1990Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
1990 election for Florida Governor
Governor · Florida
Lawton Chiles (D) won with 56.5% of the vote, defeating Bob Martinez (R) by 13.0 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Lawton ChilesDemocrat · winner
56.5%1,995,206
Bob MartinezRepublican
43.5%1,535,068
3,530,274 votes
Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse)Updated Oct 5, 2026, 12:23 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 1990
Races before and after
Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse)Updated Oct 5, 2026, 12:23 AM ET