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The 2018 Florida gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 2018 to elect the next Governor of Florida, alongside an election to the U.S. Senate, elections to the U.S. House of Representatives and other state and local elections. Incumbent two-term Republican Governor Rick Scott was term-limited.
The candidate filing deadline for this gubernatorial race was on June 22, 2018, with primary elections being held on August 28, 2018. Florida uses a closed primary process, in which the selection of each party's candidates for a general election is limited to registered members of that party. [1] Andrew Gillum won the Democratic primary and Ron DeSantis won the Republican primary. [2]
Andrew Demese Gillum is an American politician who served as the 126th Mayor of Tallahassee from 2014 to 2018. A member of the Democratic Party, he was its nominee for Governor of Florida in the 2018 election. He previously was a Tallahassee City Commissioner from 2003 until 2014, first elected at the age of 23.
The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. Tracing its heritage back to Thomas Jefferson and James Madison's Democratic-Republican Party, the modern-day Democratic Party was founded around 1828 by supporters of Andrew Jackson, making it the world's oldest active political party.
Ronald Dion DeSantis is an American attorney, former Naval officer, and politician serving as the 46th governor of Florida since January 2019. A Republican, he represented Florida's 6th congressional district in Congress from 2013 to 2018. After graduating from Yale University and Harvard Law School, DeSantis served as an officer and attorney in the Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Navy (JAG).
A machine recount began with a deadline of November 15, 2018. Ken Detzner, who has served as the 28th Secretary of State of Florida since 2012, did not declare a manual recount. After the machine recount was completed, DeSantis was confirmed as the winner and Gillum conceded on November 17.
Kenneth W. Detzner is an American politician who served as the 28th Secretary of State of Florida from 2012 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he previously held the office in 2003 in an acting capacity.
The Secretary of State of Florida is a constitutional officer of the state government of the U.S. state of Florida, established by the original 1838 state constitution.
Florida's 6th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Florida. The district stretches from the southern Jacksonville suburbs to New Smyrna Beach. It includes the city of Daytona Beach.
A write-in candidate is a candidate in an election whose name does not appear on the ballot, but for whom voters may vote nonetheless by writing in the person's name. The system is almost totally confined to elections in the United States. Some U.S. states and local jurisdictions allow a voter to affix a sticker, with the write-in candidate's name, to the ballot in lieu of actually writing in the candidate's name. Write-in candidacies are sometimes a result of a candidate being legally or procedurally ineligible to run under his or her own name or party; write-in candidacies may be permitted where term limits bar an incumbent candidate from being officially nominated for, or being listed on the ballot for, re-election. In some cases, write-in campaigns have been organized to support a candidate who is not personally involved in running; this may be a form of draft campaign.
An independent or nonpartisan politician is an individual politician not affiliated with any political party. There are numerous reasons why someone may stand for office as an independent.
Jack Latvala is a Republican politician from Florida. He represented the Pinellas County area in the Florida Senate from 1994 to 2002, and again from 2010 to 2018. Latvala was also a candidate for Governor of Florida in 2018, but withdrew from the race and resigned from his position in the state Senate following allegations of sexual harassment and public corruption.
The Florida Senate is the upper house of the Florida Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Florida, the Florida House of Representatives being the lower house. Article III, Section 1 of the Constitution of Florida, adopted in 1968, defines the role of the Legislature and how it is to be constituted. The Senate is composed of 40 members, each elected from a single-member district with a population of approximately 470,000 residents. Legislative districts are drawn on the basis of population figures, provided by the federal decennial census. Senators' terms begin immediately, upon their election. The Senate Chamber is located in the State Capitol building.
