2002Final results
2002 election for Florida Governor
Governor · Florida
Jeb Bush (R) won with 56.5% of the vote, defeating Bill McBride (D) by 13.0 points.
Jeb BushRepublican · winner
56.5%2,856,845
Bill McBrideDemocrat
43.5%2,201,427
5,058,272 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 2002
Races before and after
Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse)Updated Oct 5, 2026, 12:23 AM ET