.13%
Total votes 370,812 100.00%
Republican primary runoff results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Van B. Poole 131,655 58.08%
Republican David H. Bludworth 95,035 41.92%
Total votes 226,690 100.00%

General election

Candidates

Results

General election results[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Lawton Chiles (incumbent) 1,637,667 61.72% −1.26%
Republican Van B. Poole 1,015,330 38.26% +1.24%
Write-in 422 0.02% N/A
Majority 622,337 23.45% −2.50%
Total votes 2,653,419 100.00%
Democratic hold Swing

County results

Source:[4]

County Lawton Chiles

Democratic

Van B. Poole

Republican

Jim Fair

Write-in

Jim Fair

Write-in

Total
Alachua 21,263 6,927 1 8 28,199
Baker 2,028 520 0 0 2,548
Bay 10,783 8,362 0 0 19,145
Bradford 3,308 1,037 0 0 4,345
Brevard 46,892 37,974 0 16 84,882
Broward 204,272 105,482 0 30 309,784
Calhoun 2,190 584 0 0 2,774
Charlotte 12,483 13,612 0 1 26,096
Citrus 11,943 7,993 0 1 19,937
Clay 7,477 5,057 0 0 12,534
Collier 10,353 16,718 0 0 27,071
Columbia 5,309 2,261 0 0 7,570
Dade 246,797 99,806 0 8 346,611
Desoto 2,707 1,519 0 0 4,226
Dixie 1,791 321 2 1 2,115
Duval 78,383 35,660 0 8 114,051
Escambia 32,518 14,938 2 1 47,459
Flagler 2,854 1,776 0 0 4,630
Franklin 1,344 547 0 0 1,891
Gadsden 6,482 1,720 0 0 8,202
Gilchrist 1,460 393 0 2 1,855
Glades 1,105 393 0 0 1,498
Gulf 1,918 801 0 0 2,719
Hamilton 1,373 446 0 0 1,819
Hardee 2,542 1,141 0 1 3,684
Hendry 2,670 1,399 1 0 4,070
Hernando 12,378 8,166 0 0 20,544
Highlands 9,185 6,791 0 0 15,976
Hillsborough 98,939 47,994 6 16 146,955
Holmes 2,408 1,215 0 0 3,623
Indian River 9,977 10,323 0 0 20,300
Jackson 6,629 2,525 0 0 9,154
Jefferson 2,289 737 0 0 3,026
Lafayette 1,346 344 0 0 1,690
Lake 16,014 15,379 1 1 31,395
Lee 39,476 43,936 2 11 83,425
Leon 29,400 11,092 10 22 40,524
Levy 3,704 1,283 0 0 4,987
Liberty 978 351 0 0 1,329
Madison 3,165 949 0 0 4,114
Manatee 26,540 23,849 4 4 50,397
Marion 19,119 13,695 2 2 32,818
Martin 12,065 13,235 1 2 25,303
Monroe 10,034 5,081 0 0 15,115
Nassau 4,204 1,846 0 1 6,051
Okaloosa 12,174 11,517 1 9 23,701
Okeechobee 3,212 1,435 0 0 4,647
Orange 57,521 47,516 0 20 105,057
Osceola 7,951 6,311 1 0 14,263
Palm Beach 125,701 81,484 0 40 207,225
Pasco 45,725 31,006 2 6 76,739
Pinellas 148,669 110,856 73 36 259,634
Polk 49,183 24,993 1 6 74,183
Putnam 7,597 3,485 0 1 11,083
Santa Rosa 9,398 4,635 7 8 14,048
Sarasota 38,013 41,457 5 10 79,485
Seminole 21,157 22,065 0 8 43,230
St. Johns 7,350 5,165 0 0 12,515
St. Lucie 14,479 11,703 0 2 26,184
Sumter 3,425 1,551 0 1 4,977
Suwannee 3,817 1,481 1 0 5,299
Taylor 2,989 1,026 0 0 4,015
Union 1,191 301 1 2 1,495
Volusia 38,291 25,995 3 5 64,294
Wakulla 2,414 956 3 0 3,373
Walton 3,754 956 0 0 4,710
Washington 2,751 1,468 0 0 4,219
Federal Absentee 810 779 0 2 1,589
Total 1,637,667 1,015,330 130 292 2,653,419

See also

References

  1. ^ "Florida Department of State - Election Results".
  2. ^ "Florida Department of State - Election Results".
  3. ^ "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 1982" (PDF). Clerk of the House of Representatives. p. 8.
  4. ^ "November 2, 1982 General Election: United States Senator". Florida Department of State: Division of Elections. Retrieved June 20, 2024.