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Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Richard Corcoran | Ron DeSantis | Jack Latvala | Adam Putnam | Bob White | Other | Undecided |
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Gravis Marketing | August 21–25, 2018 | 579 | ± 4.1% | – | 39% | – | 27% | 6% | 4% [45] | 23% |
St. Pete Polls | August 22–23, 2018 | 2,141 | ± 2.1% | – | 56% | – | 33% | 3% | – | 8% |
Gravis Marketing | August 21–22, 2018 | 321 | ± 5.5% | – | 39% | – | 24% | 6% | 4% [45] | 26% |
Florida Atlantic University | August 16–20, 2018 | 222 | ± 6.5% | – | 32% | – | 31% | 2% | 13% [46] | 22% |
Saint Leo University | August 10–16, 2018 | 172 | – | – | 41% | – | 52% | – | 5% | – |
SurveyUSA | August 10–13, 2018 | 558 | ± 5.2% | – | 40% | – | 38% | 2% | 5% [47] | 16% |
North Star Opinion Research (R-DeSantis) | August 5–7, 2018 | 600 | ± 4.0% | – | 50% | – | 30% | – | – | – |
Mason-Dixon | July 23–25, 2018 | 500 | ± 4.5% | – | 41% | – | 29% | 0% | 2% [48] | 28% |
Florida Atlantic University | July 20–21, 2018 | 262 | ± 6.0% | – | 36% | – | 27% | 3% | 12% [49] | 23% |
Clearview Research | July 14–19, 2018 | 700 | ± 4.0% | – | 38% | – | 39% | – | – | 23% |
St. Pete Polls | July 16–17, 2018 | 1,709 | ± 2.4% | – | 50% | – | 30% | 4% | – | 17% |
Gravis Marketing | July 13–14, 2018 | 905 | ± 3.3% | – | 35% | – | 29% | 4% | 4% [50] | 25% |
Fabrizio, Lee and Associates (R) | July 8–12, 2018 | 349 | ± 5.2% | – | 42% | – | 30% | – | – | 27% |
Remington (R-Tenth Amendment Project) | July 2–5, 2018 | 2,826 | ± 1.8% | – | 43% | – | 26% | – | – | 25% |
1892 Polling (R-DeSantis) | July 2, 2018 | 800 | ± 3.4% | – | 47% | – | 28% | – | – | 25% |
Marist College | June 17–21, 2018 | 326 | ± 6.7% | – | 21% | – | 38% | – | 3% | 39% |
Fox News | June 15–19, 2018 | 901 | ± 3.0% | – | 17% | – | 32% | 3% | 5% [51] | 39% |
Gravis Marketing | May 31 – June 15, 2018 | 543 | ± 4.2% | 4% | 19% | – | 29% | 5% | – | 43% |
Cherry Communications | June 7–9, 2018 | 501 | ± 5.3% | – | 15% | – | 32% | – | 5% | 48% |
Saint Leo University | May 25–31, 2018 | 175 | – | – | 13% | – | 35% | – | 9% | 44% |
Florida Atlantic University | May 4–7, 2018 | 371 | ± 5.0% | – | 16% | – | 15% | 3% | 24% [52] | 43% |
1892 Polling (R-DeSantis) | April 19–23, 2018 | 800 | ± 3.4% | 7% | 30% | – | 23% | – | – | 40% |
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Gravis Marketing | February 26 – March 19, 2018 | – | – | 3% | 19% | 0% | 17% | 0% | – | 60% |
North Star Opinion Research (R-DeSantis) | March 12–15, 2018 | 600 | – | <6% | 21% | – | 19% | – | – | – |
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Saint Leo University | February 18–24, 2018 | 175 | – | 7% | 14% | 3% | 15% | 5% | 9% [53] | 46% |
Gravis Marketing | February 1–18, 2018 | – | – | 3% | 16% | 0% | 18% | 2% | – | 61% |
Mason-Dixon | January 29 – February 1, 2018 | 500 | ± 4.5% | 7% | 23% | – | 27% | – | – | 43% |
Remington | December 30–31, 2017 | 1,423 | ± 2.6% | 3% | 28% | – | 25% | – | – | 44% |
Gravis Marketing | December 19–24, 2017 | – | – | 2% | 12% | 2% | 23% | 1% | – | 60% |
