1988 general · November 8, 1988
1988 Florida election results
Every race on Florida's ballot in the 1988 general election: winners, margins and seats that changed party.
Races163
Changed party11
Unopposed55%90 races
Incumbents defeated3
President
R 1
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | George H.w. Bush (R) | 22.4 |
U.S. Senate
R 1 · 1 changed party
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | Connie Mack (R) | 0.8 | Flipped |
U.S. House
D 10 · R 9 · 2 changed party
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| FL-1 | Earl Hutto (D) | 33.8 | |
| FL-2 | Bill Grant (D) | Unopposed | |
| FL-3 | Charles Bennett (D) | Unopposed | |
| FL-4 | Craig James (R) | 0.3 | Flipped |
| FL-5 | Bill McCollum (R) | Unopposed | |
| FL-6 | Cliff Stearns (R) | 6.9 | Flipped |
| FL-7 | Sam Gibbons (D) | Unopposed | |
| FL-8 | C. W. Bill Young (R) | 46.0 | |
| FL-9 | Gus Bilirakis (R) | Unopposed | |
| FL-10 | Andrew Ireland (R) | 46.9 | |
| FL-11 | Bill Nelson (D) | 21.7 | |
| FL-12 | Thomas Lewis (R) | Unopposed | |
| FL-13 | Porter Goss (R) | 42.3 | |
| FL-14 | Harry Johnston (D) | 9.7 | |
| FL-15 | E. Clay Shaw (R) | 32.2 | |
| FL-16 | Lawrence Smith (D) | 38.8 | |
| FL-17 | William Lehman (D) | Unopposed | |
| FL-18 | Claude Pepper (D) | Unopposed | |
| FL-19 | Dante Fascell (D) | 44.8 |
Florida State Senate
D 12 · R 10 · 2 changed party
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD-1 | W. D. Childers (D) | 27.1 | |
| SD-3 | Vince Bruner (D) | 8.0 | |
| SD-5 | Sherry D. Walker (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-7 | Arnett Girardeau (D) | 48.3 | |
| SD-9 | William G. Bankhead (R) | 54.2 | Flipped |
| SD-11 | Richard H. Langley (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-13 | Bob Crawford (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-15 | Toni Jennings (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-17 | W. W. Gardner (D) | 4.8 | |
| SD-19 | S. Curtis Kiser (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-21 | John A. Grant Jr. (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-23 | Helen Gordon Davis (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-25 | Robert M. Johnson (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-27 | William G. Myers (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-29 | Peter M. Weinstein (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-31 | Jim Scott (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-32 | Howard C. Forman (D) | 29.0 | |
| SD-33 | Roberto Casas (R) | Unopposed | Flipped |
| SD-35 | Jack D. Gordon (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-37 | Gwen Margolis (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-39 | Lawrence H. Plummer (D) | 32.1 | |
| SD-40 | Javier Souto (R) | 5.4 |
Florida House of Representatives
D 73 · R 47 · 6 changed party
Florida
Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner; MIT Election Data and Science Lab