1998Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1998 election for Florida Governor
Governor · Florida
Jeb Bush (R) won with 55.3% of the vote, defeating Kenneth H. MacKay (D) by 10.5 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Jeb BushRepublican · winner
55.3%2,191,105
Kenneth H. MacKayDemocrat
44.7%1,773,054
3,964,159 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 1998
Races before and after
Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse)Updated Oct 5, 2026, 12:23 AM ET