Saint Leo University | November 19–24, 2017 | 166 | – | 2% | 5% | 2% | 15% | 4% | 10% [54] | 63% |
Cherry Communications | September 17–24, 2017 | 256 | – | 1% | 9% | 2% | 26% | – | 3% | 59% |
Saint Leo University | September 10–16, 2017 | 173 | – | 4% | 7% | 2% | 20% | 2% | 11% [55] | 44% |
Florida Atlantic University | August 24–26, 2017 | 304 | ± 6.5% | 10% | 9% | 2% | 27% | – | – | 53% |
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Republican | Ron DeSantis | 913,679 | 56.5% | |
Republican | Adam H. Putnam | 591,449 | 36.6% | |
Republican | Bob White | 32,580 | 2.0% | |
Republican | Timothy M. Devine | 21,320 | 1.3% | |
Republican | Bob Langford | 19,771 | 1.2% | |
Republican | Bruce Nathan | 14,487 | 0.9% | |
Republican | Don Baldauf | 13,125 | 0.8% | |
Republican | John Joseph Mercadante | 11,602 | 0.7% | |
Total votes | 1,618,013 | 100.0% |
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Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Andrew Gillum | Gwen Graham | Jeff Greene | Chris King | Philip Levine | Other | Undecided |
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St. Pete Polls | August 25–26, 2018 | 2,342 | ± 2.0% | 25% | 32% | 11% | 2% | 22% | 4% | 5% |
Gravis Marketing | August 21–25, 2018 | 531 | ± 4.3% | 16% | 26% | 19% | 5% | 18% | – | 17% |
Gravis Marketing | August 21–22, 2018 | 308 | ± 5.6% | 15% | 26% | 19% | 5% | 18% | – | 17% |
Schroth, Eldon and Associates (D) | August 19–21, 2018 | 669 | ± 3.8% | 18% | 25% | 13% | 2% | 26% | – | 15% |
Florida Atlantic University | August 16–20, 2018 | 280 | ± 6.3% | 11% | 29% | 11% | 10% | 17% | 3% | 19% |
Change Research (D-Gillum) | August 18–19, 2018 | 1,178 | – | 33% | 22% | 10% | – | 22% | – | – |
St. Pete Polls | August 18–19, 2018 | 2,202 | ± 2.1% | 21% | 27% | 15% | 3% | 25% | 4% | 6% |
Saint Leo University | August 10–16, 2018 | 188 | – | 15% | 31% | 17% | 5% | 22% | 4% | – |
Schroth, Eldon and Associates (D) | August 11–14, 2018 | 600 | ± 4.0% | 15% | 24% | 13% | 3% | 27% | – | 18% |
SurveyUSA | August 10–13, 2018 | 631 | ± 5.2% | 11% | 22% | 16% | 3% | 22% | 2% [149] | 24% |
Public Policy Polling (D-Levine) | August 5–6, 2018 | 572 | – | 13% | 26% | 16% | 4% | 22% | – | 19% |
ALG Research (D-Graham) | July 29 – August 2, 2018 | 800 | ± 3.4% | 10% | 33% | 13% | 3% | 17% | – | 23% |
St. Pete Polls | July 30–31, 2018 | 1,652 | ± 2.4% | 12% | 29% | 23% | 3% | 19% | 4% | 9% |
Mason-Dixon | July 23–25, 2018 | 500 | ± 4.5% | 10% | 27% | 12% | 7% | 18% | 1% [150] | 25% |
Florida Atlantic University | July 20–21, 2018 | 271 | ± 5.9% | 7% | 20% | 14% | 9% | 16% | 3% | 31% |
Associated Industries of Florida | July 16–18, 2018 | 800 | – | 12% | 24% | 13% | 4% | 16% | – | – |
Frederick Polls | July 2018 | 506 | – | 15% | 28% | 23% | 7% | 27% | – | – |
St. Pete Polls | July 14–15, 2018 | 1,314 | ± 2.7% | 10% | 22% | 22% | 3% | 19% | 1% [151] | 25% |
Gravis Marketing | July 13–14, 2018 | 1,540 | ± 2.5% | 10% | 27% | 18% | – | 17% | – | 27% |
Marist College | June 17–21, 2018 | 344 | ± 6.5% | 8% | 17% | 4% | 3% | 19% | 1% | 47% |
