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1994Final results

1994 election for Florida Governor

Governor · Florida

Lawton Chiles (D) won with 50.8% of the vote, defeating Jeb Bush (R) by 1.5 points.

Lawton ChilesDemocrat · winner
50.8%2,135,008
Jeb BushRepublican
49.2%2,071,068
4,206,076 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 1994

Races before and after

EvenR+9.11986D+13.01990D+1.51994R+10.51998R+13.02002R+7.32006

Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse)Updated Oct 5, 2026, 12:23 AM ET