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2010Final results

2010 election for Florida Governor

Governor · Florida

Rick Scott (R) won with 50.6% of the vote, defeating Alex Sink (D) by 1.2 points.

Rick ScottRepublican · winner
50.6%2,619,335
Alex SinkDemocrat
49.4%2,557,785
5,177,120 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 2010

Races before and after

EvenR+10.51998R+13.02002R+7.32006R+1.22010R+1.12014R+0.42018

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