RABA Research | June 15–16, 2018 | 660 | ± 3.8% | 8% | 26% | 3% | 15% | 27% | – | 21% |
Gravis Marketing | May 31 – June 15, 2018 | 485 | ± 4.5% | 29% | 24% | – | 3% | 17% | – | 27% |
Let's Preserve the American Dream | June 6–9, 2018 | 800 | ± 3.1% | 11% | 21% | 3% | 4% | 24% | – | 37% |
Schroth, Eldon and Associates (D) | June 3–5, 2018 | 600 | ± 4.0% | 11% | 16% | 4% | 6% | 32% | – | 31% |
Saint Leo University | May 25–31, 2018 | 195 | – | 10% | 14% | – | 6% | 14% | 9% | 47% |
Public Policy Polling (D-Levine) | May 21–22, 2018 | 583 | – | 12% | 20% | – | 6% | 30% | – | 33% |
Change Research (D-Gillum) | May 8–11, 2018 | 1,107 | ± 3.0% | 13% | 13% | – | 3% | 20% | – | 52% |
Florida Atlantic University | May 4–7, 2018 | 372 | ± 3.0% | 6% | 15% | – | 10% | 16% | 11% [152] | 42% |
Public Policy Polling (D-EDGE Comms.) | April 10–11, 2018 | 491 | – | 8% | 23% | – | 4% | 29% | – | 36% |
Public Policy Polling | March 23–25, 2018 | 613 | – | 8% | 19% | – | 5% | 22% | – | 46% |
Gravis Marketing | February 26 – March 19, 2018 | – | – | 11% | 9% | 2% | 2% | 13% | – | 64% |
Saint Leo University | February 18–24, 2018 | 190 | – | 10% | 17% | 5% | 7% | 8% | 3% | 50% |
Gravis Marketing | February 1–18, 2018 | – | – | 9% | 12% | 1% | 2% | 12% | – | 63% |
Mason-Dixon | January 29 – February 1, 2018 | 500 | ± 4.5% | 10% | 20% | – | 4% | 17% | – | 49% |
Gravis Marketing | December 19–24, 2017 | – | – | 12% | 18% | 2% | 3% | 6% | – | 60% |
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Democratic | Andrew Gillum | 517,417 | 34.3% | |
Democratic | Gwen Graham | 472,735 | 31.3% | |
Democratic | Philip Levine | 306,450 | 20.3% | |
Democratic | Jeff Greene | 151,935 | 10.1% | |
Democratic | Chris King | 37,464 | 2.5% | |
Democratic | John Wetherbee | 14,355 | 1.0% | |
Democratic | Alex "Lundy" Lundmark | 8,628 | 0.6% | |
Total votes | 1,508,984 | 100.0% |
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An earlier debate moderated by Telemundo was supposed to take place on October 16, 2018. Gillum cancelled, saying he needed to focus on recovery efforts post-Hurricane Michael. [164]
The first debate moderated by CNN's Jake Tapper was hosted on October 21, 2018, at WEDU, Tampa, Florida. [165] It was an hour long debate featuring topics like climate change, [166] [167] minimum wage, [168] [169] health care, [170] gun control, [171] the NRA, [172] De Santis's "monkey up" comment [173] and President Donald Trump being a role model for children. [174] [175]
This debate was held a day before early voting started in Florida on October 22, 2018. [176]
The second debate occurred on October 24, 2018 and was hosted at Davie, Florida. It was moderated by Leadership Florida and the Florida Press Association. [164]
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The Cook Political Report [361] | Tossup | October 16, 2018 |
Rothenberg Political Report [362] | Tilt D | October 12, 2018 |
Sabato's Crystal Ball [363] | Lean D | November 5, 2018 |
Real Clear Politics [364] | Tossup | October 25, 2018 |
