1998 general · November 3, 1998
1998 Florida State Senate election results, district by district
Every Florida State Senate district in the 1998 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
Seats after the election
Republicans controlled the chamber · 40 seats
After the electionD 16 · R 24
Races20
Changed party0
Unopposed65%13 races
Incumbents defeated0
Every district
D 9 · R 11
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD-2 | Betty S. Holzendorf (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-4 | Richard Mitchell (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-6 | James Wallace Horne (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-8 | William G. Bankhead (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-10 | Virginia Brownwaite (R) | 30.0 | |
| SD-12 | Daniel Webster (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-14 | Buddy Dyer (D) | 25.3 | |
| SD-16 | Locke Burt (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-18 | Charles Bronson (R) | 20.6 | |
| SD-20 | Jim Sebesta (R) | 3.5 | |
| SD-22 | Donald C. Sullivan (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-24 | Lisa Carlton (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-26 | John McKay (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-28 | Ron Klein (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-30 | Muriel Dawsonwhite (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-32 | Howard C. Forman (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-34 | Alberto Gutman (R) | 0.5 | |
| SD-36 | Kendrick Meek (D) | 47.1 | |
| SD-38 | Ronald A. Silver (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-40 | Daryl L. Jones (D) | 36.4 |
Florida State Senate
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