Florida U.S. Senate election history

Every Florida U.S. Senate election from 1976 to 2024: winners, parties, margins and the seats that changed hands.

Current senators

Florida Senate races: Republican minus Democratic share, in points. Bars above the line lean Republican, below lean Democratic.

Year	Seat	Winner	Party	Runner-up	Margin	Votes
2024	Class I	Rick Scott	Republican	Debbie Mucarsel-Powell	12.8	10,757,428
2022	Class III	Marco Rubio	Republican	Val Demings	16.4	7,758,014
2018 flip	Class I	Rick Scott	Republican	Bill Nelson	0.1	8,190,005
2016	Class III	Marco Rubio	Republican	Patrick Murphy	7.7	9,301,820
2012	Class I	Bill Nelson	Democratic	Connie Mack	13.0	8,189,946
2010	Class III	Marco Rubio	Republican	Charlie Crist	19.2	5,411,106
2006	Class I	Bill Nelson	Democratic	Katherine Harris	22.2	4,793,534
2004 flip	Class III	Mel Martinez	Republican	Betty Castor	1.1	7,429,894
2000 flip	Class I	Bill Nelson	Democratic	Bill McCollum	4.9	5,856,731
1998	Class III	Bob Graham	Democratic	Charlie Crist	24.9	3,900,162
1994	Class I	Connie Mack	Republican	Hugh Rodham	41.0	4,106,816
1992	Class III	Bob Graham	Democratic	Bill Grant	30.8	4,962,290
1988 flip	Class I	Connie Mack	Republican	Buddy MacKay	0.9	4,068,209
1986 flip	Class III	Bob Graham	Democratic	Paula Fickes Hawkins	9.5	3,429,996
1982	Class I	Lawton Chiles	Democratic	Van B. Poole	23.5	2,653,419
1980 flip	Class III	Paula Fickes Hawkins	Republican	Bill Gunter	3.3	3,528,028
1976	Class I	Lawton Chiles	Democratic	John Grady	26.0	2,857,534

Rick Scott won in 2024 by 12.8 points.

Ashley Moody (Republican, term ends 2026) and Rick Scott (Republican, term ends 2031).

In 2012, when Bill Nelson won.

In 2024, when Rick Scott won.

Results: FiveThirtyEight (from 1976 for Senate, 1996 for governor). Current members: congress-legislators.