Daily Kos [365] | Tossup | October 19, 2018 |
Fox News [366] [lower-alpha 1] | Tossup | October 19, 2018 |
Politico [367] | Tossup | October 19, 2018 |
Governing [368] | Tossup | October 2, 2018 |
The Washington Post [369] | Tossup | October 16, 2018 |
FiveThirtyEight [370] | Lean D | October 22, 2018 |
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Ron DeSantis (R) | Andrew Gillum (D) | Other | Undecided |
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The Trafalgar Group (R) | November 4–5, 2018 | 1,484 | ± 2.5% | 50% | 47% | 1% | 2% |
HarrisX | November 3–5, 2018 | 600 | ± 4.0% | 46% | 49% | – | – |
St. Pete Polls | November 3–4, 2018 | 3,088 | ± 1.8% | 45% | 50% | 2% [lower-alpha 2] | 3% |
HarrisX | November 2–4, 2018 | 600 | ± 4.0% | 46% | 48% | – | – |
Quinnipiac University | October 29 – November 4, 2018 | 1,142 | ± 3.5% | 43% | 50% | 1% | 6% |
Emerson College | November 1–3, 2018 | 784 | ± 3.7% | 46% | 51% | 2% | 1% |
HarrisX | November 1–3, 2018 | 600 | ± 4.0% | 46% | 49% | – | – |
Research Co. | November 1–3, 2018 | 450 | ± 4.6% | 46% | 47% | 2% | 5% |
St. Pete Polls | November 1–2, 2018 | 2,733 | ± 1.9% | 46% | 48% | 2% [lower-alpha 2] | 4% |
HarrisX | October 31 – November 2, 2018 | 600 | ± 4.0% | 45% | 50% | – | – |
Marist College | October 30 – November 2, 2018 | 595 LV | ± 5.0% | 46% | 50% | <1% | 3% |
917 RV | ± 4.1% | 45% | 50% | <1% | 5% | ||
Gravis Marketing | October 29 – November 2, 2018 | 753 | ± 3.6% | 47% | 48% | – | 5% |
HarrisX | October 30 – November 1, 2018 | 600 | ± 4.0% | 45% | 50% | – | – |
Targoz Market Research | October 28–31, 2018 | 558 | – | 48% | 47% | – | 5% |
HarrisX | October 29–31, 2018 | 600 | ± 4.0% | 43% | 50% | – | – |
The Trafalgar Group (R) | October 29–30, 2018 | 2,543 | ± 1.9% | 46% | 48% | 3% | 2% |
Vox Populi Polling | October 27–30, 2018 | 696 | ± 3.7% | 47% | 53% | – | – |
HarrisX | October 24–30, 2018 | 1,400 | ± 2.6% | 42% | 44% | – | – |
Cygnal (R) | October 27–29, 2018 | 495 | ± 4.4% | 47% | 47% | 5% | 1% |
CNN/SSRS | October 24–29, 2018 | 781 LV | ± 4.3% | 48% | 49% | 0% | 2% |
887 RV | ± 4.0% | 45% | 48% | 0% | 4% | ||
Suffolk University | October 25–28, 2018 | 500 | ± 4.4% | 44% | 45% | 1% [lower-alpha 3] | 8% |
NYT Upshot/Siena College | October 23–27, 2018 | 737 | ± 4.0% | 43% | 48% | 1% | 8% |
University of North Florida | October 23–26, 2018 | 1,051 | ± 3.0% | 43% | 49% | <1% | 7% |
YouGov | October 23–26, 2018 | 991 | ± 4.0% | 46% | 47% | 2% | 5% |
Ipsos | October 17–25, 2018 | 1,069 | ± 3.4% | 44% | 50% | 3% | 3% |
Gravis Marketing | October 22–23, 2018 | 773 | ± 3.5% | 46% | 51% | – | 3% |
Strategic Research Associates | October 16–23, 2018 | 800 | ± 3.5% | 48% | 45% | – | 8% |
1892 Polling (R-DeSantis) | October 20–22, 2018 | 2,500 | ± 2.0% | 47% | 46% | 2% | 6% |
Saint Leo University | October 16–22, 2018 | 698 | ± 3.5% | 37% | 49% | 4% | 11% |
St. Pete Polls | October 20–21, 2018 | 1,575 | ± 2.5% | 46% | 47% | 2% [lower-alpha 2] | 4% |
Florida Atlantic University | October 18–21, 2018 | 704 | ± 3.6% | 37% | 41% | 4% | 18% |
SurveyUSA | October 18–21, 2018 | 665 | ± 5.0% | 42% | 49% | 1% | 8% |
Quinnipiac University | October 17–21, 2018 | 1,161 | ± 3.5% | 46% | 52% | 1% | 2% |
Schroth, Eldon and Associates (D) | October 17–20, 2018 | 600 | ± 4.0% | 42% | 48% | – | 10% |
CNN/SSRS | October 16–20, 2018 | 759 LV | ± 4.2% | 42% | 54% | 0% | 4% |
872 RV | ± 3.9% | 42% | 52% | 0% | 5% | ||
OnMessage Inc. (R-Scott) | October 14–18, 2018 | 2,200 | ± 2.1% | 48% | 45% | 3% [lower-alpha 2] | 4% |
St. Pete Polls | October 15–16, 2018 | 1,974 | ± 2.2% | 46% | 47% | 2% [lower-alpha 2] | 5% |
Florida Southern College | October 1–5, 2018 | 476 | ± 4.5% | 44% | 47% | 5% | 4% |
Kaiser Family Foundation/SSRS | September 19 – October 2, 2018 | 522 | ± 6.0% | 40% | 48% | 1% | 10% |
St. Pete Polls | September 29–30, 2018 | 2,313 | ± 2.0% | 45% | 47% | 2% [lower-alpha 2] | 6% |
Public Policy Polling (D-Protect Our Care) | September 28–30, 2018 | 779 | ± 3.5% | 44% | 48% | – | 8% |
Strategic Research Associates | September 17–30, 2018 | 800 | ± 3.5% | 43% | 44% | – | 12% |
Mason-Dixon | September 24–27, 2018 | 815 | ± 3.5% | 44% | 45% | 3% | 8% |
Quinnipiac University | September 22–24, 2018 | 888 | ± 4.0% | 45% | 54% | 0% | 2% |
Cherry Communications | September 19–24, 2018 | 622 | ± 4.4% | 42% | 48% | 2% [lower-alpha 2] | 6% |
Marist College | September 16–20, 2018 | 600 LV | ± 4.7% | 43% | 48% | 1% | 7% |
829 RV | ± 4.0% | 41% | 49% | 1% | 10% | ||
University of North Florida | September 17–19, 2018 | 605 | – | 43% | 47% | <1% | 10% |
Florida Atlantic University | September 13–16, 2018 | 850 | ± 3.3% | 39% | 41% | 5% | 15% |
Ipsos | September 5–12, 2018 | 1,000 | ± 4.0% | 44% | 50% | 2% | 5% |
Rasmussen Reports | September 10–11, 2018 | 800 | ± 3.5% | 42% | 48% | 2% | 8% |
SurveyUSA | September 7–9, 2018 | 634 | ± 5.3% | 43% | 47% | 1% | 9% |
Cherry Communications | September 6–9, 2018 | 514 | ± 4.0% | 43% | 47% | 2% | 8% |
St. Pete Polls | September 5–6, 2018 | 2,240 | ± 2.1% | 47% | 48% | – | 5% |
Quinnipiac University | August 30 – September 3, 2018 | 785 | ± 4.3% | 47% | 50% | 0% | 3% |
Gravis Marketing | August 29–30, 2018 | 1,225 | ± 2.8% | 45% | 47% | – | 8% |
Public Policy Polling (D-EDGE Comms.) | August 29–30, 2018 | 743 | ± 4.0% | 43% | 48% | – | 9% |
Gravis Marketing | July 13–14, 2018 | 1,840 | ± 2.3% | 39% | 36% | – | 25% |
Gravis Marketing | May 31 – June 15, 2018 | 485 | ± 4.5% | 35% | 38% | – | 27% |
Gravis Marketing | February 26 – March 19, 2018 | 2,212 | ± 2.1% | 29% | 33% | – | 37% |
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Republican | Ron DeSantis / Jeanette Núñez | 4,076,186 | 49.59% | ||
Democratic | Andrew Gillum / Chris King | 4,043,723 | 49.19% | ||
Reform | Darcy G. Richardson / Nancy Argenziano | 47,140 | 0.57% | ||
Independent | Kyle "KC" Gibson / Ellen Wilds | 24,310 | 0.30% | ||
Independent | Ryan Christopher Foley / John Tutton Jr. | 14,630 | 0.18% | ||
Independent | Bruce Stanley / Ryan Howard McJury | 14,505 | 0.18% | ||
Plurality | 32,463 | 0.40% | |||
Turnout | 8,220,561 | ||||
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