1990Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1990 election for Florida's 18th District
U.S. House · Florida
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R) won with 60.4% of the vote, defeating Bernard "bernie" Anscher (D) by 20.8 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Ileana Ros-LehtinenRepublican · winner
60.4%56,364
Bernard "bernie" AnscherDemocrat
39.6%36,978
93,343 votes
Source: MIT Election Data and Science LabUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:25 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 1990
Races before and after
Source: MIT Election Data and Science LabUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:25 AM ET
Money in this race
Each line compares the two campaigns on one scale.
Bernard "bernie" AnscherIleana Ros-Lehtinen
$242.1K
Raised by the campaign
$1.7M
$241.2K
Spent by the campaign
$1.6M
$0
Cash on hand
$14.4K
Campaign money: FEC, through Dec 1, 1990; FEC, through Dec 31, 1990.
Source: FEC campaign filingsUpdated Dec 31, 1990