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2000 election for Florida Senate District 5
Florida State Senate · Florida
Rod Smith (D) won with 56.6% of the vote, defeating Bob Casey (R) by 13.2 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Rod SmithDemocrat · winner
56.6%82,301
Bob CaseyRepublican
43.4%63,085
145,386 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 2000
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET